Transportation Workers Rally Thursday

Thousands of transportation workers will rally on the National Mall at noon tomorrow to say “Enough is Enough” to the federal government’s “all-talk, no-action policies that place profits ahead of safety and security, and corporate needs ahead of workers.” The May 17 Day of Action brings together members from dozens of unions and other organizations, led by the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAM), to call attention to “flawed management practices and partisan politics on the national level that are threatening jobs, safety and security in the transportation industry.”  “Transportation labor cannot sit quietly by as failed administration policies erode our jobs, pensions and benefits,” says Robert Roach, Jr., IAM General Vice President. 2005 Day of Action in New York City, photo from the IAM website