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lookie54321 t1_ivhjras wrote

Reply to comment by provocative_bear in U.S. rail union representing 4,900 workers narrowly approves contract by Banemorth

Member of the BLET here...workers will not be budging. Our unions sold us out to politicians with the tentative agreement back in September. We still haven't even voted to ratify or not but I guarantee unless something big changes in the contract BLET and SMART will be voting these contracts down. Unfortunately almost every media outlet I've read seems to try and make labor the bad guy in this situation...

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provocative_bear t1_ivhsooh wrote

I've noticed that the news has tried to make the companies seem reasonable by negotiating, but it doesn't sound like their offers did much to address the main issues, ie railroad workers have no flexibility in their schedules and have basically lost control over their lives. It seems like there has to be a reasonable way to arrange rail worker labor where workers can have a work-life balance.

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