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Member Dies in Colorado Switching Accident

October 10, 2014 A SMART Transportation Division member was killed on the job Wednesday (Oct. 9) afternoon in a railroad switching accident at a Colorado Springs, Colo., industrial complex. According to media reports, BNSF Railway conductor Dawn Trettenero, 42, was trapped between two rail ca [...]

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Work rules, discipline policy keys to LACMTA deal

October 10, 2014 SMART Transportation Division members represented by General Committee of Adjustment GO 875 have approved a new agreement with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority that attains all of the goals sought by the committee’s negotiating team. The general co [...]

Tags Eddie Lopez, GO 875, James Williams, John M. Ellis, LACMTA Metro, Lisa Arredondo, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Robert Gonzalez, Ulysses “Butch” Johnson, Vic Baffoni

Rail Healthcare Open Enrollment Online until Nov. 1

October 8, 2014 Railroad employees covered under National Railway Carriers/UTU Health and Welfare Plan or the Railroad Employees’ National Health and Welfare Plan were mailed a notification of the online open enrollment period that began Oct. 1, 2014, and ends Nov. 1, 2014. The information s [...]

Tags health care, National Railway Carriers/UTU Health and Welfare Plan, open enrollment, Railroad Employees’ National Health and Welfare Plan

Pa. School Bus Employees Pick Up Three-year Deal

October 8, 2014 SMART Transportation Division members employed by First Student, Inc., in Southeastern Pennsylvania have ratified a new three-year contract, retroactive to June 2014 The contract covers SMART members of Local 172 at Darby, Pa., working in school bus operations until June 30, [...]

Tags Calvin Studivant, Denise Hall, First Student, Kathleen Sitongia, Local 172, Theresa Costantini

Members at Terminal Railroad ASD Approve Contract

October 8, 2014 SMART Transportation Division-represented trainmen and yardmasters employed by the Terminal Railroad Alabama State Docks have ratified a new six-year agreement by an overwhelming majority. The new agreement provides for six, three percent annual general wage increases retroac [...]

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Lake Terminal Railroad Employees Ink Six-year Deal

October 8, 2014 SMART Transportation Division-represented trainmen, engineers and yardmasters employed by Lake Terminal Railroad have ratified a new six-year agreement by a unanimous vote. The agreement provides for six annual wage increases, beginning July 1, 2013, and rolls in previous cos [...]

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Pa. school bus employees pick up three-year deal

October 8, 2014 SMART Transportation Division members employed by First Student, Inc., in Southeastern Pennsylvania have ratified a new three-year contract, retroactive to June 2014. The contract covers SMART members of Local 172 at Darby, Pa., working in school bus operations until June 30, [...]

Tags Calvin Studivant, Denise Hall, First Student, Kathleen Sitongia, Local 172, Theresa Costantini

Report details needed work on Amtrak N.Y. tunnels

October 3, 2014 NEW YORK – A new engineering report details damage to the Amtrak-owned Hudson River and East River tunnels following Superstorm Sandy and recommends a phased process to take individual tubes out of service for extended periods to perform the work required to maintain reliabil [...]

Tags Amtrak, Hudson River and East River tunnels

Healthcare open enrollment online until Nov. 1

October 2, 2014 Railroad employees covered under National Railway Carriers/UTU Health and Welfare Plan or the Railroad Employees’ National Health and Welfare Plan were mailed a notification of the online open enrollment period that began Oct. 1, 2014, and ends Nov. 1, 2014. The information s [...]

Tags health care, National Railway Carriers/UTU Health and Welfare Plan, open enrollment, Railroad Employees’ National Health and Welfare Plan, Your Track to Health

BNSF crew proposal was defeated by 5-1 margin

October 1, 2014 Of 3,679 ballots returned, 3,056 were in opposition to the crew consist agreement. Nearly the same number of ballots cast were in opposition to a wage and rule settlement offered by the carrier. Under the proposal, engineers would have received a pay boost, and conductors wou [...]

Tags BNSF Railway, GO-001, one-person crew, two-person crews