Union Pacific spars with unions, Congressional Democrats over merger forecast
By Ilana Kowarski ( September 4, 2026, 21:57 GMT | Insight) -- A coalition of 101 Democratic US Representatives announced Friday that they had reached out to the US Surface Transportation Board on the preceding day to express their reservations about the labor impacts of Union Pacific Railroad’s proposed buyout of rival Norfolk Southern Railway.A coalition of 101 Democratic members of the US House of Representatives announced Friday that they had reached out to the US Surface Transportation Board on the preceding day to express their reservations about the labor impacts of Union Pacific Railroad's proposed buyout of rival Norfolk Southern Railway....
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