Category: Transportation
Passenger stabbed aboard Montebello Bus Lines
Update: Manuel Ortiz, 27, was apprehended at 1 a.m., Thursday, April 12, and is being held on attempted murder charges. A motive for the attack is still unclear. An update on the condition of the victim has not been released. Click here to read more from CBS Los Angeles. CBS [...]
VA SMART TD SMART Army Hosts Opening Day for Local Little League
SMART TD members in Southwest Virginia got together to help the Crewe, Va., Little League put on a memorable opening day for local kids. After the opening ceremonies, SMART members hosted a screening of the movie “Sandlot” for local families.
Norfolk Southern sues crew involved in collision
Norfolk Southern has sued in federal court an engineer and conductor who were aboard a freight train than collided with another NS train last month in Scott County, Ky. According to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the suit claims the crew ignored a signal and failed to reduce th [...]
UHC: Help prevent infections when receiving medical treatment
Tips to help keep your health on track! Everyone knows when you’re sick you go to a medical facility for treatment in order to get better. What you need to be aware of, however, is that patients can also contract an infection while getting treatment for their medical issue. U [...]
Former UTU legal counsel Clint Miller dies
Clint Miller, general counsel for the United Transportation Union for more than two decades, died March 28 at his home in Lakewood, Ohio. He was 70. Before his 2012 retirement, Miller was a fixture in the UTU Legal Department for 27 years – 21 of them as UTU general counsel. [...]
Workers Summit to take place Friday in Nebraska
Union members from all over Nebraska are invited to attend a Workers Summit on Friday, April 6 in North Platte, Neb. Jim “Doc” Moore, a retired associate professor of labor history at Cornell University’s School for Industrial and Labor Relations, will moderate the meetings a [...]
Local 590 conductor killed in accident
Brother Robert “Rob” J. Hemling, 39, of Randolph, Wis., and a member of Local 590, died in a train accident March 27 in Sparta, Wis. Brother Hemling, a conductor for Canadian Pacific, was working at Cedar Creek Lumber when he was killed. Police and media reports d [...]
Operations suspended at Great Lakes Airlines
Great Lakes Airlines, a Wyoming-based regional carrier, announced that it will suspend scheduled flight operations effective Monday, March 26, after more than 40 years in business. A release from the company said that it was going to lay off employees and that its 34 planes w [...]