Category: Front Page
Feds set back to Caltrain project; contractors step up
Railway Age reported that contractors on Caltrain’s Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project (PCEP) agreed to extend the deadline for first day of construction from March 1, 2017 to June 30, 2017. This announcement was issued just days after the Federal Transit Admin [...]
Local 1626 asks for your help in members’ time of need
Local 1626 President Vern Gillis wrote the following plea for help on behalf of Brother Dinsmore and his family. “As we get older we start being able to put all things into perspective. What I know for sure is that family is not just an important thing, it’s everything. For u [...]SMART TD opens registration for 2017 regional meetings
SMART Transportation Division has opened registration for the San Antonio and New York City Regional Meetings. Pre-registration cost for both meetings is $150 per person, per meeting; children 11 and under are free. Persons who do not pre-register, but choose to register afte [...]
Calls for 2-person crews in response to amphibious vehicle fatalities
The Portland Press Herald reported that as amphibious vehicles (duck boats), designed to traverse land and water, have increased in popularity over the years, so has the number of accidents and fatalities involving these complicated vehicles. Advocates for increased safety m [...]
New Hampshire next for right-to-work? State House says NO!
In a close vote, the New Hampshire State Senate voted 12-11 to pass right-to-work (for less) in January. The bill then went to the Republican-controlled House for a vote and was expected to pass. The bill surprisingly failed in the House 200-177, with 32 Republicans voting ag [...]
GP Sellers February Video Message
In his February 2017 message, General President Sellers discusses his recent meeting with President Trump and White House officials along with the battle being waged in the states and on the national level over a new round of right to work laws and attacks on Davis Bacon. Video
Ohio Republican brings Right To Work to House floor
Source: Cleveland.com, 2/13/17 COLUMBUS, Ohio – On February 13, 2017, Rep. John Becker (R) introduced H.B. 53, a Right-to-Work measure designed to weaken collective bargaining rights for public and private employees. H.B. 53 would allow public sector employees to opt ou [...]
Railroad worker awarded $7.5 million in toxin exposure case
According to the National Review. com, a jury in Madison county, Wisconsin ruled against Union Pacific Railroad by awarding $7.5 million in damages to a former railroad worker for contracting severe illnesses that were deemed directly linked to his longterm exposure to creoso [...]