CSX Avon Rail yard job cuts threaten the lives on Indiana residents. This CSX Avon rail yard is responsible for handling some of the most hazardous waste in the country. Now there will be no rail workers to hold strict adherence to safety standards at this busy hub. Some local railroad workers claim their jobs could go away as soon as this weekend, but they haven’t heard anything official from management. With their jobs comes the safety and security of Indiana’s residents. Without their jobs is a recipe for disaster. How many of America's towns and cities will burn before Railroads put safety ahead of greed?
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie doesn’t even care that he is the least popular governor in the nation. In fact he seems to be setting the bar so low that his successors will have no trouble appearing as honorable. This time Christie has sunk lower than the legs of his beach chair. After spending most of Monday being mocked on news shows in the United States and across the globe, Gov. Christie said he had no regrets about his family's weekend outing at the governor's beach house at a state park that was closed to everyone else during the state shutdown.
Norfolk Southern Corp just recorded a record profit for the first quarter 2017 and voted for a 34.6% pay increase for CEO Jim Squires. Yet in spite of increased revenue, record profits, and decreased operating ration, NS displaced 42 of the 71 carmen from Chattanooga.
BMWED members from the Pennsylvania Federation and other systems, divisions and federations around the country joined our friends “March on Harrisburg” in completing the 105 mile march from Philadelphia to the State Capital in Harrisburg. This action led to BMWED workers being arrested, detained and threatened.
May 16, 2017 - Our National Division endorsed a long shot civil rights champion for District Attorney in Philadelphia who had to run against the Democratic Party machine and all of the traditional talking heads that said a man who champions the people could never be elected to the position of District Attorney.
The derailments have set off alarms over Amtrak’s management of the station, its safety record and the railroad’s perennial funding problems. The days of commuting turmoil prompted by the accidents also offered an ominous preview of the future if the railroad’s aging infrastructure is not soon overhauled.
“We are going to fix our inner cities and rebuild our highways, bridges, tunnels, airports, schools, hospitals…. And we will put millions of our people to work as we rebuild it.
Pennsylvania Federation on the Right Side
The tanker Harbour Legend is shown moving up an icy Delaware River in 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Pennsylvania Federation on the Right Side
After such an intensely polarizing election, it's hard for people to imagine how communities with very different backgrounds might find common ground.
Americans are not offered major-party candidates who have opposing political ideologies or ideas. We are presented only with manufactured political personalities. We vote for the candidate who makes us “feel” good about him or her. Campaigns are entertainment and commercial vehicles to raise billions in advertising revenue for corporations.
We congratulate leaders of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and thousands of supporters for the news that the federal government will deny authorization for the Dakota Access Pipeline to go through tribal lands posing a threat to water sources and sacred sites.
