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Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena is facing criticism for comments he made in a video taken at the March 2026 Southwest Association of Rail Shippers meeting.

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Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena talks with U.S. Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer during a tour of Union Pacific's Harriman Dispatch Center in Omaha  on Jan. 14.

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