Rosina Tucker helped #railroadworkers organize the first Black-led labor union in America,
Maria Moreno fought for #farmworkers in the fields of California,
Ah Quon McElrath who united the #laborers of the vast sugarcane plantations,
Ben Fletcher, a #dockworker who organized a strong, interracial union that ran the ports of #Philadelphia,
Judy Heumann, #educationworker who became the mother of the #DisabilityRights Movement.
Rail and Labor News July 2024 Newsletter Number 28
Railroad Workers United
John Oliver takes on trains.
Key points: safety (of workers and the public) is fourth in the list of priorities (meaning, it's not one), while "customer satisfaction" is the first one--where customers are the corporations shipping fuel and toxic chemicals through cities, especially poor (and mostly Black) neighborhoods. See the meaning of "wrong side of the tracks"
And yet, #RailRoadWorkers aren't allowed to strike.
Because "the economy" and "public good".
RWU Announces Defense Campaign For Fired Rail Worker
Railroad Workers United (RWU) is initiating a public defense campaign for the unjustly dismissed locomotive engineer, Michael “Paul” Lindsey II.
https://popularresistance.org/rwu-announces-defense-campaign-for-fired-rail-worker/
#USnews #RWU #union #labor #WorkersRights #Railroad #RailroadWorkers
#Railroadworkers and #union reps from the US, UK, and France discuss the #classstruggle in their respective countries and how these struggles are connected internationally in this special episode of the ‘Working People’ podcast.
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5fKbRDgdlh2eaPCGnTHkTb
https://therealnews.com/rail-workers-of-the-world-unite
When I think about the rail derailment in OH, I can't help but think of the ways that this disaster is the perfect storm of crumbling infrastructure, an unsafe industry stuck in the early 20th century, terrible environmental policy, awful labor practices, and class warfare.
Both Dems & GOP are on the hook for their policy decisions leading to this.
Who's going to tell that truth?
#USPol
#RailroadWorkers
#Railway
#Environment
#NorfolkSouthern #safety
RWU received a remarkable outpouring of support and solidarity in 2022 as the railroad workers' struggle for a fair contract caught national attention. Now we hope to get a huge camapign jump started and up-and-running!
We are contracting with WorkFriends, a pro-union media strategy firm run by filmmaker & strategist Peter Lyngso to run a video campaign to elevate our call for Public Ownership of the Railroads.
Forcing Railroad Workers to Accept a Contract They've Rejected Is Violence
https://fee.org/articles/forcing-railroad-workers-to-accept-a-contract-theyve-rejected-is-violence/
Coal Train blockaded in Westford, Massachusetts. Blockaders call for: Worker, Community, & Planet Health over CSX Profit
Updates at https://twitter.com/NoCoalNoGas
#NoCoalNoGas
#StrikeDownCoal #BuildUpJustice
Solidarity with #RailLabor #RailroadWorkers #UnionStrong
It's important for more of us to become aware of and connected to #Union issues, because the working conditions for all people affect all of us. Prior to 2 months ago, I had no idea about the working conditions of #RailroadWorkers. Now I know something, but it's up to me and others to stay connected.
Expanding our campaign for public ownership of the railroads
Fighting to consolidate the railroad craft unions to achieve one strong and unified voice at the next round of bargaining — organizing for which begins today!
Funding research, development, and labor education
Building our staff and administrative capacity to meet the needs of a growing membership, and to support member organizing
I’m a Rail Worker, and Biden Screwed Us
We can either deny rail carriers our labor in defiance of long-established laws, or we stand still and keep eating their punches.
https://www.thenation.com/article/economy/rail-worker-unions-strike-biden/
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Railroad workers who are fed up with demanding work schedules and disappointed in the contract they received aired their frustrations this week at rallies across the country and in a leadership vote at one of their biggest unions.
https://apnews.com/article/business-ed61d24ef77d3dd2cbc593bc5f234849
