Stop the Rail Merger Coalition

Here’s a clip of the video Union Pacific sued to prevent you from seeing.

In his own words CEO Jim Vena says that if shippers don’t work with him to support the merger, “I’ll probably increase everybody’s rates that said they didn’t want a seamless railroad by 3 or 4 extra percent to teach you a lesson.”

Vena is not just threatening retaliation against customers who speak out against the merger. He’s making working families his bargaining chip. Jim Vena’s merger is a bad deal that must be rejected.

The Surface Transportation Board is the only agency standing between the @UnionPacific-@nscorp merger and lasting harm to American freight rail. The @STB_Newsroom must reject this deal. #StopTheRailMerger stoptherailmerger.com

Five state attorneys general from Montana, Kansas, Iowa, Florida, and North Dakota have written a joint op-ed warning that the @UnionPacific-@nscorp merger doesn’t serve farmers, shippers, or the public interest. It serves Union Pacific’s bottom line. The @STB_Newsroom should reject it. stoptherailmerger.com/column-union-p…

Many rail customers already depend on a single railroad. The UP-NS merger would leave these captive shippers with even less leverage and even fewer options. #StopTheRailMerger stoptherailmerger.com/faq/

A judge ordered @UnionPacific to make public the video of CEO Jim Vena threatening to raise rates on customers who oppose the UP-NS merger. UP missed its deadline to appeal, then asked for an “emergency” stay to keep it hidden. #StopTheRailMerger stoptherailmerger.com/up-disregards-…