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Working on the Railroad: The Fight for Railworkers’ Rights

Working on the Railroad: The Fight for Railworkers’ Rights

CUNY TV

On this episode of City Works, Laura Flanders is joined by Jeff Schuhrke, a labor historian and assistant professor at the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies, and Ron Kaminkow, a locomotive engineer and co-founder of Railroad Workers United. The three speak about the critical state of the U.S. rail industry and the organized fight for safer railways and railworkers’ rights.