Author: Debra Schrampfer

UP’s female population decreased slightly from 5.5% in 2020 to 5.3% in December 2021, according to Debra Schrampfer, AVP and Chief Diversity Officer. The railroad “is not alone,” she said. “Across the country, female representation in America’s workforce is at its lowest since 1988.”
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UP Diversity Efforts: Progress and Challenges

As the nation hopes to recover after two years of battling COVID-19, its workforce continues to feel the pandemic’s impact. Part of that is a thin job market with a different gender makeup than we’ve experienced in recent history.