Earl Pitts Wrote:
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> OPRRMS Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > Graham Buxton Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Keith Ode Wrote:
> > > -----------------------------
> > > > Considering that railroads have fifty
> > managers
> > > for
> > > > every one operating employee, who was
> > managing
> > > > this situation?
> > >
> > > From Union Pacific's annual 10-K report filed
> > with
> > > the SEC ...
> > >
> > >
> > > Employees – Approximately 85% of our 47,201
> > > full-time-equivalent employees are
> represented
> > by
> > > 14 major rail unions.
> > >
> > >
> >
> [www.up.com]
>
> >
> > >
> >
> /documents/investordocuments/pdf_upc_10k_02062015.
>
> >
> > > pdf
> > >
> > >
> > > Aren't all operating employees part of one
> > union
> > > or another?
> >
> > Yes. Union Pacific operating employees can
> belong
> > to either SMART (formerly United Transportation
> > Union) or BLET (formerly Brotherhood of
> Locomotive
> > Engineers ).
>
> So if Ode is correct, then among the other 7,080
>
> employees on UP they have over 2 million
> managers?
>
> Neat trick, since the entire industry only
> employs
> around 200,000 these days.


I was being facetious. I should have said 50,000 to 1 so there would be no confusion! I bet it's closer to 3 to 1 but I don't have exact numbers.