{"id":4159,"date":"2019-05-22T18:54:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T22:54:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/wyden-merkley-press-union-pacific-on-layoffs-2019\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:07:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:07:44","slug":"wyden-merkley-press-union-pacific-on-layoffs-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-press-union-pacific-on-layoffs-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Wyden, Merkley Press Union Pacific sobre despidos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Washington DC - <\/b>Los senadores estadounidenses Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley exigieron hoy que Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) responda preguntas sobre su propuesta de despidos de casi 200 personas en Hermiston y el da\u00f1o que esos recortes de empleo causar\u00edan a la seguridad de los trabajadores, el transporte y la econom\u00eda regional.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>\u201cEstas decisiones de la UPRR de reducir empleos en Hinkle Yard y cerrar el almac\u00e9n de suministros y el taller de locomotoras mec\u00e1nicas de Hinkle en Hermiston, Oreg\u00f3n, devastar\u00e1n esta comunidad rural al paralizar las oportunidades econ\u00f3micas y la estabilidad de toda la regi\u00f3n\u201d.<\/b> Wyden y Merkley escribieron al presidente y director ejecutivo de Union Pacific, Lance Fritz.<b> &quot;Y podr\u00edan crear riesgos potenciales de seguridad para los empleados restantes&quot;.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Los senadores escribieron que los despidos anteriores de la UPRR ya han perjudicado a los productores agr\u00edcolas rurales y otros transportistas que dependen en gran medida de la UPRR para trasladar productos al mercado. Y los legisladores de Oreg\u00f3n se\u00f1alaron que esas empresas locales informan dificultades para comunicarse con el personal de Union Pacific para resolver problemas, o incluso comunicarse con un representante de servicio al cliente.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Otros impactos preocupantes de estos \u00faltimos despidos anunciados por la UPRR, escribieron, incluyen conducir m\u00e1s transporte de carga a las ya congestionadas autopistas de Oreg\u00f3n, a menudo durante peligrosas condiciones clim\u00e1ticas invernales.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><b>&quot;Estamos profundamente preocupados por las econom\u00edas rurales de Oreg\u00f3n y las acciones de su empresa, ya que parece correr el riesgo de desestabilizar comunidades ya fr\u00e1giles&quot;. <\/b>Wyden y Merkley escribieron.<b>&nbsp;&quot;Si bien la empresa tiene recursos sustanciales para reinvertir y modificar operaciones con el tiempo, muchos de estos trabajadores y sus familias no son tan afortunados&quot;.<\/b><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>La carta con las preguntas formuladas por Wyden y Merkley es <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/download\/union-pacific-letter\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Una versi\u00f3n web de este comunicado est\u00e1 disponible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wyden.senate.gov\/news\/press-releases\/wyden-merkley-press-union-pacific-on-layoffs\">aqu\u00ed<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; U.S. Sens. Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today demanded Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) answer questions about its proposed layoffs of nearly 200 people in Hermiston and the damage those job cuts would do to worker safety, transportation and the regional economy. &ldquo;These UPRR decisions to reduce jobs at Hinkle Yard, and close [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[44],"class_list":["post-4159","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-jobs-and-the-economy"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wyden, Merkley Press Union Pacific on Layoffs - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/wyden-merkley-press-union-pacific-on-layoffs-2019\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wyden, Merkley Press Union Pacific on Layoffs - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, D.C. &ndash; U.S. Sens. 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