Category: Press release
SMART-TD BNSF members ratify tentative agreement addressing quality-of-life issues
Phone: (216) 228-9400 Fax: (216) 228-0411 Department Email: news_td@smart-union.org INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (Nov. 3, 2023) — SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) members working under the proposed agreement voted, with approximately two-thirds in favor, to ratify a tentative a [...]
Strike vote authorized at SEPTA
“Our General Chairperson for the SEPTA property, Ray Boyer, served Section 6 Notices on SEPTA well over a year ago. SEPTA management knows full well that SMART-TD’s members are the backbone of the greater Philadelphia area. Our members operate heavy rail, buses, light rail, a [...]
SMART-TD Announces Its Support for STB’s Historic Declaration of Reciprocal Switching
Phone: (216) 228-9400 Fax: (216) 228-0411 Department Email: news_td@smart-union.org “Any time a monopoly is broken up, and competition is emphasized in the workplace, American workers win. SMART-TD stands behind today’s announcement by the Surface Transportation Board. It is [...]
CSX enhances conductor training with additional week of hands-on experience
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (July 31, 2023) – CSX (NASDAQ: CSX) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportation Division (SMART-TD) announced they are partnering to extend CSX’s conductor training program to five weeks from the p [...]
Norfolk Southern, SMART-TD collaborate to enhance conductor training and raise craft trainer pay
New initiatives will enhance training program and focus on safety ATLANTA and INDEPENDENCE, OHIO (July 26, 2023) — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportation Division (SMART-T [...]
Alaska’s most-popular shore excursion RR authorizes strike
SKAGWAY, Alaska (July 6, 2023) — SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) Local 1626, which represents operating personnel for the White Pass & Yukon Route (WPYR), authorized a strike late last week. The labor union and railroad have negotiated for nearly six years and ha [...]
SMART-TD and NS reach yardmaster sick leave deal; carrier completes negotiations with all unions
NS becomes first Class I railroad to negotiate paid sick leave for all craft railroaders ATLANTA, and INDEPENDENCE, OH, June 5, 2023 – Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportati [...]
SMART General President Joseph Sellers, Jr. to retire in May 2023
Joseph Sellers, Jr., general president of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), announced his retirement on January 24, 2023. Sellers will retire on May 31, 2023, and will be succeeded by current Assistant to the General President Michael Coleman.