Gerri Songer, founder, the mission of La Coalition’s RAIL SAFETY CAMPAIGN is to protect people, air, water, and land from the negative impacts of hazardous materials transported by rail. The Rail Safety Campaign conforms to the guidelines set by the Sierra Club’s Clean Power Lake County community agreement and includes underserved communities as identified under Environmental Justice policy to reduce persistent environmental health disparities. La Coalition also works to protect children and staff at schools and other public facilities located within hazardous proximity to rail corridors where toxic and explosive materials are transported and/or stored.
La Coalition Rail Safety Campaign is hosting a speaking event next month with Tavengwa Runyowa and would like to invite you to come join us!
This Zoom event will be held on Mon, Sep 12, 2022; 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM (Central Time).
Canadian attorney, Tavengwa Runyowa, will talk about how railway police officers have full criminal law enforcement powers in both Canada and the United States yet are full corporate employees with corporate Human Resource files in Canada. Rail companies such as Canadian Pacific and Canadian National can dismiss them at will, just like regular employees.
While representing his clients, the families of two deceased Canadian railroad workers, Mr. Runyowa learned how these companies abused their private police forces through acts such as asserting policing jurisdiction over deaths and serious injuries for which the companies may be criminally and legally liable. Mr. Runyowa asserts that railway policing authority in the U.S. raises considerable concern for our sovereignty, national security, civil rights, and constitutional rights.
This issue is particularly pressing since the Canadian Pacific Railway is in the advanced stages of merging with Kansas City Southern of Missouri. Although management and their new headquarters will remain in Calgary, Canada, effectively, they would acquire a statutory American police force through a private, commercial, cross-border transaction.
Tavengwa Runyowa will speak about his recently filed whistleblower complaint. For background information on this complaint, review his Intro. Letter:
STB WhistleBlower Complaint - June 8 2022 - Runyowa Law
Password: Runyowa1453
For more information about the issue, see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dA87Ho_dKbU&feature=youtu.be
Register at:
https://act.sierraclub.org/events/details?formcampaignid=7013q000002GT0OAAW&mapLinkHref=