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Lawsuit: Topeka railroad crossing where Carl Myles died saw 9 collisions in prior 30 years
The Topeka Capital-Journal via Yahoo News· 12 hours agoUnion Pacific Railroad trains were involved in nine collisions in 30 years at the crossing just...
Gateway - Jalopnik
Jalopnik· 2 days agoOne of the largest freight railroad worker unions rejected the tentative agreement hammered out last month after marathon negotiations...of members of the SMART Transportation ...
Gateway - Quartz
Quartz· 2 days agoAmerica’s biggest railroads have reached a tentative agreement with union workers. Had the railroads and workers remained stuck at an ...
From labor strikes to demolition, here’s the history of Kansas City’s Buck O’Neil Bridge
Kansas City Star via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe union members were upset that iron workers had been assigned to unload cargo from their trucks,...
5 unsung films that dramatize America’s rich labor history
San Francisco Chronicle· 3 days agoIs a Hollywood drama about angry Starbucks baristas or frustrated Amazon warehouse workers far behind? Hollywood studios and independent producers have long depicted the collective efforts of ...
Glancing Back for June 14: Strasburg boy touches electric wire
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier· 6 days agoAlbert Stierwalt, little son of C.E. Steirwalt of Strasburg, received a severe electric shock...
Edward Robert McClelland: The Illinois debate that made Abraham Lincoln a national figure
Chicago Tribune· 4 days agoHere, McClelland takes us to Ottawa, Illinois, for the famed first senatorial debate between Lincoln...
Interchange Exit in Rock Springs meets high-traffic demands
Wyoming Tribune-Eagle· 6 days agoFor ten years, locals and visitors drove by a closed, damaged bridge, known to many as “Gookin...
