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#131
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“I know some of the younger engineers voted for the agreement so they can receive their back pay because they plan to quit because they don’t have the seniority that I do,” he [senior engineer] said.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/railroaders-say-morale-quality-life-all-time-low
#132
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FFS the party you support is the reason “the all powerful government “ didn’t give them paid sick leave. BTW- my pops & my brother are both railroad engineers. They get zero paid sick leave, but on top of that the freight rails threaten termination for “taking advantage” of unpaid sick. That is to say- if you use it at all. Not to mention being a line holder equivalent at a freight rail “holding a turn” still means you literally have zero guaranteed off days to plan around. 12 hours after you block in, they can call & you have to answer and you have to go.
#133
How can you blame this on the R’s? The D’s are the ones that decided to they weren’t going to let them strike. Even the liberal media has been reporting on this in a non friendly light for the D’s. The GOP might not be blameless here but pinning this on the R’s seems misguided. Listen to Saagar and Krystal on this, good reporting. She is a hardcore liberal but doesn’t play games. The D’s are terrible when it comes to organized labor issues. They did great reporting on Starbucks too, there was no help from any D’s short of Bernie.
#134
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I’m also a hard no unless we bring back flight engineers
#135
How can you blame this on the R’s? The D’s are the ones that decided to they weren’t going to let them strike. Even the liberal media has been reporting on this in a non friendly light for the D’s. The GOP might not be blameless here but pinning this on the R’s seems misguided. Listen to Saagar and Krystal on this, good reporting. She is a hardcore liberal but doesn’t play games. The D’s are terrible when it comes to organized labor issues. They did great reporting on Starbucks too, there was no help from any D’s short of Bernie.
#136
Im a commuter too, and I agree completely. I have no problem booking and riding in jumpseats to get to and from work. It’s one of those things that’s nice, but doesn’t help everyone, so I’m agnostic about it.
#137
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I brought up the bs of the regional pay model and people talked to me like I was an idiot not understanding fee for departure. Now it's revealed to be completely true, the money was there all along even if the fee is increased, and the lower level transformation will prove to be a REQUIREMENT for improvements at the major level.
We are like 5 generations away from an all uber driver and cam girl/boy economy. Corporate America will turn this into Nigeria or some tax haven with a inclusive resorts and they will do it "legally" because people are too busy being a rugged individual and stepping over others to work collectively to actually change laws and get paid. I'm not even slightly joking. The correct move is to start formally coordinating with rail way and other transport workers to either remove the RLA or make it benefit workers as opposed to openly hostile to labor.
There is no one you can vote for to make this viable. It is not a voting issue, but it is political.
#139
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Do non commuters realize that they’re also able to use PSC?
Didn’t think so
Didn’t think so
#140
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They most definitely did. There were pilots positive space commuting to Europe and back between trips under the guise that they were heading home to Europe and back the day before their trip started.
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