Category: Bus news
Early-bird pricing for TD National Training Seminar ends April 30
The registration fee for the SMART-TD National Training Seminar, scheduled from July 9 to July 11, 2024, at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown in Cleveland, Ohio, will increase on May 1.
27 transit members reinstated back to work in Montebello, California
Justice is served in Montebello, California, after a team of SMART-TD officers takes action. 27 members are back to work and contract negotiations resume, marking another victory for SMART-TD.
TD to transit agencies: Let’s try “every single thing” to protect our operators
SMART-TD members who work in public transit need protection. We saw what happened in L.A. How many more headlines need to be written before something’s done? TD says “none.” We should act now.
SMART-TD Union Demands Action in Wake of Los Angeles Bus Hijacking
Independence, Ohio (March 25, 2024) — The union representing the transit operator involved in the Los Angeles bus hijacking demands immediate measures to protect their men and women, and the people they transport, from violence. The LACMTA incident, which hospitalized a union [...]
SMART-TD provides focused training for bus and transit officers
SMART continues to place the needs of transit workers front and center with a first-of-its-kind exclusive training session. Bus and transit officers shared strategies and learned new techniques at the Transportation Division Albuquerque Regional Training Seminar (RTS) that wrapped up March 7.
N.Y. special election — a chance to support Tom Suozzi, who supports our members
Tomorrow, February 13, 2024, Long Island, N.Y., will select the newest member of the United States Congress. With 435 seats in the House, it may not seem that this seat is particularly important to the well-being of SMART-TD members. But it is. Rarely in our nation’s history [...]
Biden administration joins union’s fight to protect bus and transit workforce
Phone: (216) 228-9400Department Email: news_td@smart-union.org INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (Dec. 27, 2023) – The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, and Rail Transportation Workers Transportation Division (SMART-TD) has been calling for years for the Federal Transit Adminis [...]
Registration open for Albuquerque RTS
The SMART Transportation Division’s next Regional Training Seminar (RTS) is scheduled to take place March 4 through 7, 2024, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Albuquerque. Attendee check-in begins the afternoon of March 4, and those attending should plan to arrive then. Cl [...]