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<font face="comic sans ms,sand">well... imho.... the word "holiday" shouldn't even be tossed around as workers on our main line have none. only the yard guys and mgmnt get holidays. so when i hear pissing and moaning about guys laying off sick for the holidays, well that doesn't apply. you might be forgetting about all the times we get turn arounds at our home terminal right on our rest during the rest of the year. i can assure you my family doesn't forget it. or when i am stuck out in clinton for 2-3 days dog-catching trains and miss my daughter's birthday or graduation.</font> <font face="comic sans ms,sand">or how about the poor saps that are stuck out in clinton tomorrow? the only place to go to shop for food and whatnot is wal-mart and they are closed. do you think the u.p. would come out and set up a buffet or even order pizzas for the guys that make the sacrifice? hell no! what do we get for working on these so-called "holidays"? i tell you what i got on fathers day when i could have (and should have) been with my wife and kids, a stop test at the bottom of a hill pulling about 9000 feet of manifest train. and when the manager got up on the units i asked him why they arent making a list of guys that lay off around the "holidays" and doing stop tests on them when they do work? he said it wouldn't be "practical" and would be a "headache" for the company. so instaed us poor slobs that do show up get ftx'd and risk a level so some eager young manager can make his bones. and it is human nature to want to be home for the holidays. have i worked christmas? plenty. new years? of course. my kids birthday and communion and 1st day of school and graduation and proms and baseball games and all manner of things? of course i have. so if i layoff for xmas (which i just did) cut me some slack. by the way the right to layoff is in our contract. no one put a gun to the companys head to sign that deal. but they did so it is in there and by the book if i lay off. i knew when i took this job about all the time away from home. and i do work a lot. my attendance is at 98% last time i checked. and my personal points score is 1000 out of 1000. but they can't work us like dogs and expect us just to lap it up and be automotons. so merry christmas to all you out there as i spend this one with my family i wish you all peace and goodwill.</font>
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