47 people lost their lives 1 night (support Rep. Michael Michaud’s (D-ME) Safe Freight Act)

[Omaha Steve]

From email.

Following the recent horrific crash in Quebec of a freight rail train, which had been parked uphill by its lone crew member for the night, in which 47 people lost their lives, the Federal Railroad Administration asked rail companies to take specific precautions to prevent this from happening again.


But that just isn’t enough. We need to mandate two-person crews (http://www.ttd.org/press-releases/2013-press-releases/transportation-unions-call-for-federally-mandated-two-person-crews-on-freight-trains/) on U.S. freight trains., and the AFL-CIO’s 32 transportation unions support this.

We support Rep. Michael Michaud’s (D-ME) Safe Freight Act, and we are hoping you can help to spread the word.


Please consider sharing on Twitter and Facebook.

Sample Tweets:

Don’t leave it up to the #freightrail companies to decide that 1 crew member is enough #2CrewTrains http://bit.ly/HthdfC

We are with you @RepMikeMichaud in wanting #2CrewTrains to improve safety for U.S. #freightrail. http://1.usa.gov/1bTc3re

[Mnemosyne]

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