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Name: Walking Tall
E-mail: saveamerica.org
Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A
Posted: 20 April 2012

An ex-high ranking official is encouraging all employees to do a
security check on personal computers...due to possible corporate
hacking.

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Name: d mc griff E-mail: Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A Posted: 16 April 2012 re; up chief how's the up chief doing? you should see some of the writing on their locs! but who cares? the wheels are still turning! dj View This Article

Name: Barbara Mertz E-mail: emtangel@firehousemail.com Employed as: Friend or family of employee, for N/A Posted: 12 April 2012 I want to say THANK YOU to the person that wrote this statement below from December 29, 2009. Barbara Jean Hopkins is my Aunt. I was 4 when she died. So Thank you again for the kind words you said about her, I really appreciate it. Name: E-mail: Employed as: Friend or family of employee, for N/A Posted: 29 December 2009 Before bashing ALL female employees, maybe we should remember Miss Barbara Jean Hopkins who perished on the B&O east of Cumberland in 1980 when the engineer of an opposing train missed a signal and ran into her. Her side of the cab (GP-40) was sheared off and she was found in the wreckage. I had met her 2 years earlier. She was assigned as a fireman on the Chessie Steam Special but the cab of 2101 was so crowded, she had to ride back in the coach. Everyone who knew her said she was as dilligent and competent as any man out there. View This Article View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 10-20 years Posted: 11 April 2012 How can someone (bob frulla) occupy track without authority then back into someones vehicle, fill out a police report and nothing is done to him. Piece of shit View This Article

Name: RRJ E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years Posted: 11 April 2012 I don't know anyone unless they had already worked on another railroad that is qualified to work on the railroad as a trainmen. That goes for car inspectors, MOW, machinist ect....even a diesel mechanic would have to be trained. The statement of "more qualified" people getting bypassed to hire a veteran is ludicrious. lol View This Article

Name: ATL Cond E-mail: Employed as: Conductor, for 20-30 years Posted: 10 April 2012 I hate to admit it, but I also had some fun with LBT, when she was in Jax as the Coal Manager. Anyone else had some fun with her? Can you imagine being her husband knowing she has been with so many men since she has been married to him. View This Article

Name: NoMo E-mail: Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A Posted: 10 April 2012 CSX and the other carriers want unthinking employees that blindly follow orders without question...now there's a model for success!! What an insult to all Veterans. That speaks volumes for management's thought process and will surely stifle any innovation or foster any loyalty amongst the employees! The Veterans should be given consideration but they are being used by the carriers for their status and not their talents. Sorry it took me so long to reply but I got VD from sticking my unprotected cursor in an inviting web site. Del will never be the same! View This Article

Name: Brendan E-mail: brendan.osweiler@yahoo.com Employed as: Friend or family of employee, for Less than 1 year Posted: 09 April 2012 I agree and as a veteran I see the preference that veterans get over other qualified individuals. Another thing people don't realize is the feds are paying big money to companies that higher veterans. Sometimes it's as much as 8K per veteran they hire. It's all about money to the companies. I was hired with Morgan Stanley based on my merits with education/experience and I just happened to be a veteran. Coming from the military, the military works hard but so do other jobs like people at CSX. The military gets free healthcare, college, etc. I think the veterans preference is excessive but that's my opinion for what it's worth. View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Employed in other capacity, for 20-30 years Posted: 09 April 2012 RRJ, Like you, Im all for our military veterans being hired after they come back from serving for our country. But I dont think a company should receive any monetary compensation unless their hearts are in the right place. A company that is out recruiting our military men and women because(It was quoted at a meeting)"They are going to make better employees because the know their place and they wont challenge or question our orders, talk back or have to be charged with insubordination when we tell them what to do even if it is a violation of their union agreement" is a company that shouldnt be allowed to even approach our military men and women.. Its discusting! Wonder what company that would be???? View This Article

Name: suzannah E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 10-20 years Posted: 09 April 2012 Brendan, Thankyou for the info you posted. I had a 401k with the capital builders plan and froze it about 5 months ago. I switched to a different plan with the BLET. JP Morgan told me the same thing. Told me I couldnt roll my investment over to an IRA of my choice. Guess I need to call the securitiies commissions as well.... I have a family member checking into it now. If this is an illegal action on JP Morgans part, can you not request that an investigation be launched against them? I would think if you had enough complaints it would be warranted. View This Article

