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.
Dispatches From the Front Lines of the Battle for Workplace Safety: Short Stuff
Workers Can Participate in CSB Investigations: A major goal of the Occupational Safety and Health Act is to encourage workers…
Lessons Not Learned at Lac-Mégantic Anniversary
Steve Bannon may have moved out of the West Wing, but he left his goal of “deconstructing the regulatory state”…
Today in History: Lac-Mégantic and Piper Alpha Disasters
July 6 has a rather dubious place in the history of workplace and community safety, corporate responsibility and government oversight.…
Charges Dropped Against Railroad for Lac Mégantic Catastrophe
Criminal charges have been dropped against Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway (MMA), according to Quebec’s Director of Criminal and Penal…
LATE BREAKING: Lac Mégantic Rail Workers Acquitted
A jury has acquitted all three rail workers charged with criminal negligence causing death of 47 persons in the 2013…