Tag: Railroad

An unlikely coalition of Republicans and Democrats are taking on railroad companies’ greed. Recently, following a disastrous crash in East Palestine, OH, there has been…

Paula Pecorella: You may have noticed a ton of freight trains derailing in the news lately. [News Clips]: Another Norfolk-Southern train derails in Ohio..  30,000…

By David Moore, Sludge Update, Mar. 15: One of the largest U.S. railroad companies, BNSF, contributed $2,500 from its PAC to Republican Rep. Sam Graves…

Reporting by John Russell Resident: I got a neighbor over there. Right now he’s puking blood. Cuz he works right there in the main part…

The derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying 20 railcars of toxic chemicals in western Ohio has renewed scrutiny on precision scheduled railroading (P.S.R.)--a controversial…

On February 3, 2023, a Norfolk Southern freight train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. It's an environmental catastrophe that illustrates how workers' rights, corporate exploitation…

Rail workers could be just weeks away from a strike that would shut down much of the U.S. economy. After months of negotiations and a…

America’s largest railroads have transformed a once-staid industry into a profit-generating machine on par with the world’s richest technology companies, even as they drove down…

An emergency board appointed by President Biden issued recommendations for a national railroad contract on Tuesday that fell far short of what rail unions had…

Hugely profitable railroad companies are putting the entire American economy in jeopardy. The railroads are refusing to negotiate a fair contract with workers who are…

BNSF Railway workers have been stripped of almost all time-off, including weekends, under an extreme new attendance policy. They’ve been working for 3 years with…

BNSF rail workers are in the fight for their lives. A new policy would give workers only one day off per month, even penalizing them…