Union Pacific

(Photograph Courtesy of UP, via Twitter)

UP, SMART-TD Reach Labor Agreement

Union Pacific (UP) on March 25 reported reaching a tentative crew-consist agreement with General 953, part of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers-Transportation Division (SMART-TD), in which two-person crews would be maintained.

UP Chief Information Officer Rahul Jalali has joined the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s Cybersecurity Advisory Committee.

Class I Briefs: UP, CSX, CN

Union Pacific (UP) Chief Information Officer Rahul Jalali joins the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s (CISA) Cybersecurity Advisory Committee (CSAC). Also, CSX launches an enhanced carbon emissions reduction calculator; and CN donates $750,000 to Sun Youth’s “Building a Brighter Future” campaign.

Part of CSX’s new combined Network Operations and Service Design group are (left to right): Casey Albright, Guy Seguin, Chantel Goutcher and Wally Sieruga.

For CSX, Operations Leadership Changes

CSX Executive Vice President of Operations Jamie Boychuk has announced leadership changes at the Class I railroad, which is combining its Network Operations and Service Design groups.

NS, SMART-MD and IBEW Agree to Paid Sick Leave

Norfolk Southern (NS) has reached agreements with two additional labor unions for paid sick leave: the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, Transportation Workers, Mechanical Department (SMART-MD) and the International Brotherhood

UP Issues 2022 ‘We Are One’ Report

Union Pacific (UP) on March 7 published the second edition of its “We Are One” report, announcing the receipt of “third-party validation of pay equity for women and people of color, and that its board of directors is now majority-diverse.”