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!
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
AGRICULTURE OF AMERICA 9/16/2025 - Rail Shippers Warn: UP-NS Merger Could Harm Competition, Raise Costs
WASHINNGTON 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