From below: "Engineers and Maintenance of Way Workers Warn of Possible
Shutdown" and "Today, commuters traveling through Penn Station in
Newark were greeted by rail workers warning of a possible Amtrak
shutdown in their future"
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Ouh Oh we sure would not want the Rail Workers, the port truckers, the
bus drivers and the cab drivers to STRIKE all at the same time would we?
And we sure would not want the transportation workers to realize that
they their oppression is much like the oppressio of workers workers in Iraq
and we sure would not want the anti-war activists to realize that the
oppression of workers in the U.S. and the oppression of workers in Iraq by
the War in Iraq is basically the same.
As long as there are not STRIKES with real world work stoppages in
protest against he War on Iraq the U.S. anti-war movement is not a tiny
faction of the strength that it could.
When will the workers and the anti-war movement UNITE and shut down the
U.S economy in order to stop the War on Iraq? So far the U.S. anti-war
movment does not show the slightest interest in such UNITY with U.S.
workers. Why not?
Jim D.
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Rail Workers Take Amtrak Message to Commuters
Engineers and Maintenance of Way Workers Warn of Possible Shutdown
November 15, 2005
(Newark, NJ)-Today, commuters traveling through Penn Station in
Newark were greeted by rail workers warning of a possible Amtrak
shutdown in their future. Locomotive engineers and maintenance of way
workers, who are represented by the Teamsters Rail Conference, passed
out leaflets to hundreds of commuters using Amtrak.
"Many of the commuters were surprised to hear that Amtrak service
might stop," said Kevin Hussey, a member of the Brotherhood of
Maintenance of Way Employes (BMWED). "The Amtrak board won't
negotiate with us so a service shutdown may be our only option."
"We want every rail commuter to call Congress and ask them to tell
the Amtrak board of directors to bargain fairly with the rail
unions," said Fred Simpson, President of the BMWED.
With thousands of commuters passing through the Newark station daily,
rail workers passed out nearly all of their fliers and spoke to many
commuters. "I bet the switchboard at the U.S. Capitol is going to be
busy today," said Mark Kenny, a member of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). "But we have to use every
available opportunity to get some movement on this issue."
This year, the Amtrak board of directors continued its stall tactics
on union bargaining. In addition, the Amtrak board announced its
intention to cut apart Amtrak, leaving the eastern corridor intact,
but requiring local governments to foot the bills for local service.
The Teamsters Rail Conference represents more than 70,000 rail
workers nationwide, including the memberships of the BMWED and the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET).
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