On Wednesday, November 30th the House of Representatives passed legislation to impose on railroad workers an agreement brokered by the Biden Administration and railroad companies. Unions representing the majority of workers on the nation’s freight railroads had voted to reject this agreement and planned to strike starting December 9th. If the Senate also passes this bill, railroad workers will be legally denied their right to collectively withdraw their labor.
Although a railroad strike would certainly have painful economic repercussions, the solution is clear — make the railroad bosses meet the workers’ modest demands. Yet true to form, Biden and Congress are intervening to “resolve” the conflict on the terms demanded by capital.
We stand in unflinching solidarity with railroad workers and ask every DSA supporter at this critical moment to sign onto the Railroad Workers United’s Open Letter to Congress and the President...
