This is the latest online pamphlet published by the World Socialist Web Site:
Engineers’ contract narrowly passed at CSX, while US railroads push for mergers, deregulation
The growing unrest among railroaders is taking place amid renewed speculation in financial circles over massive cross-country mergers between the Class I carriers.
Union Pacific employee dies, major train derailment in Texas in separate accidents on the same day
Robert Gardner was killed while working in Nacogdoches, Texas, the same day that a Union Pacific train derailed in downtown Waxahachie.
Voting concludes on sellout contract for CSX train engineers
Touted by both management and BLET officials as a breakthrough, the agreement in fact continues decades-long declines in working conditions, paves the way for automation-driven job cuts and further cements partnership between unions and management to suppress rank-and-file opposition.
US train engineers union tries to whip up anti-Mexican hatred
In an attempt to divert attention from their own role in helping impose job losses, the BLET published a statement on its website trying to scapegoat Mexican railroaders for job losses in the United States.