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03/30/2001 State, Unions Petition to Keep Rail Shops Open
03/30/2001 AAR Claims Declining Derailment Rate On Mainlines
03/30/2001 Amtrak to Boost Acela Service in NE
03/30/2001 Carpenters Leave AFL-CIO
03/30/2001 U.S. Suffers 'Epidemic of Sleepiness' Study Shows
03/29/2001 BMWE Testimony at FRA Hearing on Track Safety
03/29/2001 BLE:  Railroad Retirement Legislation Now Has 192 Co-sponsors
03/29/2001 More Trains Derailing, Records Show
03/29/2001 April 2001 JOURNAL Online
03/28/2001 Agreement Ratification Process Begins
03/28/2001 BLE:  Railroad Retirement Legislation Now Has 165 Co-sponsors
03/28/2001 TTD Urges President, Congress to Block Unsafe Trucks at Mexican Border
03/27/2001 Fuel Tank Punctured as CP Train Derails
03/27/2001 KC Southern to Lay Off Workers
03/27/2001 Injured Railroad Workers Sue BNSF Over Hearing Loss Settlement
03/27/2001 Thompson Says He Won't Leave Amtrak
03/27/2001 AFL-CIO Contributes $500,000 to Teamsters' Strike at Overnite
03/26/2001 Train Workers Injured in Near Collision With Tanker Truck
03/26/2001 Wisconsin at Forefront of Rail Debate
03/26/2001 Effort to Upgrade Passenger Rail System Gets Push From Richmond Group
03/23/2001 BLE Notes HR 1140 Gets 72 Co-sponsors in Less Than 24 Hours
03/22/2001 BMWE Pleased to Announce Death of "Cram Down"
03/22/2001 BLE Announces RR Retirement Legislation Reintroduced as HR 1140
03/22/2001 UTU News Release on HR 1140
03/22/2001 Amtrak Crash Probe Focuses on Possible Track Defect
03/22/2001 Inspector Says Amtrak Crash Site Checked on Day of Crash
03/22/2001 ARC Says Amtrak Suffers "Flaws"
03/22/2001 U.S. Lawmakers Concerned About Amtrak Viability
03/22/2001 Congressional Study on Amtrak Urged
03/22/2001 Court Says Arbitration Can Be Forced
03/22/2001 Senate Rejects Bid to Curtail Unions' Political Donations
03/21/2001 Railroad Retirement Reform Bill Introduction
03/21/2001 Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports Contradict Bush Positions
03/21/2001 Unions Question Rail Safety After Amtrak Crash
03/21/2001 A Political Lesson for Railroads
03/21/2001 Railroad Program Fails to Produce
03/21/2001 Council Urges Changes in Amtrak's Structure
03/21/2001 CNR Urges Tax Credits to Boost Railway Use
03/21/2001 CN Chief: Government Should Pay Shippers to Switch to Rail
03/21/2001 Full Utilization Will Divert Tons of Freight From Truck to Rail
03/21/2001 Opinion: Maglev's Moment
03/21/2001 Presidential Board Hears Arguments from Northwest Airlines, Mechanics Union
03/21/2001 Statement by AFL-CIO President John J. Sweeney
On President Bush’s Signing Repeal of Workers Safety Rules
03/20/2001 CPR Aims to Stay Independent
03/20/2001 A One-Two Punch for a Struggling Amtrak
03/20/2001 Track Defect "Prime Suspect" in Iowa Derailment
03/20/2001 Amtrak Train Derailed on Patched Rail
03/20/2001 Rail Labor Stongly Criticizes ARC Report
03/20/2001 ARC Says Amtrak Suffers "Fundamental Institutional Flaws"
03/20/2001 Trucker in Train Tragedy on Road 30 Hours
03/20/2001 Northwest Airlines Dispute Tests Union Solidarity
03/19/2001 CPR Weighs BMWE Bid to Run CN Lines
03/19/2001 Amtrak Campaign Takes Direct Route
03/19/2001 New Amtrak Oversight Proposed
