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> Below is the post Nudge is referencing above. The
> PEB thread was bumped off the front page.
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> Re: How soon will a railroad strike/ Hate Week
> Author: Nudge
> Date: 10-02-2017 - 14:59
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> I forgot to mention "Hate Week". Back in 70-71 the
> UTU contract was going to run out a week before
> they could go on strike. SO, the SP abolished ALL
> trainmen and fireman agreements. Then they called
> you to work where they wanted for minimum wage.
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> As a fireman, I worked a helper and was paid
> $11.00. Not the $39.00 I should have made. I
> worked a work train for 16 hours. I was paid
> straight time for all hours worked, no meals or
> lodging.
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> The trainmen really got the shaft. Some of the SLO
> guys wound up in the valley, one in Dunsmuir. We
> had switchmen from LA that had never been out of
> the yard, being called as brakeman or conductors
> for trains to SLO.
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> No my friends, the carriers are vicious in the
> treatment of the rank and file. It was fun
> watching officers trying to get a train over
> Cuesta with the helper being run by a roundhouse
> foreman. Braking in two, etc.
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> The list goes on. How many of you would just go
> ahead and work, being paid $2.00 an hour when the
> contract was a lot higher?
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> Nudge
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