6,600 UNION PACIFIC TEAMSTERS RATIFY CONTRACT

6,600 UNION PACIFIC TEAMSTERS RATIFY CONTRACT

Maintenance of Way Workers Represented by BMWED Secure Key Benefits

6,600 Union Pacific Teamsters Ratify Contract

(NOVI, Mich.) – Thousands of maintenance of way workers at Union Pacific (UP) have voted to ratify a strong new contract. They are represented by the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED) of the Teamsters Rail Conference. The contract victory comes as Union Pacific recently proposed a merger with Norfolk Southern. If approved, it would create the largest railroad in American history. “Sitting on the bargaining committee was…