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It’s time for Congress to pass the Employee Free Choice Act. It’s time the economy worked for everyone. In a study released this week, Kate Bronfenbrenner, director of Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations, documents this in detail — including the increase in corporate tactics to interfere with, block and delay workers’ attempts
Read moreUTU Illinois State Legislative Director Joe Szabo has been confirmed by the Senate for the Federal Railroad Administration position as nominated by President Barack Obama. Szabo, a fifth-generation railroader, hired out with the Illinois Central (now part of Canadian National) in 1976. Senate Assistant Majority Leader Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) predicted, “Joe will bring his passion
Read moreA resolution, presented to the House of Representatives by Rep. Corrine Brown (D-FL), asks for support of National Train Day. With a statement that remembers Promontory Point and the “Golden Spike” the resolution brings back the thoughts of when the United States was coming together. Amtrak and intercity passenger rail were also credited as keeping
Read moreClear support of high speed rail and Amtrak came from both sides of the aisle in the April 1, 2009 House Committee on Appropriations hearing to discuss the future of high speed rail, intercity passenger rail and Amtrak. “This is a breath of fresh air, just a few years ago we were talking about how
Read moreSenator Arlen Specter (R-PA) was a sponsor of the original Employee Free Choice Act in 2003, he supported the bill again in 2005 and voted against a Republican filibuster of it in 2007, but he recently announced that he would support a filibuster this year in an attempt to block the legislation from coming to
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