Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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Railroad Keeps Win In Suit Over Worker’s Fatal Heart Attack
A Texas appellate panel on Wednesday affirmed the dismissal of a suit seeking to hold Kansas City Southern Railway Co. liable for a railroad conductor's heart attack death, saying the company's adoption of certain workplace safety policies didn't mean it voluntarily...
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635,294 Combined loaded imports into the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach in July, in 20 foot-equivalent units, down 26.3% from July 2022 and off 10.5% from June in the lowest monthly volume this year.
11th Circ. Mulls Whether Severance-Seeking CSX Exec Quit.
11th Circ. Mulls Whether Severance-Seeking CSX Exec Quit. An Eleventh Circuit panel on Tuesday grappled with whether to revive a former CSX Transportation Inc. vice president's claim that the company wrongfully denied him severance benefits under a plan for highly...
Spirit Dodges Most Of Flight Attendants’ FMLA Suit.
Spirit Dodges Most Of Flight Attendants' FMLA Suit. A Florida federal judge on Tuesday tossed the bulk of two flight attendants' proposed class action alleging Spirit Airlines' medical leave policy violates the Family and Medical Leave Act, saying the workers failed...
Gov. Pritzker Announces Federal Grant Supporting Tradeswomen in Illinois.
Gov. Pritzker Announces Federal Grant Supporting Tradeswomen in Illinois Illinois Department of Labor and co-grantee Chicago Women in Trades to promote careers in construction, infrastructure. CHICAGO — Today, Governor JB Pritzker joined Acting U.S. Secretary of Labor...
‘It’s spying’: CN accused by union of secretly tracking employee’s location
Canada’s largest railway company is being accused of tracking more than just its trains and freight. The Teamsters Canada Rail Conference, which is the union that represents 5,500 Canadian National railway employees, alleges CN has been monitoring the whereabouts of a...
DC Circ. Tosses Federal Approvals For Utah Oil Rail Project.
DC Circ. Tosses Federal Approvals For Utah Oil Rail Project. A D.C. Circuit panel on Friday threw out federal approval of a rail line designed to transport Utah crude oil, ruling regulators failed to fully evaluate a multitude of environmental problems with the...
NORFOLK SOUTHERN SPENT $1.9 MILLION IN WASHINGTON AS CONGRESS WEAKENED RAIL SAFETY BILL
In the six months since the East Palestine derailment, the railway giant has activated its lobbyists and spread money around Congress.
Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation
Rail whistleblowers fired for voicing safety concerns despite efforts to end practice of retaliation OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Hours before a Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio and erupted in fire in February, a judge ruled a former railroad employee could proceed with...
Casey, Fetterman Push Norfolk Southern to Join Close Call Reporting System
“After the East Palestine derailment, Norfolk Southern announced on March 2 that it would join the C3RS report system,” they noted. “However, since your initial announcement, you have not followed through on this pledge.”