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Seven state attorneys general ask Justice Department to scrutinize UP-NS merger - Trains WASHINGTON — Top legal officials in seven Republican states are asking the U.S. Department of Justice to scrutinize the proposed Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger. The group of state attorneys gen...

Stifle competition and raise prices for consumers--you took the words right out of our mouths.
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Nebraska-based Union Pacific donates to White House ballroom construction Union Pacific railroad, which is headquartered in Omaha, is among 37 donors to the White House’s new ballroom construction.

Bribery will get you what your heart desires in this new pay to play economy of power and privilege.

UP made a "donation" to the golden ballroom.
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UP-NS merger filing omits billions in intermodal costs, analyst tells STB - Trains WASHINGTON — The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application omits $2.69 billion in additional costs that intermodal marketers will incur if the railroads’ deal diverts the promised 2 million lo...

The Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern merger application omits $2.69 billion in additional costs that intermodal marketers will incur if the railroads’ deal diverts the promised 2 million loads off the highway, according to an analysis.
What else did they omit?
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Rail News - House Democrats want UP-NS to explain merger's impact on workers. For Railroad Career Professionals Progressive Railroading Daily News

The carriers are going to say what they think the Congress critters want to hear. Will there be sworn testimony or any mechanism of accountability if this merger goes through?

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Rail News - STB seeks comments on, industry reps react to UP-NS merger app. For Railroad Career Professionals Progressive Railroading Daily News

This article has summaries of mostly corporate reactions to the UP-NS merger filing.
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IAM District 19 Statement on Merger

IAM Dist 19 taking an opposition to the merger, and calling out the merger shenanigans.
Read their letter here-
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BNSF asks STB to review UP’s compliance with UP-SP merger conditions - Trains WASHINGTON — BNSF Railway has asked the Surface Transportation Board to review Union Pacific’s compliance with conditions that the board imposed to preserve competition after UP’s 1996 acquisition of ...

Investigations but no accountability. There are no consequences for these giant mergers that erode worker power, compromise the safety of the industry by cutting costs and hurt the working class.
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BNSF to STB: First Cure UP’s ‘Old Harms’ In advance of the Surface Transportation Board (STB) evaluating a Union Pacific (UP)-Norfolk Southern (NS) merger application (yet to be filed), rival BNSF wants a separate proceeding to examine, with...

"BNSF wants the STB to investigate “UP’s harmful conduct since the UP-SP merger; enforce the rights granted to BNSF to preserve competition; and modify the conditions of the UP-SP merger approval decision"

Then what--a slap on the wrist?

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Creel warns UP–NS merger is no ‘fait accompli’ - Trains PALM BEACH, Fla. — Canadian Pacific Kansas City CEO Keith Creel disagrees with Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena’s contention that the UP-Norfolk Southern merger will be a slam dunk in Washington. “I don’t t...

Alrighty, mark your calendars: they plan to file merger paperwork on 12/16.

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