The threat of a railroad strike returns just before the holidays as the nation’s largest rail conductor union voted to reject its latest offer.
SMART Transportation Division, the union representing the rail conductors, announced the results on Monday, adding that negotiations have until a December 8 deadline to avoid a potential strike.
Shame on them. They are probably the most overpaid employees in the country. NO ONE can come close to their benefits package. At the same time millions of Americans are losing their jobs, having hours and benefits cut, and have not had a raise in years. And those greedy bastards with a monopoly demand more money? Effum. They deserve to have their wages, benefits, and working rules drastically cut.
You obviously didn't bother to read the article before commenting. It's not about the money or benefits.
FROM THE ARTICLE (and yes, I'm yelling): “It’s about attendance policies, sick time, fatigue, and the lack of family time. A lot of these things that cannot be seen but are felt by our membership. It’s destroying their livelihoods,” he added.
You're entitled to your own opinions, but at least make it an informed opinion before commenting.
Spot on. A young man in my church is an engineer, it is horrible what they are forced into. He gets to church maybe once every 7 weeks or so....and he looks like he came off a 2 day bender. This negotiation is needed.
"Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), a top Republican on the House subcommittee that includes railroads, spoke out against the potential union strike.
“Look, what a terrible Christmas gift that would be to give to the American people at this point. Right before Christmas, shutting down our supply chain,”
Oh whah. Like all the companies that layoff employees in December to improve the bottom line for the year? Piss off Rick.
What will happen if there is a strike is the railroads will permanently lose business to long haul truckers. Trucks can handle most cargo that railroads handle for less money. The exceptions are 50,000 gallon tanks full of various chemicals and coal cars / ore cars and a few other commodities.
Shame on them. They are probably the most overpaid employees in the country. NO ONE can come close to their benefits package. At the same time millions of Americans are losing their jobs, having hours and benefits cut, and have not had a raise in years. And those greedy bastards with a monopoly demand more money? Effum. They deserve to have their wages, benefits, and working rules drastically cut.
ReplyDeleteYou obviously didn't bother to read the article before commenting. It's not about the money or benefits.
DeleteFROM THE ARTICLE (and yes, I'm yelling):
“It’s about attendance policies, sick time, fatigue, and the lack of family time. A lot of these things that cannot be seen but are felt by our membership. It’s destroying their livelihoods,” he added.
You're entitled to your own opinions, but at least make it an informed opinion before commenting.
Spot on. A young man in my church is an engineer, it is horrible what they are forced into. He gets to church maybe once every 7 weeks or so....and he looks like he came off a 2 day bender. This negotiation is needed.
DeleteBut president Biden told us that he fixed this problem! Of course he lied because he needed votes.
ReplyDeleteDon't ever again use president and Biden in the same sentence. Now go wash out your mouth with soap.
DeleteRail Road strike? Nah, can't be.. I heard Ray Ban Joe say he'd solved the RR crisis earlier this year.
ReplyDeleteShut it down. It won't get better til it gets worse enough to really wake people up
ReplyDelete"Rep. Rick Crawford (R-AR), a top Republican on the House subcommittee that includes railroads, spoke out against the potential union strike.
ReplyDelete“Look, what a terrible Christmas gift that would be to give to the American people at this point. Right before Christmas, shutting down our supply chain,”
Oh whah. Like all the companies that layoff employees in December to improve the bottom line for the year? Piss off Rick.
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What will happen if there is a strike is the railroads will permanently lose business to long haul truckers. Trucks can handle most cargo that railroads handle for less money. The exceptions are 50,000 gallon tanks full of various chemicals and coal cars / ore cars and a few other commodities.
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