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Can ECP brakes stop train disasters in suburbs?

August 25, 2015 CHICAGO – As a former railroad brakeman, the region’s top planner Joe Szabo knows how to stop a train. So it’s significant he backs a controversial new federal rule requiring freight railroads to install electronic braking systems on trains carrying crude oi [...]

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OSHA unveils high penalty map

August 25, 2015 The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has created a new webpage to identify high penalty cases in all U.S. states and territories. We hope this new resource will be helpful in your reporting on OSHA cases and initiatives. The map, which can b [...]

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Rail safety bill sent to Calif. governor

August 24, 2015 Legislation to protect communities along rail lines and railroad workers by requiring trains and light engines carrying freight within California to be operated with an adequate crew size received support from the State Assembly with a 51-28 vote. The bill, authored by Sen. L [...]

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Former Kan. State Director Don Lindsey passes away

August 24, 2015 Former Kansas State Legislative Director Donald F. Lindsey Jr., 67, died surrounded by his family Aug. 20, 2015 at the University of Kansas Medical Center. Lindsey fought a long battle with cancer since his first diagnosis in 1995. Lindsey served in the United States Army Res [...]

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Via WNY Labor News: Retired Members Create Tribute to Fallen WWII Brothers

August 21, 2015 Please visit WNY Labor Today for more news and features centering on the Upstate New York Labor Movement. The Sullivan Brothers – George, Francis, Joseph, Madison and Albert, Who Were All in Their 20s, Were Sailors Who Served Together on the U.S.S. Juneau During World War II [...]

TTD urges exclusion of hair testing from bill

August 20, 2015 WASHINGTON — In a letter to the leadership of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO (TTD), together with member unions and coalition partners, is urging lawmakers to follow established protocol for developing federal dr [...]

Tags AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, Depart of Health and Human Services, DOT, Edward Wytkind, Hair Testing, TTD, Wytking

Man arrested for placing items on train tracks

August 20, 2015 HOMESTEAD, Pa. — A man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly placing items on railroad tracks in Homestead. According to the criminal complaint, an officer was crossing the railroad tracks when he noticed a struggle between two men. One of the men flagged the officer down and [...]

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School bus safest transportation for students

August 20, 2015 Over the next few weeks, nearly 50 million children will head back to school; more than 20 million of those students, including my daughter, will ride on a school bus. When I talk about how to safely transport children to and from school, and more specifically about school bu [...]

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Feds to study daily passenger rail service in Midwest

August 19, 2015 CINCINNATI — The Federal Railroad Administration will soon take a good, hard look at how Amtrak could better serve the Midwest with interstate passenger rail transit, and local leaders are saying it will take Cincinnati one step closer toward daily rail service to Chicago. In [...]

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Female engineer inducted into Railroad Hall of Fame

August 18, 2015 When Ramona Dockter was a senior in high school, her brother asked her what she wanted to be. She told him that she wanted to work on the railroad like her father, and she did. For several months, 18-year-old Dockter worked as a brakeman alongside engineers who helped her und [...]

Tags Franky Hoffman, John Risch, Railroad Hall of Fame, Ramona Dockter