May 1, 2024 | CN, GCA Elections, News, WC
Brother Eric A. Hau was reelected General Chairman at the Canadian National-Wisconsin Central General Committee of Adjustment’s quadrennial meeting on April 16 in Appleton, Wisc. He was first elected General Chairman of the CN-WC GCA at its quadrennial meeting in...
December 30, 2019 | Headlines, WC
(Source: Cook County Record, December 23, 2019) CHICAGO — A railroad company can sue employees who it blames for causing railroad accidents, even after those employees first sue the railroad for injuries they suffered in the accident the railroad says they caused, the...
January 30, 2015 | CP, Headlines, WC
(Source: The Daily Press, January 28, 2015) ASHLAND, Wisc. — Xcel Energy has reached a $10.5 million settlement with a pair of railroad companies who are among the entities named in a lawsuit filed by Xcel asserting they share responsibility for contamination on the...
April 11, 2014 | Headlines, WC, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, April 10, 2014) CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has found Wisconsin Central Limited railway in violation of the Federal Railroad Safety Act for...
May 4, 2012 | Headlines, WC
(Source: Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, May 4, 2012) GREEN BAY, Wisc. — The mighty steam engine named after Dwight Eisenhower is about to get its passport stamped again. Almost half a century ago, the locomotive and coal tender traveled from England via rail and sea to...
September 6, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, WC
(The Franklin Park Herald-Journal posted the following article on its website on September 6.) FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. — Traffic on Grand Avenue was detoured for nearly an hour around 4:20 p.m. Aug. 27 after a northbound train derailed on the 2900 block of Commerce...
September 6, 2006 | Accident, Headlines, WC
(The Franklin Park Herald-Journal posted the following article on its website on September 6.) FRANKLIN PARK, Ill. — Traffic on Grand Avenue was detoured for nearly an hour around 4:20 p.m. Aug. 27 after a northbound train derailed on the 2900 block of Commerce...
May 28, 2004 | Headlines, WC
(The following story by Don Behm appeared on the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel website on May 27.) ADDISON, Wisc. — State rail safety officials have ordered Wisconsin Central Ltd. to install gates and automatic flashing lights at its crossing with Hillcrest Drive,...
May 18, 2004 | CN, Headlines, WC
(CN issued the following news release on May 17.) CHICAGO — CN announced today it has reached a tentative labor agreement with members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWE) who work on CN’s former Wisconsin Central territory in the U.S....
November 27, 2002 | CN, Headlines, WC
STEVENS POINT, Wisc. — Canadian National will cut 84 jobs between its Stevens Point and Fond du Lac repair shops, the Stevens Point Journal reported. The cuts, which were announced Tuesday, are part of a companywide reduction of 1,146 jobs, which officials...
