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Why not just fire all the train operators and hire non-union labor? The job is easily trainable and you can offer salaries that would get 500k smart guys lived

• AnimalMuppet 4y ago
  They don't want to offer salaries that would get 500k smart guys. Or benefits, which was one of the major issues.
• mter 4y ago
  The job is boring, the hours are terrible, they spend a lot of time away from family and they get no sick days. They are well paid if they are based in a cheap COL area, but it's a chore to work your way up to a good route. This would not be a job where it's easy to replace people. It's really, really boring and you can't be check your phone while driving a train.
• dluan 4y ago
  You should look up what's happening with the situation first before spouting nonsense. Rail industry has been cutting the workforce and trying extract as much profit as they can knowing that it's in an unsustainable death spiral. And it's not just engineers, but also maintenance, loaders, shipping, etc. All of this has been in terrible shape over the past decade, but it's been timely in that industry can wrap it all up in "COVID caused supply chain issues leading to inflation". It's not that at all, its a purposeful gutting of a vital industry.
• OkayPhysicist 4y ago
  This a remarkably ignorant take. If they were willing to pay more for labor, then the unions wouldn't be threatening to strike.
  • hgfdhgdfhgdfh 4y ago
    They already pay $93,000 on average, twice the salary of the avg American worker. How much more is enough?