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UP request to haul liquefied natural gas criticized

March 19, 2015 Union Pacific Railroad has applied for permission to haul liquefied natural gas, which would add another combustible cargo to a U.S. rail network already being criticized for transporting ethanol and crude oil through populated areas. The Omaha-based railroad said the applica [...]

Tags Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, liquified natural gas, Union Pacific

Republicans Look to Block Pro-Worker NLRB Changes

March 19, 2015 The House is expected to pass a resolution today on March 19th that would block the National Labor Relations Board from implementing its new rule speeding up the union election process. The legislation, S.J. Res. 8, passed the Senate on a near-party-line vote and President Ba [...]

Tri-Rail Employees Vote Yes To SMART

March 19, 2015 On Tuesday March 10, 2015 at 9:45 p.m., the employees working for Bombardier (Tri Rail Facilities) in Miami and West Palm Beach, FL overwhelmingly had their voices heard with a 26-4 vote to accept union representation through a NLRB election. The organizations observer during [...]

Christopher Hart takes the helm at NTSB

March 18, 2015 WASHINGTON – Christopher A. Hart was sworn as the 13th chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board March 17 during a ceremony presided over by Chief Administrative Law Judge Alfonso Montano. President Barack Obama nominated Hart to serve as chairman in January 2015, [...]

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Member severely injured in switching accident

March 17, 2015 A SMART Transportation Division member working as a conductor for Canadian National Railway (Illinois Central) was crushed by a rail car in a switching accident March 15. William C. Moses, 42, a 10-year member of the Transportation Division, was seriously injured in the accid [...]

Tags Canadian National Railway (Illinois Central), Local 339, William C. Moses

UP again violates Federal Railroad Safety Act

March 17, 2015 More than 200 whistleblower complaints against railroad since 2001 NORTH PLATTE, Neb. – For the third time since 2011, the Union Pacific Railroad has violated the Federal Railroad Safety Act at its yard in North Platte by disciplining employees who reported workplace injuries [...]

Tags Department of Labor, Federal Railroad Safety Act, FRSA, OSHA, Union Pacific, whistleblower, Whistleblower Protection Program

Acting FRA chief has some in Congress impressed

March 17, 2015 After a string of deadly train crashes, a pair of angry U.S. senators stood in New York’s Grand Central Terminal four months ago to denounce the Federal Railroad Administration as a “lawless agency, a rogue agency,” too cozy with the railroads it regulates a [...]

Tags Federal Railroad Administration, FRA, Sarah Feinberg

Mo. State Legislative Board has new website

March 17, 2015 State Legislative Director Ken Menges reports that the Missouri Legislative Board has a new website at www.smartmoslb.org. Members can now stay up to date on issues affecting their jobs as well as issues affecting Missouri locals. Members can contact the board directly throug [...]

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OSHA seeks nominations for Whistleblower committee

March 17, 2015 WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that nominations are being accepted for members to serve on the Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee. OSHA is accepting nominations for six members to serve on the 12-member committee for a [...]

Tags OSHA, whistleblower, Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee, WPAC