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(Source: International Brotherhood of Teamsters press release, April 30, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — In response to the executive order issued this week mandating meatpacking plants remain open during the COVID-19 crisis, the Teamsters Union called on the administration and federal, state, and local regulators today to enforce worker protections and increase testing on the job for…

(Source: Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette, May 1, 2020) NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Most of the employees at a Union Pacific facility in North Little Rock that maintains and refurbishes the railroad’s locomotives are being furloughed as a result of what a company representative said was an “unprecedented decline in business volume” stemming from the…

(Source: Union Pacific press release, April 29, 2020) OMAHA, Neb. — To protect the health and safety of its shareholders, employees and other stakeholders during the coronavirus pandemic, Union Pacific Corporation (NYSE: UNP) today announced that its 2020 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the “Annual Meeting”) will be conducted through a live audio meeting only, and will…

(Source: Homeland Security Today, April 29, 2020) WASHINGTON, D.C. — There’s little dispute that the growth of the World Wide Web and the internet which has relied on it for more than two decades has transformed our society. The internet has been especially impactful during these trying times when an infectious disease has many of…

(Source: Freight Waves, April 30, 2020) CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Weekly U.S. rail traffic continued to tumble as sheltering-in-place mandates and structural declines for U.S. coal consumption dragged volumes lower. U.S. rail volumes slipped 22.4% to 414,123 carloads and intermodal units for the week ending April 25, according to the Association of American Railroads (AAR). Of…