May 20, 2020 | Headlines, High Speed Rail
(Source: Wired, May 19, 2020) NEW YORK — Accuse Representative Seth Moulton of loving trains too much at your peril. Yes, the Massachusetts Democrat worked for a time on a high-speed-rail project in Texas, one that is now finally inching toward a groundbreaking...
May 20, 2020 | Headlines, Positive Train Control
(Source: Freight Waves, May 19, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — One hundred percent of the tracks owned by the U.S. operations of the Class I railroads have completed the advanced field testing of positive train control (PTC), a federally mandated safety technology that...
May 20, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: North Platte Telegraph, May 19, 2020) NORTH PLATTE, Neb. — The Union Pacific Railroad Tuesday laid off an unspecified number of workers in Bailey Yard’s mechanical department. Raquel Espinoza, U.P.’s senior director for corporate communications and media...
May 19, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 18, 2020 WASHINGTON, D.C. — At the request of the pilots at Allegiant Air, Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa and the Teamsters General Executive Board approved the formation of Teamsters Local...
May 19, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, May 18, 2020) MILWAUKEE, Wisc. — Teamsters Local 200 announced today that the union prevailed in an arbitration with Roundy’s Supermarkets. In the opinion, issued on May 14, the arbitrator found that the...
