Sentences with phrase «for rail workers»

For rail workers and passengers of the 19th and early 20th centuries, train travel — while miraculous for the speed with which it carried people across vast distances — presented ghastly dangers.

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It points to federal interference in collective bargaining for workers at Air Canada, CP Rail and Canada Post as evidence.

Another caveat is that ship and dock foremen belonging to ILWU Local 514 are still negotiating a new agreement, and there are other workers at the docks (rail workers, self - employed truckers) not covered by this deal, leaving the potential for a disruption.

British workers are estimated to be paying over six times more on rail fares than commuters in Europe, according an Action for Rail strail fares than commuters in Europe, according an Action for Rail stRail study.

I haven't followed the furor over Bill 6 (OH&S, WCB, for farm workers) closely but it seems to have gone off the rails.

A number of modern urban newspapers, such as the Baltimore Sun, the Richmond Times — Dispatch, and the Hartford Courant ran advertisements before the Civil War for the sale of slaves or the recapture of runaways; all four of the major North American railroads own rail lines that were built with slave labor; the founder of Lehman Bros. bought slaves as workers for the firm when it was founded in pre — Civil War Alabama.

The MTA will audit safety procedures at the Long Island Rail Road after an NTSB report criticized the railroad for lax enforcement of rules that could have saved the life of a worker struck by a train last June, railroad officials said.

Local parties and trade unions chose Grenfell Tower, rail services, growth and investment, public sector pay, workers» rights, the NHS, housing and social care as the eight topics for full debate and votes, with Brexit motions failing to win the necessary backing.

Standing before a crowd of unionized hotel workers several hundred strong, the governor of New York rails against Republicans for feeding workers like them a lie all these years.

The concrete measures that Miliband has advanced, from capping rail price increases, to legislating for a living wage, from changing government procurement rules to encourage vocational training, to putting workers» representatives on corporate remuneration committees, are all workable, worthwhile policies.

Heathrow Express workers: # 700 Network Rail: # 500 Docklands Light Railway: # 900 Virgin Rail: # 500 London Overground: # 600 London Underground: At least # 850 BAA staff: up to # 1,200 London Underground maintenance workers at Tube Lines: # 850 London Overground maintenance workers employed by Bombardier: # 650 Workers at the mayor of London's bike scheme: # 500 The latest TfL accounts for the full financial year 2011/12 show a budget surplus of # 759 mworkers: # 700 Network Rail: # 500 Docklands Light Railway: # 900 Virgin Rail: # 500 London Overground: # 600 London Underground: At least # 850 BAA staff: up to # 1,200 London Underground maintenance workers at Tube Lines: # 850 London Overground maintenance workers employed by Bombardier: # 650 Workers at the mayor of London's bike scheme: # 500 The latest TfL accounts for the full financial year 2011/12 show a budget surplus of # 759 mworkers at Tube Lines: # 850 London Overground maintenance workers employed by Bombardier: # 650 Workers at the mayor of London's bike scheme: # 500 The latest TfL accounts for the full financial year 2011/12 show a budget surplus of # 759 mworkers employed by Bombardier: # 650 Workers at the mayor of London's bike scheme: # 500 The latest TfL accounts for the full financial year 2011/12 show a budget surplus of # 759 mWorkers at the mayor of London's bike scheme: # 500 The latest TfL accounts for the full financial year 2011/12 show a budget surplus of # 759 million.

Fred Thiele and the Long Island Rail Road on the plan to run trains between Speonk and Montauk for workers to reduce traffic.

The rail workers union RMT have submitted a motion for next month's TUC congress, saying the EU treaty is «substantially the same» as the rejected EU constitution.

Union funding of political parties also came under scrutiny, with Policy Exchange railing against the default position for union membership being a commitment to donation rather than allowing workers to «opt - in» if they so choose.

The tougher choices down the road could include major cuts in state education spending — the political third rail for many lawmakers; or what are euphemistically called «revenue enhancers,» also known as higher or new taxes; or a cap on state spending, which such powerful labor groups as the teachers and health - care workers unions fight against tooth and nail.

- «[D] evelop a new commuter rail and multi-modal station in downtown Buffalo and completing Buffalo's light rail extension to University at Buffalo's North Campus will provide 20,000 + students access to downtown Buffalo and the waterfront, as well as connect urban job seekers with suburban employment centers, helping Buffalo to deliver economic inclusion for all the region's workers.»

«California's investments in high - speed rail are creating jobs for American workers today and building a strong foundation for California's economic future,» said Secretary LaHood.

In addition, 30 rail companies from around the world have pledged that if selected for high - speed rail contracts, they will hire American workers and expand their bases of operation in the United States.

To date, 30 rail companies from around the world have pledged that, if selected for high - speed rail contracts, they will hire American workers and expand their bases of operations in the United States.

The federal government's investment in passenger rail means more jobs for American workers and domestic companies.

«This important opportunity represents a win - win scenario for both workers and the traveling public by helping to create manufacturing jobs and support passenger rail.»

A one - hundred percent «Buy America» requirement for high - speed rail projects also ensures that U.S. manufacturers and workers will receive the maximum economic benefits from this federal investment.

Lately, it's been getting a bit of interest because some parties see it as a threat to much - loved Defined Benefit (DB) pension plans for federal government workers and Crown Corporation employees, (such as Canada Post, CBC, Via Rail, etc.).

A quick - thinking MTA worker yelled for them to lie in the trench between the rails, and the imperiled pair survived being run over by an A train.â $ ¨ â $ ¨ In the days that followed, word spread like wildfire about this amazing act of loyalty.

Our partner, John Cooper, has chaired the FELA Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice and its Railroad Law Section, and remains a widely recognized advocate for workers» rights in the field of rail and train accidents.

numbers indicate that more must be done to make rail travel and operation safer for railroad workers and the general public.

In a recent decision that will concern all employers, the Employment Appeal Tribunal («EAT») clarified the meaning of «equivalent period of compensatory rest» under Regulation 24 of the Working Time Regulations 1998 in Crawford v Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd. and held that an employer must provide workers with a 20 minute period of continuous rest for every 6 hours worked.

Leveraging its deeply embedded trade union relationships with clients including Unite the Union, Unison, Rail and Maritime Workers Union, and Fire Brigade Union, Thompsons Solicitors LLP is noted for its «excellent work» across the spectrum of personal injury cases, ranging from low - value matters to those of the utmost severity.

R (on the application of National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, Transport Salaried Staffs Association and Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen) v (1) Secretary of State for Transport (2) First Capital Connect [2014] EWHC (Admin).

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