February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Daily Kos, February 13, 2023) Residents of East Palestine, Ohio, have been told it’s safe to go back to their homes after a train derailment forced the controlled release and burn of toxic chemicals—but they’re not all so sure about that. Some complain about...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: KDKA, February 12, 2023) Norfolk Southern may be responsible for clean-up costs at the train derailment site in East Palestine, Ohio. The Environmental Protection Agency sent the company a general notice of potential liability. It outlines EPA cleanup actions...
February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Television station WFMJ, February 11, 2023) Norfolk Southern, the railway company at the center of the East Palestine derailment disaster, will alert some residents that their well water might not be safe. The ‘Potable Well Task Group’ is heading...
February 14, 2023 | Contract Negotiations, CSX, News, Short Line
INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, February 14 — The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today mailed ballots to about 60 members employed by the Springfield Terminal Railway Company (ST) (an affiliate of Pan Am Railways) regarding a tentative New York Dock...
February 14, 2023 | Headlines, National Negotiations 2019, Paid Sick Leave, PSR
(Source: In These Times, February 10, 2023) Four railroad workers discuss Congress’s handling of the rail contract dispute, and how All Street’s destruction of the freight rail system is only going to get worse for workers, shippers, and all of us. Full story: In...
