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Bombardier cuts boost stock
(The Montreal Gazette posted the following article by Nicolas Van Praet on its website on December 4.) MONTREAL -- Investors pushed up shares of transportation conglomerate Bombardier yesterday after the company reported higher third- quarter profits, and chief...
Federal government delivers $2.85 billion for mass transit
(The Associated Press distributed the following article by Amy Westfeldt on December 3.) NEW YORK -- The federal government delivered nearly $3 billion Wednesday to help build a permanent transit center underneath the World Trade Center site and two downtown subway...
Burlington railroad jobs will be relocated to Topeka
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 3.) WEST BURLINGTON, Iowa -- The Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad has announced it will cut 89 union jobs at its southeast Iowa locomotive shop. The affected workers in West Burlington will be...
Train splits rig in Cheswick
(The following article by Jennifer Bails was posted on the Valley News Dispatch website on December 3.) CHESWICK, Pa. -- An oncoming train split a truck trailer cleanly from its tractor Tuesday night during a collision at the railroad crossing near Cheswick Avenue. No...
Security concerns squeeze smaller railroads in region
(The following article by Bill Toland was posted on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette website on December 4.) HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Like their larger cousins, short-line railroad companies face mounting terrorism-related safety costs, but unlike the Norfolk Southerns of the...
Senator calls for review of grain shipping delays
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on December 3.) WASHINGTON - The federal government should investigate railroad shipping delays at grain elevators that hurt prices for farmers and consumers, Sen. Tim Johnson, D-S.D., says. Some elevators have...
U.S. Senate moves on railroad infrastructure bill
(The BLE's Pennsylvania State Legislative Board distributed the following article on December 3.) CAMP HILL, Pa. -- The U.S. Senate moved this week to beef up rail infrastructure investments over the next six years, according to Linda Rhinehart, a public affairs...
600 at Amtrak site go on strike
(The Indianapolis Star posted the following article by Norm Heikens on its website on December 4.) INDIANAPOLIS -- Six hundred workers at the Amtrak maintenance facility in Beech Grove walked off their jobs Wednesday to protest the national rail service's hiring of...
BLE protests remotes in Shelby County, Tenn.
(The following article by Jane Roberts was posted on the Memphis Commercial Appeal website on December 4. Brother Joe Hunt is the Local Chairman and Legislative Representative of BLE Division 762 in Memphis.) MEMPHIS -- Shelby County will not push for changes in the...
A letter to Working Families
(The following is a letter from Working Families e-Activist Network, AFL-CIO.) Dear Working Families e-Activist: Everything important that working families have won during the last 100 years was won by or with the help of the unions that America's workers formed...
