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Government sues Union Pacific over test it used to disqualify color blind railroad workers

Headline from East Idaho News

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government has joined more than a dozen former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train.

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  1. FOX 4 Kansas City

    Union Pacific sued over flawed test to disqualify railroad workers (opens FOX 4 Kansas City)

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    The government has joined several former workers in suing Union Pacific over a vision test to disqualify workers it believed were color blind.

  2. 12News Phoenix

    Arizona workers, government sue Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers (opens 12News Phoenix)

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    These cases were once going to be part of a class-action lawsuit the railroad estimated as many as 7,700 people who had to undergo the test.

  3. Bangor Daily News

    Government sues Union Pacific over using flawed test to disqualify color blind railroad workers (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government has joined several former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify

  4. East Idaho News

    Government sues Union Pacific over test it used to disqualify color blind railroad workers (opens East Idaho News)

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    OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The federal government has joined more than a dozen former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might have trouble reading signals telling them to stop a train.

  5. Our Quad Cities

    Union Pacific sued by federal government over flawed test used to disqualify color blind railroad workers (opens Our Quad Cities)

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    The federal government has joined more than a dozen former workers in suing Union Pacific over the way it used a vision test to disqualify workers the railroad believed were color blind and might h…

  6. Fortune

    Union Pacific sued by U.S. government and former employees over flawed vision test used to disqualify color blind railroad workers (opens Fortune)

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    The suit announced Monday by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of 21 former workers is the first the government filed in what could eventually be hundreds — if not thousands — of lawsuits.

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