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Kan. SLD lobbies for two-person crew law

February 12, 2015 A railroad labor lobbyists asked the Wellington City Council to give its support to a bill in the state legislature that would require trains to have two people in the cabin while a train is running. Ty Dragoo told the council at a worksession meeting Monday, railroad workers [...]

Tags Kansas, two-person rail crews, Ty Dragoo

Anthem issues update on client data breach

February 11, 2015 Anthem President and CEO Joseph R. Swedish has issued the following statement regarding the data breach of the company’s information systems last week: Last week, we made you aware that Anthem was the target of a very sophisticated external, cyber-attack. Since that time, we [...]

Tags Anthem, Voluntary Short-Term Disability Program

Voice your opposition to right to work bills in Mo.

February 11, 2015 Right to work legislation will be taken up Wednesday, Feb. 11, in the Missouri House of Representatives, Transportation Division State Legislative Director Ken Menges reports. Menges is asking SMART members in the state to contact their state representatives and ask them to v [...]

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The other train accident victims: Rail workers

February 11, 2015 In December 2013, after a Metro-North train jumped the rails in the Bronx, killing four and injuring 75, a union leader described the train engineer as “totally traumatized.” The New York accident made national headlines, but other than the union quote, little attention was g [...]

Tags post-traumatic stress disorder, PSTD

Make Your Valentine’s Day Union Made

February 10, 2015 Valentine’s Day is this Saturday. Are you prepared? Give your loved ones the very best this Valentine’s Day with this list of union made sweets and treats. Visit the list compiled by Labor 411, the union business directory from the Los Angeles County Federation o [...]

Two-person crew bills introduced in Neb., Wyo.

February 10, 2015 Legislation requiring two-person railroad crews in the states of Nebraska and Wyoming have been introduced in the respective state legislatures. Nebraska State Legislative Director Bob Borgeson reports that state Legislative Bill 192, legislation requiring freight train crews [...]

Tags Bob Borgeson, Nebraska, Stan Blake, two-person rail crews, Wyoming

Response to SEPTA’s service hours waiver request

February 10, 2015 The Federal Railroad Administration Feb. 10 will hold a public hearing before ruling on a waiver request by Southeastern Pennsylvania Metropolitan Transportation Authority (SEPTA)?to extend its current waiver of hours of service provisions for on duty points. SEPTA has asked [...]

Tags John Risch, Keith English, Kyle Brightbill, Local 61, Michael Stevens, Pokrowka, SEPTA

Local 19’s Masino Joins SMART GEC

February 10, 2015 With the recommendation of General President Nigro, the General Executive Council has confirmed the appointment of Gary Masino, Business Manager/President of Local 19-Philadelphia, as the 11th General Vice President. Gary is filling the vacancy on the GEC created when Joe Pow [...]

Ill. governor acts to curb public sector unions

February 10, 2015 Gov. Bruce Rauner, the newly elected Republican who has often criticized public sector unions, took his first step toward curbing their power on Monday by announcing an executive order that would bar unions from requiring all state workers to pay the equivalent of dues. Mr. R [...]

Tags Illinois, unions

Obama to declare Pullman town national monument

February 10, 2015 President Barack Obama will visit Chicago next week to designate the historic Pullman neighborhood – one of the first “company towns” in the U.S. – as a national monument. Pullman was home to railroad baron George Pullman’s factory town in the 1880s, homes, shopping areas, ch [...]

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