Detroit AFL-CIO calls for an end to remote control
CLEVELAND, June 24 -- The Metropolitan Detroit Central Labor Council (CLC), AFL-CIO, passed a remote control safety resolution on June 16, which called on the Federal Railroad Administration to reopen its remote control docket and study this issue further.
The organization, which has 200,000 members, called on the state of Michigan to prohibit the use of remote control technology until the FRA promulgates regulations regarding its use.
BLET Michigan State Legislative Board Chairman Greg Powell thanked BLET Division 920 (Pontiac, Mich.) for affiliating with the Metro Detroit CLC. Chairman Powell also thanked all the members of Division 920, Dave Butler, Local Chairman of Division 920; Russ Waltrip, President of Division 920; Donald Boggs, President of the Metro Detroit CLC; and all the members of the CLC Executive Board for their work on the resolution.
Two other local labor federations, the Harris County, Texas, AFL-CIO, and the Toledo, Ohio, Area AFL-CIO, have passed remote control safety resolutions. Sixteen state federations have also passed similar resolutions.
For a PDF of the Metropolitan Detroit resolution, click here:
http://www.ble-t.org/pr/pdf/michiganstate.pdf
Thursday, June 24, 2004
bentley@ble.org
