Re: Boilermakers & Big Boy
Author: Edee
Date: 03-19-2021 - 21:01
Phooey 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?
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> 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.
Then the steam wizard should bring the tea kettle out on a local furlough tour, for those guys.