Union Pacific Railroad

Respondent Union Pacific Railroad Company ("UPRR"), submits this position statement in response to the discrimination charge filed by, Frank Fuentes (“Complainant”). In the Charge, the Complainant alleges discrimination based on age when he was denied the promotion to the position of Senior Manager Operations Practice (SMOP). UPRR has fully-investigated the allegation and as shown in this Position Statement, there is no merit to the Complainant's Charge. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY Union Pacific

the point when the Union Pacific Railroad was approved to build a cross-country railroad with considerable monetary backing from the government, officers and chiefs of the organization contrived an arrangement to make a quick benefit from its development by extortion. The vehicle for this misrepresentation was an organization called Credit Mobilier of America. The strategy was to have Credit Mobilier, which was totally controlled by the same individuals, charge the Union Pacific for the expenses

On November 2, 1993 Duncan Connor, a self-described transient, entered the Union Pacific Railyard in Salt Lake City, Utah, looking for a place to read and relax. Once there, he positioned himself in an area where railroad employees would not see him. Fifteen minutes after his arrival, Mr. Connor was run over by a rail car. He sustained a catastrophic injury in which both of his arms were amputated. Connor sued Union Pacific for negligence in August 1995. Issue According to Utah law, can a property

Company and the U.S. Steel Company) through its laissez-faire policies, railroad involvement, and corruption. T: The U.S. government assisted in the rise of corporations by its laissez-faire policies. R: Take, for instance, the wrong-doings of the railroads and the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. The railroad business was full of shady deals and corrupted railmasters that wasn’t rectified until the Wabash, St. Louis, & Pacific Railroad v. Illinois case. The Sherman Anti-Trust Act was only passed after the

evident by the Industrial Revolution and the Civil War. However, it was the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad which profoundly changed the United States. The discovery of gold, the acquisition of Mexican territories and the continued settlement of the West increased the need for a primary railway system connecting the East and the West Coasts. The Transcontinental Continental Railroad aided the settling of the west and closed the last of the remaining frontier, bringing newfound economic growth

Railroads have been an important part of America’s history. These railroads had a major role in the settlement of the West. The most important railroad in American history is the transcontinental railroad. The transcontinental railroad impacted western settlement by bringing in immigrants, aiding travel to the frontier, and changing people and the economy. The transcontinental railroad was built by two major companies, the Central Pacific and the Union Pacific. The Central Pacific company worked

a very long and dangerous trek. With the growing desire for western settlements, the Transcontinental Railroad would offer a much faster and safer means of travel to the western states. The railroad would also be capable of carrying goods to and from the West. There were some primary motives for the United States Government to promote and be so largely involved with the building of the railroad. First, it was the age of Manifest Destiny, “a term coined by journalist John O’Sullivan in 1845, was

Transcontinental Railroad Jeff Neukirch History 101 American History to 1877 Dr. Kimberly Weathers 26 June 2012 The Impacts of the Transcontinental Railroad On May 10, 1869 as the “Last Spike” struck by Leland Stanford now connected the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads across the United States at Promontory Summit in the Utah Territory. The transcontinental railroads now complete and America is now destined to move to the forefront of the world’s stage. This new railroad system encouraged

Transcontinental Railroad Transcontinental is going across a continent, and transcontinental railroads are the means that are used to go across continents from Eastern to the Western part of United States. The Union Pacific railroad offered railroad transport from New York on the Atlantic Coast, all the way to California, on the Pacific Coast of United States. The project of the railroad terminated in 1869, which was pioneered by two companies, which were Union Pacific and Central Pacific, built the railroad

The Transcontinental Railroad and Westward Expansion Thesis: The transcontinental railroad greatly increased Westward expansion in the United States of America during the latter half of the nineteenth century. The history of the United States has been influenced by England in many ways. In the second half of the 1800 's, the railroad, which was invented in England, had a major effect on Western expansion in the United States. "Railroads were born in England, a country with dense populations