There are parallels between America’s current political situation and the conditions leading to the collapse of the Roman Republic more than 2,000 years ago, according to an International Business Times commentary published on RawStory.com.Ned Resnikoff, political capital reporter for IBT, writes that the Roman Republic was decaying long before Julius Caesar marched on the city in 49 B.C. and toppled it for good ... WN.com, Jim Berrie ....
A report in the Belfast Telegraph Monday says dinosaurs were already on the path to extinction millions of years before the meteor impact that is widely believed to have wiped them out, scientists said.Experts have always believed dinosaurs were flourishing on Earth just before the disaster struck when a huge asteroid or comet hit the planet just off the coast of Mexico, the report said....
More than a foot of rain in some places flooded low-lying areas across the Houston region on Monday, forcing officials to suspend bus and rail service, close schools and government offices and urge residents to stay home amid what authorities said were extremely dangerous conditions, CNN reported."This is a life-threatening emergency....
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas DarlingNot only is New York State the future face of the two main political parties, but with 400 delegates at stake in Tuesday’s primary race starring presidential hopefuls Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, everything can change in a “New York minute.” Indeed, the Empire State is where millions of immigrants suddenly got a new start in life and fortunes made overnight on Wall Street....
Relief efforts continue in southern Japan following back-to-back strong earthquakes that killed at least 42 people last week and left the country in shambles, the Belfast Telegraph reported Monday.The U.S. military will join rescuers as they redouble efforts for 10 missing people on the southern island of Kyushu, where many area were cut off by landslides and road and bridge damage ... The U.S....
After five years of negotiations and two PresidentialEmergencyBoards (PEBs), IAMDistrict 19, Local 1041 members have overwhelmingly ratified a new agreement with New Jersey Transit (NJT), the nation's third-largest commuter railroad ...NJT in 33 years....
The IAM and TCU, part of a coalition of 13 unions representing more than 4,000 workers at New Jersey Transit (NJT), reached a tentative agreement with the commuter rail carrier just over 24 hours before the workers were set to strike. The strike would have been the first work stoppage at NJT in 33 years, shutting down the nation's third-largest commuter railroad....
Amid last ditch talks to avert a New Jersey Transit (NJT) strike, New Jersey Gov ...IAM members at NJT have been negotiating for a fair contract for more than five years and are five days away from being forced into a strike that would have a tremendous effect on the state of New Jersey and the entire New ... The low priority placed on NJT is nothing new....
Talks between the 11 unions, including the IAM and TCU-IAM, in the New Jersey Transit (NJT) RailLaborCoalition and negotiators from NJT continue, but no agreement has been reached ... Under Section 9a of the Railway Labor Act, which is the law covering NJT commuter rail workers, the cooling off period expires at 12.01 a.m ... If no deal is reached by then, the unions can strike and/or NJT can lock its workers out ... Yet now NJT refuses....
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Talks between the eleven unions in the NJTRailLaborCoalition and negotiators from New Jersey Transit continued today, but no agreement was reached. Both sides pledged to continue negotiating ... Under Section 9a of the Railway Labor Act, which is the law covering NJT commuter rail workers, the cooling off period expires 12.01 am on March 13 ... ....
In contrast, NJT's final offer differed little from the concessionary proposal it made to PEB 248 ... The neutral panel pointed out that NJT never before compared state worker contracts to commuter rail workers' contracts. Had they done so, NJT commuter workers would have enjoyed far higher wages over the past 30 years ... NJT's proposal to eliminate employee passes was rejected....
Spencer Requires NJT to limit fare increases under its discount program for senior citizens, persons with disabilities, and college students; designated as 'Fare Affordability and Ridership Empowerment (FARE) Act.' ... increases number of public hearings NJT is required to hold prior and subsequent to fare increase or change or abandonment of service....