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Whereas: the rail carriers have succeeded for years in establishing “pattern contracts” by first bargaining with one of the rail unions, and then using provisions of the Railway Labor Act to “force” that pattern on remaining unions;

http://youtube.com/watch?v=BspANxukBgg

Railroaders and Unions need a real safety program, not "blame-the workers" safety programs!

            For those of us employed by the railroad we have seen many programs implemented by management come and go. The new flavor of the month for Union Pacific TE&Y employees is the system wide implementation of a behavioral based blame-the worker safety program knows as Total Safety Culture, TSC for short. Blame the workers safety programs include:

If SEIU and the AFL-CIO get their way, the day that all Americans have affordable insurance will be pushed into the unforeseeable future.

from Portside Labor.

There is likely to be no meaningful revival of the labor movement until rank-and-file members have a fundamental role in running their unions.

Consider this: according to the Government Accountability Office, AMTRAK has received a total of $30 billion during the last thirty six years in federal aid for its intercity train service over the entire country. A few weeks ago, the Federal Reserve bailed out Bear Stearns, a large, reckless investment banking firm on Wall Street for just under $30 billion.

Classic railroad story by the late U.Utah Phillips.