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As cargo rises, ports struggle to prepare
(The following article by Ronald D. White was posted on the Los Angeles Times website on March 2.) LOS ANGELES -- This could be another record cargo year at Southern California's twin ports, where ambitious plans to avoid a repeat of 2004's floating traffic jam are...
Report: Bomb suspect had N.Y. rail sketch
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on March 2.) MADRID, Spain -- A suspect in the Madrid train bombings was found to possess a sketch and technical details about Grand Central Terminal in New York, a report said Wednesday. The sketch and data were...
Report: Madrid train bombers also targeted New York
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 2.) MADRID -- The Madrid train bombers had detailed plans of New York's Grand Central Station, indicating they also planned to attack there, a Spanish newspaper reported Wednesday. Hand-made drawings and other...
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...
UP calls derailment ‘highly unusual’
(The following article by Brad Rollins was posted on the San Marcos Daily Record website on March 1.) SAN MARCOS, Texas -- A Union Pacific Railroad official says the company is stumped by initial results of an internal investigation that found no apparent cause for a...
Union Pacific modifies port operation to reduce Los Angeles traffic congestion
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on March 1.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific has announced it is modifying its near-dock container transfer operation near the Port of Los Angeles to reduce truck traffic in and out of downtown Los Angeles. The change will...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on February 28.) EXECUTIVE COUNCIL MEETS—The AFL-CIO Executive Council will examine ways to strengthen America’s union movement for the future and make the concerns of working families a top national priority at its March 1–3 winter...
James R. Young elected to Board of Directors of Union Pacific Corporation
(Union Pacific issued the following news release on February 28.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corporation has announced that James R. Young, president and chief operating officer, Union Pacific Railroad has been elected to the company's board of directors. Young, 52,...
Federal windfall rescues SEPTA
(The following story by Jere Downs appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on February 28.) PHILADELPHIA -- Gov. Rendell today swept away SEPTA riders' anxieties about fare hikes and service cuts by requesting that a recent, undisclosed windfall of federal...
Steelworkers union at CN ratify contract
(The Canadian Press circulated the following article on February 28.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway said Monday that 2,250 of its maintenance workers represented by the United Steelworkers of America have ratified a new four-year labour contract with the...
