UE Local 601

GREAT earnings report! Stock price has been on a run too! Up 196% over the past 5 years! Do you think wages and benefits have gone up for the workforce comparably for the same time frame?

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Wabtec Delivers Strong Fourth Quarter 2025 Results; Announces 2026 Full-Year Guidance PITTSBURGH, February 11, 2026 – Wabtec Corporation (NYSE: WAB) today reported fourth quarter 2025 GAAP earnings per diluted share of $1.18, down 4.1% versus the fourth quarter of 2024. Fourth quarter adjusted earnings per diluted share were $2.10, up 25.0% versus the same quarter a year ago. Fourt...

The article speaks for itself!

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My name is Janet Gray (left, front in photo). I’m a renewal parts cataloger at Wabtec and a proud member of UE Local 618 in Erie, PA. Last May, I participated in UE Research and Education Fund’s Worker to Worker Exchange Program in Mexico, and I learned so much about international worker solidarity! I want every worker to have the same experience.

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Working for an American company that has manufacturing facilities in Mexico is tough. The bosses move our jobs south of the border, and when we protest, they say it’s just economics: Mexican workers are happy to do the same for less, so they get the work. As a long-time union member, that line makes me suspicious. I joined the Mexico exchange to see for myself.

One week in Mexico opened my eyes to the real story—the one the bosses don’t want us to know. UEREF brought rank-and-file UE members together to exchange knowledge with our allies at the Frente Auténtico del Trabajo (Authentic Workers’ Front), an independent federation of labor unions, worker-owned cooperatives, and farmworker and community organizations across Mexico. When we arrived we saw clearly that our fellow workers are not the enemy. Greedy corporations are. I couldn’t believe the poverty I saw everyday workers living in. Their labor conditions are unsafe. Women are paid less and subject to sexual harassment. The minimum wage is far too low and the legal limit on working hours is far too high to enable people to build a decent life for their families. I felt a new respect for union history in the US and a wave of anger on behalf of my new Mexican friends.

The more we share our experiences and resources with our fellow workers across borders, the closer we’ll come to economic justice for workers the world over.

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GM said it couldn't afford raises. "The company had argued during the strike that it couldn’t meet union wage demands and remain competitive with nonunion automakers, but it eventually agreed to give workers an immediate 11% raise and additional raises that will increase wages at least another 14 percentage points over the next four years."

It gave immediate 11% RAISES! And how did the company fare?

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/22/business/gm-earnings/index.html

NEGOTIATE TOGETHER for BETTER BENEFITS!!!

GM’s profit nears a record a year after saying it couldn’t afford its workers’ pay demands | CNN Business General Motors reported much stronger than expected third-quarter earnings and gave an outlook that puts it on the path for record earnings in 2024 – just a year after a costly strike by members of the United Auto Workers union.

https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/pennsylvanias-north-central-railway-adds-ge-80-ton-diesel/

Looking to have a seat at the table and a voice to be heard!!!

Workers at Wabtec in Fort Worth, Texas Consider Forming a UE Union Wabtec has sent a letter to their Fort Worth Team Members telling them they don't believe the UE is in their best interest.

Let's STAND UP with our Brother and Sister production workers!!!

Boeing workers vote to strike after contract negotiations rejected by members Boeing factory workers will walk off the job Friday after members overwhelmingly voted in favor of a strike.

https://www.investmentnews.com/life-insurance-and-annuities/news/ge-sued-over-1-7-billion-pension-risk-transfer-255002

GE sued over $1.7 billion pension risk transfer GE is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit over its transfer of $1.7 billion in pension liabilities to an insurance company.

When they ask you if it's worth negotiating together with your coworkers to get a raise and better benefits ...

You say: "when was the last time you got a 30% wage increase by yourself?"

From the article: "Members of Local 1466, the United Graduate Workers of UNM, won 30 percent raises for project assistants ... "

Local 1466 Reopener Wins Historic Raises for Lowest-Paid Workers Members of Local 1466, the United Graduate Workers of UNM, won 30 percent raises for project assistants, the lowest paid workers in the bargaining unit, during their reopener which began April 8, 2024. The members, who are graduate workers at the University of New Mexico, began their second compensa...