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re: Railroad Unions are ready to shut it all down
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:28 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:28 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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Bs. My dad‘s neighbor was an engineer I’ve got two uncles that were engineers and all of them made damn good money whether they were working on the train or sitting at home
sounds like we're talking a couple of generations ago, RRs are pretty barebone, cutthroat pay and work rules these days
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Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:29 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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Bs.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:34 pm to Horsemeat
Who would have guessed Dollar General would be on the list? 
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:43 pm to 777Tiger
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sounds like we're talking a couple of generations ago, RRs are pretty barebone, cutthroat pay and work rules these days
Dads neighbor retired 18 months ago.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:44 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
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Dads neighbor retired 18 months ago.
don't know the details but
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RRs are pretty barebone, cutthroat pay and work rules these days
maybe they just had low expectations?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:45 pm to Horsemeat
A list rating after 2020 when they had to shed jobs? Weak sauce. Look at the benefits and pay they have and stop asking people who were laid off.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:46 pm to Mid Iowa Tiger
My brother just retired from CN and it got to the point where he hated at the end.
Said they seemed to always ready to fire someone
Said they seemed to always ready to fire someone
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:48 pm to Horsemeat
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labor does not contribute to the companies profits".
That will get the people on their side
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:50 pm to 777Tiger
Are people forced to work for these bad companies?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:51 pm to biglego
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Are people forced to work for these bad companies?
nope
ETA: but typically, if you have qualifications, you have choices and leverage, not always, supply and demand dictates this
This post was edited on 9/9/22 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:56 pm to biglego
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Are people forced to work for these bad companies?
In some places that might be the only real industry in town.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 9:59 pm to biglego
quote:I'd like to have experienced engineers and conductors on board these two mile long monstrosities instead of what the majority of the cross country trucking industry has become - rookies training rookies because everyone quits when they find out how awful the industry is.
Are people forced to work for these bad companies?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:08 pm to Horsemeat
This must be part of the reason we are shutting down a paper machine for one to three weeks.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:08 pm to papasmurf1269
It's a middle-man industry, all you can do is cut costs to affect profits. Until someone busts out the cold fusion locomotive.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:21 pm to Horsemeat
Is being a conductor really that awful? UP says they can make nearly $90k a year driving a train and entry level is pretty close to what I make working in a plant right now, and I have no upward trajectory in my current role.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:22 pm to IvarsRegular
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conductor
I thought most RRs have eliminated that position?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:24 pm to biglego
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Are people forced to work for these bad companies?
not that simple, we have to stay if we want 100% of our RR retirement and benefits. It's too good once we are vested to walk away from. what most don't know, that the wife will get half of what we will draw on retirement. The unions set it up that way because we are away from home so much, it's called a widow's pension.
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:27 pm to 777Tiger
quote:They haven't...yet. Feds were not on board with that idea because of the safety aspect of one person behind in the cab of a two mile train. Something happens to the engineer then you've got a stupid amount of things that can happen.
I thought most RRs have eliminated that position?
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:29 pm to Horsemeat
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They haven't...yet. Feds were not on board with that idea because of the safety aspect of one person behind in the cab of a two mile train. Something happens to the engineer then you've got a stupid amount of things that can happen.
Preach!!!
Posted on 9/9/22 at 10:32 pm to IvarsRegular
You'll be away from home 75 percent of your life for the first ~10 years. If missing kids birthdays, games, holidays, etc. doesn't matter to you then it's a pretty good gig.
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