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For unionized rail workers, the train derailment exposes systemic failures in a railroad system that is driven by profit, not safety / credit: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Workers Blame Ohio Train Derailment on Corporate Cost Cutting

Peoples Dispatch February 14, 2023 Peoples Dispatch

After 50 derailed train cars in the U.S. Midwestern state of Ohio caused an explosive fire that led to the release of toxic fumes into the air, workers argue corporate cost-cutting was the culprit. Peoples Dispatch reports.

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