Reporter’s Roundtable: Government, railway reach agreement on new practices, history of acts of violence by unions

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    Signs of vandalism and arson were evident at the Chestnut Hill Meeting House site after a Dec. 2012 attack allegedly performed by members of the Ironworkers Local 401. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

    Signs of vandalism and arson were evident at the Chestnut Hill Meeting House site after a Dec. 2012 attack allegedly performed by members of the Ironworkers Local 401. (Bas Slabbers/for NewsWorks)

    StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Katie Colaneri and WHYY Senior Reporter Dave Davies discuss the big stories of the week.

    StateImpact Pennsylvania’s Katie Colaneri joins us to discuss an agreement on voluntary steps railroads can take to prevent future derailings of oil tankers. And WHYY Senior Reporter Dave Davies takes us through the history of acts of violence against contractors who don’t employ union labor.

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