Byggnads construction union, SMART, and other building trades representatives meet and discuss Skanska in Houston, TX. SMART has been participating in the global labor community in both the construction and manufacturing industries for the past 45 years and has developed stro [...]
In a 5-2 vote, the Canadian Supreme Court has reaffirmed that a worker’s right to strike is protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The court ruled “that the right to strike is an essential part of the collective bargaining process in Canada’s system of lab [...]
At a time when rail safety is making national headlines, the dangers of train travel and campaign cash are on a collision course in Lincoln. Some state lawmakers are backing a plan to force the state’s two major railroads, Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe, to ru [...]
Anthem, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, said Feb. 4 that the personal information of tens of millions of its customers and employees, including its chief executive, was the subject of a “very sophisticated external cyberattack.” The company, which is continuing i [...]
WASHINGTON – Transportation fatalities in the United States decreased by 3 percent in 2013 from 2012, according to preliminary figures released today by the National Transportation Safety Board. Fatalities in all modes of transportation totaled 34,678 in 2013, compared with 3 [...]
As the investigation into the deadliest accident in the history of the Metro-North Railroad got underway on Wednesday, officials said they still could not explain how or why a sport-utility vehicle became stranded on the train tracks. A crowded commuter train traveling north [...]
The Alaska Railroad is applying to become the nation’s first railroad system to ship natural gas by rail, a move that comes as the state looks for cheap ways to deliver the product to Fairbanks. Alaska Railroad Corp. CEO Bill O’Leary told the Senate Finance Committee on Feb. [...]
U.S. freight railroads plan to spend an estimated $29 billion on the nation’s rail network, and project to hire about 15,000 people in 2015, the Association of American Railroads (AAR) reported Feb. 2 in its 2015 Outlook. These high-paying jobs, and record private spending wi [...]
ST. LOUIS – The expense of installing mandated train collision avoidance technology is putting passenger service in Missouri at risk, according to the state Department of Transportation. The equipment, which is designed to override human error, is supposed to be in place by D [...]
A New York college student with measles boarded an Amtrak station from Penn Station earlier this week and may have exposed other passengers to the contagious virus. The student at Bard College in Dutchess County took Amtrak train #283 from Penn Station to Albany, according to [...]
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