Which locations are next to get hit. I seen locations free from layoffs for past year. Just thinking if the big storm is coming in for the last quarter. Keep hearing rumors California and Nebraska are next. I guess will wait and see but when? Has... — read more
MOW
Any other MOW crews with skeleton crews expected to do 3 gangs worth of work? I know where im at its two guys doing maintenance work and its all bad.
CLEAN HOUSE
Sick of co workers being lazy getting special treatment because of who they know, mngrs director clean house now get rid of the terrible employees that feel entitled cus of senority and friends with the union rep. Fire the bad employees not the good... — read more
Family Day 2020
If I'm furloughed can I still load up tha fam and hit that hot spot called family day? I'm betting this year's attendance will be RECORD BREAKING! S. Does anyone have the recipe for those hotdogs they make at the Jenks Shop? I've been... — read more
Curtain Call
So the final push is on to get those bonuses the glass palace residents want before they open those pretty golden parachutes and take their flying leaps from the burning spruce goose. What locations will be left in the aftermath of destruction the... — read more
Don't walk, Run away from this company
Run, run as far away from Union Pacific as you can. It is the most unethical company there is when it comes to dealing with employees. They were the 3red Fortune 500 company I have worked for & by far it was the most toxic work environment I have... — read more
How do we fix the Unions? Here's how
this is my humble opinion. If you have other ideas please post! First off, our power is in our unity and as I see it we need one union for all crafts at UP. Only one of the unions that we have is solely transportation and that is the BLET. The... — read more
North Platte East Hump
Today is the day our east hump is gone. Now im wondering when our layoffs will come after. I wonder what number mister Vena has in mind since he was just here over the weekend. Our union rep aint telling us nothing. Makes you think what they are... — read more
Fix the Unions!
OK, Here is how we do it. We need to change our approach to how we fight this company. We need to organize and consolidate the unions. Each hub has like 40 part time representives that collectively don't have a clue as to what they are doing. We... — read more
WHY ARE YOU PAYING UNION DUES
Why pay union dues what has the union done for you, and has not done for you. There useless
Audits
Heard this from within the headquarters walls, every manager better have there books and numbers correct because they will be auditing everyone. There's alot misuse of funds and spending.
Roseville
Anyone hear something big going to happen to Roseville?
Jenks Recall
Ok folks jenks called back what’s it looking like trying to get back what are they asking you to do? Try to keep answers clean without profanity use symbols if you absolutely feel like it needs profanity. Also let’s try to give good information that... — read more
North Platte vs Vena
So what ever happened to Vena being in North Platte. Must of been a rumor since post got deleted. Hey brothers from what i hear we are safe and busy even tho closing east hump. I guess will live day by say untill we figure out what is PRS. I think we... — read more
Ruthless managers
With the rumors of manager cuts or forced relocations, I’m sure everyone has noticed that the managers are being very cut throat. Things like trying to make other managers look bad or trying to get employees fired, just to put a feather in their... — read more
Dispatchers scheduled 6 days
Talked to a few dispatchers that didn't get let go & they said they are scheduled for 6 day work weeks now. Both said they are aware of at least 5 that have left on their own since reductions were announced.
Jenks
what’s the latest news on the cluster£uck that is jenks shop???? Hear they had their yearly auction wonder if they made enough money to offset the OTR increase to keep paying their “hard working” shareholders and upper management?
Massive Layoffs Coming soon
dont be fooled by the stock price. The shareholders will never be sastisfied and will just want more, its human nature. Keep a close eye on the numbers graph, they keep pushing the expection further and further when a goal is reached. PSR is not... — read more
Record profits, Record work force reduction
UP reported $1.5 billion revenue or over $16 million per day for 1st quarter 2020 & $1.1 billion or over $12 million per day for the end quarter,yet they continue to cut the work force of employees they called essential, vital and valued. You can... — read more
Car Department
Inspections will now be done from home via ZOOM. Car department will be eviscerated by 90 percent by 2021. Only 4 Carmen per yard and they will sit in front of a monitor from home and inspect from digital video provided by inspection towers all... — read more
Derailment this morning in Kansas City.
Might be on BNSF rail though, not sure?
Occupational illness/injury
Anyone know how to handle repetitive stress injuries and insurance companies?
Layoffs
Coffeyville Parsons or Wichita who's going home?
$200.
End RULA, Fire management. Stock hits $200.18. A share sounds like the railroad is on the right track.
Los Angeles
Mechanical General Manager back in Los Angeles, round 2. Post your info on why he is there.
Article on net this morning.
https://www.sgtreport.com/2020/09/ive-never-seen-anything-like-this-shippers-using-west-coast-ports-cant-book-rail-on-bnsf-and-union-pacific/
West Colton Weaklings
with a non existent union and fear for there job, the car department at WCT are nothing more than a bunch of beaten dogs. Weak, scared and stuck. But rest assured they still find the time to screw eachother out of overtime, backstab eachother, and... — read more
Who is Vena helping?
Nobody, probably is getting kickbacks from CN on the side. shooting down mass business and pushing goods to CN and FerroMex or forcing goods to ship through panam to the east because BNSF after mass callbacks and pulling all sotrage cant move enough... — read more
Who is Vena helping
https://ajot.com/insights/full/ai-consultant-says-shippers-using-u.s-west-coast-ports-cant-book-rail-on-bnsf-and-up
OMAHA JOURNAL REPIRTS NEW LAYOFFS IMPACTING SENIOR MNGRS.
Insider says new round of layoffs will impact senior mngrs, mngrs that have not met the production facility level requirements and inflated numbers are on the top of the list.
This site needs to update their info on # of UP employees
I had to laugh when I noticed under the company info for UP on this site, it listed the number of employees as 40,000, more like under 30,000 now and going lower with every cut. Sad to see a what this company, that many of us were proud to say we... — read more
Fritz dumps $9.4 million in UP stock
Coincidence, I doubt it, Lance Fritz unloaded almost $9.4 million dollars worth of Union Pacific stock, less than 2 weeks before the latest layoffs. What a heartless sob.
Time to panic
Word on the street is someone in Omaha bought a ticket to somewhere.
UP to end the northern lines
It will focus on the southern international route.