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Fri May 4, 2018, 09:20 AM

May 2018

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BUSINESS

Why Working on the Railroad Comes With a $25,000 Signing Bonus

Tight labor market forces BNSF, Union Pacific to dangle big incentives from Missouri to Oregon

By Paul Ziobro

https://twitter.com/pziobro
Paul.Ziobro@wsj.com

April 23, 2018 7:00 a.m. ET

Railroad workers are being offered signing bonuses of up to $25,000 to join BNSF Railway and Union Pacific Corp. as the freight railroads struggle to fill jobs in a historically tight labor market.

BNSF and Union Pacific are hauling more products across the Western U.S., where their networks are based, and trying to ease congestion in areas with high demand. Freight volumes are rising on strong economic growth and industrial expansion, and a shortage of available truck capacity is pushing more shipments onto rails.

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Payroll employment increases by 164,000 in April; unemployment rate edges down to 3.9% [View all] mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 OP

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This BumRushDaShow May 2018 #21

"posted earlier this week" mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 #24

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Yes. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #37

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Links to earlier reports mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 #7

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Google Google News for "$25,000 signing bonus" mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 #22

The mind-numbing rant, based on a version posted on the first Friday in September 2016: mahatmakanejeeves May 2018 #20

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