The article focuses on the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET)’s controversial statement attempting to blame Mexican railroad workers for job losses in the United States. The article criticizes BLET’s move as scapegoating and an attempt to deflect blame from its own collaboration with railroad companies in implementing policies that led to these job losses.
The article argues that the BLET is trying to mask the unified effort of railroad companies and their unions by creating division, rather than addressing the core issues. The article claims that the root cause of job losses lies in the railroads’ drive to maximize profits at the expense of workers, enabled by agreements with unions like BLET.
find the original article here: https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/06/04/euzg-j04.html