Railroad workers

RWU Resolution in Support of Limits to Long & Heavy Trains

RWU Resolution in Support of Limits to Long & Heavy Trains
http://ecology.iww.org/node/360
Adopted by the RWU Steering Committee February 4th, 2014

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are not the official position of the IWW (or even the IWW’s EUC) and do not necessarily represent the views of anyone but the author’s.

Whereas, the North American rail carriers continue to run longer and heavier trains each year, and have expressed their desire to run even longer trains in the future; and

Transport Workers Solidarity Committee Statement in Support of KCTU

To The Korean Consulate, San Francisco - December 27, 2013

The Transport Workers Solidarity Committee is rallying today in solidarity with the KRWU and the KCTU to defend these unions and the working class of South Korea. The following is our statement:

In a flagrant attack on the trade union rights of the Korean labor movement, South Korean President Park Geun-hye has fired over 8,000 striking KORAIL Korean Railway Workers Union KRWU workers and arrested many of their leaders.

Korea Government KORAIL to hire 500 replacements for union members

Korea Government KORAIL to hire 500 replacements
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2013/12/116_148451.html

By Kim Jae-won

Korea Railroad Corp. (KORAIL) CEO Choi Yeon-hye said Monday that she plans to hire 500 engineers and support staff to ease the strain that an ongoing strike is putting on train services.

Blood on the Tracks Railway whistleblowers get some federal protection at last.

Blood on the Tracks
Railway whistleblowers get some federal protection at last.
http://inthesetimes.com/article/14836/blood_on_the_tracks/
Railway worker Steve Desavouret (L) says he was fired for whistleblowing. (Courtesy of Steve Desavouret)

Japan Rail Workers Doro-Chiba Meeting Statement On Outsourcing Struggle And 2013 Spring Offensive

Japan Rail Doro-Chiba Meeting Statement On Outsourcing Struggle And 2013 Spring Offensive
 
24 February, 2013
 

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