Tag: trains
Canada Sees a ‘Watershed Moment’ in the Struggle for Indigenous Rights
Indigenous lawyer Pamela Palmater says ongoing solidarity protests show Canadians grasp more than ever how their government is violating indigenous rights. Subscribe to our page…
What 17 years of railroad work taught me about corporate America
Click here to read the transcript: https://therealnews.com/ive-been-a-train-conductor-for-17-years-corporate-greed-has-ruined-the-railroads Bryan Mack is a second-generation railroad worker from Florence, South Carolina, with a Masters in Music Performance. Both…
What Union Pacific and the media aren’t telling you about the Baker, CA, train derailment
This Feb., Norfolk Southern’s train derailment catastrophe in East Palestine, Ohio dragged the decrepit state of the US rail system into the national spotlight. A…
Is it time to nationalize the railroads? Freight workers say yes
The train derailment disaster in East Palestine, Ohio catapulted the degraded condition of the US’s freight rail network into national consciousness. But workers have been…
