Rail workers fight for safety as deaths grow from remote controlled trains
Vol. 88/No. 24 - June 17, 2024![Rail worker runs driverless train with remote control in San Antonio, Texas, in 2023. Expansion of remote control operation beyond rail yards is product of bosses’ drive for profits. It’s led to more injuries, deaths of rail workers and working people who live near train tracks.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Driverless-train-8824-300x212.jpg)
LINCOLN, Neb. — As part of their drive to intensify the pace of labor and slash workers, rail bosses in the U.S. are stepping up use of one-person remote-control operation of trains hauling freight. And they’re running larger and longer…