Where you at AMTRAK JOE? Amtrak braces for STRIKE!
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Dark Brandon backed 'em down 
Worthless Loser
Blackpilled
beenz
Rap Guerilla
is amtrak even a profitable business in 2022? can they afford to stop service????
CashmereThoughts
Veteran
Incorrect.
There is federal legislation that affords the government power to intervene and impose temporary regulations to prevent railroads strikes.
This is not a private matter, rail infrastructure was constructed with federal funding and the federal government has never not had their hands in this business. Biden has already signed an executive order on this matter.
No it is not. Unless your in the military your have the right to strike. This is not the USSR
STFU
Mike Nasty
Veteran
It's not supposed to be profitable, it's funded by the state and federal government. Supposedly the only train that makes money is the AutoTrain from Lorton to Sanford, Fl.
This is common knowledge to anyone that has studied a bit of history...smh...
CashmereThoughts
Veteran
They don’t own the tracks, they don’t have a choice.
IT WASNT ABOUT AMTRAK...
IT WAS ABOUT EVERY RAILROAD UNION IN THE COUNTRY GOING ON STRIKE
DUE TO THE NATIONAL AGREEMENT NOT BEING SIGNED.
It's quasi-governmental, similar to USPS, I'm just mentioning this as it seems to be getting lost in the replies, and technically, your initial comments aren't entirely wrong about the situation. The executive handles appointments and executive orders can obviously impact them, congress confirms and can regulate some aspects with regards to budgeting, I think employees are technically federally employed, but a majority of their work is managed at the private level, and the company is expected to run as a for-profit and is recognized as such, stock is primarily owned by the government, the government will uphold the company as a result. It's just a situation where the entirely privatized version of the company wouldn't come close to breaking even on profits, so the government at the time recognized a need for a federally funded provider, thus, the creation of Amtrak, although it's creation and what it does it a lot more complicated than what I feel like typing here, I'm sure there are good videos on the topic.
Now I'm not speaking on the exact topic at hand in this thread as it's just a matter that Amtrak is being impacted by and as a result, was making adjustments in order to deal with it, this article goes over the specific issue:
But on the topic of Amtrak, we really needed that BBB plan to go through, America needs to get serious about public transportation, I just feel like I'm in the twilight zone when it comes to that aspect, further in the zone when it comes to America infrastructure in general. Just a clown show, tbh.
CashmereThoughts
Veteran
American capitalism is failing the people and this is why we are here
If the railroads did strike it wouldn't be the end of the world as they've gone on strike several times in the 20th century. While society wouldn't collapse there would be a lot of economic damage that would have been nice to see. The fact that railroad management was willing to risk causing major economic turmoil over SICK DAYS is crazy to me. But the railroad management also said in earlier discussions that labor contributed NOTHING to their business success so they did not deserve any of the benefits from that success.
America y’all.
America y’all.
Hmmmmmmm private yet it has been owned by the government since day one