Cory Martin
Illinois State Legislative Board Chairman
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U.S. House members introduce RAIL Act
U.S. House members introduce RAIL Act U.S. Reps. Bill Johnson (R-Ohio) and Emilia Strong Sykes (D-Ohio) have introduced a bill aimed at reducing train derailments like the one that occurred Feb. 3 in East Palestine, Ohio. The Reducing Accidents in Locomotives (RAIL)...
CP sets date for combination with KCS, announces CPKC leadership team
CP sets date for combination with KCS, announces CPKC leadership team Two days after the Surface Transportation Board approved their merger plan, Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern officials today announced they expect the two Class Is to officially combine as...
Metra to expand UP Northwest schedule on April 3
CHICAGO (March 16, 2023) – Metra is revising its schedule on the UP Northwest Line (UP-NW) beginning Monday, April 3. The updated schedule adds 12 trains to the line’s weekday service, exceeding pre-pandemic service levels. “Metra has been monitoring ridership as well...
Major Rail Companies Steer Donations to Republicans After Ohio Train Derailment
MAJOR RAIL COMPANIES STEER DONATIONS TO REPUBLICANS AFTER OHIO TRAIN DERAILMENT Update, Mar. 15: One of the largest U.S. railroad companies, BNSF, contributed $2,500 from its PAC to Republican Rep. Sam Graves of Missouri after last month’s train derailment in Ohio,...
Funeral arrangements for fallen Brother Lou Shuster
Funeral arrangements for fallen Brother Lou Shuster INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 10 — Services for late BLET member Louis P. Shuster will be held next week. Brother Shuster, who served the BLET as President of Division 607 (Cleveland), was killed while working for...
NORFOLK SOUTHERN PROMISES A SAFETY UPGRADE THAT CRITICS SAY FALLS SHORT OF WHAT’S NEEDED AFTER A FIERY TRAIN DERAILMENT IN OHIO
Norfolk Southern announced plans on Monday to improve the use of detectors placed along railroad tracks to spot overheating bearings and other problems in response to a fiery derailment on the Ohio-Pennsylvania border a month ago. The announcement came the same day...
Locomotive Engineers Are Onboard For The Bipartisan Rail Safety Act of 2023
Locomotive Engineers Are Onboard For The Bipartisan Rail Safety Act of 2023 INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 3 — A bipartisan bill introduced on March 1 by three Republican and three Democratic senators is designed to toughen safety standards on America’s railroads. “Right...
Railroads offer paid sick days, schedule changes to retain employees
Railroads offer paid sick days, schedule changes to retain employees When railroad employees get sick, they're usually faced with a tough choice: use one of their limited personal days, head into work anyway or, if neither of those is an option, risk their job by...
Durbin Shows Support For Rail Employee Benefits Improvements
Our nation relies on the railroad to keep our economy running, and we should be providing rail workers with the benefits to reflect that. In my conversation with @AAR_FreightRail CEO Ian Jeffries, I emphasized that the rail industry must improve employee benefits....
2023 Chicago Federation of Labor Chicago Endorsements
2023 CFL Chicago Endorsements FINAL Click title to open PDF