Passenger Trains > Strike in Texas sets off delays across Chicago area, na

Has anyone else heard this news?

Why did they walk off the job?


http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-0503030349mar03,1,3100606.story?coll=chi-news-hed


http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-metra03.html

If each and every Chicago (and Seattle) passenger who was inconvenienced called his lawyer and then sued each and every dispatcher who walked off the job personally for the strike, I wonder if the Union would protect its members? After all I believe there is still a Railway Labor Act to prevent these types of action.

Erik Wrote:
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> Has anyone else heard this news?

Try looking on the Western Board.

> Why did they walk off the job?

http://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?1,880580,880700#msg-880700

stone23 Wrote:
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> If each and every Chicago (and Seattle) passenger
> who was inconvenienced called his lawyer and then
> sued each and every dispatcher who walked off the
> job personally for the strike, I wonder if the
> Union would protect its members? After all I
> believe there is still a Railway Labor Act to
> prevent these types of action.


So I guess you mean railroad workers don't have a right to protest against abuse.

priorrights Wrote:
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> stone23 Wrote:
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> -----
> > If each and every Chicago (and Seattle)
> passenger
> > who was inconvenienced called his lawyer and
> then
> > sued each and every dispatcher who walked off
> the
> > job personally for the strike, I wonder if
> the
> > Union would protect its members? After all I
> > believe there is still a Railway Labor Act
> to
> > prevent these types of action.
>
>
> So I guess you mean railroad workers don't have a
> right to protest against abuse.
>
>
>
You missed my question. Will the union protect its members? PS-In my younger days I did belong to the Brotherhood of Railroad and Steamship Clerks.

I didn't miss your question, and probably not. But it was your last sentence that began with "After all" that caught my attention.