A GE AC4400CW diesel-electric locomotive successful Union Pacific livery is seen adjacent Union Station successful Los Angeles connected Sept. 15, 2022.
Bing Guan | Reuters
Locomotive engineers at Union Pacific voted to ratify a caller five-year declaration with the railroad operator, the BLET-Teamsters national said connected Friday.
Under the caller contract, astir 6,000 members represented by the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, a part of the obstruction league of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT), volition gain raises of 18.8% implicit the beingness of the agreement.
The declaration besides includes improved wellness and payment benefits, the national said.
Last week, the largest U.S. railroad union, SMART-TD, approved Union Pacific's $85 billion acquisition of Norfolk Southern, helping to beforehand a woody that had been expected to look absorption from unions and regulators.
The woody volition make the nation's archetypal coast-to-coast freight obstruction relation and reshape the question of goods from grains to autos crossed the country.
The 2 companies are expected to record a ceremonial merger exertion with the Surface Transportation Board, which oversees obstruction contention and service, by precocious October oregon by January 2026.
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