The regulation ensures that the nation’s largest freight railroads will not be able to reduce the number of workers aboard their trains from today’s status quo.
Safety experts said the East Palestine derailment might not have happened had Norfolk Southern placed sensors closer together. The federal government doesn’t require or regulate their use.
The single best thing President Biden and the Democratic Party could do for workers is to give them the tools and support to build power for themselves.
The Biden administration is considering executive action to try to avoid a shutdown of the nation’s rail network that would harm the economy ahead of the midterm elections.