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Teamsters put Wal-Mart on the hot seat at shareholders meeting
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on June 8.) WASHINGTON -- Last week, representatives from the International Brotherhood of Teamsters General Fund introduced a corporate governance proposal at Wal-Mart’s annual shareholders...
Audit shows FAA “asleep at the switch” as airlines outsource aircraft repairs
(The Transportation Trades Department issued the following news release on June 8.) WASHINGTON -- The following statement was issued today by Edward Wytkind, President of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), in response to an audit by the U.S....
Mich. budget could put brakes on Amtrak
(The following article by David Jesse was posted on the Port Huron Times Herald website on June 9.) PORT HURON, Mich. -- If the state Legislature makes a proposed $1 million cut to Amtrak, some train service in Michigan could come to a grinding halt. "Without full...
36 motorists ticketed during railroad crossing crackdown
(The following article by Patrick Driscoll was posted on the San Antonio Express-News website on June 9.) SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- Although Texas leads the nation in the number of people injured when cars and trains collide, San Antonio motorists continue to take risks...
NJ Transit drops plan for Bergen light rail
(The following article by Joe Malinconico was posted on the Newark Star-Ledger website on June 9.) NEWARK, N.J. -- NJ Transit yesterday scrapped its decade-old plan to extend the Hudson County light rail line deep into Bergen County and instead intends to run diesel...
FBI questions man on train after scare
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 8.) RICHMOND, Calif. -- FBI agents and police evacuated an Amtrak train, seized a passenger and X-rayed his packages Wednesday after he angrily warned the train was going to "fall into the sea,"...
Broken rail joint blamed for Calif. crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 8.) PICO RIVERA, Calif. -- A broken joint connecting two rails caused a 2004 freight train derailment that forced the evacuation of about 100 people and caused $2.7 million in damage, federal regulators...
Inspections missed cracked rail joint
(The following article by Natasha Lee was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on June 9.) LOS ANGELES -- Despite repeated inspections, no one spotted rail joint cracks that derailed three Union Pacific locomotives and 11 freight cars near Whittier last fall,...
Suspicious packages force closure of Amtrak trains, BART station
(The following article by Karl Fischer was posted on the Contra Costa Times website on June 8.) RICHMOND, Calif. -- Authorities have shut down the Richmond BART/Amtrak station and all Northern California north-south Amtrak rail traffic because of a chanting man aboard...
Heat causes third day of train delays
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on June 8.) WASHINGTON -- MARC riders should allow themselves extra commuting time again Wednesday. With temperatures set to reach 90 degrees, CSX is slowing down trains using its tracks for the third day running....
