Year: 2006

March 3, 2006

Norfolk Southern files suit against Illinois Commerce Commission to overturn Walkway Regulation – UTU intervenes in Federal Court to protect standard

March 1, 2006

Amendment to the Railroad Police Act clears Senate and moves to House—Measure mandates training and professional standards for railroad special agents and abuse protections for employees

February 28, 2006

House Mass Transit Committee gets an earful about need for more passenger trains—and likes what it hears

February 24, 2006

Illinois House votes unanimously to allow state to buy its own passenger equipment-could set stage for planned state rail buildup

February 10, 2006

Push for state passenger trains gains steam as all-out effort gathers 50 co-sponsors for bills to fund four more frequencies; your support now needed

January 20, 2006

New Senate bill introduced to add two more Chicago-St. Louis trains, add second frequencies to Quincy and Carbondale

January 5, 2006

“Battle of Virden” at last gets its monument—Downstate site of one of organized labor’s bloodiest victories credited for “Illinois being best organized labor state in America”
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