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Biden heading to New York to tout funding for major rail tunnel project The Washington Post Source link
Christmas revellers didn’t let Mick ‘The Grinch’ Lynch’s rail strikes stop them from enjoying a great night out on the first of two ‘Black Eye Fridays’ last night. Black Eye Friday is the name given to the Friday before Christmas Eve and is the most popular night in December for work Christmas parties.
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, Nov 29 (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote Wednesday to block a potential rail strike after President Joe Biden warned of the dire economic consequences of a rail disruption that could happen as early as Dec. 9. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said lawmakers will vote Wednesday to impose a […]
Comment on this story Comment One of the largest railroad unions narrowly voted to reject a contract deal brokered by the White House, bringing the country once again closer to a rail strike that could paralyze much of the economy ahead of the holidays, union officials announced on Monday. The union representing roughly 28,000 rail […]
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES, Nov 21 (Reuters) – The two largest U.S. rail unions representing conductors and engineers are set to announce Monday results of votes on a tentative contract deal reached in September amid growing concerns a possible work stoppage could cause significant damage to the U.S. economy and strand vital shipments of food and fuel. […]
Jennifer Otter BickerdikeYou are Beautiful and You are Alone: The Biography of Nico (Hachette, 2021) Gerard Malanga once said, “If there exists a beauty so universal as to be unquestionable, Nico possessed it.” I myself discovered Nico like most people probably do, through the Velvet Underground. Her deep, powerful voice, complete with heavy German accent […]
Natural gas flares off at a production facility owned by Exxon near Carlsbad, New Mexico, U.S. February 11, 2019. REUTERS/Nick Oxford Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comRegister Sept 21 (Reuters) – U.S. natural gas futures jumped about 4% to a near one-week high on Wednesday, on forecasts for stronger U.S. gas demand this […]
The U.S. transportation system is already starting to feel the effects of a potential rail strike, but any pain will be short-lived no matter how far apart the sides are at a Friday deadline because Congress will not allow supply chains to seize up again. Just after midnight Thursday, rail workers can go on strike […]
The Pullman Strike, 1894 The Pullman Strike was a solidarity strike with the factory workers who manufactured Pullman Palace train cars. Their boss, George Pullman, was also their landlord, and cut wages 25 percent while refusing to lower rents. As many as 250,000 rail workers and switchmen responded by refusing to touch trains that included […]
FILE PHOTO -U.S. President Joe Biden grabs onto Labor Secretary Marty Walsh as he greets negotiators who brokered the railway labor agreement after U.S. railroads and unions secured a tentative deal to avert a rail shutdown, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 15, 2022. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Register now for […]