There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
US rail workers take action against crashes
After several devastating disasters caused by corporate corner-cutting, US rail unions have drafted their own plan to keep workers and the public protected, reports MARK GRUENBERG
This photo taken with a drone shows portions of a Norfolk Southern freight train that derailed last February in East Palestine, Ohio are still on fire at mid-day Saturday, Feb. 4, 2023
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
FED UP with the big Class I freight railroads’ incessant drive to put profits over people and safety, and with federal regulators’ piecemeal and often pro-corporate responses, a coalition of rail freight unions issued a comprehensive analysis of the problem, with key recommendations to the government to force the carriers to put people first.
The study, including pages of internal railroad documents and emails, reveals the horrible impacts of the railroads’ system, Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR). It’s designed to cut costs and workers, including safety workers who inspect freight cars and locomotives.
Key recommendations include having the federal government impose uniform training requirements industry-wide and minimum staffing requirements for the overall number of workers needed to inspect and certify the safety of locomotives and freight cars.
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The US president has cancelled all federal union contracts as ‘un-American,’ saying ‘It’s our dream to have everyone work in the private sector,’ writes MARK GRUENBERG
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The ILA’s fight against wage stagnation and job-killing automation is gaining momentum and union solidarity as the Biden administration wisely resists pressure from the bosses to force strikers back to work, writes MARK GRUENBERG
Employees at Texas shelter Pets Alive joined forces with the Machinists union, seeking better conditions for both themselves and the animals they passionately care for, reports MARK GRUENBERG
