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CSX crew callers butchering old Conrail agreements
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Yes, managers are encouraged to try to axe agreements and ignore union penalty claims. I may be entitled to two days pay because I worked on two trains in seperate directions, but good luck getting that claim paid. It's even hard to earn overtime out there without getting bird-dogged. I worked a remote job on 3rd shift regular all winter and if I wasn't off the property in 8 hours I'd questioned by the trainmaster and he'd complain about paying me overtime. It's not my fault there's more work than what I can handle in 8 hours! Not to mention my switchman and I had 2 yrs combined service, so we're not exactly going to be as efficient as an old head crew. I'd have to say there is pressure on the trainmasters, yardmasters, etc from somebody higer up trying to save a few bucks. All they end up doing is killing morale. Jobs that require a lot of work and switching will always have overtime, unfortuantely the company treats overtime like the plague. <br /> So, I have a great example of a job that I dispatch that gets overtime daily. The trainmaster bird-dogged the regular crew so much they split. Now, there is an extraboard crew on there every day and the company wonders why the work doesn't get done!!! I thought it was all about the customers! As long as the customers are serviced properly I could care less about overtime. I think there is a major flaw in somebody's management style. Making your workforce the enemy and tyring to nickle and dime them to death is not the answer! Even as a dispatcher, I'm still getting into arguments with the assignement chief (scheduling dude) about what overtime I'm entilted to, etc. I know he doesn't want to argue with all of us for fun, there's gotta be somebody telling him to find ways to save money. <br /> <br /> ***THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER SENIOR MANAGEMENT!!! TRY FOCUSING ON THE CUSTOMER FOR ONCE!!!***** <br /> <br /> Ahhh, I feel better now. <br /> <br />[soapbox][soapbox][soapbox][soapbox][#wstupid][#dots][:-^][swg][yeah]
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