What if sleeper passengers had the option of meals?

[Ryan]

n 1981 Amtrak mechanical employees took a 12.5% give back that was not made up until 1996

I didn't understand this, would you explain what you mean please?

Sounds like a 12.5% pay cut, and wages didn't return to their 1981 levels until 1996.

 

[ALC Rail Writer]

n 1981 Amtrak mechanical employees took a 12.5% give back that was not made up until 1996

I didn't understand this, would you explain what you mean please?

Sounds like a 12.5% pay cut, and wages didn't return to their 1981 levels until 1996.

He PMed me my answer, he could explain it better, but he said that 12.5% was a "conservative" raise agreement the unions entered into in 1981 after Amtrak stopped paying mechanical division employees the same rates as the freights.