Name: E-mail: shellowe2012@yahoo.com Employed as: Friend or family of employee, for Less than 1 year Posted: 09 April 2012 ANYONE FROM ST. LOUIS OR WILLARD OHIO AREA, I NEED INFORMATION ON THE SEXUAL HARRASSMENT CHARGES ON MIKE STANLEY WHO WAS A TM IN 2011 AT BOTH AREAS. I WOULD LIKE ANY INFORMATION. I KNOW HE ABUSES COMPANY POLICIES BUT JUST NEED SOME MORE DETAILED INFO. feel free to email me View This Article

Name: E-mail: brendan.osweiler@yahoo.com Employed as: Friend or family of employee, for N/A Posted: 08 April 2012 To all here: I'm a veteran who served a tour in Iraq and applaud the veterans who work and continue to receive the GI BILL benefits. If you can convert to the Post 9/11 GI Bill there are some advantages. I know my work was hard during my 6 years of service but one thing I find is that CSX Employees deal with this every day. I've posted before I've had the pleasure of helping 2 CSX employees find their 401k plans when they had the move from Fidelity to JP Morgan because the company didn't care enough to communicate. I find that in many large organizations like the Army, CSX, the frustration level can run high. I've seen the little screen that the conductor watches to wait for his next turn in line to go back out. I told my client he won't know what to do when he retires and has a "normal" schedule. I think discourse like this room can be good but I suggest putting those ideas to work seeking positive change in your organization. Sometimes it feels like people aren't listening to you which is why unions are in place to give people a voice. Keep fighting but know that every battle isn't worth fighting. Pick and choose the battles and then fight hard and hopefully you'll win. I've personally reached out to your office explaining that I thought it was morally wrong that the company would fail to notify employees on where a retirement plan was located. What if someone died and a spouse had to try to deal with this? I'll post the response letter should I receive it. If any of you would like a resource in the area of retirement planning, drop me an e-mail. Many of you don't know that you have money sitting in your 401k plans that you can rollover to an IRA penalty free instead of the handful of investment options in the Capital Builder plan. Remember, don't try to call JP Morgan alone as you will get the run around like my client did. I got on the phone with them and said if they didn't send him his transfer form that I would call the Securities and Exchange Commission and FINRA. Find people to fight for you. All the best- Brendan J. Osweiler Financial Advisor | Global Wealth Management Morgan Stanley Smith Barney 111 Monument Circle, Suite 3100 Indianapolis, IN 46204 brendan.osweiler@mssb.com View This Article

Name: RRJ E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years Posted: 07 April 2012 NoMo The only point I was making CSX shouldn't be singled out when these programs are available to all employers. Why not take advantage. Other railroad sites there have been hostile discussions of non-veterans complaining that railroads prefer veterans. Then you get the veteran wondering why he hasn't been hired if this is going on. I don't have an answer. lol. Do I think veterans should have a higher priority? Yes, I do. They sacrificed to serve their country. I already knew that veterans hiring on the railroad could apply for their GI Bill benefits while in training. Several talked about it. Good for them if they're entitled go for it. In my opinion it's a good thing not something to critise an employer like CSX, NS. UP, BNSF ect....if one is doing it they all are. CSX is a difficult place to work these days. The smart people go with flow opening their pockets use it to their advantage and make money. I heard the complaints last wendsday at the union meeting. I also heard them laugh at how much money in OT ect....they're making. All by having to follow instructions from the morons running the show at the terminals. View This Article

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Name: NoMo E-mail: Employed as: Other, non-employee, for N/A Posted: 07 April 2012 Hey RRJ: You might also surprised to know that the Feds give employers big tax credits for hiring ex cons. Next time your in a body, brake, muffler or tire shop take a look around. I'm sure they hire them in other operation, but these seem to be favorites...probably because they are sub chapter S corps. View This Article

Name: RRJ E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years Posted: 07 April 2012 RRJ I forgot one more issue. You stated I'm taking CSX's side. Not so. I'm trying to get people to think on their own. Use inititive. I didn't consider myself a CSX employee. I wasn't alone on that one those of us that hired on from the predecessor railroads like the C&O, SCL, L&N, B&O, RF&P, WM ect...still felt like we belong to those railroads. With prior rights we still had/have that seniority. Even back then they put a person through the ringer especially during promotions to see if a person could withstand the pressure. It's a job that requires making decisions. I had conductors that couldn't make decisions. It still goes on today. If they hit a snag no matter what time of day or night they would call the TM. I gave them advice with over 30 years you'ld think they would take it. Instead they called the TM who had only been on the railroad 2-3 years. Which he didn't know his arse from a hole in the ground. I went to the union meeting this week ask about it, it still goes on. It's troubling to think some people have a false sense that management is their friend. They never have been there's always been a line drawn between us and them that should never be crossed. No, I don't take CSX's side. View This Article

