Independent Socialist Group Organizes Rail Worker Solidarity Protest Outside Biden Boston Visit
Channel: Independent Socialist Group
Date: 2022-12-08

Claire Bayler, an ISG member, spoke as a member of a rail union auxiliary and a railroad spouse. 

On Friday December 2nd, 2022 Independent Socialist Group (ISG), Railroad Workers United, and Democratic Socialists of America worked together to protest a visit by Biden to Boston. 

The protest happened shortly after Biden signed legislation from Congress that imposed a contract that was rejected by the majority of Class 1 freight railroad workers. See our previous coverage of the battle over the railroad workers contract for more details about the contract (linked below). 

This legislative action, initiated and led by the Democratic Party, forced a rotten contract on union railroad workers and made any strike action taken by the railroad unions illegal.

About 200 people, including 20 ISG members and supporters, turned out to protest Biden as he met with British royals at the JFK Library on the UMass Boston Campus. 

Next up: National Day of Action Called by SMART-TD & BLET Dec. 13, 2022. Local Event Details to be announced. 

Articles
Democrats Lead Bipartisan Assault on Right to Strike
https://independentsocialistgroup.org/2022/12/02/democrats-lead-bipartisan-assault-on-right-to-strike/ 
Protest Strikebreaker-In-Chief Biden in Boston 
 https://independentsocialistgroup.org/2022/12/01/protest-strikebreaker-in-chief-biden-in-boston/ 

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