US Rail Workers Fed Up & On Verge Of National Strike Over Working Conditions, Health/Safety

Railroad workers are fed up with horrendous and dangerous working conditions and are preparing to strike on September 16, 2022. WorkWeek interviews Gabe Christenson a conductor and Co-chair of Railroad Workers United about the issues that workers are concerned about.

Additional Media:

BNSF Railroad Worker Jen Wallis On Health And Safety, Rail Labor, One Man Crews & Warren Buffet
https://youtu.be/unVzlsgWGn8

BNSF Nears Shift To One-Member Crews, Possibly Even on Dangerous Oil Trains
http://desmogblog.com/2014/07/22/bnsf-nears-shift-one-member-crews-possibly-even-dangerous-oil-trains
Warren
Whistleblowers On Warren Buffet's Railroad
http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2014/07/09/safety-whistleblowers-on-warren-buffetts-railroad/

Health & Safety On Railroads
http://earthfix.opb.org/energy/article/workers-question-safety-culture-in-railroads-hauli/
Canadian Railroad Workers Blamed For Lac Megantic Wreck
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio/ww12-26-17-campaign-for-railroad-workers-facing-trial-for-lac-megantic-wreck
http://railroadworkersunited.org/lac-megantic/
Frame-up of Canadian Railway Workers
http://jordanbarab.com/confinedspace/2017/10/24/lac-megantic-trial/

For further information
Railroad Workers United
http://www.railroadworkersunited.org

Production of WorkWeek
https://soundcloud.com/workweek-radio

Production of Labor Video Project
http://www.labormedia.net