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Dane County Wisconsin Judge Juan Colas has struck down nearly all of the state law championed by Gov. Scott Walker that effectively ended collective bargaining rights for most public workers. In his ruling, Colas said Walker’s law violated union members’ freedom of speech and association and equal protection under the law because Walker’s bill subjected
Read moreIn a recent statement from the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) Administrator Joe Szabo, he pointed to major growth in Amtrak ridership across the country. Szabo said, “Amtrak’s overall performance is best characterized as a Cinderella story. Ridership is booming and robust in nearly every region of the country over the last decade, with annual ridership
Read moreThe U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has once again found that Norfolk Southern Railway Co. violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act and consequently has ordered the company to pay two whistleblowers $932,070.46 in damages, including $387,813.75 in punitive damages and attorney’s fees. Additionally, the company
Read moreThe August 2012 IAM Journal is now available on the IAM App. In this month’s issue, the Journal features articles about: IAM IVP Martinez visits TCU/IAM Advanced Training Program in San Marcos, Texas, “Bee Mad @ the GOP” campaign, labor rallies in Philadelphia for a Second Bill of Rights and unjust voter suppression tactics target minorities and
Read more(Source: The Hill, August 15, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney said in an interview published this week that he would eliminate federal funding for Amtrak if he is elected in November. In an interview with CNN’s Fortune Magazine, the presumptive GOP nominee identified the national passenger rail service as a program
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