Category: Front Page — TD
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TD members overwhelmingly vote to authorize strike action against SEPTA
Phone: (216) 228-9400 Fax: (216) 228-0411 Email: news_td@smart-union.org The results of a strike vote authorized in October by SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson on the Southeastern Philadelphia Transportation Authority (SEPTA) were fin [...]
Rail labor organizations urge Biden to renominate Bragg to RRB
The following letter was submitted by the Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, of which the SMART Transportation Division and Mechanical Division are members, on behalf of SMART and a number of other labor unions to President Joe Biden earlier this week. November [...]Members: Please submit safety, tech and hours of service reports through website links
As a result of hardware upgrades that are currently ongoing, the Safety Condition, Railroad Technology Event, and Hours-of-Service report forms are temporarily unavailable via the SMART Union App. We are actively working to resolve this issue, but until otherwise notifie [...]
SMART-TD BNSF members ratify tentative agreement addressing quality-of-life issues
Phone: (216) 228-9400 Fax: (216) 228-0411 Department Email: news_td@smart-union.org INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (Nov. 3, 2023) — SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) members working under the proposed agreement voted, with approximately two-thirds in favor, to ratify a tentative a [...]
House Republicans push back vote on Amtrak cuts
The SMART Transportation Division has been asking for help and advocacy from our members this week to reach out to Congress and let them know that it is not OK to gut the federal spending for Amtrak. Late Thursday, it appears that your voices have been heard loud and clear an [...]No increase to 2024 H&W contributions for rail members in national plans
SMART-TD announces that there will be no increase to the monthly health & welfare contributions for eligible railroad members for all of 2024. On November 1, 2023, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson emailed notification to all affected members with email addresses on file [...]Strike vote authorized at SEPTA
“Our General Chairperson for the SEPTA property, Ray Boyer, served Section 6 Notices on SEPTA well over a year ago. SEPTA management knows full well that SMART-TD’s members are the backbone of the greater Philadelphia area. Our members operate heavy rail, buses, light rail, a [...]
In labor victory, FRA alters conditions of UP variance, now requires U.S. crews
Since 1998, trains coming across the Mexican border to the United States in Laredo, Texas, have been run by non-FRA-certified foreign national crews from Mexico. These foreign crews have been taking trains into Port Laredo, where they receive an initial Class I inspection and [...]