Privatizing Amtrak Would Be a Disaster for Working People
Privatizing Amtrak Would Be a Disaster for Working People Adam Barrington, Common Dreams, 6/27/25 Privatization of public institutions has an observable record of raising prices for customers, diminishing service quality, and degrading working conditions. At a Senate Commerce subcommittee hearing earlier…
Public Rail Now Condemns the Arrest of David Huerta and Stands in Solidarity with Immigrant Communities
Public Rail Now Condemns the Arrest of David Huerta and Stands in Solidarity with Immigrant Communities Public Rail Now condemns the violent arrest of SEIU United Service Workers West President David Huerta and all attacks on working people and immigrant…
Podcast Episode 6: Ben Carrol Southern Workers Assembly
On this episode, Adam is joined by Ben Carroll from Southern Workers Assembly. Adam and Ben discuss organizing workers in the South, connecting communities to the labor movement, the upcoming Southern Worker Action Summit (June-13-15 in Spartanburg, SC), and more.…
Statement of Solidarity
Public Rail Now Statement of Solidarity with Kilmar Abrego Garcia and SMART-TD Public Rail Now stands in solidarity with SMART-TD in condemning the unlawful and heinous detention, deportation, and imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia. This violation of Brother Abrego Garcia’s rights,…
U.S. & Canadian Railroad Workers Unite in Upcoming Webinar!
The rail industry doesn’t stop at borders—neither should our fight for safer conditions, fair treatment, and worker power. That’s why Public Rail Now is hosting a cross-border webinar bringing together railroad workers from the U.S. and Canada to discuss the challenges we face and how we…
Public Rail Now has a podcast!
We just dropped our first podcast! Listen in–– Public Rail Now organizer Adam Barrington and Railroad Workers United General Secretary and SMART-TD Local 1473 member Nick Wurst discuss the East Palestine derailment, Precision Scheduled Railroading, regulatory capture, and more.