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March was not a good month for Union Pacific. Throughout the course of that month, UP put more than 100 rail cars on the ground in five separate major train wrecks. (See the RWU Special Bulletin 4/1/26 HERE). Now in April, things have not gotten any better. For this month, UP put no fewer than 93 rail cars on the ground along with 3 locomotives, in a total of 6 major wrecks in just 26 days. To get the month started, on April 4th, 15 cars of an intermodal train - made up of 17

Federal funding for passenger rail is under threat. This is true every year, and passenger rail advocates have repeatedly fought successfully to retain funding. The day is saved each time because citizens concerned about this issue tell their Member of Congress how important passenger rail is to them. Politics in Washington is unusual these days, but it’s still true that it’s urgent that you tell your Member of Congress to invest more, not less, in passenger rail. The federal

SOURCE: The North Star Workers gathered for the second annual independent Day of Mourning rally in Downtown Vancouver, rallying behind chants like “Kill a worker, go to jail” and “When bosses lose, they’re in the red, when workers lose, we end up dead!”. The rally held on April 27 and organized by East Van Workers Assembly (EVWA), is meant to bring awareness of deaths in workplaces due to safety lapses and disregard for implementing safe working conditions by employers. When