June 18, 2026 | News, NS, STB, Top News, UP
The BLET and Teamsters Rail Conference applauded the recent action by the House Appropriations Committee to urge the Surface Transportation Board (STB) to conduct a rigorous review of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern (UP-NS) merger. BLET and the Rail...
June 17, 2026 | News, NS, STB, Top News, UP
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Stop the Rail Merger Coalition today responded to alarming comments made by Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena at an investor conference in which he suggested that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) should rush its review of the proposed UP/NS merger,...
June 16, 2026 | News, NS, Top News, UP
In a major story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution this week with the headline, “Norfolk Southern doesn’t have the crews to keep trains moving, union says,” BLET National President Mark Wallace charged that NS “doesn’t have the needed manpower to keep trains running...
May 29, 2026 | News, NS, STB, Top News, UP
The U.S. Surface Transportation Board on Thursday announced that it has paused the review of the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application — again. “Several aspects of the revised application… are unclear or underdeveloped and require supplementation...
May 28, 2026 | News, NS, STB, Top News, UP
The Surface Transportation Board today accepted the Union Pacific (UP)–Norfolk Southern (NS) merger application but delayed the review process to collect vital information that is still missing from the railroads’ revised application. The STB has put a hold on the...
May 15, 2026 | News, NS, Top News, UP
In early May, it was announced that BLET had joined the Stop the Rail Merger coalition to oppose the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. Since then, the American Farm Bureau, a member of the coalition, has launched a commercial on broadcast, cable and social media...
May 4, 2026 | BMWED, News, NS, Top News, UP
The BLET last week joined farmers, railroads, and shippers in opposition to the Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger, calling it “a bad deal for America.” The groups, representing a broad cross-section of business, labor and consumers, have joined together to form...
April 29, 2026 | News, NS, Top News, UP
A new coalition, launched today, unites a broad cross section of the U.S. economy in opposing the proposed merger of Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern rail lines. If allowed to move forward, the deal would create the largest consolidated railroad in U.S. history and give...
April 29, 2026 | BMWED, News, NS, Teamsters Rail Conference, Top News, UP
The Teamsters Rail Conference continues to oppose the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. Read why in this joint statement from Rail Conference and BLET President Mark Wallace and BMWED President Tony Cardwell. Read the article here:...
April 9, 2026 | News, NS, Teamsters Rail Conference, Top News, UP
On April 7, leaders of the Teamsters Rail Conference met in New York City with Wall Street analysts and investors who study the Class I railroad industry to discuss potential ramifications of the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger and the Teamsters Rail...
