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Unions concerned after remote-controlled train death

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( ) -q-17- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “investigating Anderson’s death.”

Railroad unions are calling for a review following the death of a worker who died over the weekend after he was struck by a remote-controlled train in a CSX railyard in Ohio.

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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The president of the Transportation Communications Union says regulators need to ensure that remote-control technology is making workers safer and not just “replacing people to continue lining the pockets of Wall Street.”

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VERBATIM: The unions that represented carman Fred Anderson said his death highlights the need for an in-depth review of the use of remote-controlled locomotives. Every major railroad has used them for years. The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating Anderson’s death.

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