Inflation is huge, recession is very likely, and the workload is increasing. Will we ever get a significant pay raise? How much longer will the solution to all employee problems here be to go out and get a new job?
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We are gonna find out in 90 days what we are getting. This same scenario happened in 1991 when Kennedy stabbed labor in the back. Hopefully this time is better.
Every time a contract expires and negotiations drag on for years, workers wages fall behind more and more as the gap between minimum wage and current contract wage narrows.
Just wait until the recession hits and the mass furloughs happen AGAIN and then they say they can’t afford to give us a raise.
My union president said this 4th of July they’ll give us a grilled cheese sandwich and a glass of tap water, but we have to bring our own cup.
In case you have not noticed, you have already taken a 20% CUT since 2017. It takes $1.20 today to buy what cost $1.00 in 17.
Cheap caulk suuuccckkkers will offer you overtime but not a reasonable contract that will feed your family ! The Union Pacific don’t give a shiiiit about our families!
The sad 3 percent raise we will most likely get will be absorbed into higher union dues, higher health care payment. What you make now will be about the same. Now mix that in with our great gas prices and inflation. We take one step forward, 3 steps back.
Sorry to let you know but your not gettin a raise anytime soon.
Another viable solution would be to eat the rich.
It won’t get better until the gov’t steps in and takes control of the RR companies that put profit and shareholders above customers, country, and employees. I believe the STB was supposed to shake things up with Railroads last month with the big call for CEO’s to attend which only one did as I recall. Now what has changed? In my terminal trains are just as long and boards are just as short as they have been since PSR. I guess what I’m trying to point out is RR companies aren’t afraid of the government or the Unions because they are obviously untouchable and have so much power that they do as they please. Laws have been being written for over a hundred years to shelter these companies from any kind of recourse. If I’m wrong why hasn’t anything been done to benefit the truly most important part of any transportation business our customers, and the employees?
It can be a tough decision wether to stay and see what happens or to leave for another job. I guess it depends on how far along one is invested into railroad retirement and how much seniority one has. I hope both happen. Those who stay get a much deserved raise and better work conditions. Those who quit find better pay and better work conditions.
Not sure if the answer to all your problems is to go out and get another job. You are just a number to any company. The only thing that matters to them is stock price and operating ratio. Profits are king and employees are expendable. Workers at other companies are just as unhappy and are asking themselves the same questions that you are. Income inequality is a huge issue in this country and is only getting worse. The government gives huge tax cuts to corporations, who in turn cut jobs and deny pay raises. Something is fundamentally wrong in our country when 1 percent of the people control 88 percent of the wealth.