NEW YORK, Feb. 24 (Xinhua) -- Years of cost cutting and staff reductions within the freight rail industry have led to an increase in the rate of derailments and fostered an increasingly unsafe environment for workers and the public, ABC News on Wednesday cited national union officials.
Their comments preceded a Feb. 19 letter from Transportation Secretary Peter Buttigieg in which he accused rail companies of spending millions on lobbying efforts to oppose safety regulations rather than support rail safety, according to the report.
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