Tag: Railroads

Strikes Spread in France, Piling Pressure on Macron

Students and transit workers joined a walkout started at oil refineries. It’s a growing problem for President Emmanuel Macron, whose government was already embattled in Parliament.

How California’s Bullet Train Went Off the Rails

America’s first experiment with high-speed rail has become a multi-billion-dollar nightmare. Political compromises created a project so expensive that almost no one knows how it can be built as originally envisioned.

A Rail Strike Averted Reminds Us That There Is Power in a Union

The single best thing President Biden and the Democratic Party could do for workers is to give them the tools and support to build power for themselves.