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CN Running Trades to Strike in Canada
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Railroad labor is a battleship with two huge torpedo holes in it. Unfotunately the continuing squabbles between the seperate Unions is creating a gaping hole in any kind of bargaining strength that these unions have. The Carriers know this, and they will take full advantage of the impotence of the unions. Solidarity needs to occur. Trades need to stop selling out each other and one common cause must be put on the table, to keep the jobs we have before more are lost. What frustrates me is that the BLE and UTU want to keep putting knives in each other's backs while the carriers mount an offensive they won't be able to fight off. I'd rather just merge under one giant union, but my problem with that is the Teamsters are involved with the BLE. I just don't get the logic in joining the Teamsters, which will waste no time in selling out their rail buddies and raiding their pension vault. They represent trucking interests, the very antithesis of railroads!!!! Oh well, what do I know??? If Unions are going to be so impotent anyway, why even have them? I might as well try to be a contract employee, then at least when I was "let go" I'd still get my severance package. Maybe I've been lead astray by the horrible leadeship of my own Local Union leaders, but I just have not been shown any kind of leadership or resolve that will get us anywhere as a whole. I'm tired of trying to sell out the engineer with wearing a remote box or forcing new hires to take a pay cut to keep people working.
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