The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) last week denied rail unions' request that the agency declare an emergency order calling for safety protections for railroad employees during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) announced earlier this week.
"Although FRA believes that many safety precautions included in [the unions'] petitions could constitute best practices that should be applied in the railroad industry, FRA does not believe that an emergency order is justified," FRA Administrator Ronald Batory wrote, according to a BLET press release.
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"Although FRA believes that many safety precautions included in [the unions'] petitions could constitute best practices that should be applied in the railroad industry, FRA does not believe that an emergency order is justified," FRA Administrator Ronald Batory wrote, according to a BLET press release.
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