Submitted by solidarity on Wed, 10/23/2013 - 07:32
Blood On Their Hands-BART Managers, Bosses And Board Kill Two Workers Who Crossed Strike Lines
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk-_-0uKgkc
BART managers and bosses despite being warned that they should not operate trains during a strike by SEIU 1021 and ATU 1555 along with the support of AFSCME 3993 operated trains without properly trained personal and killed two who had crossed the line.
Submitted by solidarity on Tue, 10/01/2013 - 19:43
Japan Gov't looks to replace executives of trouble-plagued JR Hokkaido
http://mainichi.jp/english/english/newsselect/news/20131001p2a00m0na0080...
Following the discovery that safety problems such as warped tracks went ignored under the jurisdiction of the Hokkaido Railway Co. (JR Hokkaido), the government on Sept. 30 started talks on replacing the company's executive board.
Submitted by solidarity on Mon, 09/23/2013 - 03:57
Off the Rails: How a Lack of Oversight Doomed Lac-Megantic
http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/15649/off_the_rails_how_a_lack_of_...
THURSDAY SEP 19, 2013 11:16 PM
Off the Rails: How a Lack of Oversight Doomed Lac-Megantic
BY ROGER BYBEE
Firefighters inspect the smoldering wreckage of a freighter carrying crude oil that derailed into Lac-Megantic, Quebec. (François Laplante-Delagrave / AFP / Getty)
Submitted by solidarity on Mon, 08/12/2013 - 08:14
Submitted by solidarity on Tue, 08/06/2013 - 16:39
Lights In Tunnels, Deaths On The Job, Health and Safety and BART Management & The Board
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEmjeYL2YZI&feature=youtu.be
Saul Almanza who is SEIU 1021 Vice President of the BART chapter and is a health and safety trainer at BART talks about the systemic health and safety problems at BART and the refusal of BART management to address these issues.
The interview was done on August 5, 2013 at a solidarity rally at the BART Lake Merritt Station.
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