[Cobrabill]

Wes,here you have to pay dues.Period. If not to the BLE or UTU,then you can donate the dues amount to a charity of your choice.But you'll have no representation at a "lynching".
As far as i'm concerned,the UTUE and the BLET shouldn't exist.If i were a BLET conductor getting hauled in on a investigation,the BLE can NOT represent me.Only the union that holds my contract can represent a covered employee. Further more,if you are a BLET conductor you have no vote or say-so what so-ever in issues effecting trainmen.

108 hours a week?That sounds like the extra board to me.I had enough of that after a year.

As far as that PEB thing goes,i don't believe it.When the present contract expires you continue under that one untill a new one is ratified.

Part of our contract states that if you are more than 5 out-you don't even have to answer the phone.

The rail safety bill is a complete hand job.The only plus is that it will make me have to be certified every three years like the Hoggers do.This means conductors are going anywhere anytime soon.

And i agree,unions are a nessecary evil in railroading.And John Q Public can't understand that