April 2, 2020 | CN, CP, Headlines
(Source: Fortune, April 1, 2020) NEW YORK — It was only a matter of days after protest blockades died down, rail lines rehired employees they had laid off, and Canada’s federal government reached a tentative agreement with the Wet’suwet’en First Nation that the...
April 2, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, April 1, 2020) PHILADELPHIA — Allison Cooper, a SEPTA operator repositioned to sanitizing buses at Fern Rock Transportation Center, worries she may give COVID-19 to her 90-year-old mom at their Germantown home. As Cooper, 54, a TWU...
April 2, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NBC Chicago, April 2, 2020) CHICAGO — A conductor who works on the Metra SouthWest Service Line has tested positive for COVID-19, the commuter rail service announced Wednesday. The employee has been home since becoming sick March 25, Metra said in a...
April 2, 2020 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: NorthJersey.com, April 2, 2020) BERGEN COUNTY, N.J. — An NJ Transit bus operator said he was handed a pair of gloves and a square towelette before heading out on an eight-hour shift in North Jersey last week. The next day, he was feverish, had chills and was...
April 2, 2020 | Headlines, Teamsters
(Source: Column by International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa published in the Detroit News, April 1, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Our country is currently facing unprecedented uncertainty due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. It is not...
