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Canadian safety board addresses train crew fatigue

November 3, 2016 The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB), put train crew fatigue on its 2016 watch list. The list identifies key safety issues in Canadian transportation. TSB Chairperson Kathy Fox told Reuters that the board would push for concrete action, including the creation of pr [...]

Tags fatigue, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, TSB

FRA investigates conductor death in Miss.

November 1, 2016 Christopher Ross Hubbard, age 36, died on Sunday morning, October 30, during an accident that occurred as he and the engineer were performing a routine track switch near the town of Artesia, Miss. Hubbard, from Cottondale, Ala., was a conductor on the Alabama Southern trai [...]

Tags Alabama Southern, freight accident, freight crew safety, Kansas City Southern, track switch safety, train accident, train track safety

Six dead in Baltimore bus transit crash

November 1, 2016 According to an NPR.org report, a school bus – with no children on board – crashed into a Maryland Transit Association bus carrying dozens of commuters. Six people were killed and several were injured. Click here to read the complete article. Photo: Patrick Seman [...]

Tags bus crash, bus safety, transit safety

Have a Union-Made Halloween

October 25, 2016

Light Commercial CBA Helps NJ Local Put 50 to Work

October 25, 2016 Almost 50 members are working across northern New Jersey thanks to tenacity from their local and a market-oriented agreement covering light commercial work. Sheet Metal Local 22 (Union, Morris, Somerset and Sussex Counties NJ) originally partnered with Quality Construction on [...]

SMART GP Sellers Fires Up Nevada Rally

October 25, 2016 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 video

Calif. tour bus crash kills 13, dozens injured

October 24, 2016 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 [...]

Tags bus crash, NTSB, USA Holiday

U.S. Senators call on DOT to investigate NJT

October 24, 2016 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 [...]

Tags commuter rail safety, DOT, Hoboken NJT crash, NJT, NTSB, positive train control, PTC, rail safety, two person crew legislation, two-person crews

RRB: benefits and earnings limits to increase in 2017

October 21, 2016 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

Tags benefits increase, earnings limits, Railroad Retirement Board, RRB

Region 2 Apprentices Return to Competition

October 21, 2016 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 [...]