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Gov. Bush blasts bullet train costs
(The following article by Allison North Jones was posted on the Tampa Tribune website on December 5.) TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Determined to derail the costly voter-mandated bullet train next year, Gov. Jeb Bush sent Florida lawmakers a lengthy letter Thursday asking them...
Railroad parts makers prevail on asbestos question
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Lawrence Messina on December 5.) CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- The state Supreme Court ruled unanimously Thursday that federal law trumps the West Virginia injury claims filed by more than 3,500 railroad workers...
Rail security is moving forward in Pennsylvania, BLE chairman says
(The BLE's Pennsylvania State Legislative Board distributed the following news release on December 5.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers joined the Pennsylvania State Police, Norfolk Southern Railroad, the short line railroad association, and...
Office holders react with disappointment over BNSF decision
(The following article by Kiley Miller was posted on the Burlington Hawkeye website on December 5.) WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa -- Like graffiti on a freight car, State Sen. Tom Courtney thinks job cuts at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe locomotive shops were ugly but...
BNSF work going to Kansas; workers can too
(The following article by Matthew LeBlanc was posted on the Burlington Hawk Eye website on December 5.) BURLINGTON, Iowa -- Resignation was in the air as first?shift workers left the Burlington Northern Santa Fe shops Wednesday afternoon. BNSF's announcement that 89...
Amtrak, state closer to agreeing
(The following article by James McCurtis Jr. was posted on the Lansing State Journal website on December 5.) LANSING, Mich. -- Amtrak customers could travel to Chicago and back in the same day and see ticket agents at stations again by April 1 if negotiations stay on...
Amtrak ticket sales to return to Port Huron station
(The following article by David Jesse was posted on the Port Huron Times Herald website on December 5.) PORT HURON, Mich. -- If Amtrak ends its service from Port Huron to Toronto in April, Lloyd Shepherd of Brown City plans to spend more time in his van heading across...
Judge may rule today on walkout at Amtrak yard
(The Indianapolis Star posted the following article on its website on December 5.) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. -- U.S. District Judge Larry McKinney may rule as soon as today on an Amtrak request for a temporary restraining order to force striking employees at the railroad's...
A letter from Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on December 3.) Dear Working Families e-Activist: You're fantastic! Two days ago, we set a goal of collecting 100,000 signatures this week on the petition opposing President Bush's overtime pay take-away. Already, more than...
AFL-CIO seeking probes of Miami police
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 3.) MIAMI -- The AFL-CIO asked Wednesday for state and federal investigations into police conduct during protests outside the Free Trade Area of the Americas meeting last month. A letter to U.S....
