Railroads’ Strategy Thrilled Wall Street, But Not Customers and Workers
America’s first commercial railroads were built almost two centuries ago. Freight rail has been a symbol of the nation’s economic might...
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icarussmith20
Sep 16, 20224 min read
Biden hails tentative deal to avert rail strike as businesses urge freight workers to back it
By Chantal Da Silva, Eli M. Rosenberg and Leticia Miranda The White House struck a tentative deal Thursday to avoid a rail strike that...
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icarussmith20
Sep 15, 20226 min read
Biden Maneuvers to Try to Avoid Devastating Rail Strike
WASHINGTON — President Biden, desperate to avert a damaging freight rail strike that could exacerbate rapid inflation, is pushing rail...
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icarussmith20
Sep 14, 20224 min read
Why Are Railroad Unions Threatening to Strike?
The US economy is facing the first national rail strike in thirty years as freight railroads and labour unions are failing to reach a new...
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icarussmith20
Sep 12, 20222 min read
U.S. railroad unions warn of cargo delays as contract deadline looms
LOS ANGELES, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Two unions negotiating contracts for almost 60,000 workers at major U.S. freight railways on Sunday said...
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icarussmith20
Sep 6, 20222 min read
Amtrak, freight railroads maintain positions in latest Gulf Coast filings
WASHINGTON — The latest round of filings in the Amtrak Gulf Coast dispute essentially find the parties stating their old arguments in new...
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icarussmith20
Aug 31, 20229 min read
A US Freight Rail Crisis Threatens More Supply Chain Chaos
EARLY THIS SUMMER, farmers worried that millions of chickens in California’s Central Valley might soon peck each other to death. The...
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icarussmith20
Aug 25, 20221 min read
Amtrak launches nationwide hiring spree, majority of job openings in Chicago
CHICAGO - With air travel something of a mess right now, more people are considering traveling by train — and Amtrak is hiring. There's a...
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icarussmith20
Aug 18, 20222 min read
U.S. freight railroads say board wage findings to guide worker contract agreement
LOS ANGELES, Aug 17 (Reuters) - U.S. freight railroads said Wednesday they are ready to reach labor agreements with union workers based...
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icarussmith20
Aug 4, 20221 min read
Amtrak train hits semi-truck in Maryland, no one injured
An Amtrak train departing from Washington, D.C., collided with a semi-truck in Maryland Wednesday evening, officials said. The incident...
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icarussmith20
Aug 2, 20224 min read
Expanding Amtrak’s Scope Would Waste Taxpayer Money And Increase Shipping Costs
Passenger rail enthusiasts like to point to the shabby service and equipment on Amtrak in order to lobby for more government investment...
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icarussmith20
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Biden Names Board to Help End Freight Railroad and Union Contract Disputes
By David Shepardson (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden on Sunday named the members of an emergency board tasked with helping resolve...
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icarussmith20
Jul 12, 20223 min read
President Biden faces deadline in U.S. railroad labor standoff
LOS ANGELES, July 12 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden faces a deadline next week to intervene in nationwide U.S. railroad labor talks...
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icarussmith20
Jul 11, 20223 min read
Virginia expands train service with two new Amtrak round trips
Virginia is adding more Amtrak service between the nation’s capital and eastern and western parts of the state, the latest milestone in...
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icarussmith20
Jun 30, 20224 min read
Unheeded recommendations might have prevented deadly Amtrak crash: NTSB
An Amtrak train was traveling 87 mph when it plowed into a dump truck at a Missouri railroad crossing, killing four people and injuring...
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icarussmith20
Jun 29, 20225 min read
Railway crossing at center of federal investigation into deadly Amtrak crash in Missouri
A fourth person has died and more than 150 people were injured in rural Missouri after an Amtrak train crashed Monday into a dump truck,...
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icarussmith20
Jun 27, 20222 min read
3 dead, 2 injured after Amtrak train crashes into car at California crossing
Three people were killed and two others injured after an Amtrak train crashed into a vehicle obstructing rail tracks near Brentwood,...
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icarussmith20
Jun 24, 20223 min read
Overburdened Penn Station Needs More Tracks. But Where Could They Fit?
Nearly everyone agrees that something must be done to fix the chaos at Pennsylvania Station in New York City, the nation’s busiest...
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icarussmith20
Jun 16, 20221 min read
Workers at Canadian National Railway Threaten to Strike
(Reuters) - Canadian National Railway Co said on Wednesday a union representing about 750 workers in the country could potentially go on...
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icarussmith20
May 23, 20221 min read
Report Faults Amtrak Purchase of Wilmington Office Building
WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — A report by Amtrak's inspector general found that the train service's $41 million purchase of an office building...
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