As fans of “The Gilded Age” know, great fortunes were made by building railroads across the width of the USA. Chicago, of course, was the epicenter of all that. Celebrities going from New York to ...

SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD), the largest rail labor organization in the U.S., tells CNBC it will oppose the proposed merger between freight rails Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. The ...

The head of the biggest railroad labor union in the U.S., Jeremy Ferguson of SMART-TD, says the proposed merger between Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern could put jobs at risk across the nation, and ...

Union Pacific says the $85 billion merger would serve the public interest and win federal approval by unclogging Chicago, the cradle of American railroading and still its biggest and most notorious ...

Jeremy Ferguson, leader of SMART-TD, the nation's largest rail labor union, says Union-Pacific's proposed merger with Norfolk Southern will create a transcontinental rail network that introduces new ...

HUTTO, TEXAS - JULY 29: A Union Pacific freight train travels on July 29, 2025 in Hutto, Texas. Union Pacific has reached an agreement to purchase Norfolk Southern in a $85 billion deal. The ...

An attempt to create the nation’s first coast-to-coast railroad merger is underway, as leaders from the Norfolk Southern and Union Pacific officially filed paperwork Friday and are now making their ...

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The largest rail workers' union in the U.S. is planning to oppose the $85 billion mega-merger between freight railroads Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) ...

Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) tells CNBC it will oppose the proposed deal over concerns about Union Pacific's labor practices. In a statement, ...