Why Right to Work is wrong for union and non-union

Tire builder Jesse Isbell outlines in his recent blog post how the Right to Work bill is nothing more than a pack of lies intended to break unions and make the rich richer. Isbell and thousands of his co-workers lost their jobs when the Oklahoma City Bridgestone Tire plant that was the core of an…


February 4th 2017
OSHA finds Amtrak in violation of Federal Railroad Safety Act

BOSTON – The National Railroad Passenger Corp., better known as Amtrak, retaliated against a supervisory special agent in its inspector general’s office when he raised concerns about railroad safety, fraud and abuse involving an Amtrak contractor and when he supported a fellow agent’s safety concerns during an internal investigation, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational…


February 3rd 2017
Who’s Behind National Right to Work?

Who’s behind right to work? Ignoring the facts about “right-to-work,” far-right politicians across the country are promoting these deceptive policies as payback to their Big Business donors. By weakening workers’ ability to have a say about their job, right to work weakens unions’ ability to serve as an advocate for all workers and a check…


February 1st 2017
RRB releases spring conference schedule

The Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) released its Informational Conference Schedule for March – June 2017. Check-in begins at 8:00 a.m. and programs begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. and end at 12:15 p.m. at all locations. Click here for a list of conferences. Online registration for each informational conference will be available 60 days prior to the…


Member hit and killed by Union Pacific train

WALLA WALLA COUNTY, Washington — John P. Schneider, 54, of Spokane Valley, Wash., was hit and killed by a Union Pacific train around 5 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31. The accident occurred near the Wallula train yard in Walla Walla County, Wash. No one else was injured in the accident. Schneider had been a member of Local…


January 31st 2017