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March 4, 1996
The grim consequences of the rail bosses’ drive to increase productivity and profits through “cost cutting” measures have been driven home with deadly force this month. Eighteen people have been killed in rail accidents in 21 days.
But the causes of these deadly accidents lie not with errors by workers, signal failures, or faulty safety equipment. They are the inevitable results of the drive by the rail bosses, with the aid of the government, to increase profits. In the last decade train crews have been cut from an average of five to three, and sometimes two.
By leading a fight to protect the lives of rail workers, community residents, and passengers, and to protect the environment, rail workers can win wide support in their battle against the bosses, who put a price tag on people’s lives.