> "we serve with pride"....only when it's convenient or says so in our
contract...

You trying to turn this, of all things, into a union issue is patently
ridiculous. There were 2 scenarios that could have caused this situation, none
of them involving lazy union members.

Get a grip.

SWAMP
>
> --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "yomf" <yomf@> wrote:
> >
> > July 3 was a "bank holiday" this year. Most federal employees and almost all
private employees had July 3 off this year.
> >
> > http://www.buyusa.gov/uk/en/us_bank_holidays.html
> >
> >
http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/us-bank-holidays-2009-when-are-banks-closed
> >
> >
> >
> > "Today is July 3, 2009, and as the Fourth of July July 3, 2009: Independence
Day Holiday Info and FAQ holiday falls on a Saturday this year, that makes today
a Federal holiday."
> >
> > From:
http://www.blippitt.com/july-3-2009-independence-day-holiday-info-and-faq
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "orchlib" <orchestralibrary@> wrote:
> > >
> > > With regard to the holiday-ness of July 3, we've covered some of that on
this board, but the federal government, at
http://www.opm.gov/operating_status_Schedules/fedhol/2009.asp said "July 4, 2009
(the legal public holiday for Independence Day), falls on a Saturday. For most
Federal employees, Friday, July 3, will be treated as a holiday for pay and
leave purposes."
> > >
> > > So, July 3 was not a legal public holiday, but most federal employees
treated July 3 as a holiday. It seems the RR couldn't decide which of the two
days - July 3 or July 4 - they were treating as a holiday. It would also seem
that the day with premium pay for holiday work was July 4, so maybe to them,
July 4 was the holiday.
> > >
> > > I know that I had mail delivery on the third but not on the fourth.
> > >
> > > The next time July 4 falls on a Saturday is 2015. Maybe the RR will
remember 2009 (hah!), figure out which trains they're running, and have them
properly crewed.
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "phil_yanks" <phil_yanks@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > They also forgot that July 3 was a "holiday" ;-)
> > > >
> > > > --- In LIRRCommuters@yahoogroups.com, "A. Stetson" <sligodashoe@> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm trying to understand what possible lack of oversight could lead
> > > > > them to forget which schedule to operate, and I can't figure it out.
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess everyone should be happy that on Monday they remembered it was
> > > > > a weekday.
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > http://mta.info/lirr/News/2009/Montauk.htm
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
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