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Tammy Baldwin: “Big railroad corporations are pushing to eliminate the…”

Featuring: Tammy Baldwin, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Wisconsin

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Senator Tammy Baldwin's video message to the 2023 BLET Western Regional Meeting in Milwaukee, WI

Published | Video Starts at 03:34

And one of the most fundamental steps we can take to prevent future derailments and other accidents is to ensure we have enough trained and healthy railway workers operating our trains. While Big railroad corporations are pushing to eliminate the second person in the cab of freight trains. it's imperative that we fight to ensure two workers are operating our trains at all times to ensure the safety and efficiency of our railway system. (03:34–03:40)

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Asserts that railroad corporations are attempting to reduce crew sizes in freight trains.

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