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Madrid bomb suspect had NYC train sketch
(The Associated Press circulated the following article by Verena Dobnik and Daniel Woolls on March 3.) NEW YORK -- A drawing of Grand Central Terminal found in the home of a suspect in the Madrid train bombings was ``not something that would indicate an immediate...
Long night for Metra riders
(The following article by Virginia Groark and Tom Rybarczyk was posted on the Chicago Tribune website on March 3.) CHICAGO -- Baby-sitter bills mounted, dinner plans were scuttled and taxis were hailed after a BNSF Railway labor dispute in Texas snarled the evening...
Strike halts evening trains
(The following article by Jon Davis and Jake Griffin was posted on the Chicago Daily Herald website on March 3.) CHICAGO -- Thousands of Metra commuters waiting for the way to really fly found themselves mired in airport-like delays Wednesday afternoon, thanks to a...
Dispatcher walkout snarls rail service
(The following article by Sean Wood was posted on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on March 3.) FORT WORTH -- About 200 Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. dispatchers walked off the job for almost three hours Wednesday afternoon, tangling commuter rail service in...
BNSF dispatchers stage strike
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on March 2.) CHICAGO -- About 100 train dispatchers for Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. walked off their jobs for more than two hours Wednesday, disrupting rush-hour commuter service in Chicago and other cities....
2005 SMA registration forms now available
CLEVELAND -- Members planning to attend the upcoming Southeastern Meeting Association in June can now register with forms available on the BLET website. The 78th annual SMA will be held in Montgomery, Ala., from June 12-16 at the Embassy Suites Hotel. The event will...
Rail hike good news in Tucson
(The following article by Thomas Stauffer was posted on the Arizona Daily Star website on March 2.) TUCSON, Ariz. -- Tucson's economy could benefit from a price hike Union Pacific Railroad is instituting today that raises rates as much as 100 percent for certain goods...
Hundreds of Teamster organizers to rally for Miami port drivers
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following news release on March 2.) MIAMI -- On March 3 hundreds of Teamster organizers from across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico will demonstrate in support of Miami's exploited and underpaid drivers...
Dean meets with AFL-CIO leaders in Vegas
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 2.) LAS VEGAS -- Democratic Party head Howard Dean met with top union leaders to plot a campaign to thwart President Bush's Social Security reform plan. ``The fate of the Democratic Party and the fate of...
Labor leaders debate ‘dramatic changes’ for AFL-CIO
(The following article by Stephen Franklin was posted n the Chicago Tribune website on March 2.) LAS VEGAS -- There's little doubt, say leaders of the nation's unions meeting here, that organized labor badly needs a fix for its woes. But divisions in their ranks mean...
