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The Charlotte Area Transit System will soon start looking for a new company to run its bus system, after years of operational problems and declining ridership.

A new bill was filed in the Virginia General Assembly to potentially improve safety conditions for railroad workers and citizens in Hampton Roads.

So look at that -- that's a bunch of coal right there. we are heading into the winter months, and if there is a diminished supply of stuff to make our houses warm, that's not good for anybody. >> brian: hard to believe that they would strike over six days of vacation days. that's what it is down to. evereverything else has been frd out. >> steve: they feel strongly about it. four unions say our quality of life is on the line. this is their chance to extract what they want from their bosses. >> ainsley: the president of the smart union said. they said the bail -- the ball, excuse me, the ball i...

>> steve: one thing as joe biden is up in the commonwealth of massachusetts celebrating thanksgiving, one thing on his plate that he may have to deal with is a nationwide rail strike. because yesterday, 28,000 train conductors represented by the sheet metal air, rail, and transport workers also known as the smart union rejected a deal. keep in mind it was back in september when the president he personally intervened to make sure there was not a rail strike before the midterm election. the white house was involved. they needed all 12 unions on the same page, so far, four unions have said nope, ...

WASHINGTON—The one rail union whose members rejected the proposed national contract between the nation’s big freight railroads and unions representing their 115,000 workers has negotiated a new and it says a better deal. And now those 4,900 members of Machinists District 19 will vote on it.