Questioned by SenSanders and others at a Senate hearing on the East Palestine disaster, Alan Shaw also wouldn't agree to end 'precision-scheduled railroading,' a Wall Street-led profit-maximizing approach that critics say endangers communities nationwide.
In remarks prepared for the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, Shaw
, "I am deeply sorry for the impact this derailment has had on the people of East Palestine and surrounding communities, and I am determined to make it right.", Shaw refused to use the multiple opportunities he was given to publicly commit to enacting meaningful changes. Noting that Norfolk Southern has recently rewarded wealthy investors with $10 billion in stock buybacks, Independent Sen.
of Vermont asked Shaw if he could "tell the American people and your employees right now that... you will guarantee at least seven paid sick days to the 15,000 workers you employ."to provide up to a week of paid sick leave per year to roughly 3,000 track maintenance workers.
Sanders, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, then told Shaw that he looks forward to discussing the matter further, hinting at a potential request to testify before the panel he
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