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BLET fighting for members’ jobs at the US/Mexican border
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, June 27 — BLET National President Dennis R. Pierce and BLET Texas Mexican Railway (Tex Mex) General Chairman Chris Heise today rejected a plan by Kansas City Southern Railway (KCS) to replace American crews with Mexican crews in Laredo, Texas, setting the stage for a BLET strike on the Tex Mex at 12:01…
Read MoreGeneral Chairman Update 06/26/18
Below is an update from General Chairman Steve Leyshon.
Read MoreAAR reports rail traffic for week ending June 16, 2018
(Source: Association of American Railroads press release, June 20, 2018) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Association of American Railroads (AAR) today reported U.S. rail traffic for the week ending June 16, 2018. For this week, total U.S. weekly rail traffic was 558,098 carloads and intermodal units, up 4.1 percent compared with the same week last year. Total…
Read MoreBNSF asks for two-year delay on PTC implementation, and says it’s the fault of others
(Source: Freight Waves, June 16, 2018) NEW YORK — Two days before the chief federal rail regulator was scheduled to hold a big meeting to talk about positive train control with the nation’s railroads, one of the biggest dropped a bombshell. Full story: Freight Waves Monday, June 25, 2018
Read MoreBNSF estimates 230,000 gallons of oil spilled into Little Rock River
(Source: Sioux City Journal, June 23, 2018) DOON, Iowa — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds paid a visit Saturday to local authorities tasked with cleaning up some 230,000 gallons of oil that spilled into the Little Rock River near Doon early Friday morning from a derailed BNSF train. Full story: Sioux City Journal Monday, June 25, 2018
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