Sentences with phrase «rail unions aslef»

Acting for interested parties in the West Coast Judicial Review, an attempted challenge to UK franchising by the Rail Unions and by Enfield borough Council against the Department for Transport.

It has the support of all the rail unions.

Finally, she thanked her supporters and campaign workers, with special thanks to rail unions ASLEF and the TSSA who had nominated her, in the form of a ringing endorsement of the 13 year old repeated conference commitment to take the railways back into public ownership.

Rail unions said Grayling and his predecessor, Patrick McLoughlin, should be held to account for mishandling the franchise.

With two days left before New Jersey Transit rail workers could go on strike, negotiators from the agency and its rail unions met again yesterday but did not reach an agreement.

Responding to the report, rail unions said that the transport secretary at the time, Chris Grayling, and his predecessor, Patrick McLoughlin, should be held to account for mishandling the franchise.

Rail unions notably called for a rally in Paris» city center to «put pressure on the government» before a key meeting with Prime Minister Edouard Philippe next week.

«It beggars belief that the mayor who was elected in 2008 on a pledge to keep open every ticket office is now planning to close every single one, with all that means for safety and jobs,» Manuel Cortes, leader of the TSSA rail union, said.

A new rail union has been launched by a group of train drivers who are disillusioned with the main train drivers» union Aslef.

The left - wing No2EU party led by the leader of RMT rail union Bob Crow has gained 1 % of the UK vote in the European Parliament elections.

The RMT rail union and the Fire Brigades Union both ended their affiliation during the Blair years, although they continued to fund Labour election candidates.

Not exact matches

During his presentation alongside Berkshire vice chairman Charlie Munger at the company's annual meeting in April, Buffett remarked, «Union Pacific's rail network is much better positioned for Mexico than BNSF.»

More than a dozen big chemical companies are building tens of billions of dollars in petrochemical plants along the Gulf Coast, and Union Pacific, boasting by far the region's best routes, is destined to get most of their rail business.

Fire crews have extinguished a fire that raged in Oregon after a Union Pacific Corp train carrying crude oil derailed on Friday and burst into flames near the Columbia River in the town of Mosier., the Federal Rail Administration said.

«We will continue to work hard to deliver for our people, our customers and our shareholders while these competitor unions will continue to rail and fail.»

Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, however, has said he is interested in using the tunnel to support a rail connection between LAX and Union Station, a main transit hub that connects Los Angeles to distant suburbs.

In the emails, Clinton advisers discussed how to frame the candidate's «energy infrastructure» plan, which would call for replacing old pipelines, repairing rail tracks and improving the electric grid in a way that would appeal to labor unions, who had yet to endorse her at that stage.

«Serving a strike notice is part of the bargaining process that unions must follow if they want to be able to strike,» said CP Rail CEO Keith Creel in a statement on Wednesday.

Union Pacific serves many of the fastest - growing U.S. population centers, operates from all major West Coast and Gulf Coast ports to eastern gateways, connects with Canada's rail systems and is the only railroad serving all six major Mexico gateways.

The union representing the 4,800 rail workers who walked off the job claimed CP was angling to cut their pensions by up to 40 %, despite making a profit in the previous year.

Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) furloughed 3,900 workers in 2015 as rail traffic slowed.

Southborough, MA — May 19th, 2017: RxAdvance today announced that the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), one of North America's most dynamic and diverse unions with 216,000 members, has awarded its multi-year pharmacy benefit management (PBM) services contract to RxAdvance beginning on Jan. 1, 2018.

Union Pacific's rail network spans 23 states, 32,000 miles, and connects to all major seaports on the West Coast and the major seaports along the Gulf of Mexico West of the Mississippi River Delta.

This should increase the amount of oil, other petrochemicals, and drilling equipment shipped over the rails further benefiting Ferromex and Union Pacific.

Last week, we outlined labour woes impacting the Canadian Pacific Railway (as an update, unions at CP Rail agreed at the last minute to postpone a strike, however experts believe a strike is still «inevitable»).

