{"id":16973,"date":"2023-03-10T13:53:35","date_gmt":"2023-03-10T18:53:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/?p=16973"},"modified":"2023-07-25T13:54:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-25T17:54:51","slug":"merkley-grills-norfolk-southern-ceo-over-safety-concerns-at-senate-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-grills-norfolk-southern-ceo-over-safety-concerns-at-senate-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley asa al director ejecutivo de Norfolk Southern por preocupaciones de seguridad en la audiencia del Senado"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"El Senador Jeff Merkley Interroga al Director Ejecutivo de Norfolk Southern por Preocupaciones de Seguridad en la Audiencia del Senado\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nFjzNS4nVq4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>El 9 de marzo de 2023, el senador estadounidense de Oreg\u00f3n, Jeff Merkley, presidente del Subcomit\u00e9 de Seguridad Qu\u00edmica, Gesti\u00f3n de Residuos, Justicia Ambiental y Supervisi\u00f3n Normativa del Comit\u00e9 de Medio Ambiente y Obras P\u00fablicas, presion\u00f3 a Alan Shaw, director ejecutivo de Norfolk Southern, para que se comprometiera a mejoras de seguridad antes de emprender m\u00e1s recompras de acciones para enriquecer a ejecutivos y accionistas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>El Senador Merkley pregunt\u00f3 directamente si la afirmaci\u00f3n de Shaw de que el ferrocarril estaba \u201ccambiando de p\u00e1gina\u201d con respecto a la seguridad significaba que su equipo de cabilderos presionar\u00eda para mejorar la seguridad en lugar de continuar cabildeando contra las normas de seguridad, como lo han hecho en el pasado. Tambi\u00e9n desafi\u00f3 a Shaw a dejar de eliminar puestos que supervisan las condiciones de seguridad de las v\u00edas y a comprometerse a renunciar a m\u00e1s recompras de acciones que enriquecen a ejecutivos y accionistas hasta que se hayan completado las medidas de seguridad para reducir el riesgo de descarrilamientos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>En ambos casos, el CEO declin\u00f3 comprometerse a priorizar la seguridad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>M\u00e1s informaci\u00f3n sobre la Audiencia del Comit\u00e9 Senatorial de Medio Ambiente y Obras P\u00fablicas: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-grills-norfolk-southern-ceo-over-safety-at-senate-hearing\/\">https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/merkley-grills-norfolk-southern-ceo-over-safety-at-senate-hearing<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On March 9, 2023 Oregon\u2019s U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Chemical Safety, Waste Management, Environmental Justice, and Regulatory Oversight on the Committee on Environment and Public Works, pressed Alan Shaw, the CEO of Norfolk Southern, to commit to safety improvements before engaging in further stock buybacks to enrich executives and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[44,47],"class_list":["post-16973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-videos","tag-jobs-and-the-economy","tag-protecting-consumers-taxpayers-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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