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The attendant is a legacy of a union settlement as I understand it. It's not actually required for the ooperation of the system.
by seanhunter 9mo ago
The attendant is a legacy of a union settlement as I understand it. It's not actually required for the ooperation of the system.
- mikepurvis 9mo agoThe book The Box discusses similar compromises that were made with the longshoremen unions during the transition from conventional hull-packing to containers. There's a certain fairness to it at least for a time, but the technology existing to make the role truly unnecessary does prime things for the next round of discussions when it can be fully eliminated or moved to an off-board overseer remotely monitoring multiple trains at once.