U.S. chemical guild renews calls for better rail service, prices after union-railroads deal
Chemical manufacturers reiterated demands for better rail service and prices as the country´s association that includes resins producers...
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- Sep 20
- 7 min
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...
- Sep 16
- 4 min
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...
- Sep 15
- 6 min
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...
- Sep 14
- 4 min
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...
- Sep 12
- 2 min
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...
- Sep 6
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 31
- 9 min
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...
- Aug 25
- 1 min
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...
- Aug 18
- 2 min
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...
- Aug 4
- 1 min
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...
- Aug 2
- 4 min
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...
- Jul 18
- 2 min
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...
- Jul 12
- 3 min
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...
- Jul 11
- 3 min
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...
- Jun 30
- 4 min
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...
- Jun 29
- 5 min
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,...
- Jun 27
- 2 min
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,...
- Jun 24
- 3 min
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...
- Jun 16
- 1 min
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...