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You know it's a good thing red is in UP's paint scheme.  That way when any of you UP loyalists and "company men" stick a pin in your finger you can bleed the corporate colors.  Yes, the CNW is gone and nobody can restore it, but to go as far the other way in this debate about defending UP's honor when it's insulted borders on disturbing.  Like any company, Union Pacific is a company.  It's not your family no matter how you slice it.  You can work for it, you can like working for it, you can even prefer to work there rather than anywhere else and if so then more power to you, but in the end you are a resource to the corporation, and they are your employer - nothing else.  Company loyalists have always been a bit worrisome to me - they're the ones that make others watch their backs.  Sooner or later, the day may come when that beloved corporation of your's tells you they don't want you as a member of the "family" anymore - you've outlived your usefulness.  Would you tell your dad that because he's 93 and needs help to/from the toilet that because he's no longer useful to you, he's no longer your dad?  No, but any employer could.  And yes - that's happened to me once in my 23 years as a software engineer and there was no union there to back up me or the other 100+ employees who got whacked at the same time (though the severance was a blessing).This is it for me on this thread.
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