Originally Posted by
Splash
You're wrong.
Here are some commuter rail examples within the same region: Locomotive engineers' hourly rate is $27.24 at Amtrak, $29.92 at Long Island RR, $25.73 at New Jersey Transit. The trackman rate is $16.31 at Amtrak, $19.03 at Metra (Illinois), $20.42 at SEPTA (Philadelphia), $23.33 at Long Island.
If you want to compare the differences at UP, BNSF, CSX, or any of the local freights...go to their websites and post the various rates. And those rates have varied over the years as the state of the economy has varied.
Got a better example?
Not that Im trying to challenge your superior Labor knowledge; however I do feel that the following is relevant.
The Railway Labor Act Governs Employer-Employee Relations in the Rail Industry
• Collective bargaining between freight railroads and their employees is governed by the
Railway Labor Act (RLA), which was first passed in 1926 and amended occasionally since
then. Collective bargaining for most other U.S. industries is governed by the National
Labor Relations Act.
• Most Class I and a number of non-Class I railroads bargain on a
“national handling” basis
covering more than 90% of unionized freight rail employees. Under national handling, a
group of railroads bargains jointly with a union or group of unions for an agreement that
applies to all those who participate in the bargaining. Railroads that engage in national
handling do so through the National Carriers’ Conference Committee of the National
Railway Labor Conference.
BTW, I'll try and be less careless next time I post.
