CROSS POST with WORK STOPPAGE POD | Shop Floor Discussion 6 - National Rail Strike w/Justin Roczniak

CROSS POST with WORK STOPPAGE POD | Shop Floor Discussion 6 - National Rail Strike w/Justin Roczniak

The potential for a national rail strike has been looming for a long time, and now that we have finally reached the point where one could actually happen, we decided we needed to have someone who knows a lot more about the railroads than we do on the show to help explain the situation. We were very excited to be joined by Justin Roczniak from Well There’s Your Problem to bring us historical analysis of the long road to where we are today. We discuss the history of how the railroads have operated in the US, how the national freight network has been shaped by the profit motive, and how rail executives have let the entire national rail network decay in pursuit of maximum dividends. This history sets the stage for the current crisis, where companies have merged into a few mega-carriers with no real competition, and “precision scheduled railroads” have slashed rail crews and stretched their existing employees to the breaking point. We summarize the long labor process to get to this point demanded by the Railway Labor Act, and what we might see in terms of a potential long term outcome of the current dispute. With a national strike possible as soon as this Friday, we hope this discussion provides some helpful background to understand what state the railroads are in, how they got that way, and the roots of the horrific working conditions rail workers are fighting against.

Follow Justin on twitter @who_shot_jgr and check out Well There’s Your Problem on Youtube at www.youtube.com/channel/UCPxHg4192hLDpTI2w7F9rPg

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Episode 185: The 1919 Motor Transport Corps Convoy

Episode 185: The 1919 Motor Transport Corps Convoy

we got a great big convoy, ain't she a tragic sight follow victoria on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/victoriascott.bsky.social buy victoria's book: https://www.carrarabooks.com/store/we-deserve-this Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

3 Sep 2h 7min

Episode 184: The United States Standard Light Rail Vehicle

Episode 184: The United States Standard Light Rail Vehicle

"we can build a plane, how hard can it be to build a train?" - a plane company miles's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/interurbanera miles's patreon: https://www.patreon.com/interurbanera Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

20 Aug 1h 59min

Episode 183: SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Explosion

Episode 183: SL-1 Nuclear Reactor Explosion

in which we talk about an extremely gruesome and also extremely looney toons accident check out scooter on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/angryscooter77.bsky.social or on the horrible website for bad people: https://x.com/Angryscooter77 LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ some further reading recommended by scooter himself: Tucker, Todd. Atomic America: How A deadly explosion and a feared admiral changed the course of nuclear history. Free Press, 2014.  Stacy, Susan M. Proving the principle: A history of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, 1949-1999. ID Falls, ID, Washington, D.C.: Idaho Operations Office of the Dept. of Energy ; For sale by the Supt. of Docs, 2000.  McKeown, William. Idaho Falls: The untold story of america’s first nuclear accident. Toronto: ECW Press, 2003.  Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

18 Juli 2h 56min

Episode 182: The Life and Death of Love Park

Episode 182: The Life and Death of Love Park

one weird trick to destroy a beloved public space for the sake of parking june's bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/rittsq.bsky.social https://www.friendsofrittenhouse.org/ LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER: https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

11 Juli 3h 5min

Episode 181: Swissair Flight 111

Episode 181: Swissair Flight 111

turns out there is actually a "plane falls out of the sky" button on your infotainment system, it just takes a while to work check out maya's new podcast https://x.com/qotmpod?s=21 and maya's internet webzone: https://mayawalkwith.me/ LINK TO BUY A VAN FOR LIAM’S COWORKER https://helphopelive.org/campaign/24216/ Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

3 Juli 2h 40min

Episode 180: Times Beach

Episode 180: Times Beach

the most dangerous thing in the world: a man with a truck. new SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/pls-dont-sue-us-either/ links to help out gazan families from DEVON: https://www.gofundme.com/f/to-preserve-whats-left-of-humanity-global-solidarity https://chuffed.org/project/124906-help-ahmed-and-family-evacuate-gaza https://chuffed.org/project/121901-help-mahers-family-with-medical-costs https://chuffed.org/project/128691-help-my-family-evacuate-gaza-war-zone https://chuffed.org/project/130802-help-rashas-family-in-gaza-evacuate-and-live Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

13 Juni 1h 46min

Bonus Episode 49 PREVIEW: The LA Transit Mass Delirium Incident

Bonus Episode 49 PREVIEW: The LA Transit Mass Delirium Incident

folks we did it we made one too silly for the main feed full episode on PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/posts/129273512?pr=true

18 Maj 35min

Episode 179: The Boeing 777X

Episode 179: The Boeing 777X

it's all happening on 777X, the everything plane new SHIRT: https://www.bonfire.com/pls-dont-sue-us-either/ check out maya's article: https://laserdyke.substack.com/p/a-monument-to-the-death-of-america and maya's internet webzone: https://mayawalkwith.me/ check out our TOUR: April 29: New York City (NOW WITH CHEAPER TICKETS) https://sonyhall.com/events/well-theres-your-problem/?id=18162 April 30: Somerville Mass (SOLD OUT!) https://artsatthearmory.org/events/bill-blumenreich-presents-well-theres-your-problem-podcast-2/ May 1: Somerville Mass  (SOLD OUT!) https://thewilbur.com/armory/artist/wtyp/ May 2: New York City (SOLD OUT!) https://www.ticketweb.com/event/well-theres-your-problem-sony-hall-tickets/13918973 May 3: Washington DC (SOLD OUT!) https://www.unionstagepresents.com/shows/well-theres-your-problem-podcast/ May 4: Philadelphia, PA (BUY MORE TICKETS FOR THIS ONE!) https://concerts.livenation.com/well-theres-your-problem-podcast-philadelphia-pennsylvania-05-04-2025/event/0200615211C27E44 Our Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/wtyppod/ Send us stuff! our address: Well There's Your Podcasting Company PO Box 26929 Philadelphia, PA 19134 DO NOT SEND US LETTER BOMBS thanks in advance in the commercial: Local Forecast - Elevator Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

25 Apr 2h 33min

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