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Amtrak canceling all long distance trains starting tomorrow
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:25 pm
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:25 pm
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BREAKING: US passenger railroad Amtrak is canceling all long-distance trains starting tomorrow (September 15)
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UPDATE - Regional transit systems across US were on edge Wednesday amid the threat of a freight rail worker strike, making final preparations ahead of possible travel disruptions that could affect hundreds of thousands of rail customers, Washington Post reported
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And so it begins. Hope you baws are stocked up
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Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:27 pm to hawgfaninc
If a rail strike happens this country is fricked beyond belief. It is going to be borderline catastrophic given the fragile state of current supply chains
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:28 pm to Fun Bunch
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If a rail strike happens this country is fricked beyond belief. It is going to be borderline catastrophic given the fragile state of current supply chains
I think it depends on the scope. I could easily see the government stepping in like with the air traffic controllers and forcing an end to the strike.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:29 pm to hawgfaninc
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Amtrak canceling all long distance trains starting tomorrow
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:30 pm to TigerFanatic99
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I could easily see the government stepping in like with the air traffic controllers and forcing an end to the strike.
Did you forget who is in the Whitehouse?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:31 pm to Fun Bunch
You city baws might be in trouble.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:32 pm to El Segundo Guy
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You city baws might be in trouble.
I'm only about 5 hrs away from you so can I come stay?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:32 pm to hawgfaninc
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Amtrak canceling all long distance trains starting tomorrow
So like 3 people are impacted?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:33 pm to TigerFanatic99
So your saying Biden will have a Ronald Reagan moment? I have no doubt he will screw it up.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:35 pm to TigerFanatic99
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I could easily see the government stepping in like with the air traffic controllers and forcing an end to the strike.
What’s the mechanism for forcing workers to show up for work?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:38 pm to hawgfaninc
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Amtrak canceling all long distance trains starting tomorrow
Good, maybe we will stop having to subsidize them.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:38 pm to hawgfaninc
Reading this:
Any rail baws here to confirm or deny this?
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Why is a strike looming?
A crucial issue preventing an agreement is some of the largest carriers’ points-based attendance policies that penalize workers, up to termination, for going to routine doctor’s visits or attending to family emergencies. Conductors and engineers say that they can be on call for 14 consecutive days without a break and that they do not receive a single sick day, paid or unpaid.
“All we’re asking is folks to be able to go to routine doctor’s visits without pay, but they have refused to accept our proposals,” said Dennis Pierce, president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET). “The average American would not know that we get fired for going to the doctor. This one thing has our members most enraged. We have guys who were punished for taking time off for a heart attack and covid. It’s inhumane.”
Any rail baws here to confirm or deny this?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:39 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
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I could easily see the government stepping in like with the air traffic controllers and forcing an end to the strike.
Congress has the power. I'm not sure how they would enforce it.
It would seem that both sides would not want a strike but the Dems could just shut everything down, blame Trump, declare and emergency and cancel the elections.
Who would stop them?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:42 pm to Fun Bunch
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If a rail strike happens this country is fricked beyond belief. It is going to be borderline catastrophic given the fragile state of current supply chains
It’s absolutely going to happen. This was all planned. Biden needs something to blame high prices on. Democrats are desperate for this strike.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:45 pm to Bard
I have friend who is a rail engineer. Dude has worked 7 days since July 1 and collects his full salary. Plays golf nearly every day while “on call”.
I need a job like that.
I need a job like that.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:46 pm to hawgfaninc
Mayor Pete doing work.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:48 pm to hawgfaninc
Didnt Joe have Hunter set up with a cush, no-show job there once?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:49 pm to Bard
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Conductors and engineers say that they can be on call for 14 consecutive days without a break and that they do not receive a single sick day, paid or unpaid. “All we’re asking is folks to be able to go to routine doctor’s visits without pay, but they have refused to accept our proposals,”
Well what happens after 14 days? You aren’t on call? So then you can go to the doctor.
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:50 pm to hawgfaninc
Pete still on paternity leave?
Posted on 9/14/22 at 2:56 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
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What’s the mechanism for forcing workers to show up for work?
They lose their job if they don't.
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