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.

April 09, 2026 - 15:30 UTC

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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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If the railroad wants to lay off diesel crews anyway and not have enough workers, they have to pay the penalty. That was the railroad's choice when it decided to cut diesel crews.

Is it inefficient? Sure; employers' labor efficiency is not workers' concern. Their concern is keeping their jobs.
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