https://apnews.com/article/union-pacific-fra-railroad-safety-assessment-6346ffe7332e4658df6f8e30431d6404
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Of course it happens with all of them, but UP just got publicly called out on it by the industry regulator...
How often is has that occured?
Bottom line is that while this may be business as usual for a Class 1, it's not for the FRA...
Can't speak to intimidation, but when a few coworkers and myself asked our manager what the FRA would be asking we were told they would get us the questions and we would go over them together. Figured something like this was coming after that bulletin email las5 month to everyone about protecting company proprietary information and stated at the bottom to consult your manager before answering even federal regulators.
This occurs on ALL class 1 railroads. This isn't just a UP issue its all of them.
The FRA, the media, and the general public are barely beginning to get a glimpse of the iceberg that is truly how bad UP managers treat agreement employees. Lying, manipulation, threats, and intimidation are what managers do everyday. Then some smart alec manager claims it is agreement employees fault for not quitting. Yeah a good person locked into railroad retirement is gonna jeopardize their spouses survivor benefits and retirement midway or late in their career. UP management has taken advantage of the employees forced
to stay for the above stated reasons.
It's a violation in your bun g hol e.
intimidation by management is a common occurence at UP...
I have to wonder if all these made up metrics that are reported are not an SEC violation due to the effect they have on earnings reports..