The union that represents train engineers says Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make their schedules more predictable. These quality of life concerns nearly caused a nationwide rail strike two years ago.
FILE - A Union Pacific worker walks between two locomotives being serviced in a railyard in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Dec. 15, 2023. OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific is holding back on its promises to make schedules more predictable for train crews to address the
The railroad says it still plans to live up to the schedule agreement it signed, but CEO Jim Vena said Union Pacific needs to tweak the deal that forced it to hire additional engineers to cover the shifts of workers getting regular time off.“The amount of work we’re getting — the starts per the 11 days that they’re available — is not anywhere near where both us or the union thought it was going to be,” Vena said. “So we’re just trying to figure out how we can fix or tweak it.
One of the initial changes the railroad is trying is that engineers who are coming back from their scheduled time off are now being put at the top of the list for the next train, but that has the consequence of bumping other engineers down and making their lives less predictable.
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