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Old 09-02-2006, 08:18 AM   #11
Trilby
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[quote=glatt]... we hear that the Metro train operator who fell asleep in 2004 and crashed his train into another one, injuring 20 people and causing $3.5 million in damage, was improperly fired. He is being rehired and given two years of back-pay.[quote]

Ya gotta love unions.

I've dealt with two unions in my nursing life: an independant that represented steel workers and the IUE (international union of electricians). The IUE was surreal. I hated dealing with them.
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