Building a Labor – Community Alliance Around Rail Safety

In recent months, public attention has focused on the railroad. In the wake of Lac-Mégantic and other derailments, the public is alarmed about oil trains and the movement of trains in general through their communities. Environmental activists are up-in-arms about the amounts of fossil fuels moving by rail. Farmers and other shippers are concerned about the congestion that has occurred in recent months, but in part to the oil boom.

The public generally has no idea what goes on daily on America’s railroads. Chronic crew fatigue, single employee train crews, excessively long and heavy trains, draconian availability policies, short staffing, limited time off work create challenging safety issues of concern not just to railroaders, but to the entire populations.

Please join us at this cutting edge conference that brings railroad workers, environmentalists, community activists and concerned citizens together in order to build the movement for a safer and greener railroad, on that is more responsive to the needs of workers, trackside communities, citizens in general, and society as a whole.

Richmond: registration check-in opens at 8:00 am,  first session begins at 9:00 am (everyone must be registered) and runs until 8:30 pm

• online preregistration for Richmond click here

• download pdf file click here Registration Form RICHMOND

Olympia: registration check-in 8:00-8:30 am, first session begins at 8:30 am (everyone must be registered) and runs until 8:00 pm

• online preregistration for Olympia click here

• download pdf file here Registration Form OLYMPIA

Donate to Support the Richmond, CA Conference: click here

Donate to Support the Olympia, WA Conference: click here