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Union Pacific EVP Whited sells $2 million in company stock
(Source: The Ledger Gazette, April 21, 2018) NEW YORK — Union Pacific Co. EVP Elizabeth F. Whited sold 15,576 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 3. The stock was sold at an average price of $133.79, for a total transaction...
Rail, truck stocks have gotten cheap but trade wars a risk
(Source: Reuters, April 23, 2018) NEW YORK — Many U.S. stocks cheapened up during the first quarter’s choppy trading scene, relieving some concern investors had about lofty valuations. Many U.S. stocks cheapened up during the first quarter’s choppy trading scene,...
UP tankers carrying crude oil derail in downtown Texarkana
(Source: Texarkana Gazette, April 23, 2018) TEXARKANA — Union Pacific Railroad officials are still trying to determine what caused 12 tank cars filled with crude oil to derail at about 11:30 a.m. Sunday near the Texarkana, Texas-side viaduct. No injuries were reported...
With oil by rail poised for a comeback, will derailments follow?
(Source: DeSmog Blog, April 20, 2018) NEW YORK — As we’ve reported on DeSmog, Canada's lack of pipeline capacity to transport tar sands oil is driving a resurgence of oil by rail. Here in the U.S., the amount of oil moving by rail is also increasing. As oil production...
Unions say strike ‘inevitable’ at CP Rail
(Source: Bloomberg, April 21, 2018) NEW YORK — After agreeing at the last minute to stave off a strike, unions at Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. are urging their members to reject the company’s offer and say it’s only a matter of time before they walk off the job. Full...
Teamsters Canada, IBEW postpone strike at CP Rail
(Source: Teamsters Canada press release, April 20, 2018) CALGARY — The Minister of Labour, on the advice of federal mediators, has agreed to Canadian Pacific’s request to order a vote on a final offer to renew their collective agreements with the Teamsters Canada Rail...
Opinion: What Trump can learn from Baltimore’s port
(Source: Baltimore Sun opinion column by Charles H. White Jr., April 19, 2018) BALTIMORE, Md. — The Trump infrastructure plan largely shifts development and financial initiatives to states, municipalities and the private sector — public-private partnerships, or “P3s.”...
MillerCoors brewery workers in Ft. Worth secure new Teamster contract
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 19, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — After months of negotiations, members of Local 997 in Ft. Worth, Texas, now have a new contract with MillerCoors brewing company. The brewery production and warehouse...
Last of New York sewage sludge train cars leaves Parrish, Ala.
(Source: www.al.com, April 19, 2018) BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — The poop train is gone. Parrish, Alabama is now free of smelly containers of human waste that had been parked on railroad tracks in the small Walker County town for more than two months. Full story:...
CSX must face female engineer’s suit alleging sex, disability bias
(Source: The Indiana Lawyer, April 19, 2018) INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — The CSX railroad lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a fired female locomotive engineer who alleges gender and disability discrimination. The complaint also contends CSX more severely disciplined...
