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(The AFL-CIO circulated the following on March 7.) PRIVATIZATION LOSES GROUND—More and more Americans disapprove of President George W. Bush’s Social Security privatization scheme, according to recent polls. A new USA Today/CNN/Gallup Poll released Feb. 28 showed in...
Opinion: Why Republicans should love Unions
(The following column by David K. Shipler appeared on the Los Angeles Times website on March 6. It is an excerpt from his latest book, "The Working Poor: Invisible in America.") LOS ANGELES -- If Republicans were true to their stated principles of smaller government,...
SEPTA, TWU extend contract one month
(The following story by Jere Downs appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on March 8.) PHILADELPHIA -- SEPTA and the union representing workers who operate buses and subways in Philadelphia agreed yesterday to extend the deadline for reaching a new contract...
Longer trains a-comin’
(The following story by Brian Monroe appeared on the Florida Today website on March 7.) MELBOURNE, Fla. -- Technology being developed by General Electric in Melbourne is allowing freight trains to have more cars. Company officials say the tradeoff of a longer wait for...
Train cars to get safer tables
(The following article by Erica Williams was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on March 8.) LOS ANGELES -- Metrolink officials said Monday they intend to replace the tables on all commuter trains after two federal studies found that the furniture could cause...
Akron’s last train leaves the station
(The following article by Rachel Myers was posted on the Akron Beacon Journal website on March 8.) AKRON, Ohio -- Akron awoke to the dusk of an era Monday as Amtrak's Three Rivers train clacked into the Quaker Square station for the last time, running late. The...
Last passenger trains leave Akron, Youngstown, Fostoria
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Thomas J. Sheeran on March 8.) AKRON, Ohio -- Mark Schwinn will have to find a new way to visit relatives in Ohio now that Amtrak has ended its Three Rivers passenger rail service between Pittsburgh and Chicago....
End of the line for Amtrak’s Chicago-to-Pittsburgh route
(The following story by Pohla Smith appeared on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on March 8.) PITTSBURGH, Pa. -- Yesterday was a sad day for inveterate train travelers such as Peggy and Ed Simmer, who rode the final Chicago-to-Pittsburgh trip of Amtrak's Three...
Few climbing aboard to help rescue Amtrak
(The following article by Peter S. Canellos was posted on the Boston Globe website on March 8.) WASHINGTON -- Amtrak's Acela is a silver bullet of debt, shunned by the president in his budget request, repudiated by governors, and, perhaps, coveted only by developers...
Leaks fuel concern about Spokane train depot
(The following article by Warren Cornwall was posted on the Seattle Times website on March 8.) SEATTLE -- Six months ago, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway hosted a triumphant grand opening at its $42 million refueling station on the outskirts of Spokane. The...
