(The Indianapolis Star posted the following article on its website on December 5.)
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. — U.S. District Judge Larry McKinney may rule as soon as today on an Amtrak request for a temporary restraining order to force striking employees at the railroad’s Beech Grove maintenance facility back to work.
McKinney heard arguments Thursday from Amtrak and the Transport Workers Union and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, which launched the strike Wednesday to protest Amtrak’s hiring of outside contractors to repair tracks and cars.
Eleven other unions honored the strike, leading to the site’s 600 hourly workers staying home.