SMART-TD, FRA announce federal regulation requiring two-person freight crews

Phone: (216) 228-9400 Fax: (216) 228-0411 Department Email: news_td@smart-union.org “I would like to start off by saying that this decision by President Biden’s administration is historic for SMART-TD members and all rail labor. Today’s ruling codifying the two-person freight [...]

Youngkin vetos Virginia two-person freight crew bill

As the clock was running out for him to act Friday night, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin decided he was against public safety, common sense and protecting Virginia railroad workers’ jobs and pensions. He vetoed a bill backed by our union that required a minimum two-person crew on Virginia’s freight trains.