Amtrak Workers Killed by Safety Failures
After
two major train wrecks, one of which killed 8 passengers, and 4 employee
fatalities in 18 months Amtrak senior management has declared that no
changes to their deadly policies need to be made. Their arrogance and
complete denial of their incompetence will only lead to another
fatality. There is dangerous leadership from CEO Joe Boardman on down to
Chief Engineer Rodrigo Bitar. These people hide behind closed doors and
make life threatening decisions. As workers on Amtrak we have to stand
strong and stick together and refuse any unsafe job, refuse to work with
out the maximum amount of watchmen required. Never use the minimum or
less. Protect yourself and your co-workers and use the maximum. Also,
always use SSD's- ALWAYS.
This management is dangerous and we can not allow them to
kill one more of our members with their incompetence!
A few managers, and there are more, that have shown that their decisions are
dangerous are;
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~ CEO Joe Boardman ~ V.P. D.J.Stadtler ~ V.P. & Chief
Safety Officer Michael Louge ~ Chief Engineer Rodrigo Bitar |
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All Amtrak workers, that work on the
tracks, are advised to pay special attention to their protection against
train movements. The decisions of the above named will get you killed if
you don't.
If the last 2 train wrecks, 8
passengers and 4 employee deaths haven't convinced you of that, nothing
will.
Jed Dodd's letter to Amtrak's Chairman of the Board Anthony Coscia
demanding an immediate meeting with him to resolve these issues. Failure
by Amtrak to address these issues, and test our resolve, will not end
well. The lives our our members, and the riding public, is at stake.
Read the letter
here
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BMWE Union Workers Rage Against Amtrak
At Workers'
Memorial Day |
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Full Story |
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BMWED/IBT
Pennsylvania Federation General Chairman, Jed Dodd's,
impassioned speech regarding Amtrak's failure to protect their
workers.
Read speech |
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Letter from Jed Dodd, General Chairman of the
Pennsylvania Federation, demanding immediate action from Amtrak CEO Joe
Boardman.
Read letter (pdf)
On Sunday morning, April 3rd, BMWED
employee Joe Carter was killed when Amtrak train struck the backhoe he
was operating in the area of Chester, PA. Also killed in this train
strike was Amtrak Supervisor Pete Adamovich. Both Carter and Adamovich
have worked 40-plus years on the railroad, both were set to retire in
early summer. They were cribbing in advance of an undercutting and tie
replacement project between "Hook" and "Baldwin" on Amtrak's
Mid-Atlantic Division.
The National Transportation Safety Board is
investigating.
Our hearts and prayers go out to the men's
families, and to their many friends and co-workers on Amtrak. As we
struggle to get through this diffucult time we truly realize that "An
injury to one is an Injury to All".
The BMWED's
statement on this fatal accident can be read
here
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