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Posted by
SelkirkTMO
on Sat Jul 20 02:01:52 2013, in response to Re: Photos (A HUGE MESS); MNRR Hudson line Freight Derailment shuts line, posted by Dutchrailnut on Fri Jul 19 18:17:13 2013.
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Went into town earlier and struck up a conversation with a few of my old Conrail buddies at the local gin mill. Seems that Oak Hill and a few other spots have rookies on the rails. But it gets worse. This is something I was handed and given the okey-dokey to post as long as no names are ever involved. We all knew BLET was going to go to shit under the Teamstas, but that the FRA isn't enforcing either was quite the shock ... :(
The "dumpster diver" may not have been qualified!
ALERT....ALERT....
THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL. PAY ATTENTION AND GET READY TO GROW A PAIR
OR BE THE ABUSED BIT... UNDER THE SUPERVISORS BOOT!
Operating rule 46 is now being used to intimidate and scare employees
into taking jobs that they know they are not qualified for or were not
properly trained for. It is also being used to get around the engineers
agreement that the company put their "JOHN HENRY" on and agreed
to(article 61-paragraph B) Engineers must be qualified on ALL WORK
PROTECTED BY AN ASSIGNMENT!
Rule 46 does not say anything about an employee not needing to know the
physical characteristics of a job they have been called to work because
they will be using other than main or signaled tracks and will be
moving at a speed to protect their train or equipment(looking out for
improperly lined switches....etc...etc... etc...
There are supervisors who are abusing this rule and making employees
take jobs that they have no business taking and are threatening
insubordination charges if they don't. What these idiot supervisors
don't seem to understand is there is more to running around on a set
of tracks when it comes to working a job.
A crew was ordered to take a job or face possible insubordination
charges that required them working a facility with hazmat dangerous
materials. this crew had never been in this industry and knew
ABSOLUTLEY NOTHING ABOUT ITS DESIGN, SAFETY ISSUES, TRACK
CHARACTERISTICS, CLOSS CLEARANCES, UNAUTHORIZED AREAS OR SPOTS OR
PLACES. After a lecture of the abused rule 46 rules and further actions
of disciplinary charges the crew did the stupid thing and went. Lucky
for them it ended well because they were able to get pulled from the
job by another supervisor who was born with a brain in his head!
Your union and the FRA are not going to do a thing about this. This is
not the first time this rule has been abused and it wont be the last.
It is up to YOU to take a stand for your safety and the safety of the
crew member you are working with. You do not have to put your health or
safety on the line for any supervisor. Follow protocol first. Call the
FRA and your LC immediately! If there is nothing done then you must
notify OSHA! Wake up people! Look around. The changes in the way the
employees are being ruled is getting out of hand. Start calling your
international and remind them they have that cushy overpaid seat
because you voted to put them there and that can very easily be
changed. Just think what they would do if no one paid their dues!
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