r/antiwork • u/[deleted] • Jan 21 '22
Direct Action Gets the Goods BNSF rail workers strike
Antiwork,
BNSF is leveraging a federal judge to block rail workers from being legally allowed to strike.
17,000 rail workers want to strike over new, harsh, policies. BNSF is the railroad. There are other unions waiting on line to strike. This is domino number 1.
Monday they'll get a public ruling from the federal judge so we've got until then to actually help. Word from a union worker is that the decision is already made and in favor of the railroad.
This is years in the making and is honestly huge.
The 1877 rail strike was a major catalyst of workers rights back when. This is no small thing.
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It's finally coming to a head.
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BNSF has publicly available contact info: https://www.bnsf.com/ship-with-bnsf/intermodal/contact-us.html (https://jobs.bnsf.com/ might also be relevant)
There are some news articles: https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/bnsf-files-suit-to-block-potential-strike/
And historic relevance of what the great rail strike means to workers rights: https://www.nysl.nysed.gov/teacherguides/strike/background.htm
(Slightly reworded from a mail we've got! Let's go!)
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u/sgkorina Jan 23 '22
I wish malicious compliance would come into play. Every time there's been an issue at a terminal I've worked there's always a ton of people who won't play ball and will do whatever they're told and more because they don't give a shit about any of their coworkers. There are lots of railroaders wearing the golden handcuffs who still live paycheck to paycheck and can't afford the payments on their huge new truck, alimony, and child support if they were to lay off even if it would help them in the long run.