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Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe federal government has joined more than a dozen former workers in suing Union Pacific over the...
Union Pacific May Have a Catch-22 On Its Hands
Motley Fool· 1 year agoUnion Pacific (NYSE: UNP) is in a sticky wicket. Like so many other organizations at the time, back in 2021, the railroad recognized it didn't have...
Maintenance-of-way rail union and Union Pacific tussle over furloughs
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThe Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way - Employes Division is continuing to express its...
America’s Railroads Are in Trouble–With or Without a Strike
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRail cars in Santa Teresa, New Mexico,, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2022. Credit - Paul Ratje/Bloomberg...
Texas court sides with Union Pacific over 1872 jobs pact with town
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 3 months agoUnion Pacific recently won a state court ruling in a legal battle to close a rail car shop in...
EEOC sues UP over 21 employee terminations for failed vision tests
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 9 months agoThe Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed a lawsuit against Union Pacific in federal...
What really happened with the giant railroad strike that wasn’t—and how Warren Buffett was involved
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAfter all-night negotiations that kept Americans on the edge of their seats, railroad employees have...
3 US Class I railroads must keep giving STB service improvement updates
FreightWaves via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoUnion Pacific, BNSF and Norfolk Southern need to go further in improving rail service, according to...
Disqualified for disabilities, railroad workers fight back
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAfter Terrence Hersey had a stroke on the way home from his railroad job in 2015, he underwent...
Federal Ruling Mandates 2-Person Crews for Railroads
Sourcing Journal via Yahoo News· 2 months agoClass I railroad operators will have to maintain two-person crews on most train routes under a new mandate by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)...