Trail Worker News Today

Bradley Haynes and his colleagues were the last chance Union Pacific had to stop an unsafe train from leaving one of its rail yards. Skilled in spotting hidden dangers, the inspectors in Kansas City, Missouri, wrote up so-called “bad orders” to pull defective cars out of assembled trains and sen...

A ProPublica investigation has found that those statistics present a knowingly incomplete picture of rail safety.

Railroad companies have penalized workers for taking the time to make needed repairs and created a culture in which supervisors threaten and fire the very people hired to keep trains running safely.

Railroad companies have penalized workers for taking the time to make needed repairs and created a culture in which supervisors threaten and fire the very people hired to keep trains running safely. Regulators say they can’t stop this intimidation.

House Democrats have introduced legislation that would make changes to “how, when and where” hazardous materials are transported by railroads.

Dive into the transformative power of rigid rail systems in the aviation and rail industries, bridging the gap between top-notch safety standards and streamlined productivity.

Railroad industry news about: Rep. Melanie Stansbury, Jamaal Bowman, Rail Worker and Community Safety Act. From the editors of Progressive Railroading Magazine

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Workers from all sectors continue to organize for better pay, improved working conditions, and basic dignity, as support for labor unions is at its highest point since Gallup began polling on the issue in 1965.

Rail unions in Wyoming are planning to hold a rally in Cheyenne on Dec. 13 to raise awareness for the issues facing rail workers.