transportation
As transit systems shut down workers battle virus and job loss
March 30, 2020“Our members should have masks, gloves and other personal protective equipment. Transit agencies should enact rear door boarding, consider eliminating fares, develop strategic service continuation to avoid overcrowding and establish other policies to cut down on...
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Rail unionists, passengers, lawmakers blast Amtrak outsourcing
March 5, 2020Various right-wingers want to close down Amtrak’s national network, leaving only the profitable Northeast Corridor, which would then be privatized.
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D.C. area bus systems share one characteristic—mistreating workers
September 6, 2019“We believe this upcoming contract will determine the fate of public transportation and economic justice for our entire region," workers say.
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México: El proyecto del Tren Maya
December 18, 2018Tren Maya pretende conectar los estados del sur: Quintana Roo, Campeche, Chiapas, Yucatán y Tabasco, según la visión de modernidad surgida de las culturas autóctonas que beneficiará a todos y no solamente a esas etnias.
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Trump’s infrastructure con: He promised so much and delivered so little
February 16, 2018Candidate Trump boasted he would double what Clinton said she’d spend on infrastructure. The scheme released by the Trump administration this week fails to do that.
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