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| U.S.-E.U.: WTO rules Boeing got $5B in illegal US subsidies by John Heilprin, Associated Press March 12th, 2012 The World Trade Organization ruled that U.S. planemaker Boeing received $5.3 billion in illegal government subsidies over a quarter-century. Airbus and Boeing have both complained to the WTO that the other is receiving state aid. They are locked in a long-running trade dispute over a market believed to be worth more than $3 trillion over the next decade. |
| CANADA: Canadian Rail Engineers Begin a Strike by Ian Austen, New York Times November 28th, 2009 About 1,700 locomotive engineers with the Canadian National Railway went on strike early Saturday. The walkout followed a decision by Canadian National to impose a new contract on its workers, including a 500-mile increase in the distance engineers are required to cover each month. The union said that the increased distance would sometimes make engineers work seven-day weeks without overtime. |
| US: American Airlines Hit
By $7.1 Million in Fines
by PAULO PRADA and ANDY PASZTOR, Wall Street Journal August 15th, 2008 The Federal Aviation Administration, proposing one of its biggest penalties ever, said it plans to fine AMR Corp.'s American Airlines $7.1 million for allegedly violating employee drug- and alcohol-testing procedures and knowingly flying airplanes that broke maintenance regulations. |
| US: Airlines fined $504m in US probe BBC June 26th, 2008 Five airlines have agreed to pay fines totalling $504m (£253m) for conspiring to fix prices for air cargo rates, the US Justice Department says. |
| US: Study says diesel emissions raise cancer risk by Elizabeth Fernandez, Chronicle Staff Writer, The San Francisco Chronicle March 20th, 2008 The analysis by the California Air Resources Board, released Wednesday night, shows that the greatest health dangers related to toxic air emissions stems from diesel trucks traversing the freeways and other roadways around West Oakland and the Port of Oakland. |
| US: 73,000 U.A.W. Members Go on Strike Against G.M. by Michelle Maynard, New York Times September 25th, 2007 The United Automobile Workers union wielded its most potent weapon against General Motors yesterday, sending 73,000 workers to picket lines in its first national strike at G.M. since 1970. |
| US: Politics Forcing Detroit to Back New Fuel Rules by Micheline Maynard, The New York Times June 19th, 2007 This week, with a vote possible in the Senate on an energy plan, car companies retreated from their longstanding argument that any legislation to increase fuel economy standards would rob them of profits, force them to lay off workers and deprive consumers of the vehicles they wanted to buy. They are now lobbying for a modest increase in mileage standards, a position already adopted by Toyota, in the hopes of silencing calls for even tougher targets. |
| UK: UK class action starts over toxic waste dumped in Africa by John Vidal, Guardian (UK) January 8th, 2007 Lawyers will today begin preparing the ground for one of the largest class actions heard in the UK over 400 tonnes of allegedly highly toxic waste dumped in the Ivory Coast from a cargo ship chartered by a London-based company. |
| EU: Ryanair hits back in 'green' row BBC January 5th, 2007 Ryanair boss Michael O'Leary has hit back at criticism from the climate change minister, saying his airline was "the greenest in Europe". |
| IVORY COAST: Ivory Coast Nabs 2 Execs in Dump Scandal Associated Press September 18th, 2006 Authorities arrested and charged two executives of a Dutch commodities company whose dumped toxic waste has caused seven deaths and widespread sickness in the Ivory Coast's largest city, a government official said Monday. |
| US: FedEx subpoenaed in US probe of cargo industry Reuters July 14th, 2006 FedEx Corp. (FDX.N: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Friday that it has received a grand jury subpoena as part of a probe by the U.S. government into possible criminal violations of antitrust laws in the air cargo transportation industry. |
| US: Big Dig problems may date back to 1999 by Steve LeBlank, The Associated Press July 13th, 2006 Contractors knew as early as 1999 that there were problems with some of the bolts attaching massive concrete panels to the ceiling of the Big Dig highway tunnel where a woman was crushed by 12 tons of falling concrete, Massachusetts' attorney general said. |
| US: Ford Plans Shift in Focus Away From Hybrids by Micheline Maynard, The New York Times June 30th, 2006 Detroit auto companies, which have lagged far behind their Japanese rivals in developing and selling hybrid vehicles, are taking a new direction in a bid to emerge as leaders in their own right on environmental issues. |
| UK: Watchdog inquiry threat over rolling stock by David Teather, The Guardian (UK) June 28th, 2006 The companies supplying the trains and carriages that run on Britain's railways are facing the threat of a competition inquiry today amid allegations they are ripping off passengers by charging the rail-operating firms too much. |
| US: More Turbulence as BA Faces US Lawsuit Over Price-fixing Claims by Richard Wray, The Guardian (UK) June 26th, 2006 The turbulence surrounding British Airways, and allegations of its involvement in an alleged price-fixing cartel, strengthened over the weekend with news that a potentially expensive class action law suit has been filed in the US. |
| UK: Airlines Face Investigation for Price Fixing by Heather Timmons, The New York Times June 22nd, 2006 British and American regulators are investigating major airlines that operate long-distance flights to and from Britain, suspecting that they may have illegally conspired to fix the amounts of fuel surcharges they impose on passengers. |
| AUSTRALIA: Virgin Blue discrimination case flies again The Age June 8th, 2006 Virgin Blue has launched an appeal against a ruling that it discriminated against eight former Ansett flight attendants because they were not young and attractive enough. |
| US: Privately Funded Trips Add Up on Capitol Hill by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum, Washington Post June 6th, 2006 Over 5 1/2 years, Republican and Democratic lawmakers accepted nearly $50 million in trips, often to resorts and exclusive locales, from corporations and groups seeking legislative favors, according to the most comprehensive study to date on the subject of congressional travel. |
| CANADA: CN Rail Charged Over 2005 Lake Wabamun Spill CBC News June 5th, 2006 Canadian National Railway faces one charge under Alberta's environmental protection act in connection with a train derailment at Lake Wabamun last summer. |
| KATRINA: Trailer deals go to Fluor ally by James Varney, Times-Picayune May 9th, 2006 Through a partnership with a smaller, minority-owned company, a sprawling multinational firm whose federal contract for travel trailers was up for rebidding has landed four new deals that could be worth $400 million, federal records show. |