Rails cease attempts to keep crude data secret

WASHINGTON — The nation’s largest haulers of crude oil by rail on Tuesday appeared to abandon their insistence that information about such shipments could not be shared publicly for security reasons. Meanwhile, states, including some that had previously signed nondisclosure a [...]

GOP and Democratic Members of Congress Call On MTA To Adhere to PEB

It’s not every day that members of the GOP and the Democratic Party agree on anything.  It’s especially rare when they agree to both stand behind union members in a strong show of support. That is what happened this past week when 10 members of New York’s Co [...]

Nigro: Unity envisioned in merger coming to fruition

By Joe Nigro, SMART General President –  Recently, SMART Sheet Metal Division Local 9 and Transportation Division Local 202 came together to honor the memory of the victims of a massacre that occurred 100 years ago. On April 20, 1914, the Colorado National Guard joined with s [...]

Supreme Court to hear Amtrak dispute

The Supreme Court said June 23 it will consider whether Amtrak can partner with a government agency to create rules that other private railroads must follow. The justices agreed to hear the Obama administration’s appeal of a lower court ruling that said Congress unconst [...]