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Heartfelt Letter From A Sheet Metal Local 36 Spouse
Cindy Lee Tiefenbrunn to Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 36 Appreciation from the wife of a Union Member With the Right to Work Bill being in the news lately I feel the need to show my appreciation to Local 36. We were a young couple having our first child when my husband [...]
Local 303 MOW members ratify new five-year contract
SMART Transportation Division-represented Maintenance of Way (MOW) employees of the Missouri & Northern Arkansas Railroad (a Genesee Wyoming property) have ratified a five-year contract. General Chairperson Steve Simpson and 1st Vice General Chairperson Scott Chelette ass [...]President Trump Addresses Building Trades Leaders
President Donald J. Trump addressed participants at the 2017 North American Building Trades Union Conference in Washington, DC. This follows an earlier meeting with General President Sellers and other Building Trades leaders. You can view coverage here.
Plan to link Alaska and Canada railways back on the table
JUNEAU, Alaska – According to an article posted by the Alaska News Dispatch, former Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski has been appointed by current Gov. Bill Walker as a “special envoy” to revive a decades-long plan to connect Alaska’s and Canada’s fre [...]
Safety over profit: Act now! Urge Ohio Transportation Committee to support 2-person crew bill!
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The first step in the process to mandate a minimum of two-person freight train crews in Ohio (H.B. 107) occurred Wednesday, March 29, when the Ohio Transportation & Safety Committee held its first hearing on the bill. To make H.B. 107 a law in Ohio, [...]