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News Wire: Class I railroad employment up slightly in March

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 4:21 PM

Ulrich
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Outsourced projects do not show in Railroad Employment statistics.  Only manpower that actually recieves a railroad paycheck shows up in Railroad Employment statistics.

GE and EMD manpower do not enter into railroad employment statistics and neither do Outsourced project personnel.

It's the new way of doing things.. contract out to avoid responsibility. So we have companies that employ few or even no people.. have no offices and no physical assets.. all contracted out..

Has been modus operandi in US businesses for decades.

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Posted by Ulrich on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 3:09 PM

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I wonder how many more are employed by companies that represent outsourcing of traditional railroad jobs such as track renewal projects.  I'd think that has to be a large number, but I don't have a clue regarding its size.

 

Outsourced projects do not show in Railroad Employment statistics.  Only manpower that actually recieves a railroad paycheck shows up in Railroad Employment statistics.

GE and EMD manpower do not enter into railroad employment statistics and neither do Outsourced project personnel.

 

 

It's the new way of doing things.. contract out to avoid responsibility. So we have companies that employ few or even no people.. have no offices and no physical assets.. all contracted out.. 

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Posted by BaltACD on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 12:55 PM

Dakguy201
I wonder how many more are employed by companies that represent outsourcing of traditional railroad jobs such as track renewal projects.  I'd think that has to be a large number, but I don't have a clue regarding its size.

Outsourced projects do not show in Railroad Employment statistics.  Only manpower that actually recieves a railroad paycheck shows up in Railroad Employment statistics.

GE and EMD manpower do not enter into railroad employment statistics and neither do Outsourced project personnel.

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Posted by Dakguy201 on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 9:45 AM

I wonder how many more are employed by companies that represent outsourcing of traditional railroad jobs such as track renewal projects.  I'd think that has to be a large number, but I don't have a clue regarding its size.

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Posted by Brian Schmidt on Tuesday, May 2, 2017 9:35 AM

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Surface Transportation Board reported that Class I rail employment rose slightly in March. Railroads employed 149,323 workers in the United States as of mid-March, up 0.32 percent since mid-February but down 2.86 percent c...

http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2017/05/02-class-i-railroad-employment-up-slightly-in-march

Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine

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