--- In BRHSlist@y..., amtrak347@a... wrote:
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> Comment on the 1964 Award 282 - when I became RFof E @ Pasco, WA in
1979, I
> found it interesting to note that the GN and the SP&S when they
"furloughed"
> their firemen, they hired all of them back, the next day! All
rosters
> (except the "Q's" Chicago Division) showed no firemen hired between
1954 and 1964.
as a 282 fireman the Q kept those firemen with more than 2 years
seniority but less than ten years senority on the division i worked
on. severed off only those with less than 2 years rights on both ends
of the division. iirc, 25 total were severed, 13 on one end 12 on the
other. imagine it varied division to division.
> The NP firemen fared about the same as the CB&Q firemen, with
> "careful" hiring, so as not to overly protect too many employees.
> Nepotism in railroading was a tradition, and no RR practiced it
better than the SP&S
> and GN (in that order).
seems like all railroads/divisions were that way, as a borrowed man
you had to watch what you said about anyone until you got it all
figured out who belonged to who. brothers, sons, sons-in-law, step-
sons, cousins...... sometimes the whole family tree would be
there. <grin>
> Interesting to find high ranking officials with relatives in
the "ranks" and cause for concern in disciplinary matters.
> Enough of this epistle.
>
> RC
>
warren
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