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Month: September 2026
TCU/IAM AND IAM DISTRICT 19 JOIN STOP THE RAIL MERGER COALITION
WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2026 – The Transportation Communications Union (TCU/IAM) and IAM District 19 have joined the Stop the Rail Merger Coalition, strengthening a growing alliance of rail labor organizations and other industry stakeholders opposed to the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. TCU/IAM and District 19, both part of the IAM Rail Division, represent thousands of rail […]
SEPTEMBER 2026 UNION PLUS PROGRAMS
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Union Pacific blasts rival railroads’ trackage rights requests
BNSF, CSX, CPKC seek widespread network access Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena is critical of rival railroads’ plans to request trackage rightsover a combined UP-Norfolk Southern system.“The idea to give up tracks of your railroad for no reason at all just goes against the fundamental principle of how … business should work,” Vena told an investor […]
BNSF, CPKC, and CSX to request broad access to a combined UP-NS network
By Bill Stephens | September 10, 2026 BNSF, CPKC, and CSX to request broad access to a combined UP-NS network BNSF will seek trackage rights from Chicago to Eastern Pennsylvania over Norfolk Southern WASHINGTON — BNSF Railway, CPKC, and CSX plan to seek broad trackage rights over a combined Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern system, if federal regulators […]
Thomas L. Mazurek
November 30, 1960 – September 5, 2026 Thomas L. Mazurek passed away peacefully on September 5, 2026, in St. Louis, Missouri.Thomas was born on November 30, 1960, to Joseph and Martha Mazurek and grew up in DeSoto, Missouri. He graduated from Hillsboro High School and went on to work for many years with Union Pacific […]





