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Study ties fare loss to low staffing on Boston-area commuter trains
BOSTON -- The Boston Globe reported that 83 percent of Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter trains left stations without the required number of conductors for at least 32 weeks last year, causing major problems with fare collections and...
Train cars derail in Roseville rail yard
ROSEVILLE, Calif. -- Several cars and a tanker fell off a Roseville railroad track early Tuesday morning, shutting down the tracks, according to local news stations KCRA. Officials say that the crash was caused by a "switching" accident. Union Pacific rail yard...
Statement by AFL-CIO’s Trumka on Bush decision to seek Taft-Hartley injunction
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- This is the first time in the history of the United States that a President has let an employer lock out workers in an extended quest to undermine the workers' union -- creating a phony crisis -- and then reward that employer's action with...
Bush invokes Taft-Hartley Act to open West Coast ports
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- President Bush intervened in the 11-day shutdown of 29 West Coast ports on October 8, successfully seeking a court order to halt the employers' lockout of 10,500 longshoremen, because the operation of the ports is "vital to our economy and to our...
Bush intervenes to halt port lockout
NEW YORK -- Workers at 29 West Coast ports could be back on the job as early as today after President Bush (news - web sites) stepped in and a federal court ordered an end to a crippling lockout by port operators, reported USA Today. Even so, it could be 10 weeks...
Lockout at West Coast ports hits Fort Worth, Texas-area carriers
FORT WORTH, Texas -- Although the West Coast longshoremen's lockout hasn't yet been felt on store shelves by consumers, railroads, truckers and others in the transportation business are beginning to see its impact, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. Union Pacific...
Bush orders West Coats ports reopened
LOS ANGELES -- Saying the nation's economy and security were at risk, President Bush today secured a court order to temporarily reopen West Coast ports and force dockworkers and their employers to continue negotiations, the Washington Post reported. Invoking powers of...
ILWU leaders remain defiant
SAN FRANCISCO -- West Coast docks will reopen today, ending at least temporarily a devastating port lockout that cost the U.S. economy at least $19 billion over 12 days, the Oakland Tribune reported. For the first time in more than 20 years, the 55-year-old...
BLE members rally against remote control
LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the union's supporters rallied yesterday in opposition to the use of remote-control machinery to guide trains in and around rail yards, calling the devices a threat to public safety, the Louisville...
Teamsters have cleaner union, study finds
NEW YORK -- In an unusual study commissioned by the Teamsters union, a team of 20 former prosecutors and F.B.I. agents has concluded that the union, once the nation's most mob-infested, has been largely purged of the influences of organized crime, the New York Times...
