This group seeks to improve working conditions and pay through a united front approach. Their efforts to promote unity, solidarity, and internal democracy in their various unions has the potential to awaken the class consciousness of some of the most powerful and important workers in the industrial world. In this episode of Labor Beat, “Railroad Workers United,” we recap the group’s 2008 founding convention as their members discuss the motivations and need for such an organization. Camera/Editing: Andrew Friend; Additional Video: Steve Dalber. Length: 2:33. Produced by Labor Beat. Labor Beat is a CAN TV Community Partner. Labor Beat is a non-profit 501(c)(3) member of IBEW 1220. Views are those of the producer Labor Beat. For info: mail@laborbeat.org, www.laborbeat.org. 312-226-3330. For other Labor Beat videos, visit Google Video, YouTube, or blip.tv and search "Labor Beat".