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Originally posted by Forever_frost View PostI have to hear him explain this. So either they can strike and he is lying now, or they can't strike and he was lying then.Originally posted by FreightTrain View PostLMAO I posted that thread being sarcastic for people just like you.
Originally posted by FreightTrain View PostDid you even read the thread. LOL it's an entire thread about how the railroad industry can't strike because of all the hoops we have to jump through.
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Originally posted by stevo View PostReally?
Those damn politicans take all the fun out of everything. We were set to strike on Dec 7. This is after the first strike was pushed back from Oct 7 because the railroads went running to Capital Hill to get an injunction against us. Then our contract dispute went to labor relations and they put their 2 cents in on the matter. 30
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Originally posted by Forever_frost View PostI have to hear him explain this. So either they can strike and he is lying now, or they can't strike and he was lying then.
So yeah just like I said. We can't strike. Google it. Last time we threatened strike they had 3 lawmakers and Federal judges on call to sign the injunction.
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Originally posted by stevo View PostReally?
Those damn politicans take all the fun out of everything. We were set to strike on Dec 7. This is after the first strike was pushed back from Oct 7 because the railroads went running to Capital Hill to get an injunction against us. Then our contract dispute went to labor relations and they put their 2 cents in on the matter. 30
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Originally posted by stevo View PostReally?
Those damn politicans take all the fun out of everything. We were set to strike on Dec 7. This is after the first strike was pushed back from Oct 7 because the railroads went running to Capital Hill to get an injunction against us. Then our contract dispute went to labor relations and they put their 2 cents in on the matter. 30
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Originally posted by FreightTrain View PostWe aren't allowed to strike.
Those damn politicans take all the fun out of everything. We were set to strike on Dec 7. This is after the first strike was pushed back from Oct 7 because the railroads went running to Capital Hill to get an injunction against us. Then our contract dispute went to labor relations and they put their 2 cents in on the matter. 30
Originally posted by FreightTrain View PostThose damn politicans take all the fun out of everything. We were set to strike on Dec 7. This is after the first strike was pushed back from Oct 7 because the railroads went running to Capital Hill to get an injunction against us. Then our contract dispute went to labor relations and they put their 2 cents in on the matter. 30 days of cooling off later and we still couldn't come to an agreement, but low and behold in the 11th hour the union and the Railroads decide it's best to work it out before Congress decides to muddy the waters and those idiots get involved. With the Railroad Labor Act Congress has the right to set our contract if we can't agree on anything to prevent a strike. Neither the union nor the Railroads wanted to open that can of worms and roll the dice on what they wanted to give us.
So I guess it will be 3 years until we get our next chance at a strike. Now just have to wait and see the details of the contract. Rumor is it comes with a signing bonus and over a 20%+ raise. With no work rule changes and minor changes to health care I guess I can live with it. Labor Relations claims we will be making 30k a year more in 3 years than we make today so I'm good with that.
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Originally posted by FreightTrain View PostNever once did he say they couldn't handle the load. He also said everything I told you yesterday. How they run sand trains, pipe trains, and oil trains and will continue to run even more in the future. But you claimed yesterday they weren't using that option.
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Originally posted by FreightTrain View PostNever once did he say they couldn't handle the load. He also said everything I told you yesterday. How they run sand trains, pipe trains, and oil trains and will continue to run even more in the future. But you claimed yesterday they weren't using that option.
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Originally posted by Broncojohnny View PostI guess this guy is just another idiot who doesn't know what he is talking about. I wonder why he isn't gung ho about UP hauling all that oil down from up north? Doesn't he have 30,000 cars and 1,000 locomotives sitting around doing nothing?
Pipeline's End Puts US at Disadvantage: Union Pacific CEO
Published: Thursday, 19 Jan 2012 | 2:26 PM ET
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By: Margo D. Beller
Special to CNBC.com
The end of the Keystone Pipeline project puts the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage and was a personal disappointment to the chief executive of railroad Union Pacific.
"My concern is ultimately what does it do for competitiveness in America," Chief Executive Jim Young told CNBC Thursday a day after the Obama administration killed the TransCanada [TRP 41.23 -0.18 (-0.43%) ] pipeline, which would've carried oil from western Canada to Houston.
The UP [UNP 112.18 2.36 (+2.15%) ] executive added, "I have to think about my customers and their ability to compete, and obviously energy costs are a huge piece of that."
"For me, the more competitive they can be, the more business I'll haul," he said. "There's another side of this: We're the largest consumer of diesel fuel in the United States" at about 1.2 billion gallons a year, and keeping energy costs "reasonable" benefits the railroad, too.
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I guess this guy is just another idiot who doesn't know what he is talking about. I wonder why he isn't gung ho about UP hauling all that oil down from up north? Doesn't he have 30,000 cars and 1,000 locomotives sitting around doing nothing?
Pipeline's End Puts US at Disadvantage: Union Pacific CEO
Published: Thursday, 19 Jan 2012 | 2:26 PM ET
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By: Margo D. Beller
Special to CNBC.com
The end of the Keystone Pipeline project puts the U.S. at a competitive disadvantage and was a personal disappointment to the chief executive of railroad Union Pacific.
"My concern is ultimately what does it do for competitiveness in America," Chief Executive Jim Young told CNBC Thursday a day after the Obama administration killed the TransCanada [TRP 41.23 -0.18 (-0.43%) ] pipeline, which would've carried oil from western Canada to Houston.
The UP [UNP 112.18 2.36 (+2.15%) ] executive added, "I have to think about my customers and their ability to compete, and obviously energy costs are a huge piece of that."
"For me, the more competitive they can be, the more business I'll haul," he said. "There's another side of this: We're the largest consumer of diesel fuel in the United States" at about 1.2 billion gallons a year, and keeping energy costs "reasonable" benefits the railroad, too.
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