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TTD August 2010 Newsletter

BNSF Terminates Payroll Deduction for Savings Bonds

In Mott's Strike, More Than Pay at Stake

Health Insurance Reform Facts

Quarterly Report - 2nd 2010

Electronic Payments for RRB Benefits

 August 2010 RRB Financial Report

IBEW has Talent Competition

Credit for Military Service Under the Railroad Retirement Act

Final effort to collect dependent Social Security Numbers to comply with new federal law

Proper Handling of Members Email Addresses

RUIA Benefit Rate Increase

CRLO Final Cost Share instructions

RRB Issuing Statements of Service

New Benefit Year for Railroad Unemployment and Sickness Benefits

Railroad Retirement Age Reductions

Effect of Recent Health Care Legislation on RLA Collective Bargaining Agreements

Taxability of 401(k) Plans

FRA Certified Labs April 2010

Ed Harris named CP Rail's new operations chief

OHSA Orders New Jersey Transit to Pay Railroader $570,000.00

IBEW 2010 Railroad Department Conference

Five myths about the labor union movement

Railroad Retirement Board 2010 Informational Conferences

DOL announcement of settlement of whistleblower case against IC and CCP

Quarterly Report - 4th 2008

16 railroad deaths in 2009 renews the call for commitment to safety

Projects in California, Florida, Illinois are the biggest winners of high-speed rail grants

Railroad National Health and Welfare Employee Cost Share for 2010

BNSF worker killed in Minneapolis switching accident

Railroad workforce levels sink to new low

Buffett’s buyout of BNSF heads to court to decide location

Buffett's Berkshire secures $8 billion loan for BNSF deal

NMB considers change to Railway Labor Act rules

Ticket for train companies is US jobs

Adjustment of Monetary Threshold for Reporting Rail Equipment Accidents/Incidents

Quarterly Report - 3rd 2009

Intermodal volume falls 16.4 percent in U.S., Canada

BNSF 2009 Military Initiatives

BNSF chief waives compensation clause in Berkshire Hathaway deal

CN executive vice-president, sales and marketing leaving CN

BNSF executives stand to reap big payoff from company’s sale

Investors hear whistle of railroad profit

Canadian National, Canadian Pacific sued for alleged overcharges

Berkshire to sell UP, Norfolk Southern stakes

BNSF railroaders stunned and hopeful

Fitch negative on BNSF-Berkshire Hathaway

CN growing “green” wood pellet traffic at double-digit rates

Opinion: Not impressed with Burlington Northern deal

Buffett buy may trigger interest in Canadian Pacific

Union Pacific says Buffett, BNSF deal good for rails

Experts: Buffett's stakes in other railroads not problematic

Buffett’s BNSF buy makes sense

Certified Labs Oct & Nov 2009

New NMB rule to benefit rail, plane unions

RRB: Medicare Part B Premiums for 2010

Opinion: Riding the rails at a high price

ODAPC Medical Marijuana Notice

CN chief optimistic despite plunge in profit

CN’s Chicago traffic delays increase

No Railroad Retirement benefit increase in 2010; Most retiree earnings limits remain at 2009 levels

Are noisy CNEJ&E trains derailing lives?

Opinion: Minnesota can't wait for the fast train to Chicago

Railroads companies shares mixed at the close of Thursday’s trading

STB eliminates position of secretary; makes other procedural changes

US freight railroads wary of high-speed passenger push

LaHood praises Twin Cities' transport hub project

‘Cap and trade’ bill a possible threat, BNSF says

Canadian Pacific eyes expansion of Midwest intermodal market share

Canadian Pacific issues adoption notice for DM&E/IC&E lines

Four Class Is land on Newsweek's 'greenest' company list

Man files discrimination lawsuit against CN

Opinion: So many rail agencies, so little service

TCRC, CN negotiations adjourn

CP looks at new $400M rail tunnel to Detroit

Canadian Pacific third-quarter 2009 results, conference call on October 27

CP Rail clerical workers ratify three-year labor deal

Open enrollment for health care begins September 28

BNSF worker killed near Hereford, Texas

Union Plus 2010

Alaska Railroad may shed 20 percent of its workforce