Save Our Trains Michigan
Conductor
It starts in Congress and ends with you
By J.R. "Jim" Cumby
Vice President
Director of Yardmaster Department
For better or worse, what happens on the railroad first happens in Congress.
Only Congress can make changes to the Railroad Retirement and railroad unemployment acts.
Only Congress can protect (or scrap) the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA).
Only Congress can change the Hours of Service Act and other laws affecting transportation safety.
And it is Congress that decides whether to impose recommendations of a Presidential Emergency Board.
Electing labor-friendly lawmakers obviously is a priority. When anti-labor conservatives are in charge, no working family is secure.
There are two ways to protect our interests in Congress.
One is by registering to vote and voting -- and that also means encouraging all family members, friends and neighbors to register to vote and then cast ballots for labor-friendly candidates.
The second way to protect our interests is to contribute to the UTU PAC, which helps fund the election campaigns of labor-friendly candidates.
Want evidence of UTU PAC's value? Consider recent written warnings by UTU congressional friends that Congress will not roll over for carrier-friendly PEB recommendations should the freight railroads in national negotiations convince the National Mediation Board and White House to stack the deck against labor.
The power of the ballot box can only work for us if we get out the vote and support labor-friendly candidates.
February 16, 2006
By J.R. "Jim" Cumby
Vice President
Director of Yardmaster Department
For better or worse, what happens on the railroad first happens in Congress.
Only Congress can make changes to the Railroad Retirement and railroad unemployment acts.
Only Congress can protect (or scrap) the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA).
Only Congress can change the Hours of Service Act and other laws affecting transportation safety.
And it is Congress that decides whether to impose recommendations of a Presidential Emergency Board.
Electing labor-friendly lawmakers obviously is a priority. When anti-labor conservatives are in charge, no working family is secure.
There are two ways to protect our interests in Congress.
One is by registering to vote and voting -- and that also means encouraging all family members, friends and neighbors to register to vote and then cast ballots for labor-friendly candidates.
The second way to protect our interests is to contribute to the UTU PAC, which helps fund the election campaigns of labor-friendly candidates.
Want evidence of UTU PAC's value? Consider recent written warnings by UTU congressional friends that Congress will not roll over for carrier-friendly PEB recommendations should the freight railroads in national negotiations convince the National Mediation Board and White House to stack the deck against labor.
The power of the ballot box can only work for us if we get out the vote and support labor-friendly candidates.
February 16, 2006
