Two major rail unions have announced deals with Union Pacific (UP), paving the way for its mega-merger with Norfolk Southern to create America’s first transcontinental carrier. The bureaucrats of both ...

OMAHA, Neb. & INDEPENDENCE, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers – Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the nation’s largest ...

SMART-TD union shifts stance, to support merger after job security deal Merger pressures rivals like CSX, reshaping U.S. freight rail landscape The endorsement marks a shift from the initial ...

The companies laid out on Friday their plans to gut the Atlanta headquarters by more than half through job cuts and relocations to the new headquarters in Omaha.

FILE - A maintenance worker walks past the company logo on the side of a locomotive in the Union Pacific Railroad fueling yard in north Denver, Oct. 18, 2006. (AP ...

OMAHA, Neb. — The nation’s largest railroad union joined the list of companies endorsing Union Pacific’s proposed $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern on Sept. 22 after securing promises to ...