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New cameras to watch over subway system
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on August 24.) NEW YORK -- Officials unveiled the high-tech future of transit security in New York City yesterday: an ambitious plan to saturate the subways with 1,000 video cameras and...
NYC transit agency unveils security plan
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Frank Eltman on August 23.) NEW YORK -- New York will install 1,000 surveillance cameras and 3,000 motion sensors in its sprawling network of subways and commuter rail stations as part of a $212 million...
Steelworkers union wants probe after CN derailments
(The following article by Kristen Vernon was posted on the Edmonton Sun website on August 24.) EDMONTON, Alberta -- The union representing front-line CN workers wants a federal public inquiry into the rail company's practices. Citing five derailments across Canada...
Derailment on West Side delays Metra trains
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 24.) CHICAGO -- Metra officials say a freight train derailment on Chicago's West Side is causing delays of about a half-an-hour on the Union Pacific West Line. Metra spokesman Tom Miller says the...
Derailment cuts Amtrak’s Boston service
(The following article by Peter J. Howe was posted on the Boston Globe website on August 24.) BOSTON -- Extending a summer of woe for its riders, Amtrak canceled nearly 40 percent of its train service from Boston to New York today, as it continues to recover from a...
Freight derailment in the Bronx causes Amtrak problems
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 23.) NEW YORK -- A freight train derailment in the South Bronx on Thursday morning knocked out all Amtrak service between Penn Station and New Haven, Conn., authorities said. A CSX freight train derailed...
Freight train wreck derails Amtrak passengers
(The following article by Sean Gorman was posted on the White Plains Journal News website on August 23.) WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A freight train derailment in the south Bronx shut down Amtrak service today between Manhattan's Pennsylvania Station and New Haven, Conn.,...
At 103, man climbs into engineer’s seat
(The following article by Beverly J. Lydick was posted on the Fremont Tribune website on August 23.) FREMONT, Neb. -- It took a few years, but Earl Nelson finally got his heart's desire. Wearing a striped cap, a red bandana and an ear-to-ear grin, the 103-year-old...
Global unions to target Wal-Mart
(Reuters circulated the following article on August 23.) NEW YORK -- Labor leaders plan to coordinate work stoppages at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. outside the United States, starting with a campaign to organize workers at its South Korean stores, the Wall Street Journal...
AFL-CIO hopes to mend fences with dissenters
(Reuters circulated the following article by Alonso Soto on August 22.) CHICAGO -- The United States' largest union federation is struggling to cope with last month's revolt by 4.6 million members and is willing to mend fences with the dissenters, the head of the...
