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GTW workers brace for long trips, night hours
(The following story by Jenny Rode appeared on The Battle Creek Enquirer website on May 7.) BATTLE CREEK, Mich. -- A day after rumors ran rampant, details about job cuts and operation changes are becoming clearer for the employees of Grand Trunk Railway System in...
Union Pacific cancels UPS contract for express cross-country trains
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on May 6.) LOS ANGELES -- Canceling an express train contract with United Parcel Service and increasing some shipping prices are among actions Union Pacific Railroad is taking to handle growing demand in the...
U.P. derails pact with UPS
(The following story by Stacie Hamel appeared on the Omaha World-Herald website on May 6.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Continuing to grapple with congestion and service delays, Union Pacific Railroad has canceled a United Parcel Service contract for expedited cross-country trains...
Senate panel OKs $4.5 billion to ramp up transit security
(The following report by Lori Sharn of CongressDailyPM appeared at GovExec.com on May 6.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Senate Banking Committee voted to spend $4.5 billion next year to build fences, install security cameras and take other steps to protect public...
BLET merchandise now available
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Brand new merchandise bearing the BLET logo is now available from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen. Members can purchase union-made items such as BLET golf balls and towels, coffee mugs, hats, golf shirts and t-shirts. To make...
Spot the Spider-Man train this summer across the VIA Rail network to win great prizes
(VIA Rail issued the following news release on May 6.) TORONTO -- This is one web you will want to be caught in. This summer, parents from coast to coast will be bombarded with pleading cries from their children "but, I just gotta see it!" and they won't just be...
GE jobs outsourced to India
(The following article was posted on the WJET.com on May 5.) WASHINGTON -- Seventeen jobs at Erie County`s largest employer are headed overseas. Union members of the Technical Engineers Local 138 confirm that General Electric is laying off seventeen workers. The jobs...
Truckers strike has eased – but it’s not yet over
(The following article by Jon Ortiz was posted on the Sacramento Bee website on May 6.) SACRAMENTO -- The effects of a three-day strike by independent truckers continued to be felt by Northern California businesses Wednesday, although some companies were reporting...
Irish laborers found an early grave together
(The following column by Lou Sessinger appeared on The Intelligencer website on May 6.) PHILADELPHIA -- There used to be a saying among old railroad men that beneath every countless tie along the thousands of miles of tracks crisscrossing America lay the body of an...
Company replacing sections of DM&E railroad
(The Associated Press circulated the following article on May 5.) VOLGA, S.D. -- Kevin Schieffer walks along a stretch of the Dakota, Minnesota and Eastern railroad and spots a worn joint separating two sections of track. "That's where you always have your breakage,"...
