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U.S. carload traffic hits 6-year high in June

July 9, 2014 In June, U.S. Class Is originated 1,177,655 carloads, up 3.6 percent compared with June 2013’s total, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). U.S. carloads averaged 294,414 per week – the highest weekly average for a June since 2008, AAR officials said [...]

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SMART Transportation Division Elections Complete

July 8, 2014 John Previsch was elected president of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division June 30, shortly after the opening of the union’s First Transportation Division Convention at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel [...]

One year after tragic Lac-Megantic accident

July 8, 2014 The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO issued the following statement on the train accident in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, that happened one year this week: This week marks the one year anniversary of a tragic rail accident – a runaway train carrying 72 cars of crude r [...]

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First of 3 fuselages removed from derailment site

July 8, 2014 MISSOULA, Mont. – Boeing is deciding what to do with six new commercial airplane bodies that fell off a train in western Montana, including three that slid down a steep riverbank, a company spokeswoman said Monday. Experts from Boeing Co. and Spirit AeroSystems, which built t [...]

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CP employee injured in train accident

July 7, 2014 SOUTH BELOIT, Ill. — A Savanna, Illinois, man is in stable condition after suffering a severed leg, hand and forearm Wednesday in a train accident in South Beloit. Shawn Flickinger, 36, of Savanna, was airlifted near Oak Grove Avenue in South Beloit, to the OSF Saint Anthony [...]

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U.S. seen as biggest oil producer

July 7, 2014 The U.S. will remain the world’s biggest oil producer this year after overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia as extraction of energy from shale rock spurs the nation’s economic recovery, Bank of America Corp. said. U.S. production of crude oil, along with liquids separated from n [...]

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Union Members Volunteer To Roof A Pavilion & Repair Bridge At Wisconsin’s Horicon Marsh

July 2, 2014 Visitors to Horicon Marsh in Mayville, Wisconsin will have new scenery to enjoy with the completion of the latest Union Sportsmen’s Alliance Work Boots on the Ground, all-volunteer project that brings together union members from all over the country for conservation. Union vo [...]

Upcoming Large Projects in Atlanta Create Opportunities for Influx of Qualified Apprentices

July 1, 2014 The Atlanta area is in the middle of a workforce drought. With major construction projects—such as the new Atlanta Falcons stadium—on the horizon, the renovation of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Baxter Chemical and the Vogtle electric generating plant—Sheet Metal [...]

SkillsUSA Announces Nevada Winner in Sheet Metal Competition

July 1, 2014 Kelsey Hicks, 17, of Reed High School in Reno, Nevada, won the gold medal in sheet metal work at the Nevada Skills USA competition March 26-28 at Sheet Metal Workers Local 88’s training center in northeast Las Vegas. The silver medalist was Tanner Vaughn of the Academy of Art [...]

West Virginia Residents Gain New Level Of Safety

July 1, 2014 Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has signed legislation that will make West Virginia the first state to require anyone who installs fire and smoke dampers to be licensed. In a state with little to no building code, the new law is a major step toward insuring only properly trained in [...]