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The training exercise is scheduled for a day in late October and will include officials from the city and county as well as ones from surrounding counties to better plan and prepare for a hazardous materials situation caused by a derailment. There have been several in Wyoming in recent years, including earlier this year in a Sheridan rail yard, of a coal train near Arvada, and in a rail yard in Cheyenne.
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Congress invoked the Railway Labor Act, passed nearly a century ago, that forced the four remaining rail unions that had rejected the Biden Administration's brokered deal largely due to a lack of stipulations for paid time off to accept it, avoiding a nationwide strike. But a Gillette union leader indicated there are potential positives for rail unions and workers in their relationships with the the railroads.
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The Biden administration played a key role in brokering the agreement, which was done to avoid a strike that would have brought trains to a halt across the country. Now, there are renewed concerns that a strike could occur in the coming months after the country's third largest rail union rejected the contract. The impacts of a strike would significantly impact the economies in Wyoming and nationwide.
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The strike was expected to have cost the U.S. economy around $2 billion per day. The agreement represents 100,000 or the country's approximately 150,000 railroad workers, including those employed by Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) and Union Pacific (UP), the two major railroads that operate in the state. Several thousand Wyomingites are currently employed in the rail industry.
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All Aboard Northwest is advocating for the return of passenger rail service to states in the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Midwest that are under or unserved by Amtrak or other passenger rail operators. Many Wyoming communities have not had passenger service for over 50 years.
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A long-time coal miner in the Powder River Basin said he worries his employer is not taking the risks of COVID-19 seriously despite instituting safety…
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BOB BECK: When a crude oil train derailed and exploded in downtown Lynchburg, Virginia this week, it wasn’t the first or even the second time that’s…