The UE has said its industry is deeply tied to fossil fuel usage to power the cars they create and they want to break ties with the polluting past. Industries across the nation are now dealing with the realities of what the transition away from fossil fuel dependency logistically looks like. Organized workplaces and strikes are on the rise across the country. “Even though rail is one of the least polluting things out there, there still has to be a push to adopt the newest technologies.” “It’s not just about building the locomotive it’s about requiring the rail industry as a whole to make this switch,” Slawson said. A report from the University of Massachusetts Amherst found that manufacturing green, Tier 4 locomotives at the Erie plant would create between 2,600 and 4,300 estimated new jobs, and additional several thousand in the region. Slawson wants to speed up this industry shift and said workers are using their voices to get it done.
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