BNSF is at 880 furloughs system wide since February, maybe a little more if you include clerks, office staff, contractors, and various positions that are not listed as union based employment. You throw in the mix the new smart contract that was just signed at the beginning of September, it’s looking pretty bleak for seniority rosters across the system on the TY&E side, might start preparing to move to bump in or looking for new employment. If you read the new labor agreement, a traveling conductor a.k.a RUP will be taking the place of van drivers via the use of a company vehicle doing crew (engineer one man crew) transport. Meaning even Halcon is getting cut too. Reading between the lines, 2025 going to start with a sc--wed up Christmas bonus of being unemployed.
Bumping from @cztw+1ursJ95J for info.