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Mayors call on Congress to pass transportation bill

March 24, 2015 BOSTON – Led by Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) Vice President Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and Seattle Mayor Ed Murray, mayors pledged March 23 to work together to urge Congress to move past parti [...]

Tags transit, transportation, U.S. Conference of Mayors

BNSF to begin using aerial drones with cameras

March 23, 2015 Website Xconomy.com is reporting that BNSF Railway will begin using aerial drones equipped with cameras to “conduct regular inspections of railway infrastructure and rights of way.” According to the Federal Aviation Administration website, any operation that does not meet the [...]

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Two-Person Train Crew Bill Advances in Minn. Senate

March 23, 2015 The Minnesota Senate Committee on Transportation and Public Safety and the Senate Committee on Judiciary have approved legislation requiring two qualified train-crew personnel on all trains in the state with bipartisan support. Senate File 918 is now before the full Minnesota [...]

Illinois Attorney General Stands By Working Families, Defies Governor

March 23, 2015 Illinois attorney general Lisa Madigan has weighed in on right to work “for less” legislation that is being pushed by Governor Bruce Rauner allowing local governments to create “Right-to-Work” zones wile banning prevailing wages for residents working in those “zones.” In her [...]

Two-person train crew bill advances in Minn. Senate

Tags House File 1166, Minnesota, Minnesota state legislative board, Phillip Qualy, Senate File 918, two-person rail crews

Local 31 Members Keep Work In House

March 23, 2015 Sheet Metal Local 31 members Chris Favale and Chris Hernandez worked on Metro-North Engine # 207, which was in a collision that happened in the Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) new state of the art Harmon Yard. Metro-North Managers John Militano and Dan Miller made the [...]

Sen. Franken asks FRA to reroute Minn. oil trains

March 23, 2015 WASHINGTON – Last week, U.S. Sen. Al Franken asked the Federal Railroad Administration to consider rerouting trains carrying volatile Bakken crude oil from North Dakota so they do not pass through Minnesota’s biggest cities. For Franken, the possibility of rerouting is an int [...]

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Previsich: ‘It’s your union and it’s your future’

March 20, 2015 By John Previsich, SMART Transportation Division President – Today, people who work in a unionized environment are facing challenges unlike any that have come before. The current political climate is fostering attacks not only on organized labor, but also on the rights and e [...]

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Ga. SLD testifies on EPA Clean Power Plan

March 20, 2015 ATLANTA – The House Natural Resources Committee voted without opposition Thursday to a resolution urging the federal Environmental Protection Division to make its Clean Power Plan less stringent for Georgia. Business and labor groups warned the plan would result in higher ele [...]

Tags Clean Power Plan, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, Georgia, Matt Campbell

BNSF faces penalty on hazmat spill reporting rules

March 20, 2015 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Washington state rail safety regulators March 19 recommended BNSF Railway Company be penalized for failing to timely report multiple hazardous material spills along state railways. The Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) issued the formal complaint [...]

Tags BNSF Railway, crude oil, hazardous materials, hazmat, Washington state