8th Notch wrote: ↑Sat Aug 22, 2020 12:50 am
We are guaranteed 40 hours and that’s it..... the Union did not favor furloughs for junior guys in order to keep the senior ones happy.... As RailJunkie said, furloughs are possible but very unlikely for T&E given the.....
OK, Messrs. Junkie and Notch, now I get it. Your Agreement (Schedule on some properties) provides for a weekly guarantee of 40hrs.
Now "back in my day", unassigned service such as Pool Freight, did not have a guarantee, but rather a mileage regulation provision. If requirements of service resulted in, say, the pool earning too many (4K being a number I recall) miles, well it's time for some recalling/hiring. Go the other way, say 2500, and it's time for some "whacking".
But I can certainly understand, with the FRA constantly dreaming up new ways to run the railroad, that it is in both side's interest to "keep men on" even if there really isn't as much work to justify the head count. It's up to your Representatives (LC's) to keep the "old heads", who'd just as soon "live in the cab", in place (nevermind more duespayers around).