![Shell chemical fire in Deer Park, near Houston, May 5, one of several recent disasters in East Texas. Big business drive for profits causes such “accidents,” as it did in East Palestine, Ohio.](https://themilitant.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Texas-Shell-Fire_8722.jpg)
Rail workers send solidarity to residents in East Palestine
Working people step up fight after toxic derailment
PITTSBURGH — “By speaking out and supporting efforts to hold the nation’s rail carriers accountable,” SMART-TD, the rail conductors’ union, proclaimed in its spring 2023 newsletter, “We do our part to keep what happened in East Palestine from happening again.”…