Rail Workers Say the Industry Courts Derailments in Its Quest for Profits

[T-Link Reporter]

As public outrage has grown over the toxic fallout from last week’s fiery derailment of a Norfolk Southern freight train in East Palestine, Ohio, the urgent questions behind this disaster echo the past year’s confrontations over working conditions in the lightly regulated rail industry.

https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/rail-workers-say-industry-courts-derailments-in-quest-for-profits/

The rail catastrophe in east Palestine, Ohio, is a case study in disaster capitalism.

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