FREEDOM LINE BLOG: So-Called "Railway Safety Act" Constitutes a Political Handout to Big Labor That…
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So-Called "Railway Safety Act" Constitutes a Political Handout to Big Labor That Does Nothing to Improve Safety At All

America as we know it was built largely upon and because of our rail industry, and today it remains a pillar of our economy.

Unfortunately, a destructive proposal before Congress misleadingly named the "Railway Safety Act" (RSA), part of broader surface transportation reauthorization, threatens great harm to our railroads.

Simply put, the bill has nothing to do with improving safety, but has a lot to do with advancing the political agenda of Big Labor.  At a moment when inflation burdens American families and fragile supply chains remain vulnerable to disruption, the last thing our economy or rail sector need is another costly federal mandate imposed upon one of the nation’s most important transportation sectors.

As an initial matter, as noted by The Wall Street Journal, the…[more]

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Tuesday, July 01 2014

A Massachusetts woman is suing social media site Twitter for allegedly blasting spam messages to her cellphone.

Beverly Nunes has filed a class action lawsuit in San Francisco, and she is seeking more than $5 million under a federal law that restricts robo-calling.  According to news reports, Nunes claims Twitter has been blasting spam messages to "recycled" phone numbers and ignoring the recipients' pleas to stop. Nunes, who says she received a reassigned number from her phone company, says she has never used Twitter but that she is receiving the tweets because Twitter is disregarding policies about disconnected numbers.

The class action claims that Twitter should pay $500 for each unwanted text message under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, a 1991 law directed at telephone calls, but which the complaint says applies to text messages as well.

“We believe these claims are without merit and will vigorously defend ourselves against them,” Twitter said in a statement.

—Source:  gigaom.com

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