Re: Boilermakers & Big Boy
Author: Phooey
Date: 03-18-2021 - 22:55
x Wrote:
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> UP SUX Wrote:
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> > Went to Train Service or Boilermaking in
> Topeka?
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> Seems pretty clear that they are career, union
> boilermakers who were hired by UP as contractors.
> Why in hell would they give up their lucrative
> careers to become UP trainmen?
Fooey. They were hired as UPemployees, not contactors. And when UP didn't need them any more, they were furloughed, meaning they lost their jobs. Period.