BNSF labor cuts mean Warren Buffett is more about dollars than sense — SMART-TD responds

The nation's biggest rail union, SMART-TD, won't apologize to Warren Buffett or Wall Street for workers getting paid what they've rightfully earned. When profits are more important than judgment, life gets harder at home and more hazardous on the job — all while our railroaders try to keep the nation’s economy humming.

Rail labor collectively urges representatives to oppose House THUD bill

The Transportation Trades Department of the AFL-CIO, of which the SMART Transportation and Mechanical Divisions are members, issued the following letter today, Oct. 31, on the Transportation Housing and Urban Development bill under consideration in the U.S. House. Dear Repres [...]

SMART-TD stands with BMWED in lawsuit against BNSF

The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division (SMART-TD) is standing with its fellow rail labor union, the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes Division (BMWED), in its lawsuit against BNSF Railway. The [...]