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Jed Dodd elected National Vice President
by acclamation, moving up to move forward
Luke Gsell
Another MW Worker Fatality on Amtrak's Northeast Corridor
Workers Memorial Day 2018
Luke Gsell, our Brother...RIP
March on Harrisburg
This Is What Democracy Looks Like
BMWED Lodge 3097
Proudly Supporting Healthcare not Wealthcare
Numbers Don't Lie
Amtrak MW worker fatalities on the rise
Wealth Inequality in America
Wealth gap has turned america into a seething pit of class resentment
The 99% Begins to Wake
Don't piss on us and tell us it's raining
Pull Your Head Out of the Sand
Let Your Life Be a Friction to Stop the Machine
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Preventing workplace deaths will take a lot more than ceremonies and mock funerals and roses. It will take more than cleverly crafted slogans and meme’s or eye-catching tee shirts. It will take the insistence of workers to insure that there are more inspectors, more enforcement, more penalties, and more involvement by administrators. It will take workers actively organizing, at the polls, in the workplace and in the community if we’re going to be successful in realizing our goal, the end to workplace deaths and illnesses. It will take the open opposition of our government and our department of labor who currently embrace a philosophy of less – less regulation, less enforcement, less fines. Read More...
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In 2015, the BMWED-IBT funded three research teams to study the impact of workplace hazards on the safety, health, and welfare of its members. The objectives were 1) to clearly define the risks and impact of injury, illness, and death among the union’s membership, 2) to provide materials to educate both current and future members so they will be able to live longer and healthier lives, and 3) to provide scientific data that can be used to help prevent injuries and illnesses affecting members (and other MOW workers unaffiliated with BMWED) through a combination of regulatory improvements and labor/management engagement. Read More...
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Pennsylvania Federation Women’s Caucus Position Statement on Paid Parental Leave
As our first formal project as a Women’s Caucus we have chosen to focus our energies on organizing and educating within our Union to promote an understanding of the need for paid parental leave for all eligible members. Read More...
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Union workers vowed not to support “hate group” accommodation for those attending the upcoming rally. Transit officials have ditched a controversial idea to dedicate separate cars or trains for white nationalists descending on the nation’s capital next weekend for a “Unite the Right” rally. Read More...
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On Tuesday June 19, 2018 at the 4th Regular Convention of the BMWED-IBT, Pennsylvania Federation General Chairman Jed Dodd was elected, by acclamation, to the National Division position of Vice President At-Large. Read More...
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