Amtrak Strike
Amtrak Strike News
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- Los Angeles Times: Amtrak Deal With Union Averts Strike (January 18, 2008)
- "People familiar with the agreement, speaking on condition of anonymity because it had not been formally announced, said the labor agreement adopts the recommendations of a presidential emergency board report issued Dec. 30."
- The Associated Press: Rail Strike Would Be Commuter Nightmare (January 15, 2008)
- "Commuters stranded from Virginia to Massachusetts. Train service shut down at major terminals in New York, Chicago and Boston. A flood of extra cars on congested highways around Washington and San Francisco.
- Come Jan. 30, that nightmare could become a reality unless a long-standing labor dispute between Amtrak and nine unions is resolved."
- BostonHerald.com: Amtrak Strike Could Cripple Commuter Rail Service (January 15, 2008)
- Home News Tribune Online: Specter of Amtrak Strike Has NJ Transit, Others Bracing (January 15, 2008)
- Newsday.com: LIRR preps for strike that might shut Penn Station (January 10, 2008)
- The Boston Globe: MBTA braces for possible Amtrak strike (January 9, 2008)
- The New York Sun: Potential Amtrak Strike Could Shut Down Penn Station (January 7, 2008)
- "The unions are demanding higher wages through retroactive pay for the eight years they have worked without a new contract."
- New York Post: 'Burbs in Rail Trouble (January 6, 2008)
- If a strike shuts down Penn Station, the alternative transit lines cannot sufficiently suppport an additional 85,000 Long Island commuters, and 70,000 from New Jersey.
- Newsday.com: LIRR setting up plans in case of Amtrak strike (January 5, 2008)
- Reuters: Amtrak unions say hopeful dispute can be settled (January 4, 2008)
Amtrak Strike Blogs and Commentaries
- Democratic Underground: Presidential Emergency Board Backs Workers in Amtrak Contract Dispute
- Gothamist: Commutes in Peril as Amtrak Strike Threatened
- Baristanet: Welcome To Your Worst Commuter Nightmare
- AFL-CIO Weblog: Bush Emergency Board Order Halts Amtrak Strike—for Now
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