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  1. Transit Paralysis Grips New York as Rail Strike Concludes

    Long Island Rail Road service resumes Tuesday at noon after a 3-day strike over fair wages. Thousands of commuters faced travel chaos.

    #LIRRStrike, #NYCTransit, #CommuterChaos, #RailWorkers, #MTA

    newsletter.tf/lirrs-rail-strik

  2. LIRR service is back Tuesday at noon after a 3-day strike. This is the first strike in over 30 years, causing major travel problems for thousands.

    #LIRRStrike, #NYCTransit, #CommuterChaos, #RailWorkers, #MTA
    newsletter.tf/lirrs-rail-strik

  3. @pasttense @workingclasshistory

    Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

    There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

    notesfrombelow.org/article/les

    #FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

  4. @pasttense @workingclasshistory

    Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

    There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

    notesfrombelow.org/article/les

    #FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

  5. @pasttense @workingclasshistory

    Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

    There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

    notesfrombelow.org/article/les

    #FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

  6. @pasttense @workingclasshistory

    Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

    There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

    notesfrombelow.org/article/les

    #FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

  7. @pasttense @workingclasshistory

    Janine Booth former member of the RMT national executive; author of Plundering London Underground: Private Capital and Public Transport 1997-2010 (2013) and Railworkers 200: Two Centuries of Rail Workers and their Struggles (2025).

    There is an urgent need for RMT’s rank and file to assert themselves.

    notesfrombelow.org/article/les

    #FromBelow #Labourmovement #privatisation #publictransport #railworkers #RMT #transportworkers #Unions #workingclasshistory

  8. “End-of-year bonuses will now go to 18,000 front-line workers rather than being limited to the executive ranks. This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” Mark Wallace, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National union, said in a statement.
    The announcement comes amid ongoing controversy over the Trump administration’s …

    fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-

    #AmTrak #Bonuses #Railworkers #Transportworkers

  9. “End-of-year bonuses will now go to 18,000 front-line workers rather than being limited to the executive ranks. This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” Mark Wallace, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National union, said in a statement.
    The announcement comes amid ongoing controversy over the Trump administration’s …

    fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-

    #AmTrak #Bonuses #Railworkers #Transportworkers

  10. “End-of-year bonuses will now go to 18,000 front-line workers rather than being limited to the executive ranks. This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” Mark Wallace, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National union, said in a statement.
    The announcement comes amid ongoing controversy over the Trump administration’s …

    fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-

    #AmTrak #Bonuses #Railworkers #Transportworkers

  11. “End-of-year bonuses will now go to 18,000 front-line workers rather than being limited to the executive ranks. This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” Mark Wallace, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National union, said in a statement.
    The announcement comes amid ongoing controversy over the Trump administration’s …

    fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-

    #AmTrak #Bonuses #Railworkers #Transportworkers

  12. “End-of-year bonuses will now go to 18,000 front-line workers rather than being limited to the executive ranks. This long-overdue recognition of the employees who keep the railroad moving is a step in the right direction,” Mark Wallace, the president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen National union, said in a statement.
    The announcement comes amid ongoing controversy over the Trump administration’s …

    fortune.com/2025/12/12/amtrak-

    #AmTrak #Bonuses #Railworkers #Transportworkers

  13. 8th Jan 2003 stories.workingclasshistory.co

    Source:
    Kevin Maguire “Anti-war drivers refuse to move arms freight.” Guardian. 9th January 2003. Accessed December 11, 2021, https://www.the guardian.com/uk/2003/jan/09/politics.military; Liam Turbett “The forgotten Story of How Scottish Train Drivers Tried to Derail the Iraq War.”

    #antimilitarism #railworkers #traindrivers
    #transportworkers #Labormovement #directaction #solidarity

  14. 8th Jan 2003 stories.workingclasshistory.co

    Source:
    Kevin Maguire “Anti-war drivers refuse to move arms freight.” Guardian. 9th January 2003. Accessed December 11, 2021, https://www.the guardian.com/uk/2003/jan/09/politics.military; Liam Turbett “The forgotten Story of How Scottish Train Drivers Tried to Derail the Iraq War.”

