I've suffered from back problems from this ever since I was a teenager. I applied today and hoping UP approves.
New mechanical attendance policy
You no longer have vacation. Vacation is for going to the doctor and covering lates due to inclement weather etc. Words right out of the mouth of the HR lady.
UP giving up Metra Operations
How many jobs will this effect??????
DeSoto layoffs
It’s happening again. Will be shut down by April 30th. Managers are having meetings to determine their plan of action to execute it.
2 man crews here to stay.
https://nptelegraph.com/business/two-person-crews-to-stay-u-p-norm-under-tentative-deal-with-conductors/article_6ac4eff6-ca99-11ed-890c-574ab8e07ddf.html
Kansas City Dispatching Office Closing
KC dispatchers given one week notice the office is closing, yet the company thinks they deserve two weeks notice if you decide to leave
Desert train crash
That California crash left a big hole in the ground . How fast was it going ? A crew onboard ?
Vena sighting at West Colton!!!
Yalls not gonna believe it but I can verify that Jim Vena was at the West Colton yard today!! He is back and ready to break out the axe and start trimming the fat once again. Only problem is day aint no meat left on da bone
The downfall of PSR
The main reason I see that PSR did not work is that UP has way too many diversity hires, and “Daddy got me a job here”, types.
Managing by fear
Yep, I can hear it all now from the managers. We’ve got to work safe, or they’ll close our facility. We’ve got to be productive, or they’ll close our facility. We’ve got to cut payroll costs, or they’ll close our facility. .. — read more
Now that Fritz has been fired, all his followers will have to start sniffing a new bu-t.
What a pathetic way to live your life. May God have mercy on your soul.
San Bernardino Dispatch Office
Word from a few BNSF employees is the San B office will close later this year. Anyone have any insight?
Freight car repairmen
Are they eliminating this craft?
Please, do SOMETHING!
Growing mechanical territory for exhausted and detached Mechanical Managers and TCI’s is hard to watch. What will it take? This isn’t sustainable. An unrelenting list of Bad Orders strung across hundreds of miles of track. You can feel the souls of... — read more
CPKCS will outperform UP
Notice CPKCS doesn’t give a cr-p about diversity or ESG nonsense and now they’re No.1 https://www.railwayage.com/freight/cpkc-april-14-combo-c-suite-set/
Happy Saint Patrick’s day from North Platte
We have people here that trace their ancestry back to Saint Patrick and as such it is treated with respect and honor much like our safety culture here. Therefore I’d like to wish all my brothers and sisters in north Platte a safe holiday on the... — read more
Brian Barr, Replacing Fritz
Brian Barr, has been selected to replace Lance Fritz...whoppee Cheeseburgers!!
KS derailment
Near McPherson, a few alcohol cars to clean up. Fires is out.
No location on the UP is a good place to work
Face the Facts: With the adoption of PSR, there are zero good places to work on the UP (or any other class 1 railroad for that matter). All of the postings bragging on which service unit is the best are silly. We all are considered second class... — read more
Your letters and voicemail have been received. Just got word the next CEO for Union Pacific has North Platte family ties.
Thanks for coming to all the union meetings brothers and letting your voices be heard on the local radio call in stations in Omaha. We have made our voice heard and North Platte will never feel undervalued again. We have a representative at the... — read more
Up online
North Platte needs a story about them on UP Online.
UP is full steam ahead with moving headquarters to North Platte, NE
This is due in large part to the outstanding safety record of the crews in NP. The new CEO wants to be able to shake their hands everyday.
Good evening North Platte. Our union leadership met with some potential ceo's..
One of the leading candidates that visited North Platte recently specifically stated how inspired he was by our safety record and he wanted to take our example of leadership across the UP system and rebuilt our railroad's safety reputation. Your... — read more
Do your sick days carry over?
Or are you made to use them by the end of the year?
It’s a wonderful day to build the railroad in North Platte
Let’s get to work everyone and be safe as always
Anyone else threatened?
Leading up to our sick pay starting April 1st, has your manager already threatened to give your work to another craft “if too many people call out sick”? If only there was a real solution to it, such as HIRING BACK MORE PEOPLE.
Cut overtime
Anybody seeing their overtime reduced? They want us waiting till next day to fix things now.
Leaked audio. The world needs to know!!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/mar/03/us-rail-workers-east-palestine-ohio-train-crash
PSR
The entire idea behind the workforce in relation to PSR is to put the people closest to the work in the decision making process. When Vena is back on board, lower and middle management should be concerned.
CEO
War is Peace Freedom is Slavery Ignorance is Strength Hedge Fund is an Activist
Fritz at the STB hearings
Does anyone have a link to the video?
The next CEO better show some respect to North Platte. Lance didn’t respect our work or threats of a strike. And that’s why they fired him.
North Platte has the #1 safety record across the UP railroad and it’s not even close. We expect hopeful CEO potential candidates to come to North Platte and meet with union leadership and we’ll make a recommendation who would accept to lead us. — read more
UP has fired its CEO and is moving full steam ahead with plans to relocate headquarters from Omaha to San Francisco.
Expect the new CEO to be from the Bay Area.
If not Vena, then who?
I definitely don’t want to see Vena get the position. But I’m curious to know who everyone would like to see to replace Fritz instead. Gerehinger would have my vote. Who would you vote for?
Coward of the county Fritz folded like a cheap suitcase
Get the he-l off my railroad pretty boy
I'm positively surprised
I have to say, I didn't think I'd see the day when Fritz would finally be seen for the fraud he is and get removed from UP. Not only that but to see the stock price go up significantly after he stepped down is charry on top of the already delicious... — read more