Tag: rail workers
Biden administration announces new funding for 10 major passenger rail projects...
The administration will dedicate $8.2 billion in new funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passed in 2021 to deliver world-class high-speed rail and launch new passenger rail corridors.
The rail unions warned us. Greed is dangerous.
Following multiple, dangerous derailments across the country, those working the railroad have a solution to the nation's rail crisis: public ownership.
Rail workers blame fiery train crash in Ohio on Wall Street...
"The PSR-driven carriers, driven to cut costs and crew time by any means necessary, cut corners and leave crews and the public at risk."
Putting ‘profits over people’, Senate rejects paid sick leave for rail...
Forty-two Republicans—and serial Democratic obstructionist Joe Manchin of West Virginia—voted down Rep. Jamaal Bowman's (D-N.Y.) proposal to include seven paid sick days in the tentative contract.
Biden accused of selling out rail workers by urging Congress to...
"Biden is siding with corporate rail bosses over the rank-and-file workers who voted against this agreement," said one progressive commentator after the president urged lawmakers to take action to force through a deal without paid sick leave.
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Different battles, same struggle: The US war on China, Venezuela, and the international left
We must remember that these are not separate crises, but different fronts of the same struggle. And to resist one is to resist them all.
Voter backlash defies MAGA’s anti-reality hokum, entrapped by its own BS, rip-offs, venom &...
Trump promised unremitting revenge but that is a sharp, merciless two-edged sword about to redound on him and MAGA.
Progressives intensify campaign to replace Schumer after Democrats end shutdown without healthcare deal
A growing number of lawmakers, candidates, and activists are demanding new Democratic leadership after eight senators joined Republicans to reopen the government, leaving Affordable Care Act protections and Medicaid funding untouched.
Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown
Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.
How Trump’s immigration dragnet harms all US workers
In all, the nation has so far lost more than a million foreign-born workers amid Trump’s mass deportation campaign.