March 22, 2023 | Headlines, Unions, War on Workers
(Source: Television station WILX, March 21, 2023) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will decide the fate of Michigan’s right-to-work law. Tuesday, the Michigan House of Representatives voted to repeal the right-to-work law. The law was originally passed quickly by Republicans in...
March 22, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, Headlines, NS
(Source: CNN, March 22, 2023) Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw returns to Capitol Hill Wednesday facing pressure to support rail safety legislation proposed in the wake of his railroad’s massive toxic spill from a February 3 derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. NS has...
March 22, 2023 | Canada, CN, Headlines, Unions
(Source: Unifor press release, March 20, 2023) MONTREAL — Unifor has reached tentative collective agreements with CN Rail, averting strike action. “These negotiations were fraught with challenges, including demands for concessions by CN,” said Unifor National...
March 22, 2023 | BNSF, Derailment, Headlines, Oil Train
(Source: Seattle Times, March 20, 2023) Without permission from the Swinomish Indian Tribal Community, BNSF in 2012 began transporting 100-car trains of highly combustible crude oil through Swinomish land, court documents show. The tribe sued in 2015, alleging BNSF...
March 22, 2023 | Derailment, Fatality, Headlines, NS, NTSB
(Source: Freight Waves, March 21, 2023) The National Transportation Safety Board released two preliminary reports Monday that describe the events surrounding two separate incidents involving Norfolk Southern trains. The first incident occurred on March 9 in Alabama....
