Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a “Certificate of Service Months and Compensation” (Form BA-6) for every railroad employee who had creditable railroad compensation in the previous calendar year. The RRB will mail the forms to employees during the [...]
WASHINGTON – The Association of American Railroads (AAR) issued the following statement by President and CEO Edward R. Hamberger in response to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan proposal. “While AAR is still reviewing the proposal, freight railroads [...]
SMART Transportation Division Minnesota State Legislative Director Phillip Qualy reports that House File 3172, the Omnibus Supplemental Appropriations Bill containing the Minnesota Railroad Yard Lighting Bill, has been passed and signed into law by Gov. Mark Dayton. “The men [...]
The idea of putting a permanent roof on the youth archery range at the J.W Corbett Wildlife Management Area’s Everglades Youth Conservation Camp in West Palm Beach, Florida has come to fruition thanks to the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) and its Work Boots on the Ground pr [...]
Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph Szabo was interviewed Platts Energy Week host Boll Lovelace May 25 to discuss ongoing concerns about transporting crude oil by rail. Platts Energy Week is an independent energy news and information program that airs weekly. The program pr [...]
Burlington Northern Santa Fe carried a record 206,000 units in a single week, more than any other railroad has ever done, CEO Carl Ice announced at a North Texas Commission luncheon recently. And the Fort Worth-based railroad has carried 200,000 units or more six times alread [...]
SMART Local 49 was the winner in yet another representation election. This time, workers at Automated Mechanical, an Ogden, UT based mechanical contractor, voted unanimously to join SMART. This follows an earlier victory this month when SMART’s Transportation Departmen [...]
NEW YORK — They’re the $10 million men and women. Propelled by a soaring stock market, the median pay package for a CEO rose above eight figures for the first time last year. The head of a typical large public company earned a record $10.5 million, an increase of 8.8 pe [...]
SMART Transportation Division-represented trainmen and engineers employed by Delray Connecting Railroad have ratified a new five-year agreement by a unanimous vote, according to Vice President David Wier. The agreement provides for annual wage increases, retroactive to April [...]
Credentials for the delegates and alternate delegates attending the SMART Transportation Division Convention in San Diego, Calif., beginning June 30, have been mailed to the local delegate of record. Upon receipt of these credentials by the delegate, action should be taken as [...]
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