Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized Tuesday in a milestone in organized...
Major freight railroads will have to maintain two-person crews on most routes under a new federal rule that was finalized Tuesday in a milestone in organized labor’s long fight to preserve the practice.that was first proposed during former President Barack Obama's administration. Out of more than 13,000 comments on the rule, about 60 opposed it.to nearly all workers. Such changes include adding hundreds more trackside detectors and tweaking how to respond to alerts from them.
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown, an Ohio Democrat, said it’s still important to pass a rail safety bill he cosponsored along with several Republicans because it would ensure future administrations couldn’t drop the crew-size rule and would make other meaningful improvements, including standards for trackside detectors and railcar inspections. Brown said he wants to ensure “no community ever has to suffer like East Palestine did.”in recent history involved a one-person crew.
In December, Nippon agreed to buy U.S. Steel for roughly $15 billion but the deal faces an uphill battle to approval amid bipartisan opposition in a U.S. election year. The United Steelworkers union said that it received a letter along with a draft agreement from Nippon Steel on March 27.
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