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NS Crew Fired After Graniteville Crash
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What has bothered me about some of the above posts on this tpoic is the bashing of our unions. Most likely this is coming from the anti labor, pro Bush supporters. I have been a UTU member for six yrs. Is my union perfect? No. Does my union always makes decisions I like and agree with? No. Do I complain & gripe about the union? of course. Would I want my union to go away? No. God forbid if the class 1's ever become non union. I have a good paying job with good benefits and representation if I ever need it. The wages, claim payments for performing work not assigned to my train, holidays, health care were all part of collective bargining. It was simply not handed our to us by the carriers. If it wasn't for the unions, we already would have single person crews, no job titles, a very much different pay scale and the rr could basically do whatever they want w/their work force. The issue of the NS crew will be known after all facts are presented. If the cause of the derailment was indeed directly related to the crew failing to line back the mainline switch when instructed to do so, then these men's rr days will most likely be done for good. Lets just wait until the facts are known, quit jumping to pre judgements and stop the union bashing.
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