Rail Workers Solidarity Organizing Meeting

UAWD is proud to cosponsor the Rail Workers Solidarity Organizing Meeting on November 1 in solidarity with Rail Workers United.

Railroad workers are currently engaged in one of the most important struggles in recent labor history, in an industry that is at the heart of the functioning of society. The rail industry has seen massive deregulation, lean production, and persistent undermining of working conditions that have made the work all but intolerable. Worsening conditions is something that is being felt in all sectors and industries for working people!

Despite enormous political pressure, rail workers remain fed up, evidenced by the sections of workers who are voting NO on a Tentative Agreement that they feel doesn’t address the basic quality of life issues, issues they are apparently willing to strike over. Railroad Workers United (RWU), a cross-craft grouping of rails that first came together in 2008, composed of railroad workers from all unions and all crafts has launched a Vote No Campaign, insisting that this Tentative Agreement offers very little given the conditions they face and the role they play in the economy. If railroad workers strike, it will have immediate implications—economically and politically—for every sector of U.S. society, and most importantly for the labor movement and the working class as a whole.

At 8:00 PM ET on November 1, join engineers and conductors from Railroad Workers United; facilitated by Max Alvarez from The Real News who has covered this struggle extensively this past year. Please hear RWU members speak about the struggle, the situation on the rails, and how you support their efforts! Sign up here.