You guys miss the big picture this is all about $$$. A salaried and benefit person cost too much contractors cheap. Thus is all about Wall Street stock jump. Ownership by internal employees is not and never be valued again. Read hunter Harrison’s biography ,in 2017 38% of Union Pacific expense is salary and benefits followed by fuel 17%
Guess what is the easiest to drive shareholder value right size the mothership which has 21,000 employees so bottom line everyone must add value or will be shown the door . Unified precision is a two yr process and a lot of blood letting along the way get real folks this is a revolution, they created a top heavy monster to be defanged