August 10, 2012 | Headlines, NS, Whistleblower
(Source: OSHA press release, August 8, 2012) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — The U.S. Department of Labor has found that, once again, Norfolk Southern Railway Co. has violated the whistleblower protection provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act. An investigation by the...
July 27, 2012 | News, Whistleblower
CLEVELAND, July 27 — On July 17, the Federal Railroad Administration and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that they had reached a memorandum of agreement to begin working together to address the seriousness...
July 27, 2012 | Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) press release, July 25, 2012) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Omaha, Neb.-headquartered Union...
July 23, 2012 | Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: OSHA press release, July 19, 2012) CHICAGO — The U.S. Department of Labor has ordered two railroad companies to pay three workers a total of $650,729.14 in back wages and damages for retaliating against them for reporting workplace injuries and safety...
July 20, 2012 | FRA, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: OSHA press release, July 17, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration have signed a memorandum of agreement to facilitate...
June 26, 2012 | News, Whistleblower
CLEVELAND, June 26 — The railroad industry has launched a coordinated attack on rights enacted by Congress as part of the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA). These “whistleblower” rights, which are contained in Section 20109 of Title 49 of the United States Code,...
June 21, 2012 | Headlines, NS, Whistleblower
(Source: Virginian Pilot opinion column, June 21, 2012) NORFOLK, Va. — Discouraging reports of injuries doesn’t improve safety. Changing that practice might cost Norfolk Southern an award, but it would help the company – and workers – in the long...
April 10, 2012 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Department of Labor press release, April 3, 2012) NEW YORK — An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has determined that Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. violated the employee protection provisions of...
March 16, 2012 | Commuter Rail, Headlines, Whistleblower
(Source: Occupational Health & Safety press release, March 16, 2012) WASHINGTON, D.C. — An investigation by OSHA has determined that Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co. violated the employee protection provisions of the Federal Railroad Safety Act when it took...
December 29, 2011 | Headlines, UP, Whistleblower
(Source: U.S. Department of Labor press release, December 20, 2011) SEATTLE — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has ordered Omaha, Neb.-based Union Pacific Railroad Co. to immediately reinstate an employee in Idaho who...
