Archive for March 17, 2023
Senate Majority Leader asks for expanded safety investigation into NS, other railroads
(Source: The Hill, March 15, 2023) Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) is urging the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to expand its investigation into Norfolk Southern to include other major railroads to determine ways to improve rail safety in the aftermath of the derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, last month. Full story: The Hill
Read MoreMichigan state senate votes to repeal Right to Work
(Source: Michigan Advance, March 15, 2023) A committee room and both lobbies of the Michigan Senate’s office building were jammed to the brim early Tuesday morning as more than a hundred workers — many sporting union jackets — watched a Democratic-led Senate panel debate and then adopt several landmark pro-union bills. Hours later, many of…
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