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Washington Post reports: > The remaining issues under dispute revolve around points-based attendance policies for conductors and engineers that penalize them f
by dragontamer 4y ago
Washington Post reports:
> The remaining issues under dispute revolve around points-based attendance policies for conductors and engineers that penalize them for going to routine doctor visits or responding to family medical emergencies.
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> “I know for sure with covid out there nobody is even testing themselves because they don’t want to lose points,” said Jordan Boone, 41, a BNSF conductor in Galesburg, Ill., and member of SMART-TED. “I have five kids, and I’ve always missed the kids’ soccer and baseball games and cheerleading, but the new attendance policies make it impossible to go to anything.”
I haven't heard about this 2-person vs 1-person train-automation thing at all actually.
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- michaelwww 4y agoIn case you don't see my edit: https://www.newsweek.com/why-railroad-workers-like-me-are-planning-strike-this-friday-opinion-1742513 https://www.newsweek.com/why-railroad-workers-like-me-are-pl... I'm imaging a scenario where you're crossing the Great Basin in Utah going West, then across the vast empty areas of Nevada in the dead of winter by yourself. There's a problem. A hose breaks. You have to get out an walk the train. You fall on the ice and break a leg. Now you're lying there in the snow by yourself with a dead train staring at the stars. The stars are spectacular though.