Labor

Class Is prep for rail strike, unions cry 'corporate extortion' »

KEYWORDS: Class Is, contract negotiations, rail unions, cooling-off period, Association of American Railroads, Presidential Emergency Board, Norfolk Southern Railway, American Short Line and Regional Railroad Association, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, SMART-Transportation Division, rail embargo, shippers

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Labor

NCCC, three more unions ink tentative agreements »

KEYWORDS: National Carriers' Conference Committee, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation Workers Mechanical Department, tentative labor contract agreements

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Rail Industry Trends

MassDOT awards industrial rail access grants »

KEYWORDS: Massachusetts Department of Transportation, MassDOT, Industrial Rail Access Program, grants, Old Boston Road Recycling, Arrowhead Environmental Partners, Lehigh Cement Co., CSX, Cavossa Disposal Corp., Ice Cube Maritime, Broco Energy

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People

Letellier named to CN's board »

KEYWORDS: CN, Michel Letellier, board of directors, Shauneen Bruder

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Short Lines & Regionals

RSI Logistics to operate Madison Railroad transload site »

KEYWORDS: RSI Logistics, Madison Railroad, transloading, Kelley Minnehan, Adam Robillard, City of Madison Port Authority, Indiana

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Safety

OLI seeks applicants for rail safety education grants »