Category: News
UP improves rail crossing safety
According to a press release from Union Pacific (UP), the railroad’s safety programs have contributed to a 5 percent decline in vehicle-train collisions at crossings for the first half of 2017, as compared to last year. Click here to read more from Union Pacific.
Medicare to issue new cards in 2018 to protect identities of retirees
Whether a person is receiving Medicare through Social Security or through the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), the patient may be vulnerable to identity theft due to the SSN/RRB Claim number being present on their Medicare card. Soon, you won’t need to worry about someone obt [...]
2017 2nd quarter financial results for Class I railroads
CSX Net Earnings: $510 million or $0.55 per share, up 15 percent from $445 million or $0.47 per share from 2016’s second quarter earnings results Revenue: Increased 8 percent to $2,933 million Operating Income: $958 million, up 14 percent Operating Ratio: 67.4 percent, [...]Rail workers died fighting for basic human rights: Anniversary of Railroad Strike of 1877
John Risch, SMART TD’s national legislative director, spoke with Jaisal Noor of realnews.com on the significance of the 140th anniversary of the first national railroad strike that began July 14, 1877, also known as the Great Railroad Strike and Great Upheaval. More tha [...]
SMART TD mourns loss of Noah Flanagan, former Alabama SLD
Noah Haywood Flanagan, 92, a resident of Deatsville, Ala., died Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Flanagan was born in Alabama to Jim Haywood & Leona (McCune) Flanagan. Flanagan worked his way up through the ranks of the railroad industry, starting his career as a switchmen to even [...]
AFL-CIO alert: Trump nominates anti-labor lawyers to National Labor Relations Board
On June 17, 2017, the AFL-CIO issued a legislative alert to U.S. Senators regarding Trump’s nomination of Marvin Kaplan and William Emanuel to fill the vacant seats on the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). In the alert, Emanuel is noted for representing the “ [...]
A celebration of life scheduled for member Jeff Duris
Family and friends of the late Jeff Duris are invited to come together and share your love, stories and a pint in his honor. The celebration is being held Sunday, August 6, 2017, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Wherehouse, 818 South Water St., Milwaukee, WI 53204. Those wishing [...]House Appropriations Committee releases details of 2018 transportation funding bill
On July 10, the House Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year 2018 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development funding bill, which includes funding for the Department of Transportation (DOT), the Department of Housing and Urban Development and other related agenci [...]