November 23, 2021
Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. asked an Illinois federal judge not to grant preliminary injunctions to two rail worker unions seeking to block the companies from enforcing their vaccine mandates, saying the carriers must comply with the federal government's vaccination mandate.
November 17, 2021
An Illinois federal judge on Wednesday consolidated five lawsuits over Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co.'s enforcement of federal vaccine requirements, ahead of ruling on bids by unions representing those railroads' workers to halt that enforcement until the parties can bargain.
November 15, 2021
Two rail worker unions asked an Illinois federal judge for an injunction requiring Union Pacific Railroad Co. and Norfolk Southern Railway Co. to maintain the status quo and bargain with them before enforcing federal vaccine requirements.
October 26, 2021
Union Pacific asked an Illinois federal court to grant summary judgment for suits lodged by three rail unions over a companywide vaccine mandate, saying the unions are subject to a dispute resolution process under federal labor law.
October 18, 2021
Union Pacific Railroad and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportation Division accused each other in Illinois federal court of violating federal labor law after the union threatened to strike over the company's vaccine mandate.