Legislative Alert
- September 28, 2007 - Rail Safety Bill - Camp Cars
Dear All:
Sereena Hogan is
currently on assignment for the Auxiliary and asked me to forward this
information to you.
We have been asked
to help our Brothers and Sisters in the Rail Conference Maintenance of Way
Division to speak out against the Norfolk Southern and the third world housing
conditions still maintained on their railroad. There is no reason for
these types of conditions to continue to exist in the 21st century.
Please help out by
contacting your Congressional Representative and asking that they ignore the Norfolk
Southern's request to remove the anti-camp car
language from the Rail Safety Bill, H.R. 2095.
Thanks for your
continued help on issues important to railroaders.
Becky
Becky Schneider,
National President
BLET Auxiliary
515 W. Redd Road
El Paso, TX 79932
(915) 581-1373
(915) 587-6897 -
fax
(915) 539-1072 -
Cell
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Original Message -----
From: Cameron
David
To:
Sent: 9/24/2007 11:53:59 AM
Subject: TELL NORFOLK SOUTHERN -
TEAR DOWN THOSE CAMP CARS
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
TELL NORFOLK SOUTHERN - TEAR DOWN THOSE CAMP CARS
Our brothers and sisters at the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
Division (BMWED) of the Teamsters Rail Conference, who build and maintain
railroad tracks and bridges, are forced to endure inhumane living conditions if
they work at Norfolk Southern railroad.
Norfolk Southern is the only railroad corporation in the United States
that still houses maintenance of way workers in camp cars. Yet, Norfolk Southern Supervisors of
maintenance crews are given individual rooms in nearby motels.
Every other Class I rail road maintenance crews are also housed in nearby
motels. ONLY NORFOLK SOUTHERN
CONTINUES THE INHUMANE PRACTICE OF HOUSING WORKERS IN CRAMPED, FILTHY CAMP
CARS, WITH NO INDOOR TOILETS.
View this video
to see for yourself the disgusting conditions these proud workers have to live
:
http://www.teamsterstakeaction.org/campaign/norfolk_southern_disgusting_cars
The camp cars of
Norfolk Southern house up to eight men per car, giving each worker
approximately 50 square feet of space, per person, less than a cell at a Supermax prison, which has 84 square feet per person. Plus,
the jail cell comes with an indoor toilet.
Now, the lobbyists of Norfolk Southern are pounding the pavement on Capitol
Hill, trying to convince lawmakers to strip out language in House Bill 2095,
the 2007 Rail Security Bill. The bill currently contains language that
eliminates camp cars.
Let's fight to keep the elimination of camp cars in the House bill. Send a
letter, asking your representative to help get rid of those disgusting and
degrading Northern Southern camp cars now!
You can take action on this alert via the web at:
http://www.teamsterstakeaction.org/campaign/norfolk_southern_disgusting_cars
If you haven't yet,
please sign up for Teamster Alerts at http://www.teamster.org/ Look for the sign-up box at TEAMSTERS TAKE ACTION form on the top, right side
of the home page.
We encourage you to
take action by October 31, 2007.
TELL NORFOLK
SOUTHERN - TEAR DOWN THOSE CAMP CARS
In Solidarity,
David Cameron
National Campaign Coordinator
IBT