People can be qualified to do things without those things being in their job description. In the construction realm that I do a lot of work in, everybody is qualified to do demolition cleanup - you have to do emergency removal if a wall falls down on somebody and you need to remove debris.

April 09, 2026 - 15:29 UTC

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But you can't ask a carpenter to do debris removal in non- emergency situations because that's not their job, and if you do ask them to do it, you have to pay extra for that out of title work.
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With respect to "unnecessary staffing," that's the entire point. The union wants to maintain jobs for its membership, specifically including its diesel crews, and doesn't want those workers to get laid off. So they built in provisions to the CBA to disincentivize layoffs of those workers.
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Sure, but the job description for train operator doesn't specify by type. They don't have job descriptions for diesel operators and electric operators. It's just "train operator" and the job description explicitly includes both passenger and non passenger trains.
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So asking them to switch from a passenger train to moving into the yard is literally in their job description.

It's just rent seeking behavior. And it's bad no matter who does it.
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