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your argument would hold water if.... we got holidays. we dont. as road crews we agreed to a contract without them. as did the company. how anyone can say that employees are laying off for the holiday is beyond me. are we laying off the occasional year for xmas? you bet. it is in our contract. the very contract those people over in iraq are helping us aquire. we are marked up 24-7. every day and every hour. if you get called on your rest thats it... you go. no one seems to have an opinion when i stay marked up thru marchaprilmayjuneaugust. but let xmas roll around and the holier than thoughs get on their soapboxes. the reality is that a fireman or a soldier or anyone wants to be home. thats us. were human. we value our family ties. we make sacrifices the year round. all of us do, not just trainmen. so lighten up on the layoffs. the railroad seems to do allright the rest of the year. and like i said in my previous post.. if they gave a dash they would possibly arrange some pizzas or a submarine sandwich for the guys out in clinton and points beyond this holiday. did you get a bonus this year? i didnt. did you get a cost of living raise? i did. 1 penny an hour. thats the gods honest truth. and part of the reason these chronic layoff-ers dont care. they see the company as a non-caring profit raking non-entity. and in some cases they arent far off. god bless and merry xmas
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