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For nearly 15 years now, RWU has been taking the lead in building railroad worker solidarity and activism. RWU has tirelessly worked to save the two-person train crew, and lead that fight from the beginning, way back in 2005 when the BLET and the UTU were at each others' throats. We led the Vote No! Campaign on BNSF in 2014 - when the carrier and the union floated a Tentative Agreement that proposed to run trains with a single person sinking that TA by a 5-to-1 margin. We supported the W&LE trainmen and engineers when their backs were against the wall. They emerged in 2019 with a contract that requires two crew members on every train. And we have supported every effort to bring the craft unions together, including our support for the All Rail Crafts Coalition in 2017, and our ongoing Campaign for One Big Bargaining Coalition.
Through creative tactics, membership activism, and a principled strategy based upon our Statement of Principles, we have been able to move rail labor forward. But to build a movement that is truly successful, we need YOU! All railroad workers from ALL crafts and ALL union, from ALL carriers are urged to JOIN RWU TODAY!
If you like what you see, including:
-- The RWU official Statement on the PEB Recommendations
-- Our Strike T-shirts, buttons, and stickers
-- The RWU official statement to the FRA on train crew staffing minimums
-- The recently conducted Survey of Rail Worker Thoughts on PEB #250
-- The RWU website
-- RWU Resolutions on Major issues of importance to rail Workers
-- The RWU Campaign Against PSR
-- The RWU Campaign Against Single Person Crews
-- The RWU Newsletter, The Highball
-- Our Weekly Rail & Labor News Email Service
-- RWU Cartoons and Graphics
... Then perhaps it is time for you to join! All of the stuff listed above - and a whole lot more - takes time, energy, and funding. The vast majority of our budget - and practically all of our energy - comes from rank & file workers like you, through their membership, their dues, and their activism. Perhaps it is time for you, fellow rail worker, to take part as well. Like you, we are rank & file working and retired rail workers. Our Steering Committee is made up of rank & file working rails from various crafts, unions, and carriers in both passenger and freight service. Make yourself welcome among equals. Just $50/year! JOIN TODAY!
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