Post if you have any updates, 150 listed: UP Railroad Service Units & Regions Adams Alpine Amarillo Bakersfield Bena Big Sandy Bloomington Bluff Brownsville Butler Carlin Elko Carlisle Cheyenne Chicago Chickasha Chico Childress City St. Louis Clinton... — read more
Vena is my hero
Thank you for destroying our lives. Greed is all that drives you. Don't ever guess you will have enough until everyone is out of a job. Remember the grunts are the ones keeping this country alive not the rich.
Survey
Don't forget to take the survey and let them know how great it is. 16th generation railroad foamer here (sarcasam)
South Morrill service track
Almost 50 furloughed today.
National Leave Work Early Day June 03, 2019
For those unaware today is National Leave Work Early Day. Tie your train down in a safe place and call for a limo. You earned it. #LeaveTheOfficeEarlyDay
North Platte
Rumors swirling about something big going down in N Platte today. Any body have any good info on that??
Nlr jenks
Jenks will be shut down by the end of the year.
Roseville hit
Got 4 working electricians for a total of 5 because the lowest electrician on the roster will be furloughed when he comes back from deployment. 1 mso was furloughed as well.
we need a UP s---s website
one of you computer geeks that got laid off needs to make one. csx has had one for a while. you can talk about any issues with the company and posts don't get mysteriously deleted.
Pine Bluff hit again
4 machinists and 4 electricians gone. Get ready - it's not over. At least now I don't have to worry about being laid off. I can move on.
With all the changes, managers are now jumping ship!
Going to passenger train companies with their knowledge.
Denver hit
Denver is losing 1 f&o and at least 1 electrician. Also cut all 4 fg1's. They are going back as supervisors so that may push out more Craftsmen.
Locations to be hit in the following week. Any Idea?
Does anyone have news or a rumor? Seems that the method is lately to hit multiple locations with a smaller number of layoffs. Could they continue in that manner? If anyone knows anything about what’s in store next week, I would appreciate posting... — read more
37 cut in NLR Jenks
37 more cut at NLR jenks shop. 10 Machinist, 11 Electricians, 8 F&O's 5 Boilermakers, 1 Carman & 2 Sheetmetal Workers. This is on top of the cuts that they have already made several times already. They just keep chopping away at every craft.
Ibew raiload union, what is it that they do?
During these horrible times of layoffs where is the IBEW Railroad? So far i haven't seen them do anything except collect union dues for a job they dont even do.... No helping of furlough employees finding another job, they dont notify other ibew... — read more
Furlough jenks
10 machinist 11 electritians gone at nlr jenks come june 10th. Letter has been sent out
Any Furloughed folks called back in lately?
I’m on furlough and I can tell you it’s getting more and more depressing by the day. None of my colleagues were called back and neither were some people I know outside my location that were also furloughed. Does anyone know if any folks were called... — read more
Cuts To Management
There's talk of upcoming cuts to management across the system, especially transportation. Also heard MoW is planning to cut managers. Anything to it?
One person crew is coming
FRA withdraws proposed minimum crew size rule By Justin Franz | May 24, 2019 RELATED TOPICS: FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION | REGULATION | LABOR RELATIONS | SAFETY | CLASS 1 FREIGHT RAILROADS
They didn’t learn anything
Seems like UP still making false and misleading claims about safety and cost saving benefits. 20 year old article that could have been written today. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-jul-08-fi-49534-story.html
Headed towards bankruptcy
In 4 years union Pacific will be bankrupt if the current trend continues
Layoffs in Dolores and Commerce???
Whats the inside scoop? Are there layoffs coming.... i really hope not.
IN THE WORKS TO STRIKE IN ALL CRAFTS!
This is going to turn heads. United We Stand!
UP posting software engineer job openings
Fired software engineers in February and now posting job openings. :(
Vena in Houston today
I wonder which yard is getting closed next!
Propaganda Machine
UP posting today about how they spared no expense in the recent flood recovery because that’s how much they care about their community. As I was reading I was wondering how many of the employees they praised for helping in the recent flood efforts... — read more
June 1st
COMMIT.... You’ll see messages starting tomorrow
1 Man Train Crews
All road jobs where PTC is operational will now be Engineer only per Omaha, ASAP. Contract negotiations will not hinder implementation. Pay for said crew members will be it's focus. Immediate goal of 20/20 is cut TE&Y by 40%. Many road engineers will... — read more
Ruining a perfectly good business
Maybe I’ll sound pathetic, I don’t care. Maybe this has been said multiple times, but are there other folks who, like me, can’t make their peace with the fact that UP is in a downfall not by some external factor, but by the stupidity of its own... — read more
Des Moines cuts
Just cut 11 from the mechanical car side today. Tey cuts to follow. All the traffic if supposedly going to neff. Good luck
7 to be laid off in West Colton
It has been rumored West Colton Car Department will be giving the axe to 7. Stay tuned to this channel for more on this late breaking story.
Danfoss
Bailey Yard is going to be cut by 50% . Across the board by 2021. We better get prepared .
What's Going on in Salinas?
Just saw an advertisement for zone 100 borrow outs needed in Salinas and wondered if anyone knew why? RCL and or conductors needed there.
Are other railroad companies doing a similar thing?
Not much info here on other pages, and we all know that media doesn't cover layoffs unless they are one of the auto companies or if the numbers are in thousands. So do we know if other railroad companies are on a mass layoffs path or are these never... — read more
Do you think they will fire me?
I was already on a MAPS level 2 and they caught me forging mover sheets and FTX’s. I already had to fight to get my job back once when they caught me stealing time in Louisiana. I do not want to go through that again.