OMAHA, Neb. The federal government has joined several former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train.
OMAHA, Neb. Union Pacific s fourth-quarter profit slipped 4% as severe winter weather snarled shipments in late December and the rail carrier continued struggling to improve operations to handle all the cargo businesses want to ship.
Union Pacific s latest attempt to move toward cutting its train crews to one person remains on hold because of long-standing safety concerns of the union that represents conductors.
After years of hard work and dedication, IAM District 19 was able to win 400 hours of straight-time pay for IAM members at North Little Rock Union Pacific – Jenks Shop (NLR). The award is due to the carrier’s wrongful subcontracting of IAM work.