Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. WASHINGTON – A two-year blueprint for transportation spending has emerged from the Senate, but House action still is required before a bill is ready for President Obama’s signature into law. Notwithstandi [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Job briefings can prevent serious injuries and fatalities, says the Federal Railroad Administration in a switching fatalities and severe injury update. The FRA cites 23 fatalities that have occurred as a [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Positive train control (PTC) is modern technology to reduce train accidents, save lives and limbs, improve on-time performance and produce revenue-enhancing business benefits for railroads. PTC utilizes t [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. In another sign the economy is improving, Norfolk Southern Railway says it needs to hire more conductors in Pennsylvania. The company says it plans to hold recruiting sessions Tuesday, March 20, in Harris [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. Local treasurers should note that employees will continue to receive the benefit of reduced payroll taxes and access to extended unemployment benefits under legislation signed by President Barack Obama on [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. BOSTON — Have you ever thought it would be nice to hear an employer give credit to the front-line workers who do the heavy lifting? Well, such long overdue recognition came from Massachusetts Bay Co [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. There is a smartphone app for SMART TD members covered under the Railroad Employees National Health and Welfare Plan or the National Railway Carriers and SMART TD Health and Welfare Plan. The mobile app [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. VSP Vision Care is working to fulfill the eye care needs of those directly affected by recent tornadoes throughout the Midwest. * Any VSP member who has lost or broken their eyewear due to the tornadoes m [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. UTU members hearing about a National Sleep Foundation study just released might be tempted to roll their eyes and ask – depending on craft – “Does ballast contain rip-rap? Do buses have headlights? Do air [...]
Listen to this article Your browser does not support the audio element. MINNEAPOLIS — The United Transportation Union and Progressive Rail have finalized a first-time collective bargaining agreement for Progressive Rail train and engine workers represented by the UTU. P [...]
