Rail bosses step up union-busting attacks
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By J.D. CRAWFORD A sweeping plan by six major railroads to replace union workers who repair and service locomotives with non-union workers is threatening to provoke a nationwide rail strike.
The plan was discovered by the rail division of the International Association of Machinists (IAM) and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) just as they were preparing to vote on a new national rail contract.
They discovered that Burlington Northern railroad had just entered into a secret agreement to lease locomotive power from an outside contractor with a full-service contract to perform all maintenance and repair work.
They also found out that five other major railroads, the CSX (Chessie System Railroads), ICG (Illinois Central Gulf), (continued on page 6, in “Kaiser hospital workers hold firm against two-tier BEAT BABRAR TIER”) SAVE SAVE PANDAN OUR