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US Foods’ attack on workers is an attack on veterans
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 21, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — For more than 25 years, Abel has worked in the warehouse at US Foods’ facility in Phoenix. In recent months he and his coworkers have walked picket lines for their own...
CSX Huntington office likely to stay open through July
(Source: Herald-Dispatch, June 21, 2016) HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — The CSX administrative office in Huntington, expected to close sometime this summer, will likely stay open until the end of July, a company official said Tuesday. Full story: Herald-Dispatch
UP locomotive leaking diesel fuel stops in Columbia River Gorge
(Source: The Oregonian, June 21, 2016) PORTLAND, Ore. — Hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel have likely leaked from a train that was traveling in the Columbia River Gorge, a Union Pacific spokesman said late Tuesday. Full story: The Oregonian
Lac-Megantic drops lawsuit against Canadian Pacific
(Source: Canadian Press, June 22, 2016) MONTREAL — Lac-Mégantic city council has dropped its lawsuit against Canadian Pacific Railway, which sought damages for the 2013 rail disaster. Forty-seven people died when a runaway train derailed on July 6, 2013. Full story:...
Heroic BNSF railroaders save woman from burning car
(Source: Fremont Tribune, June 21, 2016) FREMONT, Neb. — Even before they reached the accident scene, Mike Hubbell and his co-workers knew what they would do. The employees of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway were eastbound on Nebraska Highway 64 headed toward...
Time for our government to put to rest one-person freight train crews
(Source: Opinion column by Ed Wytkind, President of the AFL-CIO’s Transportation Trades Department, June 21, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Other than the lobby for the behemoth, multi-billion dollar railroad companies, almost no one believes we should permit up to...
UP plans Minnesota infrastructure improvements
(Source: Union Pacific press release, June 20, 2016) OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific plans to invest $9.9 million in 2016 to improve Minnesota's transportation infrastructure. The company's multi-million dollar private investment will enhance employee, community and...
Amtrak adds seventh train through Fresno, Valley
(Source: Fresno Bee, June 20, 2016) FRESNO, Calif. — There is a new Amtrak passenger train rumbling through the San Joaquin Valley, providing a morning northbound option to the San Francisco Bay Area and a southbound train filling an afternoon schedule gap – a...
STA school bus workers in New Jersey join Teamsters
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 20, 2016) PINEBROOK, N.J. — More than 150 school bus workers who transport students for Student Transportation of America (STA) in Pine Brook, New Jersey, have voted decisively to join Teamsters Local...
Passengers join lawsuit against cattle company following Amtrak derailment
(Source: Garden City Telegram, June 20, 2016) GARDEN CITY, Kan. — Thirteen people who were passengers on an Amtrak train that derailed March 14 near Cimarron have joined a federal lawsuit claiming gross negligence on the part of a cattle feeding company investigators...
Dallas-Fort Worth high-speed rail plan draws worldwide interest
(Source: Fort Worth Star-Telegram, June 20, 2016) FORT WORTH, Texas — High-speed rail is a touchy subject in much of Texas, where some politicians and landowners are concerned about train tracks cutting across private property. Full story: Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Lawyer for one of accused in Lac-Megantic disaster wants access to more Crown evidence
(Source: Canadian Press, June 20, 2016) LAC-MÉGANTIC — The Crown must divulge more evidence against the train conductor charged in the Lac-Mégantic derailment that killed 47 people, his lawyer told court Monday. Full story: Montreal Gazette
OSHA sets up pilot program to target whistleblower protection violators
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 20, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Faced with frequent employer retaliation against whistleblowing workers who expose job safety and health violations and other workplace hazards, the Occupational Safety...
Canadian government proposes locomotive emissions regs
(Source: Progressive Railroading, June 20, 2016) The Canadian government has proposed its first-ever regulations to limit locomotive emissions. Full story: Progressive Railroading
CP cuts 2Q 2016 revenue outlook on weaker commodities, Alberta fire impact
(Source: Globe and Mail, June 21, 2016) OTTAWA — Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd said on Tuesday it expected second-quarter revenue to fall about 12 per cent from a year earlier, hurt by weak commodity volumes, the Fort McMurray wildfire in northern Alberta and a...
Teamsters honor sanitation workers on National Garbage Collector Day
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 17, 2016) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today is National Garbage Collector Day, an annual event to honor the men and women who work to keep our neighborhoods and streets safe and clean on a daily basis. In the...
Steam locomotive from 1944 almost ready to roll again
(Source: Albuquerque Journal, June 19, 2016) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A steam whistle was blowing, a bell clanging, a jazz trio playing and scores of people cheering as the big, dark lady known as Santa Fe 2926 emerged at a slow, stately pace from her new house. Full...
FRA’s Feinberg visits Fort Collins, talks quiet zones
(Source: The Coloradoan, June 18, 2016) FORT COLLINS, Colo. — An entourage of federal and local officials took a relatively quiet stroll down Mason Street in Fort Collins on Friday to talk about train noise. Full story: The Coloradan
US Foods Teamsters extend pickets to Chicagoland
(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, June 17, 2016) BENSENVILLE, Ill. — Today, Teamsters that work at the US Foods [NYSE: USFD] distribution facility in Bensenville, Ill. refused to cross the extended picket line of Teamsters from Severn,...
Normal high-speed rail work rescheduled
(Source: Bloomington Pantagraph, June 18, 2016) NORMAL, Ill. — The Illinois Department of Transportation and Union Pacific Railroad are overseeing the work, which is necessary for trains capable of going 110 mph to travel through Bloomington-Normal starting next year....
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