When are we ever going to get the rest of our RR Retirement Tax refund we were supposed to get last summer then by the end of Nov.?
Eliminated all Awrr tey boards
They just furloughed all awrr tey auxiliary boards Awrr does not exist anymore
Here we go again
So the 1st quarter numbers are coming out soon..so just how many days after the announce their victory (failures) will they take before they start cutting employees. And any guesses to what the magic number going to be for the cuts.
North Platte Mechanical Managers are id--ts
Starting April 1st we now have managers instead of the ARASA craft leading the way. Over 1/2 of the managers don’t have a clue. I have been out here 19 years and this is the worst morale has ever been. On April 10th manager BB pulled a machinists out... — read more
2019 Results in Proxy Statement
Fritz 15m Vena 5.8 m Avg Board of Directors pay 300k Folks the cuts will just keep on coming only thing slowing them down is Covid-19!!!
1 Man Crew
Surprised they haven't used covid as a means to limit employee contact by having 1 man crews. Probably being written up now.
up doesn't give a rats a-- about you...
Fwd:Union Pacific donates 6,600 masks to Nebraska Medicine https://www.ksnblocal4.com/content/news/Union-Pacific-donates-6600-masks-to-Nebraska-Medicine-569122281.html
So NS stock is doing better then UP
Wonder how the stock holders are handling that little gem. At the moment NS is sitting at $155 and change a share and good ole UP is at $149 and change. And they’ve been implementing the PSR Ponzi scheme recently as well.
Class action
Wtf is our useless union “leadership?” I don’t know about y’all but I’ve been forced into job briefings in groups of 10 or more and forced into areas at my work that were unprotected...,,..and I’m stressed out about it. Very stressed... — read more
Checking in on Unified Plan 2020! Are we going to make it? What’s our status?
We’re quickly approaching May and before you know it we’ll be halfway through the year. Does it look like we’ll meet all the goals of Unified Plan 2020? I’m super excited. All for one and one for all. ✊
More coachings coming your way.
managers must have at least 30 coachings each month. There's like a ratio of one manager to every worker wow they're going to coach the sh– out of me!
Are diploma mills considered essential businesses under the stay at home order?
Just wondering if we should be expecting any new VP’s and executives at UP.
Union Pacific’s high load of debt is now a problem. They got billions in debt to buyback stock and inflate the stock
Don’t shoot the messenger I just read Yahoo News like the rest of America. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/union-pacific-unp-hurt-weak-011601526.html
COVID19
What shops/yards has it popped up in, how many people have been put in quarantine from those locations? Share if you can it would be nice to have a number to add to their metrics for them to show just how much they care
The workers are getting frustrated
According to Facebook quite a few employees in Council Bluffs IA are contacting local news stations in Omaha Ne with information about poor working conditions in the yard. Apparently only one bottle of hand sanitizer and instead of cleaning key... — read more
somebody asked executives at townhall about masks. said if UP isn't going to provide can we use company credit card to buy materials and make?
they probably fired the poor intern that let the question get through. after a lot of talk they said yes so looks like we're going to be getting some homemade masks which is better than nothing. they didn't like that question. they were hoping to... — read more
Contact White House Easy To Do
I send message if U.P. gets any money for coronavirus they should be required to retain employees. Maybe if we flood them with messages something can be done. Better then doing nothing.
Progress report
Looking at the psr post on the website yesterday all the metrics are at goal but the worker productivity. In our current state of business around the country I fear only more layoffs are in our future. Hopefully the carloadings go up and the managers... — read more
USPS workers asking for hazard pay
In the meantime the postal service has been "distributing masks, gloves and cleaning and sanitizing products to more than 30,000 locations; adhering to official guidelines regarding social distancing; eliminated a requirement that customers must sign... — read more
What’s going to hit zero first, UP’s stock price or the CEO’s approval rating?
Unified 2020 plan is over. New plan is called UP Is A Joke 2021. Yeeee haaaaaw
Confirmed. UP has a team of paid minions looking through Facebook and Twitter to find any negative posts.
They also look to see if you are friends on social media with contractors UP does business with. Make sure you update your privacy settings and don’t list UP as your employer. They also monitor this website and respond to posts.
Want to see a preview of a railroad ran by contractors?
Call for a van ride or fuel truck.
Mso’s
Bring back MSO TO HELP CLEAN UP THE CORONAVIRUS!!!!!!
Instacart workers went on strike and now they have better pay and protections.
Our crooked union won’t strike so it’s time for an FMLA party’!!!
IAM Union Abolished 12/31/2021
The next union to be abolished will be the IAM by the end of this year. The job of a machinist is nothing more than a parts changer and takes no skill whatsoever. In fact at a lot of points across the system their jobs are being contracted out and at... — read more
You don't have to double our pay but we'll take a 30% temp increase
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/meghan-mccain-essential-workers-should-have-pay-doubled-coronavirus-outbreak-214915592.html subtract 30% from all the people in sitting at home and give to the essential workers.
Railroad industry continues to live off the government despite claiming they are a private business and can do whatever they want
Amtrak getting 1 billion in stimulus funds. Some of this will be disbursed to UP in various way such as payments for using their tracks. Amtrak has lost money every year since it started and should be cancelled. The FRA is included in a group... — read more
We’re Fortunate
9 Million more jobless claims in the past two weeks. That makes UP layoffs .0004% of that. Time to celebrate how fortunate those of us that are working are.
Vena at Jenks Shop today
I've been hearing there will be layoffs here next month. Jim Vena has been here this evening walking around the shop.
Walmart starting temperature checks on its employees. Come on UP if Walmart can do it we can do it.
If nothing else do it on the limo drivers. We had one the other night coughing so hard we thought he was going to choke.
Hey guys turn on the bell and whistles and be going restricted speed. Apparently “uncertainty is on the track”.
https://seekingalpha.com/news/3556779-union-pacific-says-uncertainty-is-on-track Does the dispatcher know about this?
Bailey Yard
I read on a facebook trend someone saying they would close Bailey Yard. There is no possible way they would shut that down. We have best numbers in system and very busy working lots OT. Largest yard in system. No UP without NP.
UP charging more points to lay off sick during the covid-19 pandemic? Better not get sick
Conductor was charged a higher amount to lay-off during the week than normal. When asked why he was told it was a pandemic. So if you get sick you’re penalized even more points during a pandemic under the new system?
Amazon and Instacart workers are striking nationwide for better protection during COVID-19. IT’S TIME FOR US TO JOIN THEM BROTHERS!
We have no protection other than a bottle of bleach and a wash cloth. No social distancing. Very secretive with the cases of who gets the virus at work. Not notifying other people who may have been around them. People are dying of this thing left... — read more