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Enough Is Enough! 125,000 Railworkers Want A Life: Report By Gabe Christenson Co-chair RWU

Submitted by x332349 on Mon, 09/19/2022 - 00:00

By Gabe Christenson and Steve Zeltser - Labor Video Project, September 19, 2022

The Whitehouse on Friday September 16, 2022 announced a railway deal with the unions and companies without providing a copy of it to the 125,000 workers who were set to strike. WorkWeek interviews Gabe Christenson who is a railway conductor and co-chair of Railroad Workers United. He talks about how the Railway Labor Act has been used by billionaire Warren Buffet the owner of BNSF and other owners to attack working conditions and health and safety. He also talks about nationalization of the railways as a solution to the crisis in the industry.

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