Autonomous Technology Is Here
I see we have some candidates running for office that are talking about "Autonomous Vehicles." This is good. However, we need to be careful with language as a union of various crafts. Autonomous Technology should be our focus. Not just vehicles (or Autonomous Train Operation aka ATO)! That is because we must deal with autonomous office/stockroom operations (Clerks), autonomous inspections (Track/Vehicle Maintenance), autonomous facilities (Stockrooms/Towers) and autonomous train/bus operation (Operations). If we wait for lobbyists and politicians, we will be too late! We need to start with the low-hanging fruit NOW: Keeping and expanding and protecting Towermen, Clerks and Trackmen and Repairers from the obvious attempts to replace them—as it is being done worldwide. We already lost a Towerman spot at Clark Junction! We as union officials must organize with the workers to save and expand jobs. That will bring better results than politicians and lobbyists. I wrote abou...
