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• RAIL SAFETY BILL PASSES SENATE
  WASHIGTON -- The first meaningful rail safety bill in two decades is poised to become law later this year after the entire Senate, on Aug. 1, approved the ...
  
• UTU ENDORSES OBAMA
  When John McCain seeks advice on transportation issues, he consults with railroad management. When Barack Obama seeks advice on ...
  
• McCain's sad agenda on Amtrak
  (The following opinion article, "McCain's agenda on Amtrak," appeared July 1, 2008, in the Boston Globe. It was written by Derrick Z. Jackson.) Train travel is ...
  
• DOT TARGETS DRUG- TESTING CHEATERS
  The U.S. Department of Transportation has instituted a new rule -- effective Aug. 25 -- designed to make it more difficult for transportation workers to cheat on their ...
  
• NATIONAL CONTRACT SIGNING ON JULY 1
  Formal signing of the ratified contract between the UTU and railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee will be held July 1 in Washington, ...
  

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