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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.
FTA action on bus, transit safety plans praised by SMART-TD
Phone: (216) 228-9400Department email: news_td@smart-union.org INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (April 10, 2024) — President Jeremy Ferguson of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division (SMART-TD) released the following stat [...]
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 [...]
Room deadline extended for TD RTS in New Mexico!
The deadline for the discounted hotel reservations for the March 4-7, 2024, Albuquerque, N.M., Regional Training Seminar has been extended. The new deadline is now Friday, Feb. 9. The meeting will take place at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Albuquerque 1000 Woodward Place NE, [...]