"Our local union has lost 14 members in 16 years. Quite frankly, we’re tired of our coworkers being killed and being subjected to this risk." - Steve Garey, President of Local 12-591
The march ended with hundreds successfully blocking train tracks where Jess Spear, Socialist Alternative candidate for the 43rd district for WA state legislator afterwards declared: "People power forced this BNSF train to retreat - we will stop these oil and coal trains putting downtown Seattle in danger and contributing to the global climate disaster."
Working people in the US are fed up. After six years of mass unemployment and collosal cuts in education and social programs, we are told a "recovery" is under way.
