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Monday, November 14, 2022

Potential railroad strike pushed back until early December

OMAHA, Neb. - The possibility of an economically devastating railroad strike has been pushed back into early December to allow time for engineers and conductors to vote on their agreements with the freight railroads and give more opportunity for the industry to renegotiate with two unions that rejected their deals last month.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 14, 2022 at 1:17 PM

    Right after the election. Right after.
    Buddha

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  2. AnonymousNovember 14, 2022 at 1:57 PM

    But Biden fixed this problem, he said so!

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  3. AnonymousNovember 14, 2022 at 2:41 PM

    "The economic stakes of this contract dispute are so high that Congress is expected to step in and block a strike if the two sides can't agree. Hundreds of business groups have urged lawmakers and Biden to be ready to intervene if necessary."

    Whatcha gonna do? Make 'em operate the trains at gunpoint?
    Oops, sorry took that curve too fast /2 mile long train derailment/

    Steve S6

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    1. TDNovember 14, 2022 at 3:07 PM

      I'm an engineer for one of the class 1 carriers, it's not about the money. It's about the schedules and the lousy attendance policies, it's definitely about quality of life. Most of us just want time off for medical appointments and things like that without having to use up our precious points. I've been with this company over 27 years, it's definitely gone down hill. Congress is not going to let us strike, the ones that have been around awhile know that. All we are asking for are decent wages and a couple of quality of life issues.

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  4. Well Seasoned FoolNovember 14, 2022 at 3:02 PM

    All other issues aside, the quality of life issue won't go away nor, IMO, should not go away.

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  5. AnonymousNovember 14, 2022 at 3:16 PM

    JFC - they already getting 25% pay raise retroactive to 2020, plus a whole lot more.... time to get a railroad job.

    ch

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    1. GuardDuckNovember 14, 2022 at 5:31 PM

      They can't even get people to apply for a railroad job. Those that do quit within months. If nothing else, that should be a big clue that what they are offering isn't all that....

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    2. AnonymousNovember 15, 2022 at 12:00 PM

      Yeah, it's never ENOUGH.... never.

      fking unions.

      ch

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    3. GuardDuckNovember 15, 2022 at 4:38 PM

      I'm pretty sure you have no idea what your talking about.

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  6. tsquaredNovember 14, 2022 at 4:06 PM

    If the trains stop things are going to get super expensive and/or scarce.

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  7. Mike aka ProofNovember 14, 2022 at 5:23 PM

    That and if diesel fuel can't be come by! Stock your pantries, peasants!

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