October 12, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Philadelphia Inquirer, October 9, 2021) PHILADELPHIA — SEPTA’s sweating it out. That salted-away federal pandemic aid won’t last forever. So the transit agency is adopting operational cost-cutting ideas generated by hundreds of employees, from better timing...
October 12, 2021 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: Railway Age, October 8, 2021) NEW YORK — The New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority, free of Andrew Cuomo’s political micro-management, is under a new governor who has promised “hands-off.” What’s next? Full story: Railway...
October 12, 2021 | CP, Headlines
(Source: Canadian Pacific Railway press release, October 8, 2021) CALGARY — Canadian Pacific (CP) will host a virtual concert and donate to local food banks in communities across its network for the Holiday Train program’s 23rd year. Though this year’s...
October 12, 2021 | News, Railroad Retirement
(BLET Editor’s Note: The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board.) CHICAGO, October 11 — Last year at this time, I expected that I would be able to share with you by now news about how the Railroad...
October 7, 2021 | Headlines, Organizing, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM) press release, October 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a victory for the IAM and transportation union members across the country, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear two cases...
