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TD President Ferguson to testify before House rail subcommittee

June 8, 2022 SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy R. Ferguson is scheduled to be a featured witness testifying next week in a hearing before the U.S. House Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee. The hearing on freight rail safety is scheduled 10 a.m. June 14 [...]

Tags House subcommittee on railroads, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson

TTD: 20 unions urge FTA to protect transit workers from assault

March 9, 2022 FTA has not yet implemented worker safety provisions in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. WASHINGTON – Today, 20 labor organizations representing transit drivers and other transportation workers urged Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and Federal Transit Administrat [...]

Tags AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO TTD, BIL, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, bus operator assault, Federal Transit Administration, FTA, operator assault, protection from assault, transit operator assault, TTD

TD New Jersey SLB recognizes Assemblyman Dan Benson’s advocacy

March 8, 2022 SMART Transportation Division New Jersey State Legislative Board Vice Chairperson Joseph Williams in early March presented a proclamation from SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy R. Ferguson, National Legislative Director Gregory Hynes and N.J. State Legislative Di [...]

Tags Dan Benson, Joseph Williams, New Jersey State Legislative Board, Ron Sabol

Union officers’ efforts yield better protections for N.J. transportation workers

January 11, 2022 SMART Transportation Division Bus Department Vice President Calvin Studivant and New Jersey State Legislative Director Ron Sabol spent a significant time brainstorming ways to protect members in Sabol’s state last year. The ongoing coronavirus pandemic had added even more pot [...]