Category: Yardmasters
Union Pacific to cut 750 jobs
Union Pacific (UP) announced that they plan to layoff 500 managers (8 percent) and 250 railroad workers in an effort to cut costs. Most of the manager jobs being cut are located at UP headquarters in Omaha, Neb. Click here to read more from ABC affiliate KETV 7.Ohio’s SLD Gardner explains why two-person crews are necessary on The Union Edge: Labor’s Talk Radio
Ohio’s State Legislative Director Stuart Gardner went on The Union Edge: Labor’s Talk Radio to discuss with Host Charles Showalter why two-person crews are necessary for the safety of all. https://static.smart-union.org/worksite/Video/Aug_8_Stuart_Gardner.m [...]
CSX lays off 60 at Barr Yard in Chicago; SMART TD’s Risch blasts Harrison
The Chicago Tribune reported that Hunter Harrison, CEO of CSX, is at it again – killing jobs and rolling over safety measures to increase profits that benefit only a select few. According to the report, more than 60 engineers, conductors and switchmen at Barr Yard in Ch [...]
Additional funeral services added for International Rep. Cumby
Additional funeral services have been added for International Representative James R. Cumby in his original home state of Michigan. A visitation will be held at 10 a.m., Aug. 25, at St. Peters Lutheran Church, 17051 24 Mile Rd., Macomb, MI 48042. A service will follow at 11 a [...]
CSX CEO Hunter Harrison’s ‘profit above all’ plan has customers jumping ship
RailwayAge.com reported that data released from a recent CSX customer survey shows that more than eighty percent of customer participants have experienced problems with CEO Hunter Harrison’s ‘Precision Railroading’ plan. Many CSX customers have already left [...]
James “JR” Cumby, SMART TD Intl. Representative, passes away
James R. “JR” Cumby, age 59, of Salado, Texas, died Friday, July 28, 2017, after a short illness. Mr. Cumby hired out as a yardmaster in 1976, and was an active member of Local 1962. In 2001, Cumby was appointed to the role of Alternate Assistant to the President-Yardmasters [...]New high-speed commuter rail in Conn. on target for 2018
According to NBCConnecticut.com, new speed-rail options for commuters in Connecticut will be available in spring of 2018, with additional routes planned for the cities of New Haven, Hartford and Springfield. Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy announced that TransitAmerica Ser [...]Rail workers died fighting for basic human rights: Anniversary of Railroad Strike of 1877
John Risch, SMART TD’s national legislative director, spoke with Jaisal Noor of realnews.com on the significance of the 140th anniversary of the first national railroad strike that began July 14, 1877, also known as the Great Railroad Strike and Great Upheaval. More tha [...]