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Snow sworn in as Treasury Secretary
(The following article by the Associated Press was published in the New York Times.) WASHINGTON -- Former CSX railroad executive John Snow was sworn in Monday as the nation's 73rd treasury secretary, and he has his work cut out for him: Trying to steer the wobbly U.S....
Teamsters authorize strike against trucking companies
(The following Reuters article was published in the New York Times online.) MIAMI -- Organized drivers and cargo handlers at top U.S. shared-loads truckers have authorized a strike by a vote of more than nine-to-one in the event that one is needed to win a new labor...
Statement by AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney on priorities pushed aside by Bush Administration FY 2004 Budget
On one hand, the Bush Administration has used the FY 2004 budget to spark a debate on the future of key programs the American public relies upon. On the other hand, the Administration's FY 2004 budget completely omits from the debate crises such as the budget deficits...
Breakdown of Bush’s Dept. of Transportation budget
(Newsday.com posted the following Associated Press article on February 3.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Agency: Department of Transportation Spending: $53.3 billion Percentage change from 2003: +6 percent Highlights: * Would increase federal aid to states for highway...
Fiscal Year 2004 DOT budget requests $54.3 billion for safer, simpler, smarter transportation system
(The following press release was issued by the Department of Transportation.) WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Transportation today unveiled its proposed fiscal year 2004 budget, requesting $54.3 billion – a 6 percent increase over President Bush’s 2003 request. A...
Plan endangers Amtrak’s ‘underused’ long-distance trains
(The following article by Ledyard King appeared in USA Today.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration's budget plan for next year would eliminate Amtrak's ''underused and inefficient'' long-distance trains. That could reduce, and in some cases eliminate, passenger rail...
Bush’s budget shorts Amtrak $600 million
(The following story was found on the Washington Post’s website on February 4 .) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Bush's $54.3 billion budget for the Department of Transportation budget in general would provide some increase for most programs, although not as much as some...
U.S. proposes to cut some Amtrak’s routes
(The following article by Reuters was published in today’s online version of the New York Times.) WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration proposed on Monday that Amtrak eliminate long-distance trains, some of which lose hundreds of dollars per passenger, in a more...
UK freight train engineers strike over pay
(The following story appeared on the Associated Press wire.) LONDON -- Train drivers employed by Britain's largest rail freight company began a 24-hour strike Saturday after unions rejected a pay offer. More than 2,500 drivers for English, Welsh & Scottish Railway...
40-hour work rule may fall
(The following Associated Press article by Leigh Strope was posted in the February 1 online issue of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Heeding the complaints of business, the Bush administration is revamping decades-old labor regulations in an overhaul...
