Our Friend and Collaborator Maddock Thomas was interviewed by Jacobin magazine about his work on Public Ownership of the U.S. rails. Maddock is doing the heavy lifting in detailing ways Public Ownership can succeed and RWU is proud to work with him.

"Last year’s catastrophic East Palestine train derailment has spurred calls from a rank-and-file labor group for public ownership of rail infrastructure. We spoke to an expert about what that could look like in the US, which is dominated by for-profit rail. Maddock Thomas... is writing a policy paper on public rail ownership for RWU. We spoke about the current structure of rail ownership, alternative public models, and which country has the most functional rail system."

Join Maddock and other labor and environmental activists from around the country this April at RWU's Spring Convention to discuss public ownership.