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 […]
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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 […]