Name: RRJ E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years Posted: 07 April 2012 Cond 1-10 Everything is a grey area concerning cell phones. Then one has to contend with local managements interpetation. Which anyone that been on the railroad for a while knows all of them have different opinions. Did that experiment a few times by asking the same question to two TM's and a RFE with different results. How can anyone understand it when they don't have their schidt together? Still the original post they should of took the locomotive out of service. As for giving hand signals it didn't take 5 people we use do it by ourselves in yard jobs, locals, set offs/pick ups ect...The only time 2 or 3 people were needed was long cuts like doubling tracks. Before I retired 2 years ago there were only a handful that knew how to give them correctly. Rules use to state hand signals will be used while in sight of the headend. Not to many people did it. As for the hiring of veterans my research yesterday did find employers can get some funding for training expenses. All employers not just CSX. You put a number to it. Don't know where you got it? I got my info from government sites and veteran organizations. Hiring a veteran is good. They'll be a lot more looking for work in the next couple of years when Afghanistan winds down. I'm all for hiring veterans. That's how I got hired out being a Vietnam veteran. In those days that was difficult seeing railroads usually hired family members. I worked with people who were 3rd & 4th generation railroad. View This Article

Name: E-mail: Employed as: Conductor, for 1-10 years Posted: 06 April 2012 RRJ Sorry but your wrong. Cell phones can be used to perform duty if you have lost radio communications and you need to contact the dispatcher or if there is no other way for the crew members to talk to each other. An engineer can use his cell phone to call the mechanical desk if he needs to attend to the engine outside of the cab and is being told to work on something. Hand signals were fine when you had 5 people on a crew. They could pass the signals up. Dont work that way anymore. 2 man crew doesnt allow that if you are 100 cars away and cant be seen. You sure have been doing alot of standing up for the company lately..... csx gets 60,0000 for vets. Paid to train them and cover their first year salary.. New guys off the street with no military background bring them 9,000. View This Article

Name: RRJ E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years Posted: 06 April 2012 Whatever happened to hand signals? When I hired out there weren't radios. You had to improvise. If there was a defective radio on the locomotive then report it then take it out of service. Seems someone wasn't doing their job. Did you talk to the TM? YM don't give a crap they just want the work done. Cell phones can't be used not in the performance of ones duties. When ya'll going to grow a set and stand up for yourselves. The locomotive would of been shopped the first day if I was working. I shopped many took them out of service. I stole many radios off other locomotives in road consist from trailing units. If it fit it was mine. That improvising that's taking control. View This Article

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Name: E-mail: Employed as: Conductor, for 10-20 years Posted: 06 April 2012 I worked for CSX for 13 years. One day our engine radio went out you could not talk with the engineer over 5 car lenghts away while switching. We notified the office for about a week daily reminding them, they told us to keep using the engine. So we did and one day I got caught talking on cell phone (calling our office) to let them know about some cars we had tp pick up. Since engine had no radio working distance I left company cell with the engineer in case he and the brakeman needed it, and I got busted and fired over calling our office from another yard. Its a shame on the company to act like they have. It is being before a public law board now. View This Article

Name: RRJ E-mail: Employed as: Locomotive Engineer, for 30+ years Posted: 06 April 2012 I just looked it up. There are 4 states that gives state tax breaks for hiring veterans that fall into the bracket of disabled, on food stamps, welfare, homeless, and those who have been unemployed for more than a year. On the federal side it could benefit an employer by fraying some of the training cost. No big tax breaks per veteran. In fact a lot employers are backing off hiring those in the reserves. CSX hasn't it hires veterans because they are more disciplined. There are incentives for employers to hire disabled veterans. What's wrong with it? Depends on the disability wether they get hired in T&E. I worked with people in T&E who were Vietnam disabled veterans a few were collecting a VA disability check. I never once heard them complain. It's funny how people try to make a good thing look bad. View This Article