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Make Your Valentine’s Day Union Made
Valentine’s Day is this Saturday. Are you prepared? Give your loved ones the very best this Valentine’s Day with this list of union made sweets and treats. Visit the list compiled by Labor 411, the union business directory from the Los Angeles County Federation o [...]Two-person crew bills introduced in Neb., Wyo.
Legislation requiring two-person railroad crews in the states of Nebraska and Wyoming have been introduced in the respective state legislatures. Nebraska State Legislative Director Bob Borgeson reports that state Legislative Bill 192, legislation requiring freight train crews [...]Response to SEPTA’s service hours waiver request
The Federal Railroad Administration Feb. 10 will hold a public hearing before ruling on a waiver request by Southeastern Pennsylvania Metropolitan Transportation Authority (SEPTA)?to extend its current waiver of hours of service provisions for on duty points. SEPTA has asked [...]
Local 19’s Masino Joins SMART GEC
With the recommendation of General President Nigro, the General Executive Council has confirmed the appointment of Gary Masino, Business Manager/President of Local 19-Philadelphia, as the 11th General Vice President. Gary is filling the vacancy on the GEC created when Joe Pow [...]Ill. governor acts to curb public sector unions
Gov. Bruce Rauner, the newly elected Republican who has often criticized public sector unions, took his first step toward curbing their power on Monday by announcing an executive order that would bar unions from requiring all state workers to pay the equivalent of dues. Mr. R [...]Obama to declare Pullman town national monument
President Barack Obama will visit Chicago next week to designate the historic Pullman neighborhood – one of the first “company towns” in the U.S. – as a national monument. Pullman was home to railroad baron George Pullman’s factory town in the 1880s, homes, shopping areas, ch [...]