re: Somebody Explain The Potential Rail Strike

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carriers have already agreed to additional holiday days, new sign on bonuses, and 24% pay raises across the board.

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Only one extra day not days, their sign on bonuses are trash to new hires because you only get a portion up front and don't get another portion until you've completed so many hours.. i know people that have been here 2½ years and still haven't worked enough to get the remainder due to being furloughed.

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The Unions are being greedy and are demanding 35% pay raises and a bunch of changes to how and when employees have to come to work.

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I haven't heard anything about unions demanding 35%. When they started negotiating a couple years ago they started at 40% just to highball the carriers knowing they wouldn't get that, then went into the peb earlier this year at 28% and after the peb recommendations now at 24%. The last sentence though is the main point. Quality of life.