Media Coverage of the Proposed UP-NS Merger
As news articles, radio broadcasts, webinars, interviews, and more take place, we will do our best to catalog them and make them available on this page. Many more are currently in the works. If you discover a good piece out there, please email a link to us at info@railroadworkersunited. Thanks!
RWU’s Campaign in the News!
THE RIFT - 11/16/2025 - Class Struggle and Climate Change in the Rail Industry with Railroad Workers United
MORE PERFECT UNION (VIDEO) 11/1/2025 - How One Mega Merger Could Raise Prices On Everything
WORDS ABOUT WORK WITH MEL BUER 9/12/2025 - AN $85 BILLION RAILROAD MERGER IS IN THE WORKS. NO ONE’S HAPPY ABOUT IT
SOLUTIONARY RAIL - CONNECT AMERICA PODCAST 9/12/2025 - Interview: Why Railroad Workers Are Fighting the Proposed UP-NS Merger
THE REAL NEWS NETWORK 8/27/2025 - Supply chain crisis will ‘get a lot worse’ with rail mega-merger: Railroad workers explain
THE GUARDIAN 8/25/2025 - Greater risk of toxic derailments if $85bn railroad merger is approved, warn unions
STATUS COUP 8/17/2025 - The MEGA RAILROAD MERGER That Will Crush Your Wallet
COMMON DREAMS 8/11/25 - Rail Workers Warn Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger Would ‘Simply Line the Pockets of Wall Street’
Miscellaneous Articles of Interest
TRAINS MAGAZINE - 1/15/2026 - When railroad merger plans collide with reality: Analysis
TRAINS MAGAZINE - 1/14/2026 - CPKC, BNSF CEOs urge shippers to speak out on UP-NS merger
PROGRESSIVE RAILROADING - 1/2/2026 - Rival Class Is advise STB to reject UP-NS merger application
SOLUTIONARY RAIL - 12/28/2025 - Interview: Congress Must Act to Protect Rail Shippers from Wall Street Greed
CHICAGO TRIBUNE - 12/15/25 - Union Pacific’s plan to add trains in the Chicago area raises alarms
YAHOO NEWS - 12/7/2025 - Chuck Schumer sounds alarm on impending Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern railroad merger
IN THESE TIMES - 12/3/2025 - Off the Rails: A Mega-Merger Between Rail Giants Would Be a Disaster for Workers and Communities
FREIGHTWAVES - 11/25/2025 - BNSF on UP-NS merger: Don’t ruin a good thing
AXIOS - 11/7/2025 - Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern deal hit with disclosure lawsuits
SOLUTIONARY RAIL - 11/2/2025 - Defend the Surface Transportation Board, Reinstate Robert Primus
PROGRESSIVE RAILROADING 11/3/2025 - Senators express concern about UP-NS merger's impact on ag producers
AMERICAN ECONOMIC LIBETIES PROJECT - 10/2025 - The New Railroad Barons: Why the Union Pacific/Norfolk Southern Railroad Merger Must Be Blocked
AGRICULTURE OF AMERICA 9/16/2025 - Rail Shippers Warn: UP-NS Merger Could Harm Competition, Raise Costs
WASHINGTON MONTHLY - 8/6/2025 - Railroad Merger: Why It Could Go Off the Rails
FREIGHTWAVES 8/4/2025 - UP-NS merger puts intermodal giants on the wrong side of the map
CNBC 7/29/2025 - Largest rail union to challenge Union Pacific, Norfolk Southern mega-merger
TRAINS PRO 7/30/2025 - Senators write STB to express concerns about UP-NS merger’s impact on shippers
COMMON DREAMS - 7/29/2025 - Rail Labor Leaders Raise Alarm Over Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Megamerger
TRAINS PRO 7/29/2025 - Rail Passengers Association expresses concern over UP-NS merger plans
FREIGHTWAVES 7/29/2025 - Shippers line up against railroad mergers: Transcontinental system not needed, industry groups say
TRAINS PRO 7/30/2025 - CPKC’s Creel warns of issues from UP-NS ‘endgame’ merger
TRAINS PRO 7/27/2025 - Shipper group, critical of UP-NS merger, says carload and unit train customers need competitive options