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Union Pacific to add workers in Pocatello
(The following story by Casey Santee appeared on the Idaho State Journal website on February 26.) POCATELLO - Union Pacific is in the process of hiring to fill 20 new positions in the Gate City. Most of the jobs are for conductors with a starting wage of about $40,000...
Union Pacific raises hiring estimate
(Knight Ridder News Service circulated the following story on February 25.) OMAHA, Neb. -- Union Pacific Corp. expects to hire about 3,000 people this year, the high end of its 2004 hiring plan, because the economy is improving somewhat more than expected, a spokesman...
Virgin USA means trouble for U.S., union exec says
(The Boston Herald posted the following article by Greg Gatlin on its website on February 25.) BOSTON -- A powerful transportation trade union group has warned Massachusetts political leaders in Washington that Virgin USA's planned low-cost domestic airline could hurt...
Railcars jump tracks, spill plastic pellets
(The following article by Lisa Ray was posted on the Texas City Sun website on February 26.) HITCHCOCK, Texas -- A train derailment spilled plastic pellets around the railroad tracks near state Highway 6 about two miles north of Bayou Vista, near the railway junction....
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO issued the following on February 23.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 1,568 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 19,640 RAISING A VOICE—The majority of 800 nurse’s aides and other service workers at San Diego Children’s Hospital overcame...
Former crew leads initiative to return donated locomotive to Sayre
(The following report appeared on The Evening Times website on February 22. Bill Romania is a retired member of BLET Division 641 in Hornell, N.Y.) SAYRE, Pa. -- Pat Ferro, Bill Romania and Joe Cole are no strangers to the life of a railroader. Among them, there is...
NJ Transit adds late night run
(The following story by Richard Pearsall appeared on the Courier-Post website on February 24.) CAMDEN, N.J. -- With regular service on the South Jersey light rail line shutting down at 10 p.m., NJ Transit has decided to run a late night shuttle between Pennsauken and...
CN gets picket-line prohibition
(The following story by Kathleen Martens appeared on the Winnipeg Sun website on February 24.) WINNIPEG -- CN has obtained a court order to keep striking rail workers off sensitive property in Winnipeg. CN spokesman Mark Hallman said a judge granted an order Sunday...
Auto, grain shipments slowed by CN strike
(Bloomberg News circulated the following story on February 24.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ford Motor Co. and the Canadian Wheat Board said shipments of vehicles and grain are being disrupted by a labor strike against Canadian National Railway Co., which carries more than...
CN strike puts brakes on work at Ford plant
(The following article by Allan Swift was posted on the Montreal Gazette website on february 24.) MONTREAL -- Ford of Canada plants told 1,450 workers to go home yesterday because of the strike by Canadian National Railway workers. Spokesperson Lauren More said 1,200...