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union handed out chocolates to «sweeten the bitter pill» of the price increase.

I pay my taxes... I just vote against those who desire to continually raise them and send us spiraling into economic oblivion just so they, their union buddies, and their bedfellow corporate friends (e.g. the rail line operators) can get rich.

When he was brought in by the three companies from Union Pacific to explore their rail options, Esposito found that even buying railcars in blocks would have shaved off only about a day from the total travel time.

The 43 pages amount to a complete overhaul of how Britain is run, with rail, mail and parts of the energy sector nationalised, an enhanced role for trade unions and a substantial increase in public investment - or a dangerous spending spree, in Tory parlance.

«Spending in excess of # 50Bn on HS2, a high speed rail line that will predominantly serve London and not address the capacity and connectivity issues of the current rail network, makes even less sense than it did before the vote to leave the European Union.»

At 1 p.m., Assemblyman and congressional candidate Anthony Brindisi will ask New York's congressional delegation to reject the proposed 2019 federal budget plan that could effectively end long - distance rail travel in the northeast, inside Union Station, 321 Main St., Utica.

Trade unions are protesting at train stations across the country today against increases in rail fares and planned cuts.

Sanders praised the union movement, railed against poverty around the county, and warned his followers of the dangers of complacency.

Rep. Lee Zeldin (R - Shirley) announced Thursday 11 union endorsements in his re-election bid, including the Suffolk County Correction Officers Association, Smart Transportation Divison of the Long Island Rail Road, Transport Workers Union Local 252 and Plumbers Local Union No.union endorsements in his re-election bid, including the Suffolk County Correction Officers Association, Smart Transportation Divison of the Long Island Rail Road, Transport Workers Union Local 252 and Plumbers Local Union No.Union Local 252 and Plumbers Local Union No.Union No. 200.

On Monday, Cuomo railed against corporate CEOs when he spoke to union workers who are on strike against the Charter Communications Company, which provides cable service to much of New York under the name Spectrum.

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.

The troubled East Coast rail mainline should be brought back into public ownership permanently, Unite, the country's largest union, said today...

Mr McDonnell also confirmed that Labour would scrap university tuition fees, overturn Conservative trade union legislation and nationalise rail, water, energy and the Royal Mail.

The largest union representing Long Island Rail Road employees has endorsed Democrat Tom Suozzi in his quest to win back the Nassau County executive's office.

But although Cuomo has railed against he belief that the public education system has grown to become more about protecting the administrative bureaucracy and less about educating kids, the focus of his wrath has been the teachers unions and not — so far, anyway — superintendents, who I'm sure are breathing a sigh of relief.

He told the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and unions representing 5,400 rail workers to «put the interests of New Yorkers first» by ending the standoff.

Throughout the speech, the governor, who has said he'll seek re-election to a third term this year, railed against the politics of Republicans in Washington, saying they are «divisive» and threaten unions and gay and transgender rights.

Mick Cash, general secretary of the National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers, on BBC Radio 4's Today programme

The statewide teachers union, NYSUT, whose political influence is strongest in the Democratic - led Assembly, has railed against the new evaluation law and how it is tied to teacher tenure.

Members of the unions representing most Long Island Rail Road workers have overwhelmingly approved the four - year contract that was negotiated last month.

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 chUnion 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 chunion membership being a commitment to donation rather than allowing workers to «opt - in» if they so choose.

Sen. Jack Martins, a Republican who represents Nassau County, called on Gov. Andrew Cuomo this afternoon to take an active role in the negotiations between the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and its labor union in order to avoid a strike on the Long Island Rail Road.

I'm so used to railing against the Times Union that I forget where I was.

Bicyclists set off on their ride from the starting point of the Albany County Rail Trail by South Pearl Street on Wednesday, May 18, 2016, in Albany, N.Y. (Cindy Schultz / Times Union)