Before some of you get your information, and opinions from the Fox News, or Any other main stream media source. I offer you a venue here to ask questions and find out what's truth or not from a Engineer's standpoint. From most of the threads on here, I gather the majority are Anti-Union. But the railroad life is way different than any other union, and most have no idea of what we deal with.
I'm not going to be able to come up with facts and data to rebuttle whatever the media sources can dig up. I can just offer what it's really like.
For those in the not know. The BLE-T (Teamsters Union) have walked away from the bargaining table with the Major R.R. Carriers. Because of the Staggers Act, the President can/will force us back to work by signing a PEB board, that will pretty much let congress hear the differences and make a decision. Obama being labor friendly there is quite the debate going on, as to how fast he signs, ordering us back to work. One day of a strike could cripple the country. Obama has less than 12 hours to interject or else the BLET walks at 00:01 10/07/11..
I'm not going to be able to come up with facts and data to rebuttle whatever the media sources can dig up. I can just offer what it's really like.
For those in the not know. The BLE-T (Teamsters Union) have walked away from the bargaining table with the Major R.R. Carriers. Because of the Staggers Act, the President can/will force us back to work by signing a PEB board, that will pretty much let congress hear the differences and make a decision. Obama being labor friendly there is quite the debate going on, as to how fast he signs, ordering us back to work. One day of a strike could cripple the country. Obama has less than 12 hours to interject or else the BLET walks at 00:01 10/07/11..