    #antimilitarism #railworkers #traindrivers
    #transportworkers #Labormovement #directaction #solidarity

  15. 8th Jan 2003 stories.workingclasshistory.co

    Source:
    Kevin Maguire “Anti-war drivers refuse to move arms freight.” Guardian. 9th January 2003. Accessed December 11, 2021, https://www.the guardian.com/uk/2003/jan/09/politics.military; Liam Turbett “The forgotten Story of How Scottish Train Drivers Tried to Derail the Iraq War.”

    #antimilitarism #railworkers #traindrivers
    #transportworkers #Labormovement #directaction #solidarity

  16. 8th Jan 2003 stories.workingclasshistory.co

    Source:
    Kevin Maguire “Anti-war drivers refuse to move arms freight.” Guardian. 9th January 2003. Accessed December 11, 2021, https://www.the guardian.com/uk/2003/jan/09/politics.military; Liam Turbett “The forgotten Story of How Scottish Train Drivers Tried to Derail the Iraq War.”

    #antimilitarism #railworkers #traindrivers
    #transportworkers #Labormovement #directaction #solidarity

  17. Socialist Equality Group meeting on #Wellington rail workers’ dispute calls for rank-and-file committee - World Socialist Web Site

    #RailWorkers #RailWorkersStrike

    wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/2

  18. Socialist Equality Group meeting on #Wellington rail workers’ dispute calls for rank-and-file committee - World Socialist Web Site

    #RailWorkers #RailWorkersStrike

    wsws.org/en/articles/2024/08/2

  19. @npilon

    Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers
    labornotes.org/2024/08/canada-

    Canadian rail workers who are Teamsters members were locked out because they refused to buckle to company demands for unsafe and inhumane scheduling. Photo: IBT Canada.

    #railworkers #union #Teamsters #Canada
    #lockout

  20. @npilon

    Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers
    labornotes.org/2024/08/canada-

    Canadian rail workers who are Teamsters members were locked out because they refused to buckle to company demands for unsafe and inhumane scheduling. Photo: IBT Canada.

    #railworkers #union #Teamsters #Canada
    #lockout

  21. @npilon

    Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers
    labornotes.org/2024/08/canada-

    Canadian rail workers who are Teamsters members were locked out because they refused to buckle to company demands for unsafe and inhumane scheduling. Photo: IBT Canada.

    #railworkers #union #Teamsters #Canada
    #lockout

  22. @npilon

    Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers
    labornotes.org/2024/08/canada-

    Canadian rail workers who are Teamsters members were locked out because they refused to buckle to company demands for unsafe and inhumane scheduling. Photo: IBT Canada.

    #railworkers #union #Teamsters #Canada
    #lockout

  23. @npilon

    Canada Ends Lockout of Rail Workers
    labornotes.org/2024/08/canada-

    Canadian rail workers who are Teamsters members were locked out because they refused to buckle to company demands for unsafe and inhumane scheduling. Photo: IBT Canada.

    #railworkers #union #Teamsters #Canada
    #lockout

  24. Yesterday, on the Sami Parvez Show, I was joined by Katy Roygetel, a candidate for the Montreal by-election. She shared her goals and reasons for running in this by-election.

    We also discussed the national rail strike, workers safety, the rise of antisemitism, immigration, the housing crisis, media subsidies, and the Longest Ballot campaign. The episode will stream tomorrow at 3pm ET.
    #cdnpoli #polcan #strike #railworkers #montreal #quebec #politics #nationalrailstrike
    youtu.be/W_dt6GuMfoM?si=8xmgG-

  25. Yesterday, on the Sami Parvez Show, I was joined by Katy Roygetel, a candidate for the Montreal by-election. She shared her goals and reasons for running in this by-election.

