More companies may be held responsible for labor-law violations committed by contractors and forced to negotiate wages and benefits with...
Articles by Jim Snyder
U.S. regulators are poised to decide two closely watched cases that have the potential to reshape labor laws by allowing...
Almost two years after an unattended oil train derailed and exploded in Quebec, killing 47 people, the U.S. and Canadian...
BNSF Railway Co., the railroad owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is reconsidering a plan to buy 5,000 oil-tank...
Proposed federal rules to make hauling crude oil by rail safer and avoid fiery wrecks would drive up costs and...
The oil industry and the railroads that haul its crude have offered U.S. regulators a joint plan to phase out...
The U.S. Transportation Department issued an emergency order designed to reduce the risks of transporting crude from North Dakota’s booming...
The derailment and fire that led to the evacuation of a North Dakota town has renewed the debate over whether...
The partial shutdown of the U.S. government has sidelined thousands of inspectors who monitor everything from air and water pollution...
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said it won’t provide U.S. aid to help rebuild the town in Texas where an...