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BLE-IBT Town Hall meeting today in St. Louis
CLEVELAND -- The BLE will hold a Town Hall Meeting today in St. Louis, Mo., regarding the proposed merger with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The meeting will include a presentation to explain the proposed merger and the expected benefits, followed by a...
Work in Progress
(The AFL-CIO distributed the following on November 4.) New members reported in this week's WIP: 579 New members reported in WIP, year to date: 128,463 TALKING TRASH--Workers at BFI's San Carlos, Calif., facility defied management's anti-union campaign of threats and...
Stores say grocery union’s ploy may backfire
(The following story by Nicholas Grudin appeared on the Los Angeles Daily News website on November 4.) LOS ANGELES -- Ralphs stores throughout Los Angeles continued to see business surge Monday, a result of the union's decision to remove picket lines from all 300 of...
Union Plus program providers help to Southern California wildfire victims
(Union Privilege issued the following news release on November 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Union members living in Southern California and impacted by the Southern California wildfires, now have one less financial worry, thanks to the Union Plus programs. Disaster...
VIA Rail to offer holiday packages
(VIA Rail issued the following news release on November 4.) MONTRÉAL -- As we enter the peak planning period for winter vacations and holiday getaways, VIA Rail Canada is teaming up with several partners, including the Société des établissements de plein air du Québec...
End of era for NYC’s old red subway cars
(The Associated Press circulated the following story on November 4.) NEW YORK -- When the old maroon subway cars left Times Square on their final run to the Queens borough, the passengers included -- or so it seemed -- every former teenage oddball who ever rode up...
Contractors remove railroad cars from river
(The following story by Jerry Needham appeared on the San Antonio Express-News website on November 4.) SAN ANTONIO -- Thirteen years after they were sunk into the Medina River to aid in the construction of the Applewhite Reservoir Dam, contractors for the San Antonio...
NS Newsbreak
(Norfolk Southern distributed the following on November 5.) NS Newsbreak is published monthly for employees and retirees of Norfolk Southern Corporation. It is available on the Web at: http://www.nscorp.com/nscorphtml/newsbreak/ This month's stories include: NS hosts...
Railway convention today
(The following story by Bob Withers appeared on The Herald-Dispatch website on November 5.) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. -- More than 150 people from all over the country are arriving in town today for the Tourist Railway Association Inc.'s five-day annual convention. "We are...
New tunnel could save money, jobs
(The following article by R.J. King was posted on the Detroit News website on November 5.) DETROIT -- A third border crossing between Detroit and Windsor that would put a truck-only tunnel and a new rail tunnel under the Detroit River could boost the local economy and...
