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Re: Old Rails Give Back?
Author: UP RAILBUFF CONDUCTOR SLO TOWN
Date: 07-08-2017 - 18:29
Nudge Wrote:
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> The old rails should give back their benefits? And
> you said you work for the railroad? What in the
> hell do think the retired rails got for you during
> the time when they worked 30-40 plus years? Oh,
> and 16 hours a day!
>
> Well kid, I won't take up this space to explain
> why you think this way but you should read up on
> it. I remember when we had to give up 1 hour
> picking up or setting out a unit. Our initial and
> terminal delay. Also an hour supplying an engine
> before a trip. They used to have big glass
> bottles, about 2 1/2 gallons and they were never
> clean. You had to chip the ice in the ice house to
> cool it in the stand in the cab. The carriers were
> pleading they were almost broke. Oh a lot of
> carriers had their own hospitals and medical
> departments. In the early 70's they "gave" that to
> the unions. The unions were not in the business to
> run that kind of situation. They did that so they
> could bail themselves out and dump it. Up to then,
> they had to provide employees medical care as part
> of past contracts. Everything has gone backwards
> since then.
>
> Look back to the history of railroad unions. The
> BLE was the first union in the USA and it was
> called the "Brotherhood Of The Foot Board" The
> BLE and other unions wanted to establish a
> pensison plan. This was before the SSA was even
> thought of. We didn't trust the carriers to hold
> the money so we asked the feds to watch over it.
> Thus was born Railroad Retirement. We paid in more
> so we had something to live on, if we lived that
> long. (A railroad man could not get insurance
> because of his profession.
>
> Who do you think got you the Boiler Safety Act
> telling the railroad they had to supply a safe
> place to work. Before then, if you got hurt, they
> would fire you. If you were killed, too bad for
> the wife and family.
>
> Kid, with a statement like that, you wouldn't make
> a pimple on a hogheads ass.
>
>
>
> Nudge
Go get em and kick em, Nudge!Give up our seniority for being a merit a$$licker. " Only on the Upee"
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> The old rails should give back their benefits? And
> you said you work for the railroad? What in the
> hell do think the retired rails got for you during
> the time when they worked 30-40 plus years? Oh,
> and 16 hours a day!
>
> Well kid, I won't take up this space to explain
> why you think this way but you should read up on
> it. I remember when we had to give up 1 hour
> picking up or setting out a unit. Our initial and
> terminal delay. Also an hour supplying an engine
> before a trip. They used to have big glass
> bottles, about 2 1/2 gallons and they were never
> clean. You had to chip the ice in the ice house to
> cool it in the stand in the cab. The carriers were
> pleading they were almost broke. Oh a lot of
> carriers had their own hospitals and medical
> departments. In the early 70's they "gave" that to
> the unions. The unions were not in the business to
> run that kind of situation. They did that so they
> could bail themselves out and dump it. Up to then,
> they had to provide employees medical care as part
> of past contracts. Everything has gone backwards
> since then.
>
> Look back to the history of railroad unions. The
> BLE was the first union in the USA and it was
> called the "Brotherhood Of The Foot Board" The
> BLE and other unions wanted to establish a
> pensison plan. This was before the SSA was even
> thought of. We didn't trust the carriers to hold
> the money so we asked the feds to watch over it.
> Thus was born Railroad Retirement. We paid in more
> so we had something to live on, if we lived that
> long. (A railroad man could not get insurance
> because of his profession.
>
> Who do you think got you the Boiler Safety Act
> telling the railroad they had to supply a safe
> place to work. Before then, if you got hurt, they
> would fire you. If you were killed, too bad for
> the wife and family.
>
> Kid, with a statement like that, you wouldn't make
> a pimple on a hogheads ass.
>
>
>
> Nudge
Go get em and kick em, Nudge!Give up our seniority for being a merit a$$licker. " Only on the Upee"
