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How fate chose its victims in Graniteville
(The following article by Jeff Wilkinson was posted on the State website on May 1.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Who lived and who died came down to sheer luck. When a head-on train collision Jan. 6 released a deadly cloud of chlorine gas, no one was prepared. Not the...
Settlement reached in NS Graniteville crash
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Jeffrey Collins on May 4.) GRANITEVILLE, S.C. -- Residents and business owners affected by a train wreck that spilled toxic chlorine in Graniteville, S.C., this past January could get money from the railroad as...
Hazardous cargo commonly shipped through Columbia
(The following story by Sammy Fretwell appeared on The State website on May 2.) COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The hazardous cargo that comes through Columbia by rail ranges from scalding-hot solutions to chemicals that can destroy a person’s lungs. According to Norfolk Southern,...
Appeals court blocks DC ban on hazardous shipments
(Reuters circulated the following article on May 3.) WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court overturned a lower court ruling on Tuesday that would permit the city of Washington to temporarily prohibit rail shipments of hazardous materials on security grounds. The U.S....
Judges halt D.C. law banning toxic cargo
(The following article by Carol D. Leonnig and Yolanda Woodlee was posted on the Washington Post website on May 4.) WASHINGTON -- The D.C. government was stopped yesterday from enforcing a new law prohibiting rail shipments of hazardous cargo by a federal appeals...
BLET members describe Metrolink crash
(The following story by Jason Kandel appeared on the Whittier Daily News website on May 4. Bruce Gray and Charles Wright are members of BLET Division 20 in Los Angeles.) LOS ANGELES -- In gripping testimony, Metrolink engineer Bruce Gray described publicly Tuesday for...
Engineers recall horror of Metrolink crash
(The following article by Caitlin Liu was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on May 3. Bruce Gray and Charles Wright are members of BLET Division 20 in Los Angeles. ) LOS ANGELES -- Two Metrolink engineers this morning recalled the horror of a predawn chain...
Two UP trains collide
(The following article by Russ Krebs was posted on the Fremont Tribune website on May 3.) FREMONT, Neb. -- Two Union Pacific employees were injured when a train they were in struck the rear end of another Union Pacific (UP) train at about 11:25 p.m. Monday near North...
Teamsters tap rank-and-file members to assist in organizing
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on May 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- More than 75 rank-and-file Teamsters will add extra strength to future organizing campaigns after participating in a two-day extensive training seminar in...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on May 2.) COURT WORKERS WIN CASE FOR UNION—The 141 Bergen County (N.J.) Court administrative employees voted April 18 for representation with Communications Workers of America Local 1034. Other recent victories include 34 workers...
