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5 missing men had much in common
(The following article by Michael Marizco and Thomas Stauffer was posted on the Arizona Daily Star website on October 30. Randy Howard is a member of BLE Division 28 in Tucson.) PUERTO PEÑASCO, Sonora -- The families and friends of the five men aboard the ship say the...
Wind, high seas cut short towing of boat to port
(The following article by Michael Marizco and Ignacio Ibarra was posted on the Arizona Daily Star website on October 30. Randy Howard is a member of BLE Division 28 in Tucson.) PUERTO PEÑASCO, Sonora -- Winds that gusted up to 50 mph and 6-foot waves forced the...
Freight train derails in northern Nevada
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on October 30.) RENO, Nev. -- A freight train hauling liquid petroleum gas, fertilizer and other cargo derailed early Thursday along a remote stretch of Pershing County, shutting down a main rail line across...
BLE-IBT Town Hall Meetings tomorrow in Cheyenne
CLEVELAND -- The BLE will hold a Town Hall Meeting tomorrow in Cheyenne, Wyo., 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...
BLE-IBT Town Hall Meetings today in Denver
CLEVELAND -- The BLE will hold a Town Hall Meeting today in Denver 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 question...
Tentative agreement reached in St. Louis grocery strike
(The following story by Thomas Lee appeared on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website on October 29.) ST. LOUIS -- Negotiators for the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 655 and the area's three largest grocery chains have reached a tentative settlement to end the...
Union sues supermarket chains over health benefits funding
(The Associated Press circulated the following story by Alex Veiga on October 29.) SAN DIEGO -- Two federal lawsuits have been filed on behalf of 70,000 striking Southern California grocery workers in an attempt to keep three supermarket chains from ending payments...
Striking workers to get aid
(The Associated Press distributed the following article on October 30.) WASHINGTON -- About 85,000 grocery workers nearing their third week off the job without paychecks are getting a financial boost from the AFL-CIO and its affiliated unions. Organized labor will...
Wal-Mart’s hidden costs
(The following story by Steven Pearlstein appeared on the Washington Post?s website on October 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- According to supermarket giants Safeway, Albertson's and Kroger, the competitive threat from Wal-Mart makes it impossible for them to survive...
Bombardier may avert layoffs
(Northern Ontario Business posted the following article on its website on October 29.) THUNDER BAY, Ontario -- Bombardier Transportation in Thunder Bay may avert possible layoffs in 2003 if a contract to refit rail cars begins immediately, a Bombardier official says....
