{"id":21944,"date":"2013-09-30T23:53:23","date_gmt":"2013-10-01T03:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/utu.org\/?p=21900"},"modified":"2013-09-30T23:53:23","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T03:53:23","slug":"previsich-elevated-to-smart-td-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/previsich-elevated-to-smart-td-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Previsich elevated to SMART TD president","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_13183\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13183\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13183  \" style=\"margin: 4px;border: 1px solid black\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/Previsich-John.2011.jpg\" alt=\"Previsich\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13183\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Previsich<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nJohn Previsich has been elevated to the office of president of the Transportation Division of the\u00a0International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers following the official retirement of former President Mike Futhey, effective Oct. 1.<br \/>\nUTUIA<br \/>\nJohn Previsich is the president of the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, formerly the United Transportation Union. He is a member of Local 31 in San Jose, Calif.<br \/>\nPrevisich began his railroad career on the Southern Pacific Railroad, where he commenced work as a train service operations employee in San Francisco, Calif. He later transferred to engine service and achieved certification as both a railroad conductor and locomotive engineer.<br \/>\nPrevisich started doing work as a local union officer in the mid-1980s. Thereafter, he moved into a system-wide position as a general chairperson in the early 1990s, followed by his election to International Vice President in 2007. He was re-elected in 2011, elevated to the position of assistant president in 2012 and assumed the responsibilities of the general secretary and treasurer position on Jan. 1, 2013. He was elevated to the position of president effective Oct. 1, 2013.<br \/>\nDuring the course of his career, Previsich has advocated on behalf of his members in mergers and consolidations in the rail and airline industries, 13(c) transactions, divestitures, national and local contract negotiations and countless arbitrations and mediations, securing and defending collective bargaining agreements on properties large and small.<br \/>\nHaving a special interest in transportation-industry safety issues, Previsich is the SAMRT Transportation Division representative on the Federal Railroad Administration\u2019s Rail Safety Advisory Committee and has served on numerous sub-committees associated with RSAC. In addition, he is a Cabinet\u2013level appointee to the National Freight Advisory Committee, a group that reports directly to the Secretary of Transportation on MAP-21, a program charged with assisting in the development of administration policy on a national freight plan for the 21st century.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Previsich has been elevated to the office of president of the Transportation Division of the\u00a0International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers following the official retirement of former President Mike Futhey, effective Oct. 1. 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