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SMART GP Sellers Fires Up Nevada Rally
Sellers focused on the grassroots efforts underway in Nevada and across the United States as SMART members have taken the lead in ensuring their voices are heard on election day. Click here to view the videoCalif. tour bus crash kills 13, dozens injured
CNN reports that a tour bus operated by USA Holiday slammed into the back of a tractor trailer, killing 13 and injuring 31 more. The bus was returning to Los Angeles from a casino Sunday when the crash occurred at approximately 5:15 a.m. The bus operator was killed and the tr [...]
U.S. Senators call on DOT to investigate NJT
In light of the deadly NJT September 29th transit crash in Hoboken, NJ, that killed one person and injured more than 100, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the top-ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate subcommittee that oversees passenger rail safety, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the [...]
RRB: benefits and earnings limits to increase in 2017
In two press releases, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) announced increases to benefits and retiree earnings limits for 2017. Read the press releases below. RRB 16-7: Benefits increase RRB 16-8: Retiree earnings limits increase
Region 2 Apprentices Return to Competition
Sheet metal apprentices from training centers across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey competed earlier this year in the region’s first apprenticeship contest in seven years. Sheet Metal Local 19 in Philadelphia hosted 22 apprentices from 8 locals to compete in [...]
Video: What A Trump Presidency Would Mean to SMART TD Members
In this video, SMART TD’s New Jersey Legislative Director Dan O’Connell discusses the effect a Trump Presidency would have, especially its negative consequences for SMART TD members.Hearings begin in wake of deadly NJT crash
The Times-Herald RecordOnline reported that on October 21, 2016, a joint state and federal legislative commission will begin hearings with New Jersey Transit (NJT) administrators in the wake of the September 29 Hoboken, NJ transit crash that injured more than one hundred and [...]
Op ed: Trump is no friend to working people
By Bob Yarger, Retired Brakeman, Local 256 in Watervliet, N.Y. Trump is no friend to working people, despite spouting a few ideas stolen from Bernie Sanders. Trump has said American workers make too much money. All the products with the Trump name on them come from overseas s [...]