Comments on: Making The Trains Run On Time http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/14/making-the-trains-run-on-time/ Reality-based political commentary Sat, 02 May 2026 07:43:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Ukraine, Trains, And Lindsey Graham http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/14/making-the-trains-run-on-time/#comment-197915 ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- Ukraine, Trains, And Lindsey Graham Sat, 17 Sep 2022 00:13:36 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22573#comment-197915 [...] Making The Trains Run On Time [...] [...] Making The Trains Run On Time [...]

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]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/14/making-the-trains-run-on-time/#comment-197905 MtnCaddy Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:11:29 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22573#comment-197905 [1] [3] From the NYT <a href="//nyti.ms/3Ua1VT1" rel="nofollow">Tentative Deal</a> [1]
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From the NYT Tentative Deal

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/14/making-the-trains-run-on-time/#comment-197904 MtnCaddy Thu, 15 Sep 2022 15:08:40 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22573#comment-197904 [4] Nope, CRS. Capitalism provides <b>all</b> the incentive to automate whenever financially feasible. A strike would have negligible effects on capitalism mission mantra of <i>maximizing value to the Shareholders.</i> Also, Management obviously isn't close to automation if they keep Employees in 24/7 on-call status for days and even a couple of weeks in a row, now are they? You appear to just be blurting out standard Conservative talking points <i>Management always right! Unions and strikes are always bad!</i> [4]

Nope, CRS. Capitalism provides all the incentive to automate whenever financially feasible. A strike would have negligible effects on capitalism mission mantra of maximizing value to the Shareholders.

Also, Management obviously isn't close to automation if they keep Employees in 24/7 on-call status for days and even a couple of weeks in a row, now are they?

You appear to just be blurting out standard Conservative talking points Management always right! Unions and strikes are always bad!

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/14/making-the-trains-run-on-time/#comment-197903 C. R. Stucki Thu, 15 Sep 2022 13:38:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22573#comment-197903 Railroad worker's (engineers, conductors) jobs are at the top of the list for being totally susceptible to automation, robotics, etc. Strikes will incentivise their replacement. Railroad worker's (engineers, conductors) jobs are at the top of the list for being totally susceptible to automation, robotics, etc. Strikes will incentivise their replacement.

]]> By: Mezzomamma http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/14/making-the-trains-run-on-time/#comment-197902 Mezzomamma Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:52:10 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22573#comment-197902 PS: I've just now seen the WaPo headline: <i>White House reaches tentative agreement to avert national rail strike</i>, so perhaps Biden is still on a roll. PS: I've just now seen the WaPo headline: White House reaches tentative agreement to avert national rail strike, so perhaps Biden is still on a roll.

]]> By: Mezzomamma http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/14/making-the-trains-run-on-time/#comment-197901 Mezzomamma Thu, 15 Sep 2022 12:48:26 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22573#comment-197901 Let's hope there is a settlement--that the workers get time off without penalty for medical appointments and family emergencies. I was an hourly-paid adult ed teacher for some years, and it didn't seem right that if I couldn't get an appointment outside my working hours, I had to find my own substitute and forgo my pay or make up the time in some way, which didn't always work with my students' family responsibilities. Like the railway workers, 'too much' time off for us could mean being fired. So my sympathies are definitely with the workers. By the way, does anyone else think it would be a good idea for an engine driver, say, to see a doctor <b>before</b> having a heart attack or stroke on the job, and maybe prevent it? Let's hope there is a settlement--that the workers get time off without penalty for medical appointments and family emergencies. I was an hourly-paid adult ed teacher for some years, and it didn't seem right that if I couldn't get an appointment outside my working hours, I had to find my own substitute and forgo my pay or make up the time in some way, which didn't always work with my students' family responsibilities. Like the railway workers, 'too much' time off for us could mean being fired. So my sympathies are definitely with the workers.

By the way, does anyone else think it would be a good idea for an engine driver, say, to see a doctor before having a heart attack or stroke on the job, and maybe prevent it?

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2022/09/14/making-the-trains-run-on-time/#comment-197900 MtnCaddy Thu, 15 Sep 2022 05:44:38 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=22573#comment-197900 CW, I think you're overdoing the hand wringing. Of course both sides are preparing for a strike. If they weren't we wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place, duh. Neither side wants a strike and that Friday deadline is a lot more likely to come and go with negotiations continuing. <i>Biden not being able to keep the trains running?</i> Hmmm, well if Dictator Mussolini couldn't keep Italian trains running on time, why would anybody think Biden could do so in our Constitutional Republic complete with an obstructionist GQP trying to sabotage Biden at every step? I hope you're not unduly still thinking in conventional wisdom terms -- <i>There's inflation and it's Bidens fault! All is lost! There's a railroad strike and it's Biden's fault! All is lost. People always decide by Labor Day! All is lost!</i> Today's column was underwhelming. Could we please reduce the wetting your pants at every turn? CW, I think you're overdoing the hand wringing. Of course both sides are preparing for a strike. If they weren't we wouldn't be having this conversation in the first place, duh.

Neither side wants a strike and that Friday deadline is a lot more likely to come and go with negotiations continuing.

Biden not being able to keep the trains running? Hmmm, well if Dictator Mussolini couldn't keep Italian trains running on time, why would anybody think Biden could do so in our Constitutional Republic complete with an obstructionist GQP trying to sabotage Biden at every step?

I hope you're not unduly still thinking in conventional wisdom terms --

There's inflation and it's Bidens fault! All is lost! There's a railroad strike and it's Biden's fault! All is lost. People always decide by Labor Day! All is lost!

Today's column was underwhelming. Could we please reduce the wetting your pants at every turn?

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