Trains Newswire, 7/23/18:
Union members frustrated over cuts to Amtrak dining car services; demand sit-down meeting with CEO
WASHINGTON — Members of the Amtrak Service Workers Council, a coalition of unions representing Amtrak’s on board service employees, say they are frustrated with changes being made at the nation’s passenger railroad.
Last week, the council, which includes members represented by Transport Workers Union of America, UNITE-HERE, and the Transportation Communications Union/International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, held a protest in front of Amtrak headquarters in the nation's capital. Union members were criticized the railroad for its recent cuts to dining car service and demanded a sit down meeting with President and CEO Richard Anderson.
Anderson briefly spoke to union officials during the July 18 “press conference” and suggested the labor representatives set up a meeting with other railroad executives. But union bosses tell Trains News Wire that is not enough. . . .
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The change has eliminated some jobs for on-board service employees, but Amtrak officials are quick to note that the employees impacted by the change have been able to find new positions within the company.
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“Anderson says that no one is going to lose their jobs but he’s 100 percent wrong about that,” Feltz says.
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