International Business News - Subway http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif A group of farm workers has reached an agreement with Subway restaurant chain to pay workers a penny more per pound of tomatoes picked. The deal announced Tuesday by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers mirrors earlier agreements with Taco Bell, McDonald's and Burger King. Under the agreement, Connecticut-based Subway has also agreed to have an outside entity verify the money was passed on to workers. Subway has more than 30,000 restaurants in 87 countries. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081202/subway-agrees-to-pay-florida-tomato-pickers-more.htm Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:08:56 EST People late for school or work because of New York City subway delays can get notes from the transit agency to give to their teachers or bosses. The New York City Transit division says it gives passengers the notes so they can prove they're not lying about being delayed while riding the subway. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081130/late-workers-students-get-notes-blaming-ny-subway.htm Sun, 30 Nov 2008 11:14:25 EST A strike has closed down the Athens subway system adding to the city's chronic traffic congestion with thousands of commuters taking to their cars. Metro workers began the two-day strike Thursday over a contract dispute with the government. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081120/greece-athens-metro-workers-begin-2-day-strike.htm Thu, 20 Nov 2008 07:49:31 EST Iraq plans to build a subway in Baghdad to help cut pollution and ease traffic on the city's chronically clogged streets. Baghdad Mayor Sabir al-Issawi said in statement released Monday that Iraq's Cabinet has earmarked $3 billion for the project. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/iraq-earmarks-3-billion-for-baghdad-subway.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:50:48 EST The death toll from the cave-in of a subway tunnel under construction in eastern China rose to seven Monday, while new cracks near the site raised worries of further collapses, state media and local authorities said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176485-china-subway-collapse.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/death-toll-in-china-subway-cave-in-rises-to-7.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081117/death-toll-in-china-subway-cave-in-rises-to-7.htm Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:24:04 EST Rescuers searched Monday for 17 workers missing after a subway tunnel they were building in eastern China caved in, killing at least four people, the state news agency said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/176312-china-subway-collapse.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/rescuers-seek-survivors-in-china-subway-collapse.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081116/rescuers-seek-survivors-in-china-subway-collapse.htm Sun, 16 Nov 2008 21:52:56 EST A subway tunnel under construction in eastern China collapsed Saturday, trapping workers and creating a huge crater into which more than 10 vehicles plunged, a local official said. At least one person died and 16 were missing, state media reported. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20081115/china-subway-tunnel-collapses-1-dead-16-missing.htm Sat, 15 Nov 2008 09:07:24 EST A Philadelphia judge says a man accused of attacking a subway passenger with a hammer is too mentally ill to go to trial. Twenty-six-year-old Thomas Scantling will remain at a state hospital for two months. Then, a status hearing will be scheduled to see if he is competent. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080918/man-charged-in-pa-subway-attack-too-ill-for-trial.htm Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:44:07 EDT The city's transit agency is coming to the defense of subway passengers criticized on national television for not helping an attack victim earlier this month. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080916/philly-agency-defends-response-in-hammer-attack.htm Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:06:51 EDT An accident that damaged the foundations of centuries-old downtown buildings shut down work Thursday on Amsterdam's troubled new subway line. Mayor Job Cohen ordered a freeze on the project--once touted as a showcase for Dutch engineering expertise--after a breach in a retaining wall led to the evacuation of six buildings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/major-setback-for-amsterdam-subway-project.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:36:29 EDT Amsterdam's mayor halted construction on the city's new subway line Thursday after an accident damaged the foundations of nearby buildings, buckling floors and sending plaster crashing from walls and ceilings. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080911/major-setback-for-amsterdam-subway-project.htm Thu, 11 Sep 2008 15:43:25 EDT Police have arrested a man suspected of brutally attacking a dozing subway passenger with a hammer while other riders did nothing to stop the assault, the city's police commissioner said Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080910/police-arrest-man-in-pa-subway-hammer-attack.htm Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:08:12 EDT A federal judge Tuesday lifted a gag order on three MIT students who were barred from talking publicly about security flaws they discovered in the state's automated mass transit fare system, even as a lawyer for the agency acknowledged the system was "compromised." http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080819/judge-lifts-gag-on-students-over-transit-security.htm Tue, 19 Aug 2008 20:06:26 EDT Germany's national railway, Deutsche Bahn AG, said Friday that it is bidding to operate the subway system in the Swedish capital, Stockholm. Deutsche Bahn is bidding via its S-Bahn Berlin subsidiary, which operates commuter trains in the German capital, senior company official Hermann von der Schulenburg said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080815/deutsche-bahn-bids-to-operate-stockholm-subway.htm Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:31:35 EDT Three college students who discovered a way to hack into the Boston subway system's payment cards and add hundreds of dollars in value to them were ordered again Thursday to keep details of their findings secret. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080814/judge-keeps-gag-order-in-subway-hacking-case.htm Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:36:16 EDT A federal judge ordered three college students to cancel a Sunday presentation at a computer hackers' conference where they planned to show security flaws in the automated fare system used by Boston's subway. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080810/court-blocks-mit-students-from-showing-subway-hack.htm Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:08:00 EDT Two men were convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to prison Tuesday for a brutal attack on a German retiree that sparked a political furor over crime committed by young immigrants. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080708/2-men-jailed-over-brutal-subway-attack-in-germany.htm Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:18:16 EDT A main subway line that circles the heart of Beijing was stopped twice Wednesday for technical reasons, not because of terrorism, a state news agency and a subway official said. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080528/report-beijing-suspends-subways.htm Wed, 28 May 2008 11:49:39 EDT Two subway cars derailed Sunday in Manhattan, forcing more than 400 passengers to leave the tunnel on a second train, officials said. The cars on a train heading from Queens to Brooklyn via Manhattan jumped the tracks around 4:20 p.m. near Central Park, said NYC Transit spokesman Charles Seaton. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/subway-cars-derail-in-manhattan-more-than-400-evacuate.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 22:22:30 EDT A subway train derailment in New York that required 400 passengers to evacuate is being investigated. Transit officials say two cars jumped the tracks Sunday north of a station near Central Park. No one was seriously injured. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20080504/400-passengers-safely-evacuate-after-nyc-subway-derailment.htm Sun, 04 May 2008 19:35:38 EDT