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Union Pacific, unions sue each other over COVID-19 vaccine mandate
https://abcnews.go.com/ ^ | October 19, 2021, | By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer

Posted on 10/24/2021 7:23:19 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

Union Pacific and its labor unions are suing each other to determine whether the railroad has the authority to require its employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.

The unions argue that the Omaha, Nebraska-based railroad should have negotiated with them before announcing it would require all employees to get the shots. The railroad contends in its own lawsuit that it believes it has the authority to require the vaccine under its existing contracts because it can set standards for when employees are fit for duty.

Union Pacific announced this month that it would require all employees to be vaccinated by Dec. 8 to comply with an executive order President Joe Biden issued requiring all federal contractors to have their employees vaccinated. The railroad is also offering its union employees a $300 bonus if they get the shots. Nonunion employees at the railroad are being offered a half day of vacation if they get vaccinated.

On the same day the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportation Division, or SMART-TD, union filed its lawsuit against the railroad, Union Pacific filed its own lawsuit Friday against SMART-TD and two other unions that objected to the vaccination mandate to force the issue.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: anthonyfauci; covidstooges; nebraska; obamacare; omaha; shortaes; theend; unionpacific; vaccinemandates

1 posted on 10/24/2021 7:23:19 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Ugh. As a UNP shareholder, this pisses me off.


2 posted on 10/24/2021 7:25:35 PM PDT by Fury
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To: RomanSoldier19

We’re gonna have to get a bigger tub of popcorn


3 posted on 10/24/2021 7:29:57 PM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: RomanSoldier19

What a cluster…..

L


4 posted on 10/24/2021 7:31:43 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: Lurker

5 posted on 10/24/2021 7:33:17 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: Fury
Union Pacific - headquarters in Nebraska.

Paging Nebraska "Republican" governor Pete Ricketts....

Time to learn from DeSantis and Abbott.
6 posted on 10/24/2021 7:37:49 PM PDT by indthkr
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To: RomanSoldier19

Union Pacific announced this month that it would require all employees to be vaccinated by Dec. 8 to comply with an executive order President Joe Biden issued requiring all federal contractors to have their employees vaccinated.

F’ng around with the railroads. What could go wrong.


7 posted on 10/24/2021 7:45:53 PM PDT by Flick Lives (The future is a quiet world)
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To: RomanSoldier19

executive order President Joe Biden issued
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Got a number of that E.O.?

No ? , that’s cuz there wasn’t one.

... There was no E.O.

..it was the suggestion of a bully.


8 posted on 10/24/2021 7:51:38 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: Tennessee Nana

That ain’t no shit.


9 posted on 10/24/2021 7:52:45 PM PDT by waterhill (I would rather Texas had not joined the Union. )
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To: RomanSoldier19

Imho, the principal defendant should be the damned political hacks that are pushing these “mandates”


10 posted on 10/24/2021 8:31:25 PM PDT by faithhopecharity (“Politicians are not born. They’re excreted.” Marcus Tillius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: Flick Lives

yup . 10 comments on here , im stockpiling more fd tom


11 posted on 10/24/2021 8:34:36 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19 (Game over, man! Game over! ; : rem ad triarios redisse is)
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To: RomanSoldier19

It isn’t like engineers and conductors get off their trains and frolic among the public.

They are the most isolated workers ever. 2 crew members take a train 400 miles, it is sanitized and 2 new crew members take it another 400 miles(or so)

I hope the RR unions fight this bullshit.


12 posted on 10/24/2021 10:29:45 PM PDT by BookaT
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To: RomanSoldier19

It isn’t like engineers and conductors get off their trains and frolic among the public.

They are the most isolated workers ever. 2 crew members take a train 400 miles, it is sanitized and 2 new crew members take it another 400 miles(or so)

I hope the RR unions fight this bullshit.


13 posted on 10/24/2021 10:30:11 PM PDT by BookaT
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To: RomanSoldier19

The CEO of my company has already said several times that the company is responsible for the safety of the workers… but no mandates at this time. I call BS on that.
If they are so responsible for my safety, then set up a bus to drive me to work. Make sure I eat a proper meal every day. Make sure I go see my Dr for my annual physical… I’m responsible for myself. Companies are responsible for paying me for my time. Simple.


14 posted on 10/24/2021 10:48:52 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: BookaT

I could probably handle that..


15 posted on 10/25/2021 3:55:25 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: Flick Lives

Trains are blameless holy creatures.

https://youtu.be/Naix-f6KSIg


16 posted on 10/25/2021 4:13:48 AM PDT by wally_bert (I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
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To: RomanSoldier19

Nothing like a railroad strike to help the ‘supply-chain’ crisis. If one didn’t know better one might think the dems are deliberately trying to destroy the country.


17 posted on 10/25/2021 6:55:52 AM PDT by hanamizu
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