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Registration open for BLET’s Austin regional meeting, July 12-16, 2021
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, April 30 — The BLET is pleased to announce the resumption of its regional meeting program with a meeting in Austin, Texas, July 12-16, 2021. CDC guidelines regarding COVID-19 protocols will be strictly enforced to protect the health and safety of everyone in attendance. Guests will stay at the Hilton Austin (500 East…
Read MoreUP constructing grain transload terminal near Chicago
(Source: Progressive Railroading 04/30/2021) Union Pacific Railroad is building a state-of-the-art grain transload facility within its Global IV intermodal terminal in Joliet, Illinois. The UP Global IV Transload facility will be managed by JCT, a 50-50 joint venture between Consolidated Grain and Barge Co. and Gavilon Grain LLC. Construction began this month and completion is anticipated by fourth-quarter 2021. Once…
Read MoreUP workers fight to keep jobs ahead of Palestine car shop closure
(Source: Television station KTRE, April 29, 2021) PALESTINE, Texas — A group of current and retired Palestine railroad workers are fighting to keep Union Pacific from leaving town. They are raising money to take legal action against the railroad. They’re raising money using GoFundMe in hopes of hiring legal counsel to fight the railroad. Full…
Read MoreBiden to focus on infrastructure with event celebrating trains
(Source: Reuters, April 30, 2021) WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden will return on Friday to one of the cities that helped win him the White House as he works to gain popular support for $4 trillion in proposed programs to shore up the U.S. economy. Biden’s trip to Philadelphia includes a stop at an…
Read MoreRRB Q&A: Dual benefit payments
(Source: Railroad Retirement Board press release, April 27, 2021) CHICAGO — The payment of a railroad retirement annuity can be affected by entitlement to social security benefits, as well as certain other government benefits. Such dual entitlement, if not reported to the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), can result in benefit overpayments which have to be repaid,…
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