$8.2 Billion from the President’s Investing in America Agenda to Deliver Transformative Passenger Rail in America President Biden’s Investing in America Agenda – a key pillar of Bidenomics – is delivering world class-infrastructure across the country, expanding access to economic opportunity, and creating good-paying jobs. By delivering $66 billion from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law –…
Not to downplay anything but passenger rail employees are treated significantly better than freight. The majority of employees have set schedules including conductors and engineer. It’s different from crew base to crew base but between 15% to 30% are extra board working on call.
I wonder if the fact that Amtrak is nationalized and freight are private corporations has anything to do with how the employees get treated… Something to think about when it comes to freight railroads
It’s more so because moving freight vs passengers are a fundamentally different challenge. There are a handful of class one freight railroads that hold the operation contract for some commuter lines and those employees still have a significant better quality of life.
Not to downplay anything but passenger rail employees are treated significantly better than freight. The majority of employees have set schedules including conductors and engineer. It’s different from crew base to crew base but between 15% to 30% are extra board working on call.
I wonder if the fact that Amtrak is nationalized and freight are private corporations has anything to do with how the employees get treated… Something to think about when it comes to freight railroads
It’s more so because moving freight vs passengers are a fundamentally different challenge. There are a handful of class one freight railroads that hold the operation contract for some commuter lines and those employees still have a significant better quality of life.