Category: Leadership
SMART Transportation Division issues statement on Amtrak board nominees
CLEVELAND, Ohio —Upon the announcement by President Joe Biden of his nomination of five candidates to serve upon the Amtrak Board of Directors, SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson, in conjunction with the TD National Legislative Department, issued the foll [...]CBC unions reject lump-sum offers, seek proffer of arbitration
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition released the following statement on April 25, 2022: On January 24, 2022, after more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class I railroads, the 10 Rail Unions bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) ann [...]
Calendar for national contract mediation sessions
The negotiating team is scheduled to engage in mediation for the latest national railroad contract on the following days: March 31, 2022 April 6, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 20, 2022 May 4, 2022 May 5, 2022 We were released from mediation by the NMB on June 15. A proffer of arb [...]
SMART-TD announces 2022 Leadership Conference
The SMART Transportation Division is pleased to announce the first joint SMART Union Annual Leadership Conference. The event will replace the former TD Regional Meetings, which have had a two-year pandemic disruption. Please pay close attention to the following details as sev [...]
House Transportation leaders urge FRA to act on fatigue, attendance policies
CLEVELAND (April 6) — Leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure are asking the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to take action on a 2008 Congressional mandate to address rail worker fatigue at Class I carriers, with a spe [...]
SMART-TD, BLET gather allies at TTD Executive Committee meeting
CLEVELAND, Ohio (April 6, 2022) — The nation’s two largest railroad unions continue to gather allies and momentum as they oppose the imposition of precision scheduled railroading (PSR) tactics by Class I carriers that put safety and the health and lives of working people at r [...]SMART-TD highlights realities causing NGFA’s concerns about freight rail operations
On Friday, April 1, the SMART Transportation Division sought Surface Transportation Board Administrator Martin Oberman’s intervention in ending the precision scheduled railroading (PSR) onslaught that has caused continual havoc in the United States’ supply chain and gutted th [...]
TD President Jeremy Ferguson Discusses ‘Hi-Viz’ Policy, National Rail Contract
The March 2022 episode of Talking SMART featured a discussion with SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson about the BNSF "Hi-Viz" attendance policy and national rail contract negotiations.