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Three unions issue letters supporting Snow
(Forbes.com posted the following Reuters article on January 23.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Seeking to build support for U.S. Treasury Secretary nominee John Snow, the Treasury on Thursday issued letters from three unions offering their strong backing for the wealthy rail...
Snow faced shareholder lawsuit in 1990s
(SmartMoney.com published the following Dow Jones article on January 24.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Bush's nominee for Treasury secretary and other directors of a gas-utility company were sued in a class-action securities-fraud case in the early 1990s, Friday's...
No injuries in Glendale Amtrak crash
(The following Associated Press story was published in the January 24 online issue of the San Jose Mercury News.) GLENDALE, Calif. -- An Amtrak train carrying 300 passengers struck a Jeep Cherokee Thursday afternoon, moments after the Jeep's owner abandoned the...
City transit workers ratify contract by a 60 percent majority
NEW YORK -- The city's transit workers ratified a new three-year contract yesterday by a 60 percent majority, despite a vigorous campaign by union dissidents to have the contract rejected, according to the New York Times. In announcing the results, Roger Toussaint,...
Amtrak train hits stalled SUV
(The following story by Nicholas Grudin was published in the January 23 issue of the Los Angeles Daily News.) GLENDALE, Calif. -- A 53-year-old Sunland woman whose Jeep stalled in the path of an Amtrak train leaped to safety Thursday only seconds before the train hit,...
Van hits CSX train, 1 killed
(The following Associated Press article was published in the January 24 online issue of the Ann Arbor News.) WAYNE, Mich. -- A van hit a CSX Transportation freight train before dawn Friday, killing one person, injuring another and derailing several empty propane tank...
Freight cars derail in Nash County
(The following Associated Press article was published in the January 23 issue of the Charlotte Observer.) NASHVILLE, N.C. -- A few railroad freight cars carrying scrap metal derailed Thursday near Nashville, causing no injuries, authorities said. The cars were...
Opinion: Remote engines: Good or bad?
(The following editorial appeared in the January 21 online issue of the Bakersfield Californian.) BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Railroad union members call remote-controlled switching engines unsafe at any speed. Management labels the innovation a marvelous advancement. Kern...
UP reports record profits; To cut jobs as a result of remote control
(The following story by Dan Piller was published in the January 23 issue of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.) FORT WORTH, Texas -- Union Pacific Corp. reported record profits for the fourth quarter and full year of 2002, but cautioned that higher fuel costs and...
Ordering a SuperBowl pizza? Hold the mushrooms
(Unionvoice.org circulated the following news item on January 22.) WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Ordering pizza from Pizza Hut for the Super Bowl? Think twice before adding mushrooms. Mushroom workers at Pictsweet Mushrooms in Ventura, Calif., have been trying for years to win...
