The Omaha-World Herald reports that Class I railroads continue to cut jobs, despite earning large profits. Altogether, the railroads have cut 25,000 jobs or 13 percent of their personnel in recent years. With companies cutting jobs left and right, and with freight volumes on [...]
Last week, the Alliance for Industrial Efficiency published a profile of a sheet metal journeyman from Local 12 in Pittsburgh who now works for Ductmate Industries. You can view the profile here: http://alliance4industrialefficiency.org/energy-efficiency-lifechanging-career-move/
Business Manager Warren Faust of SMART Sheet Metal Local 44 gave United States Senator Bob Casey a demonstration on the SMART, Label It, Scan It, Report It App during a recent visit to the Local 44 union hall in Scranton, PA. Senator Casey inquired on the difference between t [...]
SMART TD Ohio State Legislative Director Stu Gardner continued his discussion with The Union Edge: Labor’s Talk Radio on why we need two-person crews. The show aired Tuesday, Aug. 22. Click play below to listen. https://static.smart-union.org/worksite/Video/Aug_22_Stu_G [...]
SMART TD National Legislative Director John Risch recently wrote an opinion editorial, published by Inforum, about how larger trucks destroy roads and take away important railroad jobs. “Beyond destroying our roads, increasing the weight of trucks will shift freight tra [...]
A fundraiser for the newborn granddaughter of Scott Finley, SMART TD member and BNSF conductor with local 113, Winslow Ariz., was recently set up on YouCaring.com. Brenna Finley, daughter of Ariel and Sheldon Finley, was born on August 16, 2017, with multiple health issues. S [...]
There’s not just one best practice where market recovery and expansion are concerned. To And the right answer takes someone who has worked in the local marketplace and is skilled at creating solutions tailored to special needs. It takes someone who has talked with a multitud [...]
Forty-two people, including the train engineer, were injured when their SEPTA train crashed into an empty, stopped train inside the 69th Street Transportation Center in Upper Darby, Pa., shortly after midnight, Tuesday, Aug. 22. In a statement, SEPTA said that none of the inj [...]
Ohio’s State Legislative Director Stuart Gardner went on The Union Edge: Labor’s Talk Radio to discuss with Host Charles Showalter why two-person crews are necessary for the safety of all. https://static.smart-union.org/worksite/Video/Aug_8_Stuart_Gardner.m [...]
The Chicago Tribune reported that Hunter Harrison, CEO of CSX, is at it again – killing jobs and rolling over safety measures to increase profits that benefit only a select few. According to the report, more than 60 engineers, conductors and switchmen at Barr Yard in Ch [...]