Ryan Wilkins worked in Union Pacific’s law department from 2014 to 2019. He led the railroad’s Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) team. Now he is the plaintiff in a federal whistleblower lawsuit in Nebraska, alleging UP retaliated against him for…
Jami Wallace, resident of East Palestine, Ohio shared her experiences with us on our podcast. She spoke at the Labor Notes Conference in front of 100 participants and explained the rare cancers that folks are being diagnosed with, and the…
Newly published article about Canadian National’s privatization of Canada’s rail network, written by Maddock Thomas, researcher for Public Rail Now. Is it time to renationalize the CN rail network in Canada? It has been 30 years since Canadian National was…
America’s highways are nationalized; why not its rail? Oct. 27, 2022- The Gazette Although it appears at the time of writing that a large strike among freight railroad workers has been averted, the contingencies of preparing for one still threw…
Re-Regulation or Renationalization Public Rail Now has a multitude of concerns with the proposed merger of two gigantic rail corporations. Our position is currently one of hesitation and cynicism that this is a merger to benefit the public and is…
Flipping through the day’s news feed on this 6th day of a sweltering Midwest heat dome that is pushing the mercury to 99°F and a heat index of 105°F. We have 3 more days before the heat breaks. Every day,…
Work-Bites – Latter-day railroad Barons in the U.S. are using “Precision Scheduled Railroading” to cut costs—and cut corners. The results? Predictable and deadly.
Work-Bites – The profit-driven railroad industry continues to fight safety measures in the aftermath of the East Palestine train derailment disaster.
Jacobin – Last year’s catastrophic East Palestine train derailment has spurred calls from a rank-and-file labor group for public ownership of rail infrastructure. We spoke to an expert about what that could look like in the US, which is dominated by…
Independent Socialists Group – In 2023, the East Palestine, OH derailment demonstrated the scale of the crisis of railroad safety. It made the public ownership campaign even more urgent in the eyes of workers around the country who are getting a…