Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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TEAMSTERS RAIL CONFERENCE WINS GAINS, PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS
TEAMSTERS RAIL CONFERENCE WINS GAINS, PROTECTIONS FOR MEMBERS The Teamsters Rail Conference recently notched victories in the ongoing fight to improve the lives of its members. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) in May reached a tentative...
Longshore workers disrupt West Coast port operations
Longshore workers disrupt West Coast port operations Operations at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been interrupted since June 2 due to dockworkers staging "concerted and disruptive work actions," according to the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA), which...
Wash. Tribe Fights BNSF’s Arbitration Bid In Oil Shipping Row.
The Swinomish Indian Tribal Community says BNSF Railway Co. is attempting to force the tribe into arbitration based on a "plainly inapplicable arbitration clause," urging a Washington federal judge to reject the rail company's request that an arbitrator determine how...
STB Asks DC Circ. To Hold Off Scheduling Rail Merger Appeal.
The Surface Transportation Board asked the D.C. Circuit on Monday to hold off on a scheduling brief for an appeal of the regulator's approval of Canadian Pacific's $31 billion merger with Kansas City Southern until after the board hears an in-house challenge.
Norfolk Southern Wants Combined Derailment Suit Dropped.
Norfolk Southern said the plaintiffs in a class action over a train derailment in Ohio earlier this year haven't shown the company was negligent or that it caused any specific harm to people's health or property.
Ill. Judge Mulls Redo Of First BIPA Trial, Prejudgment Interest.
An Illinois federal judge warned BNSF Railway on Friday that if he favors its bid for a new damages trial and throws out the $228 million verdict in the first case under Illinois' biometric privacy law to go before a jury last year, evidence it persuaded him to...
Biden-Harris Administration Announces Funding for 63 Projects in 32 States That Will Help Reduce Train-Vehicle Collisions and Blocked Rail Crossings in the U.S.
President Biden’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes the first-ever dedicated grant program to help communities eliminate points where railroad tracks intersect with roads, which have blocked vehicle and pedestrian traffic, led to deadly vehicle-rail...
STB SHOULD STOP LETTING FREIGHTS RUN OUT THE CLOCK
STB SHOULD STOP LETTING FREIGHTS RUN OUT THE CLOCK by Jim Mathews / President & CEO If there’s one thing many freight railroads seem to be good at, it’s foot-dragging. On Monday it will be six months since Amtrak filed its first-ever Section 213 late-trains...
NTSB: Critical hot box detector warning wasn’t heard before May 10 Norfolk Southern derailment
WASHINGTON — The 164th car of a Norfolk Southern train triggered a critical hot box detector alert before a May wreck in Pennsylvania, but the train continued on its journey for 15.34 miles before derailing because neither the crew nor the railroad’s network...
FRA proposes rules for certifying train dispatchers, signal employees
FRA proposes rules for certifying train dispatchers, signal employees The Federal Railroad Administration is proposing rules to formalize the certification process for two groups of craft employees working on U.S. freight railroads. Each proposed rule — one for train...