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Reducción de costos en el ferrocarril provocó un incendio en Ohio

February 9, 2023 By Mark Gruenberg

EAST PALESTINE, Ohio: un accidente de tren de carga en llamas en East Palestine, Ohio, que involucró materiales peligrosos en vagones cisterna, fue el resultado directo de la reducción de costos de Norfolk Southern, lo que...

Railroad corporations want to slash train crews for Wall Street profits

January 5, 2023 By Press Associates

Rail unions, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Dept. make case for 2-person freight crews.

Workers should never forget how much power they have

January 4, 2023 By David Cavendish

The bosses may have a lot of money and the weapons to enforce their will, but there are many more of us.

Angry Locomotive Engineers oust union president

December 21, 2022 By Press Associates

Dennis Pierce, longtime president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, became the symbolic fall guy for many union leaders who’ve lost the support of the rank and file.

How it happened: Eight years of militant rank-and-file organizing built the railroad fight

December 21, 2022 By Ryan Grim

Railroad unions haven’t been known for putting up a fight since the 19th century, but newly radicalized workers forced their way into the national conversation.