Official Any Subject Thread.

[hoghead]

That sux.

We are in negotiations now. Not gonna be good.

Nope. Don't get your hopes up.

I did a "projected" amount off the BLET web page. I don't feel it is anyway close but it figured roughly:

$7000 in back pay.
$2700 in repayment to them for Medical COLA. ( Harris COLA )

Difference of $4300 minus RR retirement of 12.6%, probably around 33% tax and minus my 18% I put in my 401K plan.

Should leave enough to buy breakfast at Dennys.

hh

[hoghead]

Have you seen the CN contract?

No, I have not.

hh

[BBK]

No, I have not.

hh

It looks good as far as wages are concerned, but they gave up alot of their work rules.

[BBK]

Nope. Don't get your hopes up.

I did a "projected" amount off the BLET web page. I don't feel it is anyway close but it figured roughly:

$7000 in back pay.
$2700 in repayment to them for Medical COLA. ( Harris COLA )

Difference of $4300 minus RR retirement of 12.6%, probably around 33% tax and minus my 18% I put in my 401K plan.

Should leave enough to buy breakfast at Dennys.

hh

WTH?? Supposed to be better off after contract is signed, not vice versa

[hoghead]

I don't need anymore money per mile. It's just taxed. I wanted a better 401K match, more vacation time and better Dental plan.

None of the above were addressed to my understanding. Basicly all that was settled was backpay which you were entitled to in the first place and your Medical went up. (which everyones has)

hh

[hoghead]

WTH?? Supposed to be better off after contract is signed, not vice versa

Once again you regress.

Don't get Harris COLA mixed up with regular COLA. There is a difference.

hh

[BBK]

What's the vacation scale?? How much do they match? We get 50 cents on the dollar

[hoghead]

http://www.ble.org/2007contract

Go to "backpay estimator".

hh

[hoghead]

You then have a decent 401K. We get 25% of the first 4%. Period.

Vacation is: 7 yr. for 3 weeks.
15 yr. for 4 weeks. (might be more)
Don't remember 5 week figure. I'll never see it anyway. I'll be on a 52 week vacation.

hh

[BBK]

You then have a decent 401K. We get 25% of the first 4%. Period.

Vacation is: 7 yr. for 3 weeks.
15 yr. for 4 weeks. (might be more)
Don't remember 5 week figure. I'll never see it anyway. I'll be on a 52 week vacation.

hh

They cap 401k at 3k. So I get capped pretty quickly.

Vacation: Start to 5 years - 2weeks. After 5 years - 3 weeks. After 10 years - 4 weeks. After 15 years - 5 weeks.

[BBK]

http://www.ble.org/2007contract

Go to "backpay estimator".

hh

National Contract doesn't affect us. We aren't covered by it

[hoghead]

You're lucky.

hh

[BBK]

Lucky in some areas. But in others it makes us weak

[hoghead]

http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=19289

This is a good barometer of the economy. Always has been. I have thought for a long time rail traffic was down. Here is the proof.

I talked with an offical recently and was told we are down over 100,000 units from last year. Unit being one (1) car load. The West End had close to 90 Engineers last year. 71 now. East End had 85 pool jobs. This year 73.

The key here is to get the debt down. I don't have a lot myself, mostly 0% but will pay it off ASAP. Rought times are ahead in my opinion. It just depends on which "sector" you work in and the Senority you have.

I would not want to be in manufacturing (not that there is any left) and automobile related fields.

hh

[BBK]

http://www.ble.org/pr/news/headline.asp?id=19289

This is a good barometer of the economy. Always has been. I have thought for a long time rail traffic was down. Here is the proof.

I talked with an offical recently and was told we are down over 100,000 units from last year. Unit being one (1) car load. The West End had close to 90 Engineers last year. 71 now. East End had 85 pool jobs. This year 73.

The key here is to get the debt down. I don't have a lot myself, mostly 0% but will pay it off ASAP. Rought times are ahead in my opinion. It just depends on which "sector" you work in and the Senority you have.

I would not want to be in manufacturing (not that there is any left) and automobile related fields.

hh

Our bridge traffic is down big time. It has been for a long time. We rely heavily on pig iron, grain, lumber, etc.

The auto industry keeps getting smaller and smaller. Bad place to be employed

[BBK]

The pig iron, etc. is freight that is generated by our customers and then shipped to other customers on our line. Grain to Ethanol plants, Pig Iron to steel plants, etc

[BBK]

Gotta go for a bit. Back on this evening

[HEAVYbusa]

Later

[BBK]

[hoghead]

So you are on the old DT&I line?

hh

[BBK]

Yup. Til we get to Springfield. Jump on the NS to Cincy from there

[BBK]

All of the red

[hoghead]

Looks like the DT&I line huh? I still need to pull my old box of goodies and see what I can find.

I think I was going to send you some DTI Form 19 Train orders.

hh

[BBK]

Looks like the DT&I line huh? I still need to pull my old box of goodies and see what I can find.

I think I was going to send you some DTI Form 19 Train orders.

hh

That would be sweet. I've got a couple things I've been meaning to dig out and send ya. Gotta try and do that

[hoghead]

It's just so HOT. Dang garage is still 110.

hh