Category: News
New sequestration rate cuts into railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
Starting October 1, 2018, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will reduce railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefits by 6.2 percent, down from the current 6.6 percent reduction, as required by law. The adjusted reduction amount is based on revised projections [...]
N.C. members collecting necessities in wake of hurricane
LCA – CSXT Secretary and UTUIA Field Supervisor Chris Fly (Local 1106) is collecting goods of necessity for our union families who are in need in the wake of Hurricane Florence. “Currently, Wilmington, N.C., in particular, is not accessible. This is where our Brothers and Sis [...]
Our SMART TD brothers and sisters in the Carolinas need your help!
Dear members of SMART Transportation Division: Hurricane Florence and its resulting floods have left behind substantial destruction in North and South Carolina, leading to the loss of life and millions, if not billions, of dollars in damage to property in the Mid-Atlantic reg [...]
Unions file petition against FRA over cross-border crews
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Sept. 5, 2018) – The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the International Association of Sheet Metal Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Transportation Division (SMART TD) have filed a joint petition challenging actions of the Federa [...]
Happy Labor Day from SMART TD
Watch a Labor Day message from SMART General President Joseph Sellers below: For a video and more on the history of Labor Day, see below: Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 when President Grover Cleveland signed it into law to appease angry union workers following a r [...]
August 2018 edition of the TD News available online now
The August 2018 edition of the SMART Transportation Division News is available online now. This issue is available online only. Click on the image above or click here to go to our newspaper archive page to read this issue and past issues.
DHS announces allocations of grant money, transit & bus industries to benefit
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced their allocations of $345 million left in the DHS competitive preparedness grant programs for fiscal year 2018. The grant money, totaling more than $1.6 billion for 2018, is used to assist states, local areas, triba [...]The importance of a current connection for Railroad Retirement benefits
Under the Railroad Retirement Act, a “current connection with the railroad industry” is one of the eligibility requirements for occupational disability annuities and is one of the factors that determines whether the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) or the Social Security Admin [...]