Amtrak Union Opposes Policy Allowing Guns on Trains

• The Transport Workers Union, representing 360 Amtrak onboard service workers, opposes the new policy.
• The policy would permit passengers to bring firearms on 1,500 trains daily across the US.
• Union leaders argue that the policy is inconsistent with current aviation security measures.
• The union has denounced the policy as 'sheer lunacy'.
• The new policy is set to be implemented on Amtrak's US intercity trains.