> Typically if you cause punishing suffering to your workers, they'll quit. The problem is... No, that isn't the problem. The problem is that railroad workers

> Typically if you cause punishing suffering to your workers, they'll quit. The problem is... No, that isn't the problem. The problem is that railroad workers have very few choices of employer. There are only five major freight railroads in the US (BNSF, CSX, Kansas City, Norfolk Southern, and Union Pacific), and they're all fairly regional. A railroad worker who's fed up with their employer's policies will often only have one other company they could work for without moving across the country -- and the other company will often have very similar policies anyway.