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April 2009 Archives

Congestion woes hit Chicagoland

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U.S. railroads continue to spend millions of dollars on advertisements claiming they are the solution to traffic congestion, but that's just the opposite of what is happening in the Chicago area.On Tuesday the federal Surface Transportation Board (STB) released a...

Sen. Lincoln Against Card Check

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U.S. Senator Blanche Lincoln from Arkansas announced her opposition to the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) Monday, April 5 during a speech in Little Rock, stating "While I may not have been clear about my position in the past, I...

A matter of trust, and antitrust

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There's little love lost between shippers and the U.S. railroads, which have had a long-simmering debate over rail regulation and pricing. In hopes of calming the animosity between the two groups, the United Transportation Union (UTU) stepped in last week...