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Watch: How UP Teams With UPS for E-Commerce Ground Deliveries

If you’re like most consumers, you probably don’t visualize that gaming console or gym equipment you purchased last night on your cell phone as traveling on a Union Pacific (UP) train en route to your porch.

UP Earns 2021 HIRE Vets Medallion Award

The U.S. Department of Labor has recognized Union Pacific (UP) for excellence in recruiting, hiring and supporting veterans as part of its HIRE Vets Medallion Program for 2021.

UP Awards $5.5MM to Local Communities

Union Pacific (UP) is supporting 576 nonprofit organizations with $5.5 million in grants as part of its Community Ties Giving Program in 2021.

WOMEN IN RAIL 2021

RAILWAY AGE, NOVEMBER 2021 ISSUE: Railway Age’s Women in Rail awards recognize leaders for driving their businesses forward while making a difference in the industry and in their communities.

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For UP, DigiCrew Puts New Tech in Employees’ Hands

Handheld mobile devices equipped with DigiCrew are making their way into the hands of Union Pacific (UP) conductors and locomotive engineers, boosting efficiency.

STB Permits Service Case Against UP to Proceed

The Surface Transportation Board (STB) is allowing a formal service complaint to proceed in the Sanimax USA LLC v. Union Pacific case.

NS Requiring COVID-19 Vaccinations for All Employees (UPDATED)

Norfolk Southern (NS) on Oct. 20 notified all employees that it will require them to receive the COVID-19 vaccination by Dec. 8; on Oct. 22, the railroad filed suit to block its unions from suing and its employees from striking over the mandate; now, the unions have countersued.

POLB+UP+UIPA=‘Rapid Relief’

The Port of Long Beach (POLB), Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) and Union Pacific (UP) are adding capacity to an existing regularly scheduled direct rail intermodal service connecting the Port of Long Beach to Salt Lake City. The initiative is meant to “bring rapid relief from existing port congestion by optimizing rail deliveries between California and Utah.”

Four Railroaders Earn Environmental Achievement Awards (UPDATED)

Railroad Environmental Conference organizers recognized Norfolk Southern’s Josh Raglin, Union Pacific’s Christi Hornick and Association of American Railroads’ Robert Fronczak with Career Environmental Achievement awards, and NS’ Robert Scoble with the Professional Environmental Excellence Award at their 2021 virtual event, held Oct. 26-27.

For UP, BNSF, California Ports, New Measures to Restore Supply Chain Fluidity

Union Pacific (UP) and BNSF are offering their ocean carrier customers incentives to expedite the flow of freight out of the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles; meanwhile, the two California ports on Nov. 1 will start charging ocean carriers a daily fee for containers that linger on terminals.

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