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BLE-IBT Town Hall meetings today in Texas, N.D.
CLEVELAND -- The BLE will hold two Town Hall Meetings today in Forest Hill, Texas, and Mandan, N.D., regarding the proposed merger with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The meeting will include a presentation to explain the proposed merger and the expected...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on November 10.) New members reported in WIP this week: 932 New members reported in WIP year-to-date: 129,395 A VOTE AT THE OPERA--Two dozen teaching artists at the Metropolitan Opera Guild in New York City voted to join Local...
Union, SoCal supermarket negotiators talk
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on November 10.) LOS ANGELES -- Union representatives and three supermarket chains held their first negotiations in nearly a month in an attempt to break a stalemate that has idled 70,000 grocery clerks in...
AFL-CIO vows to back strong Democrat
(The Assocaited Press distributed the following article on November 11.) WASHINGTON -- AFL-CIO President John Sweeney isn't saying which Democrat he thinks would be the toughest challenger to President Bush next year. ``I just want to make sure that we have the...
Fallen leaves soil tracks, slow trains
(The following story by Susan Tuz appeared on The News-Times website on November 10.) DANBURY, Conn. -- It's just plain sludge -- that buildup of rotting leaves that falls on railroad tracks throughout New England and every other area in the country with deciduous...
RailAmerica reports October carloads
(Dow Jones circulated the following story by Kara Wetzel on November 10.) BOCA RATON, Fla. -- RailAmerica Inc.?s October consolidated freight carloads rose 1.9% to 130,356 from 127,886 a year earlier. In a press release Monday, the short line and regional railroad...
With fewer salties, grain trade falters
(The following report by Peter Passi appeared on the Duluth News Tribune website on November 11.) DULUTH, Minn. -- With poor harvests in Eastern Europe and bumper crops of durum and spring wheat in the Midwest, you might expect to see an unusually large volume of...
Alaska Railroad Corp. opens new track
(The following story by Christina Sessions appeared on the Alaska Journal of Commerce website on November 10.) ANCHORAGE -- The Alaska Railroad Corp. opened a new section of track on Fort Richardson Oct. 29, culminating more than a year's worth of work. The new...
NS says coal rate case unresolved
(Reuters circulated the following report on November 10.) LOS ANGELES -- Norfolk Southern Corp., a freight railroad covering the eastern United States and Ontario, on Monday said it cannot yet assess the earnings impact of a Surface Transportation Board ruling in Duke...
Norfolk Southern says impact of STB ruling on earnings cannot be determined at this time
(Norfolk Southern issued the following news release on November 10.) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corporation has reviewed the Surface Transportation Board's ruling in Duke Energy Corp. v. Norfolk Southern Railway Company that upheld the Company's rates on certain...
