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Workers at Ohio short line vote to join BLET

National Mediation Board certifies election results for OmniTRAX’s Northern Ohio & Western

INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Workers at OmniTRAX short line Northern Ohio & Western Railway have voted to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, the union has announced.

The National Mediation Board certified the election on June 16. The union says it is the 16th instance of a short line voting to join the BLET since 2023. Work will now begin to appoint a grievance committee and negotiate the railroad’s first labor agreement.

The Northern Ohio & Western is a 25-mile short line southeast of Toledo, connecting Woodville and Tiffin, Ohio, and interchanging with CSX at both endpoint communities and with Norfolk Southern at Maple Grove, Ohio.

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Workers and Retirees vs. Milei: The Fight for a Shared Future

Class War and Market Predation

Contra la privatización: La clase obrera argentina en lucha

We must be clear: the assault on Argentine retirees is a direct attack on the entire working class. While the capitalist media distracts us with the president’s erratic social media outbursts, we recognize these as a smokescreen for the systemic dismantling of our social security. We refuse to be passive observers as the wealth we generated through decades of labor is handed over to private financiers and local oligarchs under the guise of austerity.

This is not a crisis of leadership—it is a brutal class war.

Our demand is non-negotiable: we must establish a new public, non-state, pay-as-you-go, and solidarity-based pension system. This structure must be managed and administered directly by those it serves: active and retired workers. We refuse any attempt at privatization or the further erosion of our dignity by a government that views the elderly as liabilities rather than the builders of our nation’s heritage. The struggle of the retirees is the struggle of every union member today.

International Solidarity Against Capital

The core issue is not the president’s personality, but the predatory capitalist agenda he enforces. As rival factions of the right-wing elite squabble over the spoils of the state, the working class continues to suffer. Whether it is the internal corruption of 'Freedom Advances' or the boardroom battles between industrial giants like Paolo Rocca and the Clarín Group, the outcome for us is always the same: austerity, layoffs, and the theft of our futures. We stand with those defending public education, healthcare, and science against a 'lion' who is nothing more than a puppet for global capital. No worker is left behind in this fight.

Argentina, May 18, 2026
NATIONAL COORDINATING COMMITTEE OF RETIREES' AND PENSIONERS' ORGANIZATIONS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC