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Re: Boilermakers & Big Boy

Author: trackwaalker

Date: 03-21-2021 - 20:35

>
> 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.

Obviously you know little about boilermakers. When the job is done, you just go back to the hall and take the next job as it comes up. You don't "work" for a company, you loan them your services and skills until either the job is done or you decide you want a change of scenery and go back to the hall. No company owns you. You work out of your local. The local provides your healthcare, your retirement (rather lucrative) and everything else. The employer just give you money for your skills. To quote a old hand; "I was looking to wear out my old clothes and meet a low class of people, I've done both so I think I'll leave now." "Furloughed" is a railroad term, doesn't mean thing to these men. They have hair on their chest, they are not a bunch of craven cowards.

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trackwaalker Wrote:
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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.
> 
> Obviously you know little about boilermakers. When
> the job is done, you just go back to the hall and
> take the next job as it comes up. You don't "work"
> for a company, you loan them your services and
> skills until either the job is done or you decide
> you want a change of scenery and go back to the
> hall. No company owns you.  You work out of  your
> local. The local provides your healthcare, your
> retirement (rather lucrative) and everything else.
> The employer just give you money for your skills. 
>  To quote a old hand; "I was looking to wear out
> my old clothes and meet a low class of people,
> I've done both  so I think I'll leave now."
> "Furloughed" is a railroad term, doesn't mean
> thing to these men. They have hair on their chest,
> they are not a bunch of craven cowards.

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