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(Source: Associated Press, September 15, 2019) GILLETTE, Wyo. — At two of the world’s biggest coal mines, the finances got so bad that their owner couldn’t even get toilet paper on credit. Warehouse technician Melissa Worden divvied up what remained of the last case, giving four rolls to each mine and two to the mine…

(Source: CNN Business, September 16, 2019) NEW YORK — The United Auto Workers union went out on strike against General Motors Sunday night, the first work stoppage in the US auto industry in 12 years. The union’s nearly 50,000 hourly fulltime and temporary workers walked out at 31 GM factories and 21 other facilities, spread…

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 12 — Brother Bruce A. Dominique Jr., a member of BLET Division 219 in Shreveport, Louisiana, was killed in a railroad accident on September 6, 2019. He was 36 years old. Employed by the Union Pacific Railroad, Brother Dominique hired out as a trainman with UP on December 31, 2012, and earned…

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, September 13 — The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) is asking all active and retired railroaders to complete an online survey to help drive its future strategic plans regarding online offerings. The survey is part of a major Information Technology Initiative currently underway at the RRB. To that end, the Board has released an…