Archive for March 4, 2021
High-Tech Divide and Conquer
(Editor’s Note: The following is an advance copy of President Pierce’s message that will appear in the upcoming January/February 2021 issue of the Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen News.) High-Tech Divide and Conquer By Dennis R. Pierce, National President In my last President’s Message, I closed by saying the following: “…… our success in all…
Read MoreInspector General: Former DOT Secretary Elaine Chao used DOT resources for personal errands, family business
(Source: National Public Radio, March 4, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In her time as former President Donald Trump’s transportation secretary, Elaine Chao repeatedly used her position and agency staff to help family members who run a shipping business with ties to China, in potential violation of federal ethics laws, according to an Office of Inspector…
Read MoreBNSF worker killed after two freight trains “converge” at La Mirada rail yard in California
(Source: KTLA, March 4, 2021) BUENA PARK, Calif. — A BNSF Railway worker died after being crushed between two trains that converged Wednesday morning near the La Mirada-Buena Park border. Arriving firefighters found that the victim, a Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway employee, had been between two trains that were converging and was crushed. Full…
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