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Splintered, but unbowed, are unions still relevant?
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on July 30.) CHICAGO -- Even as he was leading the revolt this week that has divided the labor movement into warring camps, Andrew L. Stern was wasting no time in trying to...
Third union is leaving AFL-CIO
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on July 30.) WASHINGTON -- The United Food and Commercial Workers, one of the nation's five largest labor unions, quit the AFL-CIO yesterday, becoming the third big union to leave the...
Opinion: Teamsters’ Hoffa on the right track by leaving AFL-CIO
(The following column by Daniel Howes appeared on The Detroit News website on July 31.) DETROIT -- Teamsters boss Jim Hoffa understands business well enough to know that doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result isn't a winning...
Transit bill will boost Norfolk Southern capacity
(The Virginian-Pilot posted the following article on its website on July 30.) WASHINGTON -- Congress on Friday passed sweeping highway and mass transit legislation that will send nearly $300 billion to the states to build and fix roads, create thousands of new jobs...
Subway surveillance is smartening up
(The following article by Dan Geringer was posted on the Philadelphia Daily News website on August 1.) PHILADELPHIA -- The days of blurry, black-and-white, first-man-on-the-moon images from SEPTA security cameras designed to catch turnstile jumpers are giving way to...
Chicago nod for transport project
(The following article by Jeremy Grant was posted on the Financial Times website on August 1.) CHICAGO -- Passage of a landmark US federal transportation bill last week clears the way for work to start on a $1.5bn project to ease rail bottlenecks around Chicago, the...
Union Pacific announces Heritage Series Locomotives
(Union Pacific circulated the following news release on July 30.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Chairman and CEO Dick Davidson today unveiled an unprecedented new Heritage series of locomotives that will honor the people and the railroads that have made the company...
UP seeks more employees nationwide
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on July 31.) RAWLINS, Wyo. -- Union Pacific Railroad is planning to hire 255 new employees nationwide this year, including 61 in California. There are 105 new hires expected in Wyoming, along with 28 in Nebraska...
Mont. Governor, BNSF execs lock horns
(The following article by Karen Ogden was posted on the Great Falls Tribune website on July 30.) HELENA, Mont. -- Gov. Brian Schweitzer and top railroad officials "agreed to disagree" in a meeting on new grain shipping rates that critics say would shut down Montana's...
Five Amtrak trains affected by sinkhole near DeLand
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on August 1.) DELAND, Fla. -- Officials say a sinkhole that opened under railroad tracks in central Florida caused delays for five Amtrak trains, affecting hundreds of people. Officials say the sinkhole opened up...
