February 3, 2015 | Headlines, Railroad Security, VIA Rail
(Source: Toronto Star, February 2, 2015) TORONTO — Three months after meeting an undercover FBI agent posing as a wealthy businessman and radical Muslim, Chibeb Esseghaier shared his plan to derail a Via Rail train heading from the U.S. to Toronto, killing those on...
December 22, 2014 | Headlines, Teamsters Canada, VIA Rail
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) press release, December 19, 2014) OTTAWA, Ontario — The bargaining process between the 350 Locomotive Engineers at VIA Rail represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and the rail carrier, are at a point...
December 22, 2014 | Headlines, Teamsters Canada, VIA Rail
(Source: Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) press release, December 19, 2014) OTTAWA, Ontario — The bargaining process between the 350 Locomotive Engineers at VIA Rail represented by the Teamsters Canada Rail Conference (TCRC) and the rail carrier, are at a point...
July 29, 2014 | Headlines, Unions, VIA Rail
(Source: Boston Globe, July 24, 2014) BOSTON — If labor leaders were to march in front of the State House this year, their chant might go something like this: “Two! Four! Six! Eight! We’ve got a lot to celebrate!” Among the victories unions are savoring: the highest...
May 12, 2014 | Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC News, May 11, 2014) OTTAWA — Via Rail has new leadership after Transport Minister Lisa Raitt appointed Yves Desjardins-Siciliano as the company’s new president and CEO on Sunday. The Montreal native, who was the rail company’s chief corporate and legal...
October 17, 2013 | Headlines, Teamsters, VIA Rail
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters, October 16, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Behind the details of the proposed agreement that would keep the government open until Jan. 15 and extend the debt limit until Feb. 7 is the reality that our government will be...
October 9, 2013 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Globe and Mail, October 9, 2013) TORONTO — The lure of travelling cross-country by rail is the magnificent unfolding landscape, wrapped in the enduring mystique of retracing Canada’s history. Along the way, time slows to the speed of long conversations. But...
October 7, 2013 | Amtrak, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: Bloomberg News, October 6, 2013) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Amtrak, the U.S. intercity passenger railroad, may have trouble staying on track if a U.S. government shutdown is prolonged for a month or more. Amtrak gets 12 percent of its operating budget and most...
September 26, 2013 | Canada, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC News, September 26, 2013) OTTAWA — VIA Rail employees affected by last week’s fatal crash with an OC Transpo bus have a new set of resources to draw from, according to the company. Two engineers have been given three mandatory days off, with the...
September 20, 2013 | Accident, Headlines, VIA Rail
(Source: CBC.ca, September 20, 2013) TORONTO — The Ottawa city bus involved in a horrific crash with a Via passenger train Wednesday that left six people dead has been towed away from the scene. The investigators will be looking at data obtained from recorders on both...
