BOB2 Wrote:
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> Doug Smith Wrote:
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> > BOB2 Wrote:
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> > > Richard Wrote:
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> > > > Just wondering how many SP employees are
> left
> > > at
> > > > UP now days, Will the former grandfather
> > > contracts
> > > > stay?
> > > > BOB2 do you know?
> > >
> > > Not as many as there used to be... The only
> > thing
> > > I have grandfathered is my Retiree Amtrak
> pass.
> >
> > > And the LOSSAN line to San Luis Obispo is
> > repaired
> > > and operating again.
> > >
> > > I reaooy would have no idea, everybody I
> still
> > > know is retired from UP though, but I left
> about
> > 8
> > > years before the merger. So somebody like
> RWF
> > or
> > > others who served a "full sentence" and
> retired
> > > from UP might have a better idea.
> > >
> > > And more recent retiree's like that might
> have
> > an
> > > idea of how much of the old union agreements
> > have
> > > been "grandfathered" with former SP retiree's
> > on
> > > UP. I didn't see anyone of them getting
> > anything
> > > like the old PE engineers got for merging
> with
> > > SP.
> > >
> > > I suppose it depends on how many folks SP
> hired
> > in
> > > the 80's and 90's, since most folks from
> before
> > > about 1985 or so are probably almost all
> gone.
> > >
> > > Most of the former SP guys I know of by name
> > > and/or reputation, from things like the
> SPHS&TS
> > > roster are retired now, and/or went to work
> for
> > > other carriers, or to other careers.
> >
> > Bob, did you ever work with Boffa?

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