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Palestine Union Pacific workers fight to keep jobs ahead of recently announced car shop closure
Railroad plans to eliminate almost 60 jobs
Railroad Workers Fight Back By Blake Holland | April 29, 2021 at 7:16 PM CDT - Updated April 29 at 8:27 PM
PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - A group of current and retired Palestine railroad workers are fighting to keep Union Pacific from leaving town.
The railroad announced in April that they would be closing the Palestine railcar shop by June 14, 2021. A Union Pacific spokesperson confirmed that as many as 57 jobs will be eliminated.
The closure announcement comes after a recent federal court ruling that nullified a 1954 agreement which required the railroad to keep a certain number of jobs in Palestine as long as the trains came through town.
Union Pacific cuts almost 60 jobs in Palestine (Source: KLTV News) By Carrie Provinsal | April 15, 2021 at 5:59 PM CDT - Updated April 15 at 5:59 PM
PALESTINE, Texas (KLTV) - Union Pacific notified workers at the Palestine Car Facility that 57 positions will be eliminated mid-June. Currently, the Palestine Union Pacific workforce is 60 people.
Today’s cuts resulted from a legal decision in February dissolving the contract that’s been in place since 1872. Union Pacific had agreed to “locate and establish and forever thereafter keep and maintain” its “general offices, machine shops and roundhouses” in Palestine.
Robynn Tysver from Union Pacific issued this statement: “
This workforce reduction is the result of operational changes across our system and is part of Union Pacific’s continuous effort to provide competitive rail service to our customers.