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President Obama recently named AFL-CIO President Emeritus John Sweeney as a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The award is presented to individuals who have made especially meritorious contributions to the security or national interests of the United States, to world peace, or to cultural or other significant public
Read moreU.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood today announced that seven projects will share $50 million to help make the nation’s rail system safer by facilitating deployment of Positive Train Control (PTC) collision avoidance systems and other advanced technologies. The projects will receive money through the new Railroad Safety Technology Grant (RSTG) program. Click here to read
Read moreSome of the states that received the highest funding for high speed rail projects now face a new test, their Governor. Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Ohio, Texas and Wisconsin all had Republican Governors win their races, each has stated they will reduce high speed rail in some way. In Wisconsin a major high speed rail project
Read moreOn September 14, 2010, the Executive Council met with all of the International Representatives and Assistant International Representatives to discuss important financial issues impacting the future of our Union. They discussed how, over the past several years, TCU has taken significant steps to save TCU millions of dollars in an effort to keep the union
Read moreDuring the fiscal year 2010 that just ended September 30, Amtrak carried 28,716,857 passengers and earned $1.74 billion in ticket revenue. That’s a 5.7 percent increase in ridership and a 9 percent rise in ticket revenue over FY ’09. Eclipsing the previous best year ever, FY ’08. In a statement to employees Amtrak CEO Joe
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