(Source: Progressive Railroading, February 25, 2020)
Class Is employed 128,311 workers as of mid-January, down 2.41 percent compared with mid-December’s level and down 12.45 percent compared with the year-ago employment level, U.S. Surface Transportation Board (STB) data shows. Five of six workforce categories posted month-to-month decreases. They were: executives, officials and staff assistants, down 0.18 percent to 7,608 employees; maintenance of equipment and stores, down 0.43 percent to 22,647; transportation (other than train and engine), down 0.91 percent to 5,346; maintenance of way and structures, down 2.04 percent to 30,152; and transportation (train and engine), down 4.48 percent to 51,709. On a year-over-year basis, the category of transportation (train and engine), down 17.33 percent.
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