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[quote user="zugmann"] Sorry, I got bumped off a job... so I'm a little testy today.  I really shouldn't post when I get mad.  Heck I still consider myself a railfan. I craned my head when we passed some restored Eunits the othr day... As faar as safety... Can we fix it?  I don't think so in the near future.  Around here, the unions are pretty much run by old-timers taht can hold daylight yard jobs.  Us younger pups are stuck working extra or on unassigned pools, and can't get to union meetings to set the agendas.  So in return we become bitter at our own unions (which we are) and will not take part in them.   I wouldn't be surprised if the railroads become non-union in the next 10-20 years. Of course, we'll have 1-man crews with roving utilities.  It's going to happen.... just a question of when the locomotives are set up for it.  [/quote]This is true. When I finally did make it to a meeting, the only other young guys in attendance were furloughed. Seemed like no one wanted to talk about anything but their penalty claims and doing things they were told to do that they thought were not in the contract. 30 ticked off people trying to talk over each other at once. Everyone there talked about how the local chairman sucked and should be replaced. Seems like the youger ones at the meeting cared nothing about wanting to improve anything but their pay check. Anything within reason can be fixed, but like anything else it takes time and unions don't perform miracles.
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