My friends still working on the railroad tell me the new cameras are being used to monitor them VERY closely. Running a train used to be fun for them, but now the companies look for any excuse to fire you and blame any issue on "operator error."
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It used to be they needed more than one person to drive a train. They cut back people and spy on them. They're going to have to offer more than $25k for that.
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Indeed. When my dad started as a mudhop on the KCS back in the 50s, a typical crew had an engineer, a fireman, two brakemen, and a conductor. Now, many trains have just an engineer and a conductor to run them down the tracks.
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@bicycleofdeath Had no idea...
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Actually read the article now. It's for the transportation branches, aka, conductors/engineers. If you're curious, look up Hunter Harrison and see how he made shareholders happy by gutting companies. He called it running lean. I could go on quite a tangent.
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Does not sound like this will end well.

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Railroad jobs are good jobs. However, it's one of the instances where I believe a work union is significantly beneficial. We also don't contribute to Social Security. We have a Railrail Retirement program that the federal government keeps trying to hijack.
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As a tax guy, this part I know. If I were a railroad guy, I would fight every such attempt by tooth & nail.
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I prepared taxes 20 years ago and remember a tax credit (?) called the Rail Road tax credit / or am I mixing that up with the elderly tax credit?
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That I am not familiar with.
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I dunno. Would have to be there
#allthelivelongdayThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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20 years and I was terminated for a bullshit reason (NOTHING got tore up and NO ONE got hurt). The night before my termination, a crew shoved a tank car over the end of the track and they’re still working. They will hire you and spend the next 30 years trying to fire you.
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You are correct they will fire you if you break a safety rule.. what rr? Bc usually their firing means suspended for a time and then there is dismissal.. and did you not have fire insurance?
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2. 30 minutes. I had to set some B/O’s out and then was going to pick it up and leave. And I was in control of YL, so NO ONE else could come in to YL w/o my permission. All BS if you ask me.
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Terminated. I’d rather not say what Railroad right now until the case is finalized. Let’s just say a small short line part of a conglomerate.
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IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT IS A 24/7 JOB, RIGHT? AND WHEN YOU NEED ADDICTION HELP FROM ALCOHOL YOU ARE TOLD THAT EVERYTHING YOU SAY TO COUNSELORS WILL BE KEPT FROM YOUR EMPLOYERS. WRONG! I USED TO WORK AT A COUNSELING COMPANY IN UTAH AND THEY TELL EVERYTHING TO BOSS.
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You don’t hire in this industry unless more goods are making it to the shelves. This is GREAT NEWS!
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