Category: Two-person crews
Oberman to TD: Vote for your own future
In a letter to SMART-TD members, Marty Oberman, retired chair of the Surface Transportation Board, details the progress and policies at risk in this election. “The protections of rail workers … depends a lot on whether these important offices are filled by a worker-oriented administration. We will need an Administration that will appoint officials who care about rail workers and continue the aggressive oversight [provided] by the current Democratic-led STB and FRA.”
United for two-person crews and our members’ rights on BNSF
A misinformed media outlet suggested that SMART-TD's BNSF general committees are negotiating away the two-person crew in a tentative agreement. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Kansans demand shorter trains
Ordinary people will act to protect their communities if given the chance, as shown by the massive call for new train length laws in Kansas. Their voices are going to be heard thanks to SMART-TD and the railroad union’s presence at the Kansas State Fair.SMART-TD Statement on Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2024
SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson and TD’s National Legislative Department proudly endorse Congressman Troy Nehls’ bill known as the Railroad Safety Enhancement Act of 2024.
SMART-TD, regulators testify that railroads can’t be trusted to regulate themselves
SMART-TD, speaking for the operating crafts alongside agency chiefs Amit Bose (FRA), Jennifer Homendy (NTSB) and others, discussed the consequences of East Palestine and the dire need for new rail safety legislation in the United States. Bottom line: Railroads are not to be trusted.
Rep. Eric Burlison’s attack on FRA’s 2PC rule shows he’s against us
Help to stop Rep. Eric Burlison’s attempt to overturn the FRA’s important two-person crew rule. Defending our progress now will make it easier to pass other rail safety legislation. Here’s how.
After FRA rule, Jared Cassity explains why we still need the Rail Safety Act
SMART-TD’s Alternate National Legislative Director Jared Cassity was featured on an episode of America’s Workforce Union Podcast, covering a wide range of rail industry topics.
FRA crew-size rule came from our collective power
Railroad history was made the first week of April 2024. The U.S. Department of Transportation issued a final rule stating that freight trains in this country cannot be safely run with fewer than two certified railroaders in a locomotive cab. History could not have been made w [...]