• @hellofriend
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    92 months ago

    I wish there was more focus on the reasons why arbitration had to be forced. Our rail and its workers, and therefore our entire economy, is held hostage by two (two!!) companies. I think it’s high time they were split up.

      • @[email protected]
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        fedilink
        12 months ago

        We don’t allow freight and logistics companies to own highways, so we do we still let them own track?

        The public should own the tracks. Rail companies should be freed to focus on competing for cargo and passengers.

          • @[email protected]
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            12 months ago

            What’s your logic for treating it separately? The tracks and roads both serve as infrastructure to move people and goods around, yet the public owns only roads.

            We could keep more train conductors employed too if we had a fairer access system for tracks.