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Link below… The Surface Transportation Board is conducting an in-person hearing April 26-27 (EP 770, Urgent Issues in Freight Rail Service) with the CEOs of the “Big Four” Class I railroads—BNSF, CSX, Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific—on service... — read more 

Been seeing the crew taxis coming back to work shifts. What other locations are seeing taxis back on the job ?

It is supposed to improve network efficiency. Don’t those guys at the STB know we have a plan in place? If they’d be patient and wait till 2020 this is all going to work out. Just need to lay a few more people off and store some more power and... — read more 

Remember when Up sent home many hundreds of good employees without a job , they used super strict medical rules Up used their own health people to look at med history of employees. Never did interview the personal Dr . to get complete health info... — read more 

Are they really fighting for us?

In states without right-to-work laws, religious objectors can send their dues to a charity of their choice instead. You may as well get something for that hard earned money.

Did your trips take less time in hours before psr , for the same route now? Just wondering, how the rr runs after psr for a few years.

UP hiring 1400 employees this year. They say this is to improve service. Hopefully they will not be cut off. Good times!

Unions doesn't have the strength to get us our honest wage increase, boy I can't wait to see our medical package! How about the attendance policy.... we are doomed I say.

The stress for employees is huge and the pressure is increasing every day. Unfortunately I have no other option for now and I have to be here. I wonder if our leadership is under as much stress as most of us are, or are they stress free? Since... — read more 

Kind of boring on here this week. Not many posts from managers , directors. Where are you guys?

UP has finally managed to hire a young and capable person. This does not happen very often. I feel sad when I see with how some of the newbies invest so much enthusiasm into their job here. But it's hard to advice someone "don't try too hard... — read more 

Does Union Pacific’s decision to stop shipping fertilizer right now make sense to anyone? What the he-l are they up to now? Are they doing their part so we have a food shortage?

Time to turn off those btv and itv screens/ pc.

What happened to that program and slogan ? We should have anew 1 called sniffles an congestion coming to the USA rail network. Pick a siding , park and wait.

Its over for the Car Department. Get out while you can guys.

I started looking for a new job because my boss was behaving totally unprofessionally towards me. And then in the meantime some colleagues left. Now that same boss is talking to me in a completely different tone. I guess he's afraid that I will... — read more 

Looking for info regarding closed yards and other UP shops since 2017 or so. If it HAD been closed during the PSR period and later reopened I'd also like to know if it was a full or partial reopen. thank you

Let’s call Ghost Busters . We need them with their lazer g-ns and technology to fix all Up problems.

To all Up non agreement reading this: what are you going to do to better satisfy the customer? Reduce rr congestion? What is the plan to improve Up and rectify the problems that the STB wants fixed. ?

Now thanks to PSR and network congestion, the big boy tour is postponed and he’s hiding from testifying before the STB. It’s gotten so bad the STB is considering making it easier for shippers to request emergency service. Yes the profits are high... — read more 

The fact that my manager intervenes too often in my activities bothers and frustrates me because he doesn't do it to persuade me to do better, but he is actually trying to find a mistake in my work to demotivate me. Unfortunately, I don't think I'm... — read more 

Surface Transportation Board Chairman Martin Oberman questioned Class I executives about the ongoing service crisis on America’s freight railroads during a two two-day hearing in Washington D.C. Execs Respond to Criticism As Rail Service Hearing... — read more 

Is Union Pacific a good company to work for? Union Pacific has an overall rating of 2.0 out of 5, based on over 2,464 reviews left anonymously by employees. 16% of employees would recommend working at Union Pacific to a friend and 23% have a positive... — read more 

Up is mostly union employees right ? Something like 80% I think. Good to keep that in mind , as managers keep posting so many things .

Who is the union hating scab making post after post trying to convince everyone that unions are bad? Are you a manager and were you directed to post this nonsense? The unions aren’t perfect, but the reason we have livable wages and healthcare is... — read more 

He loves to copy and paste long articles!

I’m a veteran and this is an embarrassment. The railyard is a place of business. ——— A Saline County man who was awarded the right to take his service dog with him on his job as a railroad engineer after a jury trial last year suffered a setback... — read more 

People deserve the right to work without self-serving bureaucracy. Government technicians and postal workers are able to opt out. Why are we not? If it’s good enough for the government

Exhausting. I can’t wait to leave and become unavailable for UP forever. It is not normal for an employee to have to be available to work at all times. Unfortunately, UP wants employees who are willing to give up their family life completely. How... — read more 

They are shook and are sending their minions to post on here and other social media outlets for PR control. I love it.

Funny now that the layoffs happened and more people keep quitting, everyone I’ve talked to wishes they’d left sooner. Now UP can’t hire enough people and is dealing with major network congestion. Oops.