Making the Case for Public Rail Ownership
By Worker Wire Services on January 31, 2025 |
National
The toxic rail derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, was a symptom of a privatized rail system that prioritizes profit over public safety by Adam Barrington,...
The National Writers Union declares itself a “Sanctuary Union.”
By National Writers Union on January 30, 2025 |
National
Editor's Note: The following is a resolution passed by the National Writers Union. We declare that we — Will protect the rights and safety of...
Rank-and-File Teamster Analyzes “Historic” Amazon Christmas Strike
By Karl OK on January 29, 2025 |
National
December 19 - 21,2024, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) organized a national strike against Amazon. Picket lines were organized at virtually all Amazon facilities...
RWU: Winter 2025 Issue of The Highball
By Railroad Workers United on January 28, 2025 |
National
CASE DISMISSED: Charges Dropped Against Independent Journalist Alissa Azar
By National Writers Union on January 27, 2025 |
West
Alissa Azar is a member of NWU and an independent journalist whose case was reported in Prism by fellow member Jen Byers. NWU wrote a...
The State of the Railroads in Washington and the Need for Public Rail
By Driss El-Hassan SBWU Member on January 24, 2025 |
West
It is no secret that our system of privatized rail is a major burden on the American People. Costly inefficiencies, horrific derailments and accidents that...

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UE: Sixty Years Ago, Virginia Workers Defied Company Pressure to Form UE Local 123

UE: Sixty Years Ago, Virginia Workers Defied Company Pressure to Form UE Local 123

By UE on September 9, 2023 |

From UE News | Photo Courtesy of ueunion.org | UE News Reuse Policy Monday Agust 28, marked the 60th anniversary of the NLRB election that brought Local 123, in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, into UE. UE Director of Organization Robert Kirkwood…

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