    We also discussed the national rail strike, workers safety, the rise of antisemitism, immigration, the housing crisis, media subsidies, and the Longest Ballot campaign. The episode will stream tomorrow at 3pm ET.
    #cdnpoli #polcan #strike #railworkers #montreal #quebec #politics #nationalrailstrike
    youtu.be/W_dt6GuMfoM?si=8xmgG-

  26. Yesterday, on the Sami Parvez Show, I was joined by Katy Roygetel, a candidate for the Montreal by-election. She shared her goals and reasons for running in this by-election.

    We also discussed the national rail strike, workers safety, the rise of antisemitism, immigration, the housing crisis, media subsidies, and the Longest Ballot campaign. The episode will stream tomorrow at 3pm ET.
    #cdnpoli #polcan #strike #railworkers #montreal #quebec #politics #nationalrailstrike
    youtu.be/W_dt6GuMfoM?si=8xmgG-

  27. Unionized rail workers were returning to work Monday after a four-day general strike staged to demand better working conditions and an expansion ...

    Unionized rail workers were returning to work Monday after a four-day general strike staged to demand better working conditions and an expansion of the KTX bullet train service.#railworkers #strike #korea #southkorea #thekoreatimes #koreatimes #koreatimes #koreannewsinenglish
    Rail workers' 4-day strike comes to end; train services to normalize by night

  28. Unionized rail workers were returning to work Monday after a four-day general strike staged to demand better working conditions and an expansion ...

    Unionized rail workers were returning to work Monday after a four-day general strike staged to demand better working conditions and an expansion of the KTX bullet train service.#railworkers #strike #korea #southkorea #thekoreatimes #koreatimes #koreatimes #koreannewsinenglish
    Rail workers' 4-day strike comes to end; train services to normalize by night

  29. Unionized rail workers went on a four-day general strike Thursday, their first collective action in about four years, which is expected to reduce ...

    Unionized rail workers went on a four-day general strike Thursday, their first collective action in about four years, which is expected to reduce passenger and freight train services by up to 60 percent.#strike #railworkers #korea #southkorea #thekoreatimes #koreatimes #koreatimes #koreannewsinenglish
    Rail workers go on 4-day general strike

  30. Unionized rail workers went on a four-day general strike Thursday, their first collective action in about four years, which is expected to reduce ...

    Unionized rail workers went on a four-day general strike Thursday, their first collective action in about four years, which is expected to reduce passenger and freight train services by up to 60 percent.#strike #railworkers #korea #southkorea #thekoreatimes #koreatimes #koreatimes #koreannewsinenglish
    Rail workers go on 4-day general strike

  31. The EVG conciliation commission, its executive, and the majority of the EVG national board had recommended acceptance, “Because on the credit side ...

    The EVG leadership is trying to intimidate opponents of the latest sell out deal, threatening that, in the event of an indefinite strike, rail workers will lose everything.#unions #railworkers #EVG #sellout #auto
    German Rail workers contract: Do not be intimidated by the union bosses—prepare an all out strike!

  32. The EVG conciliation commission, its executive, and the majority of the EVG national board had recommended acceptance, “Because on the credit side ...

    The EVG leadership is trying to intimidate opponents of the latest sell out deal, threatening that, in the event of an indefinite strike, rail workers will lose everything.#unions #railworkers #EVG #sellout #auto
    German Rail workers contract: Do not be intimidated by the union bosses—prepare an all out strike!

  33. The Unite union policy conference earlier in July passed a motion to “call on the TUC to coordinate action, in the form of a 24-hour general strike”.
    Rail workers strike as Tories throw billion to bosses
  34. The Unite union policy conference earlier in July passed a motion to “call on the TUC to coordinate action, in the form of a 24-hour general strike”.
    Rail workers strike as Tories throw billion to bosses