INDEPENDENCE, Ohio, March 27 - The needs of railroad workers and their families - including improvements to railroad unemployment benefits - are included in the new coronavirus stimulus package, which was signed into law today. On March 26, the United States Senate...

Brothers and Sisters, Through conference calls between senior leadership within the UP and the BLET General Committees, it is essential for all members to understand the following: We are to be moved at all times complying with the 1 cab – 1 crew procedure, without...

CHICAGO - The following is a message to Rail Labor from John Bragg, Labor Member of the Railroad Retirement Board: The purpose of this notice is to update you on how COVID-19 is impacting operations at the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB). Be assured, while it is not...

Have questions? We’ve got answers. Union Pacific has received hundreds of COVID-19-related questions on topics such as potential exposure, commuting to work in areas with “shelter in place” orders and child care resources. Q: What is considered a possible COVID-19...

April 2020 Meeting Cancelation Notice

As of March 23 at noon CT, four Union Pacific employees have tested positive for COVID-19 and one is presumed positive: On March 10, one Engineering employee in Stockton, California, tested positive. This led to the self-quarantine of eight employees with direct...

CLEVELAND, Ohio, March 20 — The SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) today filed a joint request urging the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to issue an Emergency Order (EO) to address employee...

NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) - Railroad spokesperson Raquel Espinoza confirmed the 50-year old man testing positive for COVID-19 on March 17th in Lincoln County is an employee of the railroad. Espinoza tells us a Union Pacific employee who works at Bailey Yard in North...

Hello Brothers this message is in regards to the BRC Clearing Yard COVID-19 Situation The info we got from the Belt Superintendent is an Engineering Dept employees wife works With a person that tested positive for the COVID-19 Virus when the employee found out he...

Brothers, Most of you have concerns with the application of the attendance policy.  I advise that if an employee must take some time off they must contact their manager.  When this is done you must follow up with written documentation memorializing the conversation. ...