14-member jury for Lac-Mégantic train derailment trial selected on Friday Sept. 29
14-member jury for Lac-Megantic train derailment trial to be selected
The Lac-Mégantic trial is part of the rollback of work place safety across the board
August 15th Labor Music Benefit in Minneapolis raises over $1200
A broad group of supporters and defenders of rail safety, worker solidarity and environmental justice came out to hear why we must defend Tom Harding and Richard Labrie from scapegoating in the Lac-Mégantic oil wreck trial. Phil Qualy, Minnesota Legislative Rep for SMART-TD (UTU) urged support for the defense.
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Safe Rail and Sustainable Communities
Music Benefit for Lac-Mégantic Rail Worker Defense a great success! Over $1700 raised kicking off fund drive for defense of the scapegoated rail workers and fighting for safe rails everywhere. Get an event together in your community. Join the fight for the true story about the causes of the Lac-Mégantic…
Music for Rail Safety
On the night of July 6th, 2013, dozens of family members and neighbors gathered at a great little music club called the Musi-Cafe at the town center to hear bands. In the blink of an eye almost all of them were incinerated by the explosion and fiery inferno resulting from…
Music Benefit for Safe Rails and Sustainable Communities
A fundraiser to benefit the defense of the scapegoated Lac-Mégantic Rail Workers Featuring the U-Liners with Tom & Elisabeth 4 years after the devastating oil train wreck that destroyed the town of Lac-Mégantic in Quebec, two railroad workers face criminal charges for a tragedy caused by unsafe railroad management policies.…
Summer of Solidarity and Rail Safety
How many more have to die? July 6th this year marks four years since a runaway train carrying volatile Bakken crude crashed and burned in the small town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, killing 47 and destroying half the town. It’s time to recommit to making sure tragedies like this don’t happen…
September 13th: Thousands petition to Drop the Charges Against Harding and Labrie
September 13, 2016, supporters representing over 2200 petitioners from across North America attended court proceedings in Sherbrooke QC, calling for the dropping of criminal charges against Harding and Labrie and prosecution of the policy makers and real culprits responsible for the Lac-Mégantic train wreck in 2o13. Almost 2800 petition…
Two Weeks – Two Fronts in Fight for Rail Safety June 20 – Drop the Charges July 6th – No More Lac-Mégantics Three years ago, on July 6, 2013, a small town in Quebec became a symbol of the need for greater focus on rail safety throughout North…