February 15, 2023 | Derailment, East Palestine-NS, EPA, Headlines, NS
(Source: Associated Press, February 10, 2023) EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — Residents who filed a federal lawsuit in the fiery derailment of a train carrying toxic chemicals along the Ohio-Pennsylvania line are seeking to force Norfolk Southern to set up health monitoring...
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 | 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...
February 14, 2023 | Derailment, Headlines, UP
(Source: Houston Public Media, February 13, 2023) A truck driver died and several freight train cars were derailed during a Monday morning collision northeast of Houston. The driver of the 18-wheeler died from injuries sustained in the crash. There were no injuries...
February 14, 2023 | FRA, Headlines, TTD
(Source: Trains Magazine, February 10, 2023) The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO is calling on the Federal Railroad Administration to require Class I railroads to participate in the Confidential Close Call Reporting System, a currently voluntary method...
February 14, 2023 | CSX, Headlines, Paid Sick Leave
(Source: National Public Radio, February 10, 2023) Earlier this week, one of the largest freight railroads in the world, CSX, announced a deal with two rail unions to provide four days of paid sick leave annually, plus the option of converting three personal days into...
February 14, 2023 | Commuter Rail, Headlines
(Source: CNN, February 14, 2023) New Jersey Transit, one of the largest commuter rail services in the country, is now facing the same kind of labor problems that nearly brought service on the nation’s freight railroads to a halt last year. The Brotherhood of...
February 14, 2023 | BNSF, Headlines
(Source: Southeast Texas Record, February 8, 2023) A BNSF Railway worker who was injured in a transport van crash is claiming negligence. Full story: Southeast Texas Record
