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TCRC, CN reach tentative deal, avert strike
(The Canadian Press circulated the following story on May 18.) MONTREAL -- CN and Teamsters Canada Rail Conference reached a tentative deal just before a strike deadline Tuesday night, averting a strike that would have crippled commuters in Toronto and Montreal. The...
Double derailment snarls coal traffic
(The following report appeared on the Jackson Hole Star Tribune website on May 18.) GILLETTE, Wyo. -- Two separate train derailments over the weekend in Converse County have snarled coal traffic on the triple-track rail route leading southeast out the Powder River...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following news release on May 16.) WORKERS WIN WITH IBT—In four separate elections, more than 450 workers won a voice at work with the Teamsters. In late April, 316 paraprofessionals with the Middletown, N.J., School District voted to join IBT...
Mediator holds talks as TCRC strike looms at CN Rail
(Reuters circulated the following article on May 16.) VANCOUVER, British Columbia -- Canadian National Railway and its locomotive engineers met with a federal mediator on Monday in a final attempt to avoid a strike that could disrupt freight service in much of Canada...
Oxnard sinkhole a threat to railroad track
(The following article by Charles Levin was posted on the Ventura County Star website on May 17.) OXNARD, Calif. -- As sinkholes go, the one on a dirt road in south Oxnard doesn't seem threatening. It's about 5 feet across and a few feet deep. But peek through the...
Dissident unions propose AFL-CIO reorganization
(The following article by Thomas B. Edsall was posted on the Washington Post website on May 17.) WASHINGTON -- A coalition of dissident unions yesterday issued proposals for a reorganization of the AFL-CIO -- including a major shift of money and resources into...
Unions criticize AFL-CIO leadership
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 16.) WASHINGTON -- Some of organized labor's largest unions criticized the AFL-CIO's leadership Monday, contending the federation's proposal for organizing new workers is too little, too late. With a battle...
Reform coalition issues growth plan
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on May 16.) WASHINGTON -- Calling the recent proposals of the current AFL-CIO leadership, "too little too late," a coalition of reformist unions issued its own plan today to revitalize the...
UPS to buy UP’s Overnite for $1.25 billion
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story on May 16.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- United Parcel Service Inc., the world's largest package-delivery company, agreed to buy Overnite Corp. for $1.25 billion in cash, putting it in direct competition with FedEx Corp. for...
Teamsters to closely monitor Overnite acquisition to insure members’ jobs are protected
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on May 16.) WASHINGTON -- Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said today that the Teamsters Union will closely monitor UPS' purchase of trucking company Overnite Corporation to make sure...
