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Teamsters approve warchest for upcoming negotiations
LAS VEGAS -- Democratically-elected delegates to the International Brotherhood of Teamster Special Convention approved a new funding structure that will provide financial security for decades to come, according to a report on the Teamsters website. “We will show UPS...
Nova Scotia regulators to hold hearing on planned rail service cuts
HALIFAX -- Nova Scotia regulators will hold a public hearing on planned cuts to rail service in Cape Breton, the Canadian Press reports. The Utility and Review Board is considering an application from the Cape Breton and Central Nova Scotia Railway, which wants to end...
Dispute delays Downeaster service to Maine city
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, Maine -- Passenger rail service to Old Orchard Beach will be delayed a month because of a now-resolved dispute between the track owner and the Northern New England Passenger Rail Authority, a wire service reported. Amtrak's Downeaster was scheduled...
Bridge sale prepares way for Canada-US trade growth
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. -- A new international freight transportation route dedicated to heavy trucks took a step closer to reality here today with the announcement that a bi-national business partnership will purchase the former Niagara River railway bridge between this...
Possible Md. Maglev route altered
BALTIMORE -- Maryland transportation officials have shifted the possible route of a proposed Maglev train through southern Howard County to minimize contact with the Rouse Co.'s upscale Emerson development, but the move hasn't mollified opponents, the Baltimore Sun...
Acela Express gains at expense of air shuttles
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Pamela A. Benoit stood on the station platform in Wilmington, Del., a little after 9 Monday morning after stepping off Amtrak's high-speed Acela Express train. She and her fellow passengers, traveling from Washington's Union Station to New York...
Government’s new web site offers guide to benefits maze
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Labor Department yesterday officially launched GovBenefits.gov, a Web site designed to simplify access to information about government aid and other benefit programs, the Washington Post reported. Deputy Labor Secretary D. Cameron Findlay said...
Bombardier exec, union chief to meet on strike
MONTREAL -- The president of Bombardier Inc.'s aerospace division and a powerful union group will meet soon to seek an end to a two-week strike over wages at the plane maker's Montreal plants, a wire service reported. The president of the Quebec Workers Federation,...
Lawmaker wants voters to have voice on rail
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Even as he worries about the possible demise of passenger rail service in Oklahoma, state Sen. Dave Herbert wants to see high- speed passenger rail service between the state's largest cities, reports the Oklahoman. "The beautiful part is you could...
Texas officials see vote soon on light rail
WESTLAKE, Texas -- A multimillion-dollar bond package to build a light rail system for Fort Worth could go before voters in the next 18 months, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported. If approved by voters, a light rail system - at a projected cost of $120 million to...
