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AFL-CIO statement on Bush State of the Union address
(The following statement by AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney was issued on January 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In addition to making the case for war against Iraq, President George W. Bush used his State of the Union address last night to justify sticking with a...
Black resigns as member of NTSB; Assumes highway post
(The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board issued the following press release on January 29.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- National Transportation Safety Board Member George Washington Black has resigned his seat on the Board, effective January 28. Mr. Black has begun his...
Lawmaker wants independent rail
(The following story by Lesli A. Maxwell was publshed on the Modesto Bee’s January 29 online edition) SACRAMENTO -- A valley lawmaker is challenging Gov. Davis over the future of the state agency in charge of bringing a bullet train system to California. Sen. Dean...
Opinion: Car cannot win collision with train
(The following story was published in the Gainesville Times online edition on January 30) GAINESVILLE, Ga. -- Most motorists take trains for granted. There's a vehicle-train collision every 90 minutes across the United States. A vehicle-train collision has a 30...
Connecting suburbs by train
The following story by Robert McCoppin was published in today’s online version of the Chicago Daily Herald) CHICAGO -- Suburban commuters could go from Hoffman Estates to O'Hare International Airport or south to Joliet under a proposal Wednesday for a new...
Dems threaten to block Treasury nominee
(The following story by Martin Crutsinger was found on the Associated Press website) WASHINGTON - President Bush's nomination of railroad executive John Snow to head the Treasury Department (news - web sites) could face interference from two Senate Democrats who are...
Rail shipments halted after waste spill
(The following story by Frank Munger of the Knoxsville News-Sentinel was published in that paper’s online version on January 28) OAK RIDGE, Tenn. -- The government's cleanup manager has temporarily halted rail shipments of hazardous waste because of an incident last...
Kansas City Southern fourth-quarter profit rises
(The following story by Reuters was published on Forbes.com) KANSAS CITY, Missouri -- Rail group Kansas City Southern on Thursday posted a higher quarterly profit. The Kansas City, Missouri, holding group for freight-hauler Kansas City Southern Railway, said...
Norfolk Southern profit up in 4th Q
(The following story by the Associated Press was published in today’s online New York Times) NORFOLK, Va. -- Norfolk Southern Corp.'s earnings rose 12 percent in the fourth quarter as all of the railroad company's lines of business except coal saw increased revenues...
AFL-CIO statement on Bush judicial nominations
(The following statement of was issued by Jon Hiatt, AFL-CIO General Counsel, on January 28.) WASHINGTON -- Working men and women, and their unions, look to the federal courts as a place where they should get a fair shot at being able to stop unfair labor practices by...
