I can see them all on the call wondering what’s going on…”Well the book said” 😂🤣

Which would take even longer. He has to walk to close the angle cock after securing the “portion” he’s attached to. Secure the other portion of the train. Walk to stretch the mandatory 100ft. Re-secure the tied on portion. Change the knuckle…all to realize…there’s no one to protect the shove and make the joint 🤦🏾‍♂️

This is absolutely genius. Especially in places where it takes 45 mins to drive two miles due to traffic conditions. Why not just give a guy a truck and say hey go drive to that train and see what’s wrong…so after he walks to the track to find what the issue is…he can walk back to his truck…and then walk back with his tools to fix it. Maybe for a place with no Metra or commuter…cause who’s going to let you sit out on a track to fix an issue and block both mains now with your truck?!😂 but I know someone with a lot of education made a slideshow from an office somewhere that made this make perfect sense.

Questions I’m copying and pasting directly from Facebook in efforts to drive the conversation here Scheduled day off questions for the extra board 1. Are the days off connected to the slot or the person? 2. If you jump on the extra board do you get days off based on the least utilized sequence, next available sequence, or choice? 3. Can you get bumped for your slotted days off? 4. If we agree to a scheduledbdays off sequence that includes smart rest does the smart rest diminish your days off or do you end up with more than the number of 24 hour periods? 5. Does the number of slotted days off changed during various seasons? 6. If you jump boards do you keep your current rotation or change to a new rotation? 7. Can you get bumped on your days off? 8. Can you change boards to mark up sooner than your days off? 9. How does the days off affect the guarantee calculation? 10. How does days off affect holiday pay? 11. If your vacation lines up so your regular days off happen when you are supposed to mark up do you get those days, or do you lose them and start a different days off rotation? 12. Does this agreement change the arrangement for regular jobs that have two days off if the scheduled days program has more days? 13. Does smart rest take away your bonus day? 14. What happens if we agree to 11-4 and catch federal rest? Do you come back, work 3 days, and then have 4 days off? Do you come back, and work 5 days (11 total work days) and have 4 days off? Do you come back, work 5 days, and (11 total work days) and have 2 days off? 15. Will the company create a CMTS page where you can see your scheduled days off, weeks in advance, based on your current rotation? 16. Isbthe current attendance policy part of the scheduled days off program, or separate, and subject to change as the company see fit? 17. If you end up with 24 hours off because the company does not call you does that change anything in your rotation besides resetting the number of days until federal rest? 18. Does this change the number of vacation slots for different weeks? 19. Does scheduled days off count as hours off or specific days off? 20. If the company calls you at 2359 the night before your scheduled days off do you just lose those hours to work?

6x3…or 11x4. I don’t mind the 11x4. With the way they slow boards to avoid letting too many people go into fed rest you find yourself working 11 days often hoping to get 48hrs off. I think even if you didn’t come out of Fed rest and shoot to the top of the board things would be better. That should be an option. I can’t comment on the guarantee variable of this because the yard guarantee is so low that after 4 days of working you often beat it. I think the 11x4 also give you time to just rest. One concern I would address is one that already affects us. I go into fed rest almost every week and because of it I lose my bonus day. This arbitrary battle to get paid contractual obligations definitely needs to be addressed. If people are doing the work pay them. I think this will be good as long as there’s a structure pertaining to the days off brackets. I think the 4 days off aids in the not always getting stuck with weekdays off. We put in a lot of hours. We are running on E and something really needs to be done. The success of this also needs to be a community effort. The company created a problem when their abuse of staff both in regards to work climates…but also by deeming every member of their workforce expendable. This is reflected in both their current numbers and failing employing efforts. But we have to support each other in order to enforce a change.

They’ve been doing this since I started. Glad they making noise now

I did. They reply but only after weeks go by. I have a list given to me but I don't have a log in. When I left they disabled my user ID