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Indiana official: “Use live ammunition” against Wisconsin protesters
(The following appeared on the Mother Jones website.) On Saturday night, when Mother Jones staffers tweeted a report that riot police might soon sweep demonstrators out of the Wisconsin capitol building — something that didn't end up happening — one Twitter user sent...
Biden defends unions against conservative ‘social agenda’
(The following appeared on The Hill website on February 23, 2011.) Unions are not the cause of the country's economic woes, Vice President Biden said Wednesday. “Public employees are not the problem. The problem is much deeper,” Biden said during a fundraiser in New...
Top six revelations in the call between fake David Koch and Governor Scott Walker
(The following appeared on the Huffington Post website on February 23, 2011.) The call made by a Buffalo blogger pretending to be billionaire right-wing activist David Koch to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is quickly making an impact on the news cycle. (You can...
Wisconsin governor exposed as corporate tool in prank call
(The following is from teamsternation.blogspot.com.) If you ever had any doubt that Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker is a toady for corporate welfare and queen union-busting billionaire David Koch, you have to listen to this. Right now. A journalist, pretending to be Koch,...
Hoffa in Wisconsin, urges working families to stick together
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on February 23, 2011.) MADISON, Wisc. — Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa today addressed a crowd of thousands of working families in the Statehouse Rotunda, urging all workers to stand strong...
Jesse Jackson joins Ohio union workers in opposition to attack on collective bargaining
(The following appeared on the Plain Dealer website on February 23, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Rev. Jesse Jackson revved up union workers at a downtown rally today to oppose Senate Bill 5, a Republican-backed proposal to overhaul the state's collective bargaining...
Ohio’s attack on collective bargaining could jeopardize its federal transit money
(The following appeared on The Plain Dealer website on February 23, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Ohio could lose a significant portion of its $171 million in yearly federal transit money if state legislators adopt a proposal that would curtail collective bargaining...
Norfolk Southern orders 1,500 coal cars
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 22, 2011.) Norfolk Southern Railway is ordering 1,500 high-capacity coal hauling railcars from FreightCar America, in an order valued at more than $100 million. Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, who...
CP and Vancouver port look to speed cargo movement
(The following appeared on the Vancouver Sun website on February 22, 2011.) VANCOUVER, B.C. — Canadian Pacific and Port Metro Vancouver announced on February 22 a collaboration agreement intended to accelerate the movement of cargo through Canada's largest...
BNSF likely to appeal locomotive engineer’s $1.9 million award
(The following appeared on the Fort Worth Star-Telegram website on February 22, 2011.) FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway Co. says it will probably appeal a $1.9 million jury verdict that found the railroad responsible for the back injuries that forced a longtime...
CSX opens new Ohio intermodal hub
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — CSX Transportation began operating the big new intermodal terminal it built at North Baltimore, Ohio, near Toledo, which will be the western anchor of its National...
SEPTA puts its new Korean-made railcar in service
(The following appeared on the Philadelphia Inquirer website on February 23, 2011.) PHILADELPHIA — With no fanfare, the first of SEPTA's long-delayed production Silverliner V passenger railcars made their debut Monday. The two cars were the first of 117 being...
U.S. Supreme Court sides with CSX in Alabama tax case
(Bloomberg News circulated the following on February 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court broadened the ability of railroads to challenge state taxes as illegally favoring other types of carriers, ruling in favor of CSX Corp. in an Alabama case. The...
US railroads cut jobs in January
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 22, 2011.) The seven major freight railroads reduced employment on their U.S. lines by 1,096 workers from mid-December to mid-January, the second straight cut after trimming 642 jobs the month...
Opinion: At grave risk
(The following column by Bob Herbert appeared on the New York Times website on February 21, 2011.) NEW YORK — Buried deep beneath the stories about executive bonuses, the stock market surge and the economy’s agonizingly slow road to recovery is the all-but-silent...
5,200 opponents make loud show at the Ohio Capitol
(The following appeared on the Columbus Dispatch website on February 23, 2011.) COLUMBUS, Ohio — A key Senate Republican said at least one public union has shown a willingness to go beyond the "kill the bill" chants heard repeatedly from the estimated 5,200 protesters...
Hoffa: Wisconsin Governor has gone too far
(The International Brotherhood of Teamsters issued the following on February 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. —Teamsters General President Jim Hoffa said Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker has gone too far with his vindictive attack on working families. Hoffa was responding to...
Teamsters march and sit on battlefields in MI, OH, IN, WI, VT, CO
(The following appeared on the Teamster Nation website on February 22, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Teamsters fought to stop the war against workers alongside tens of thousands of people demonstrating in Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Colorado, Vermont, Montana and Michigan...
Railcar owners scrap over 3 percent of fleet
(The following appeared on The Journal of Commerce website on February 18, 2011.) WASHINGTON, D.C. — North American railcar owners scrapped a net 3 to 4 percent of cars they operated or held in storage during the recession, sending about 57,000 aging units to...
Railcar maker gets big order from Norfolk Southern
(The following appeared on the Roanoke Times website on February 22, 2011.) RICHMOND, Va. — FreightCar America Inc. will produce 3,000 rail cars at its Roanoke manufacturing plant under a contract with Norfolk Southern Railway Co., putting more than 200 people to work...
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