{"id":42436,"date":"2017-11-10T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T22:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=42436"},"modified":"2017-11-10T17:06:00","modified_gmt":"2017-11-10T22:06:00","slug":"national-contract-update-ballots-are-on-their-way-to-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/national-contract-update-ballots-are-on-their-way-to-members\/","title":{"rendered":"NATIONAL CONTRACT UPDATE: Ballots are on their way to members","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"
Members of SMART TD eligible to vote on the tentative National Rail Agreement will be receiving packets in the coming days, triggering the 21-day balloting period. Balloting packets left a production facility in Michigan on Friday, which caps off a process that began Oct. 6 when the tentative agreement was reached. Inside the packets, members […]<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"author":7,"featured_media":42439,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,97,9,17,18],"tags":[3951,3954,3920],"member_types":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n<\/a>
\nMembers of SMART TD eligible to vote on the tentative National Rail Agreement will be receiving packets in the coming days, triggering the 21-day balloting period.
\nBalloting packets left a production facility in Michigan on Friday, which caps off a process that began Oct. 6 when the tentative agreement was reached.<\/a>
\nInside the packets, members will receive\u00a0a bound agreement booklet, a letter from SMART TD President John Previsich, a letter from Union Pacific General Chairperson Brent Leonard and a synopsis of the tentative contract. Voting instructions included in the packet have a 12-digit access code for each member to use when casting their vote via telephone.
\nHeralding the arrival of the agreement is a Special Edition of the SMART TD News mailed Monday that contains comprehensive facts about the agreement, including information on wage increases and the health plan.
\n<\/a>Balloting will continue through the month of November.
\nFor an additional update from the Collective Bargaining Group,\u00a0click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"