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Re: Railroad unions object to Santa Cruz railroad branch line contract
Author: OPRRMS
Date: 12-17-2011 - 18:28
George Andrews Wrote:
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> Just because a group of workers agree to be
> represented by a union, they are going to receive
> " good benefits" ??? Says who ??? At one of the
> two Teamsters driving jobs I held, ( because I
> wasn't smart enough to learn the 1st time ) the
> company chose health benefits so lousy that the
> union dropped the plan because no one else was on
> it. The mere fact that workers vote to be
> represented by the union, that doesn't mean the
> company is going to drop a dump truck full of
> money & benefits on them. It ALL DEPENDS on what's
> in the contract.
Maybe I'm missing your point. Whatever benefits you did or did not receive at a trucking company has no relevance here. In the event that the Sierra Northern employees elect representation by either BLET or UTU (and I'm unaware of them planning on doing that), they would fall under either the Railroad Employees National Health & Welfare Agreement if they become BLET members, or UTU's own H&W agreement.
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> Just because a group of workers agree to be
> represented by a union, they are going to receive
> " good benefits" ??? Says who ??? At one of the
> two Teamsters driving jobs I held, ( because I
> wasn't smart enough to learn the 1st time ) the
> company chose health benefits so lousy that the
> union dropped the plan because no one else was on
> it. The mere fact that workers vote to be
> represented by the union, that doesn't mean the
> company is going to drop a dump truck full of
> money & benefits on them. It ALL DEPENDS on what's
> in the contract.
Maybe I'm missing your point. Whatever benefits you did or did not receive at a trucking company has no relevance here. In the event that the Sierra Northern employees elect representation by either BLET or UTU (and I'm unaware of them planning on doing that), they would fall under either the Railroad Employees National Health & Welfare Agreement if they become BLET members, or UTU's own H&W agreement.
