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AFL-CIO plans to spend $44 million to unseat Bush
(The following article by Steven Greenhouse was posted on the New York Times website on March 10.) BAL HARBOUR, Fla. -- The AFL-CIO, long one of the biggest players in presidential politics, announced its most ambitious, most expensive campaign effort on Wednesday, a...
RCMP probe derails BC Rail privatization pact
(The following story by Peter Kennedy appeared on the Globe and Mail website on March 11.) VANCOUVER -- The British Columbia government has been forced to cancel the privatization of a port subdivision of BC Rail's operation after it was revealed that the potential...
BC Rail probe widens
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article by Dirk Meissner on March 11.) VICTORIA, B.C. -- The B.C. government cancelled the bidding process for a B.C. Rail spurline Wednesday, revealing the potential deal is part of a widening ongoing police investigation...
Lack of ‘rigorous’ inspection led to Nova Scotia derailment: report
(The Canadian Press distributed the following article by Michael Tutton on March 11.) HALIFAX -- A damaged CN railway track that escaped notice during routine inspections was the cause of a derailment that forced the evacuation of a neighbourhood in Dartmouth, N.S., a...
CN asks strikers to go back to work
(The following story by Nicolas Van Praet appeared on the Montreal Gazette website on March 11.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. said yesterday that it offered the union representing 5,000 striking rail workers the option for a "cooling-off period" in which...
CAW responds to CN’s settlement options
(The CAW issued the following news release on March 10.) MONTREAL -- The Canadian Auto Workers' Union responded positively today to Canadian National Railway's announcement that it will enhance its offer to 5,000 workers, on strike since Feb. 20. CN offered the Union...
CN Rail offers arbitration to end strike
(Reuters circulated the following article on March 10.) MONTREAL -- Canadian National Railway Co. said on Wednesday it is willing to go to binding arbitration to settle a three-week strike of nearly a quarter of its work force. The move comes two days after CN, which...
Pa. Governor Rendell releases $6 million to spur rail freight industry
(The office of Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell issued the following news release on March 10.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell today announced the release of more than $6 million in capital budget funds for five rail-freight improvement...
Opinion: Pursuing a partial solution to the problem
(The following editorial appeared on the Ames Tribune website on March 10. David Lahner is a member of BLET Division 6 in Boone, Iowa.) AMES, Iowa -- On Feb. 27 The Tribune printed a guest column by David Lahner, an engineer for the Chicago and Northwestern railroad....
UP to start soon laying sub-ballast for rail relocation
(The following story by Julie Perry appeared on the Marysville Advocate website on March 11.) MARYSVILLE, Kan. -- Traffic will be rerouted at least once a week, and likely no more than twice a week, when the Union Pacific Railroad starts laying sub-ballast on the $45...