03/19/2001 Amtrak Derailment in Iowa Kills One and Injures About 90
03/19/2001 Grieving Sister Dies in Derailment
03/19/2001 Derailment Investigation Focuses on Condition of Track
03/19/2001 Nodaway Opens Arms to Passengers
03/19/2001 Schedule for Argument on Rail Merger Regulations
03/19/2001 CSX's Annual Report Discloses Nature of Departed Official's Deal
03/19/2001 Conservatives Savor Their Role as Insiders in the White House
03/16/2001 Action Heats Up On Railroad Retirement Legislation
03/16/2001 U.S. Railroads Say Competition Efforts Could Backfire
03/16/2001 CP & CAW Reach Agreement
03/15/2001 Railroad Retirement Update from UTU Website
03/15/2001 CN to Help Short Lines Tap Rail Infrastructure Improvement Funds
03/14/2001 April President's Perspective:  Our New Agreement - A Hard But Necessary Choice
03/14/2001 TWU Poised to Strike SEPTA
03/14/2001 Bush Prepared to Act Against Major Airline Strikes
03/14/2001 Mechanics Union Rejects Airline's Offer
03/14/2001 NLRB Again Rules Against UP's Overnite
03/14/2001 IBEW Ratifies Agreement With CN
03/14/2001 NJ Congressman Named Vice Chairman of House Railroad Subcommittee
03/14/2001 Favorable Report for CSX
03/14/2001 Railroad Stocks Drop
03/13/2001 Equal Protections of Voting Rights Act of 2001
03/13/2001 PEB Members Have Been There Before
03/13/2001 Bush Move Creates Uncertainty For Airlines and Unions
03/13/2001 FRA Says NJ Transit Failed to Report Accidents & Injuries
03/13/2001 Poison in the Yards
03/13/2001 Pain for Workers, Gain for Rich
03/12/2001 Amtrak is Running Out of Time and Money
03/12/2001 Manufacturing Slowdown Hits Rail Traffic
03/09/2001 TENTATIVE AGREEMENT REACHED
03/09/2001 BNSF Apologizes for Secret Genetic Testing
03/08/2001 Central Element of Bush Tax Plan Passes House
03/08/2001 Statement by AFL-CIO President Sweeney on Tax Plan
03/08/2001 House Joins Senate to Kill Ergonomics Standards
03/08/2001 Statement by AFL-CIO Sweeney on Ergo Standards
03/08/2001 Keep Unsafe Trucks & Buses Off Our Highways
03/08/2001 International Women's Day
03/07/2001 URGENT:  HOUSE ERGO VOTE TODAY
03/07/2001 Statement by AFL-CIO President John Sweeney
03/07/2001 BMWE Mourns Death of Retired GLO Cassese
03/07/2001 How Dumb Do They Think We Are?
03/06/2001 Transportation Labor Urges Congress to Reject Repeal of Ergonomics Rule
03/06/2001 House to Vote on Ergonomics Rules
03/06/2001 CN, CAW Reach Agreement, Avert Strike
03/06/2001 BLE Disappointed with FRA Remote Control Safety Advisory
03/06/2001 BLE Kicks Off Major Statewide Campaign 
03/06/2001 Suit Over Genetic Testing Adds to Privacy Debate
03/06/2001 Keeping an Eye on Bush
03/06/2001 Boycott Pictsweet
03/05/2001 UTU Update on Retirement Bill HR 180
03/05/2001 CPR and BMWE Reach 3-year Labour Agreement
03/05/2001 CN Continues Bargaining With CAW to Reach Contract Settlement
03/05/2001 WORKING FAMILIES UNDER ATTACK -- ACT NOW!
03/02/2001 Wisconsin Central Seeks Stockholder Approval of Merger with CN
03/02/2001 BLE Members Ratify Wisconsin Central Contract
03/02/2001 Shippers to Launch Major Rail Reform Campaign 
03/01/2001 CN and CAW Enter Mediation to Avoid Strike
03/01/2001 March 2001 JOURNAL Online
     
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