transportation
Rail workers score big safety win in California
August 26, 2015Rail unions have been pushing for two-person crews while rail carriers have been pushing for just one, an engineer.
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Obama names emergency board in NJ Transit dispute
July 17, 2015President Obama named the board, at the request of the unions representing the railroad's 4,000 workers, on July 16.
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Environmentalists, railroad workers protest oil trains
July 15, 2015Environmentalists and rank-and-file railroad workers took to the streets protesting continued transportation of oil trains.
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Rail safety problems trigger protests
May 29, 2015Railroad Workers United reported that the first protest about safety, or lack of it, on rail lines occurred in Chicago on May 27.
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Rail unions weigh in with more analysis on Amtrak crash
May 20, 2015Why was there a one-person train crew and no Positive Train Control system?
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