'No More Closed Doors': Reformers Win Rerun Election in Rail Machinists

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Reform leadership won in Machinists District 19, which represents 8,000 machinists who repair locomotives and heavy equipment for freight rail carriers including CSX, BNSF, and Union Pacific. Photo: Rusted Rail Images, CC BY-ND 2.0 DEED.

https://labornotes.org/2024/05/no-more-closed-doors-reformers-win-rerun-election-rail-machinists

May 16, 2024 / Joe DeManuelle-Hall

Reformers in the Machinists rail union have ousted incumbents in a Department of Labor-supervised election.

According to the results posted on the union’s website, challenger Reece Murtagh won the presidential election in District 19 of the IAM, 820 to 748, while his slate-mate Marty Rosato won 787 to 774 for secretary-treasurer.

Both Murtagh and Rosato are full-time railroad workers. Murtagh is a roadway mechanic for CSX and the president of his local lodge in Richmond, Virginia; Rosato works at CSX in Selkirk, New York. They will take office June 3.

Murtagh received the news while he was finishing up his shift at work. In his shop, his co-workers celebrated victory by playing the “Rocky” theme from their phones.

FULL story at link above.

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1. Good for workers and good for the public!