Amtrak unions threaten strike
More than 8,000 Amtrak union members, fed up with what they call inadequate
government rail funding, threatened to walk off the job on Oct. 3 in a one-day
strike.
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BLE-IBT Town Hall Meetings underway
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is conducting a nationwide series
of Town Hall Meetings to explain details of the proposed merger with the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
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AFL-CIO state federations enact
remote control safety resolutions
In the past three months, six state labor federations have adopted safety
resolutions that call upon local, state and federal officials to examine
remote control train operations to make sure the technology is implemented
in the safest manner possible.
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36th community enacts remote control
safety resolution
The number of local communities enacting remote control safety resolutions
grew to 36 in August. Mankato, Minn., and Saginaw, Mich., joined the growing
list of communities that are asking the Federal Railroad Administration
to make sure that remote control locomotives are operated in the safest
manner possible.
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