September 16, 2021 | Headlines, Railroad Retirement
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, September 1, 2021) CHICAGO — Railroad employees out of work due to Hurricane Ida and its aftermath are reminded that they may qualify for unemployment benefits. To determine eligibility or file claims for benefits,...
September 16, 2021 | Headlines, Teamsters, War on Workers
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters updates the news section of its website each day with the latest regarding the Teamsters, domestic and global labor and trade issues, state and living wage battles, social justice, the War on Workers, and many other important...
September 14, 2021 | CN, CP, Headlines, KCS, STB
(Source: Reuters, September 12, 2021) NEW YORK — Kansas City Southern said on Sunday it planned to accept Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd’s $27.2 billion cash-and-stock acquisition offer as superior to its $29.6 billion deal to sell itself to Canadian National...
September 14, 2021 | CN, Headlines, KCS
(Source: BNN Bloomberg, September 14, 2021) NEW YORK — One of the main players behind a U.K.-based hedge fund’s threat to launch a proxy battle against Canadian National Railway Ltd. is taking a few cues from some high-profile previous activist campaigns...
September 14, 2021 | Headlines, NS
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, September 13, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — It’s almost exactly 11 years since the “Heartland Corridor” opened for business, providing an intermodal link from the Port of Norfolk, Virginia to, as the name implies, the U.S....
