Talk:Gandy dancer/Archives/2018

Economic conditions

The section Early economic circumstance of maintenance of way employee reads to me like labor union propagand from the first half of the 20th century. I am aware it appeared in Harpers, but I am convinced that much of the long quote is from a WWW propagandist, and not a real statement of the conditions. In addition why does this secion need such a long quote? This section, and the article, is so slanted against the railroads, that I feel strongly, it needs more references to support this one-sided view. It could well be that these workers were exploited to this extent, but all of the references are to ardently pro-labor sources.

Internally the article contradicts itself, asserting on the one hand these workers were routinely fired after four months, and on the other hand speaking of how skilled the chanter had to be, and how coordinated the team had to be. How is the latter possible if the former is true?

Is there someone who can provide references to articles about these workers that comes from a Neutral Point of View? Nick Beeson (talk) 21:03, 27 May 2018 (UTC)