UP facing dozens of lawsuits alleging cancer-causing substances in workplace

February 20, 2018

(Source: Omaha World-Herald, February 15, 2018)

OMAHA, Neb. — A dozen former Union Pacific workers have filed identical lawsuits in U.S. District Court in Omaha, saying they were exposed to cancer-causing materials in violation of federal law while working the trains, yards, shops and tracks of the Omaha-based freight railroad.