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I subscribe to BLET's Newflash and I received this email today. Thought I'd pass it along to Train board members as a heads up for southern California news junkies. As follows: <br /> <br />Teamsters Rail Conference fights for Amtrak funding <br /> <br />http://www.ble.org/pr/news/newsflash.asp?id=4090 <br />WASHINGTON, D.C., March 29 -- To bring public attention to Amtrak's potential bankruptcy, Teamsters will distribute fliers to Amtrak passengers in Solana Beach, Calif., tomorrow (March 30). <br /> <br />If Amtrak were to go under, thousands of union jobs nationwide would be lost and some communities would suffer a severe economic decline. <br /> <br />"Bush's 'reform' plan for Amtrak will leave the nation stranded," said John Murphy, Director of the Teamster Rail Conference. "If Amtrak were to go bankrupt, thousands of rail employees across the country would lose their jobs and small communities that rely on rail transport would be cut off from metropolitan areas." <br /> <br />The fliers ask passengers to contact their Congressional Representative Randy "Duke" Cunningham to request full funding of Amtrak. Representative Duke is a member of the Appropriations Committee in Congress, which will <br />decide Amtrak's funding level for 2006. Solana Beach is the Amtrak stop in Cunningham's district. <br /> <br /> <br />WHAT: Leafleting for Amtrak funding <br /> <br />WHEN: Wednesday, March 30, 2005, 6:00 a.m. <br /> <br />WHERE: Amtrak Rail Terminal (105 North Cedros Avenue, Solana Beach, Calif.) and the city of Solana Beach <br /> <br />WHO: Teamster members including members of the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen -- both divisions in the Teamsters Rail Conference.--- <br /> <br />The message was sent by the BLE NewsFlash Service. <br />To unsubscribe, go to http://www.ble.org <br /> <br />Jim - Lawton, NV MP 236 <br />
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