East Palestine: The Forgotten Rail Workers
The trains must go through! As you might imagine, there was quite a mess to clean up in order to…
East Palestine Part 1: The Causes
Please excuse the length of this post. But once I went down the rabbit hole, I couldn’t get out. To…
East Palestine Part 2: Politics and the Road Ahead
Continued from Part 1: The Causes The Politics: Continued Warfare or a New Age of Bipartisanship? The politics of the…
Rail Disaster: For a Worst-Case Scenario, Look North
The East Palestine rail disaster is bad. But it’s not even close to a worst-case scenario. We have seen worse,…
Hard Lessons of the Rail Dispute
Today is December 9, where in an alternative world America’s rail workers would be walking off the job and setting…
House to Vote Today on Imposing Rail Agreement: Make Calls
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced last night that the House would vote today on whether to impose the Tentative Agreement…
Rail Strike: Which Side Are You On?
When last we discussed employer greed labor problems in the rail industry, President Joe “the most labor-friendly President in American…
New Rail Deal May Still Be Doomed Over Scheduling Issues
Does this seem like a good way to attract loyal, dedicated, satisfied workers? Come work for the railroad. It’s a…
Lessons of the Averted Rail Strike
And we have an agreement…. I was over at the Department of Labor building yesterday and there were paper signs…
Crippling Rail Strike Looms as Rail Companies Refuse to Address Workers’ Concerns
Rail companies' sceduling policies force railworkers to strike.