Buffett’s Annual Meeting Set to Be Crashed by Railroad Workers

  • Union plans to protest outside of Berkshire’s gathering
  • Conglomerate is holding first in-person meeting since 2019
The union showcases a mobile billboard on Friday, April 29. The group plans to display the billboard, calling for action from BNSF, outside of Berkshire’s meeting on Saturday.Photographer: Katherine Chiglinsky/Bloomberg
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Shareholders attending Warren Buffett’s first in-person Berkshire Hathaway Inc. meeting since 2019 will be greeted by a group of BNSF railroad workers protesting a lack of pay increases and safety issues.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen is using the gathering in Omaha, Nebraska, to call out alleged labor and safety issues at Berkshire’s BNSF and rival Union Pacific Corp. The union plans to gather and hand out flyers near the arena where billionaire Buffett will host his first non-virtual annual meeting since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.