February 10, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, February 7, 2020) PALESTINE, Texas — Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Friday said he supported local jobs but would not commit to opposing Union Pacific’s efforts to scrap its 150-year-old contract with Palestine. The move would...
February 10, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Bloomberg Quint, February 9, 2020) NEW YORK — MillerCoors LLC says in a lawsuit that Berkshire Hathaway’s BNSF Railway Co. and other U.S. rail freight carriers made billions of dollars in illicit profits by conspiring to overcharge customers on a shipping...
February 7, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Kansas City Business Journal, February 6, 2020) KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Overland Park-based Lansing Trade Group, its parent company and subsidiaries are suing four U.S. railroads, claiming they’re acting collectively to increase transportation rates in violation...
February 6, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: American Journal of Transportation, February 5, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In an unusual display of unity, Willie Adams, president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) and Jim McKenna, president of the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA)...
February 6, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Reuters, February 5, 2020) HOUSTON — More than 80 Houston residents have sued Union Pacific Railroad Company in Texas county court, accusing it of having knowingly contaminated their Houston neighborhoods with a wood preservative known as creosote they say is...
February 6, 2020 | BNSF, Headlines, UP
(Source: Freight Waves opinion column by Jim Blaze, February 5, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Since railroad freight is often bulk or shipments of large goods, changes in the economy or in global trade can impact the flow of railroad traffic in large up and down...
February 5, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Palestine Herald-Press, February 4, 2020) PALESTINE, Texas — Responding to a Union Pacific lawsuit filed in District Court, Palestine and Anderson County are demanding a jury trial — unless UP drops its “frivolous lawsuit” to abrogate the railroad’s...
February 4, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Press release from The Gibson Law Firm, February 3, 2020) HOUSTON — Over 80 residents in the Houston neighborhoods of the Fifth Ward and Kashmere Gardens in Houston have sued Union Pacific Railroad Company alleging more than $100,000,000.00 in damages for...
February 4, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station Fox 9, February 3, 2020. BLET Editor’s Note: Angie Knutson is a member of BLET Division 369 in Minneapolis, Minn.) ST. PAUL, Minn. — Two railroad workers for Union Pacific are being hailed as heroes after they saved the life of a little...
January 31, 2020 | Headlines, UP
(Source: Television station KWTX, January 30, 2020) WEST, Texas — A Union Pacific a train that broke down overnight and blocked crossings in West through the day Thursday has finally been repaired. The blocked crossings were cleared by around 5:40 p.m. Thursday. The...
