disasters
Safety Board to probe Norfolk Southern, not just individual crashes
March 10, 2023The National Transportation Safety Board will investigate the entire safety culture at Norfolk Southern Railroad.
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Ohio rail cleanup workers fall ill as yet another train derails
March 6, 2023Union workers cleaning up the chemical mess in East Palestine get sick and another Norfolk Southern train jumps the tracks.
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Arab-Americans in Chicago respond to Turkey-Syria earthquakes
February 28, 2023The Palestinian American Club in Bridgeview is immersed in a campaign to help.
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Feds: No evidence crew did anything wrong in Ohio rail wreck
February 24, 2023Federal government panel rules that all the workers (the engineer, the conductor and the trainee) acted appropriately in the rail disaster in East Palestine.
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Railroad Workers United: Ohio wreck shows need for rail nationalization
February 22, 2023Workers say the only way to avoid disasters such as the one in East Palestine, Ohio is for the government to take over the railroads and run them in the public interest.
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