Rates are crashing and fuel to the moon!

It’s not just about pay either. They’re dealing with CEO’s who are trying to convince the government to let them run single person crews. They’re dealing with CEO’s who want longer train lengths when some of the trains now are so long they don’t have good radio communication from the cab to the rear. You have BNSF with their stupid attendance policy and then the CEO is testifying to congress and crying her sob story about a worker shortage and the need for single person crews. It’s all stuff that’s been building up for years. Yes they chose their career, but I’d venture to say that most go into railroading thinking that it is indeed a career position so I don’t really blame them for fighting for the livelihood they want.

 

And still shouldn't be the employers responsibility.

If you're 55 and believe your welfare is someone else's responsibilty, you're part of the problem.

 

Sounds like a something a union rep tells workers to sell strike BS.

 

After 30 years of sucking on the company tit the worker can’t eventually make their own path as a man. Pathetic. Some actually believe that they own the company. Do as your told, or get out! Don’t like it don’t work for the company. If you have to have a company coddle you from cradle to grave so you feel comfortable in that home you chose to buy… I lived and worked in multiple states and even had my family overseas. I never expected a company to take care of me or that I dictate policy. It’s only a job. Nothing more. Otherwise it would be socialism. Take it or leave it. I am my own man. I negotiate the terms, not collective bargaining.

 

The next time increasing truck size and weights comes up then we better tell OOIDA to step out, we all have to make our own path. Same with speed limiters. We can all fight our own fight, OOIDA better stay out of it.

 

What’s the last thing ooida actually accomplished for the owner operator?

 

OOIDA does not lobby against my employer. Nor do they make business deals for me. If I want more days off, we’ll I don’t need OOIDA. I am in competition with the ATA. Anything that sticks the roadblock to the ATA is a win in my book. It’s all about limiting the political corruption of the ATA in Washington. When I see a ata truck broke down on the side of the road, especially one that lobbied for elogs to the government to put out small fleets, I drive right by. I would however do what I can to help a driver out from a small fleet. Those fleets did not lobby against me. Again, OOIDA does not sit down with my employer and negotiate my compensation. OOIDA is a lobby organization for o/o and drovers that are not o/o and are not a labor union. You do not have to join OOIDA to work as a o/o.

 

This train will stop in Tucumcari

 

If you think this supposed strike was anything other than a further step towards The Union of American Socialist Republic you are one of the biggest schnooks to have ever walked.

Tentative Deal to Avoid Rail Strike Is Reached, Biden Announces (msn.com)

 

Did great today in this pos stock market. Went short and played options betting the market drops. A lot of institutions are moving their money into bonds. Major real estate is moving into bonds also. Stay sharp!