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Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on April 25.) CAREGIVERS JOIN SEIU—The Michigan Employment Relations Commission April 19 certified SEIU Local 79 as the bargaining agent for some 41,000 home care workers throughout the state. In a three-week mail ballot election,...
Rail safety training exercises
(The following story by Paul Turenne appeared on the Winnipeg Sun website on April 26. M.G. Gordon is a member of Teamsters Canada Rail Conference Division 76 in Winnipeg.) WINNIPEG -- Mickey Gordon knows the kind of damage trains can do and doesn't want to see it...
MTA, adjusting budget, cuts back station overhauls
(The following article by Sewell Chan was posted on the New York Times website on April 26.) NEW YORK -- The Metropolitan Transportation Authority intends to put off 12 full-scale rehabilitations of subway stations as part of a plan to trim $1.1 billion from its...
DHS expected to fund additional rail security along Lake Michigan’s South Shore
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 24.) MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. -- The Department of Homeland Security was expected to award an $800,000 grant to the South Shore commuter railroad later this year as part of a plan to guard the nation's rails....
Widow files suit against Metrolink
(The following story by Caitlin Liu appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on April 26.) LOS ANGELES -- The widow of the sheriff's deputy who died in a fiery Metrolink chain-reaction crash near Glendale earlier this year filed a lawsuit Monday against the commuter...
NLR announces lease of St. Cloud, Minnesota, rail lines from BNSF
(BNSF issued the following news release on April 25.) FORT WORTH, Texas and CHICAGO -- Northern Lines Railway, LLC (NLR), an affiliate of Anacostia & Pacific Company, Chicago, and BNSF Railway Company (BNSF) today announced that NLR has entered into a lease agreement...
BNSF to pay out nearly $4 million in Mandan diesel case
(The following article by Gordon Weixel was posted on the Bismarck Tribune website on April 26.) BISMARCK, N.D. -- A final settlement of $3,990,000 will be paid by BNSF Railway in the civil case of those claiming property damage and personal injury resulting from...
New schedule shaves travel time between Portland and Boston
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 25.) PORTLAND, Maine -- Amtrak's Downeaster began operating on a new schedule Monday that shaves 10 to 15 minutes off the travel time between Portland and Boston, a change that rail advocates say was...
Opinion: Keeping Amtrak going
(The following editorial was posted on the New York Times website on April 26.) For Amtrak's 25 million riders each year, the most distressing news in recent days has been about the faltering Acela - the high-speed train that was supposed to be Amtrak's salvation. The...
Train derails in Japan, killing dozens
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on April 25.) AMAGASAKI, Japan -- A packed commuter train jumped the tracks in western Japan on Monday and rammed into an apartment complex, crumpling passenger cars into twisted metal. At least 50 people were...
