Manufacturers are powerful forces in communities large and small across the Great Lakes state, making significant investments, providing high wage jobs and accelerating the state’s economic engine.

Train Chain Pulling Rules: The chain of a train is only meant for emergency situations. Doing this without any reason is a crime under the Railway Act. In which there can be a fine and jail sentence.

The rail industry’s role in overcoming supply chain challenges was the theme of a May 11 hearing of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and ...

As the deadline for the two largest U.S. freight rail unions and rail carriers to reach an agreement near, concerns amid an already strapped supply chain grow. "A rail worker strike would be ...

The threat of a nationwide strike by railroad workers that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains exposed vulnerabilities in the supply chain that could have proved devastating to the ...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Thirty percent of all the items transported in the U.S. is shipped by train – and come Friday, those trains could stop dead in their tracks. The trains carry everything from the food ...

A potential strike involving thousands of railroad workers poses a new threat to businesses nationwide. Unions representing over 115,000 workers are poised to go on strike on Friday, Sept. 16 if a new ...

Two major unions that represent workers at U.S. freight railways are in the middle of negotiating contracts for 60,000 workers, demanding more quality of life provisions. If a deal isn’t made by ...