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| ONLINE VERSION | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2000 |
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| ONLINE VERSION | NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2000 |
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR |
| I am a furloughed Bridge & Building
employee with Norfolk Southern. Due to the merger of NS and Conrail, I
have been put out in the streets with 15 years of service. I have 20
years total in the MofW Department. I left the track side and went to
the B&B in 1985.
I am a protected employee under the Feb 7 Agreement. It is so nice having some kind of job security. I'm sure it breaks NS's heart to pay me as I sit home. I (we) deserve it. This is what this letter is about. Do not make any concessions to any of these carriers about our Feb 7 job protection. The carriers (NS) have laid anyone with less than 10 years off. If it wasn't for Feb 7, they would cut more until they bust the union. For me and my family and all the lucky ones that have 10 or more years, do not change Feb 7 as amended on 9/26/96. James Kovats Thoughts I Had on Labor Day: I think "scab" is an inappropriate name for those who replace union strikers because a scab is what forms when healing has begun. They only cause the further decay of relations between management and labor, so the term "sore" keeps festering in my imagination. When a member of labor leaves the union to cross the picket line, I hear the word "stabs" in the back of my mind. And permanent replacement workers are "scars" that never go away. Madalyn Anderson |
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