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Jan 7th, 2021
In this Sept. 13, 2019, file photo the logo for Union Pacific appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. A federal judge has blocked one of Union Pacific s main unions from going on strike over its concerns about the railroad s efforts to protect employees from the coronavirus. Judge Brian Buescher ruled Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021 that the union must address its concerns through contract talks with the railroad and it doesn t have the right to strike now.
AP Photo/Richard Drew, File
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A federal judge has blocked one of Union Pacific s main unions from going on strike over its concerns about the railroad s efforts to protect employees from the coronavirus.
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Union Pacific (NYSE: UNP) over their concerns about how Union Pacific (UP) has handled the COVID-19 pandemic among its workforce.
In a Thursday decision by Judge Brian C. Buescher of the U.S. District Court in Nebraska, Buescher sided with UP s request asking for a preliminary injunction that would prevent BMWED from taking actions that would disrupt operations, such as picketing or taking part in strikes or a sickout.
The union, which is affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, had argued that its right to strike fell under the Federal Railroad Safety Act.
But UP countered that the union can t take disruptive actions because of the Railway Labor Act (RLA).