Roanoke Times
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DATE: TUESDAY, August 24, 1993                   TAG: 9308240154
SECTION: BUSINESS                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: METRO 
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IN BUSINESS

Amtrak, facing the threat of a nationwide walkout at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday, said Monday it is prepared to enter federal court to obtain a restraining order against the United Transportation Union.

Amtrak said it thought the U.S. District Court would respond favorably and "prevent an illegal strike."

The UTU, representing 2,300 Amtrak conductors, yard workers and station workers, is angered over Amtrak's use of maintenance personnel to move Metrolink commuter cars in the Taylor railyard in Los Angeles. Metrolink is the 10-month-old Southern California commuter rail service run by Amtrak for Cal-Trans, the state's transportation department.

A nationwide walkout would cripple Amtrak, canceling scores of cross-country trains and scuttling Metroliner service along the Northeast - Journal of Commerce

\ United Technologies settles EPA charges

Hartford, Conn.-based United Technologies Corp. agreed Monday to pay $5.3 million to settle widespread environmental violations and to submit to an environmental audit of its operations. The settlement with the Environmental Protection Agency covers violations at 10 facilities in Connecticut in the late 1980s and early 1990s. - Boston Globe