We urge all workers to deliver a powerful “No” vote at Wednesday’s contact vote and to join the NSC Rank-and-File committee to break from the shackles of the Steelworker union bureaucracy and ensure our strike is prosecuted by and for the rank-and-file.
The railcars in question are manufactured by National Steel Car (NSC), a company located in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Norfolk Southern’s aim with the press release is to imply that these alleged defects could be the reason for the massive derailment in East Palestine.
The worker is fighting to build a rank-and-file committee at the plant to enable workers to act independently of the United Steelworkers union apparatus, which is in bed with management and has long presided over dangerous working conditions.