{"id":37542,"date":"2014-12-30T11:30:32","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T16:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smart-union.dev\/news\/fra-sets-hearing-for-septa-waiver-request\/"},"modified":"2014-12-30T11:30:32","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T16:30:32","slug":"fra-sets-hearing-for-septa-waiver-request","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/fra-sets-hearing-for-septa-waiver-request\/","title":{"rendered":"FRA sets hearing for SEPTA waiver request","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has set a Feb. 10 public hearing on a dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and its rail employees regarding a safety rule designed to limit fatigue on the job.<\/p>\n<p>SEPTA wants the FRA to renew the authority&#8217;s waiver of the rule for two years. But Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) officials object and want SEPTA to follow the work rule, which involves the time workers spend traveling from home to start work somewhere other than their usual assigned location. SEPTA officials say the the rule, which requires that time to be counted as paid work time, is necessary to limit labor expenses, according to a report on Philly.com.<\/p>\n<p>Read more from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.progressiverailroading.com\/labor\/news\/FRA-sets-hearing-for-SEPTA-waiver-request-on-workerrest-rule--43022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Progressive Railroading<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The SMART Transportation Division&#8217;s comments on SEPTA&#8217;s waiver request can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/static.smart-union.org\/worksite\/PDFs\/SMART_TD_FRA_2012_0052.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has set a Feb. 10 public hearing on a dispute between the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and its rail employees regarding a safety rule designed to limit fatigue on the job. 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