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Category: Online fundraiser

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Online fundraiser established for Local 821 officer’s family

April 23, 2024 The life of Local 821 Trustee Robert Zavala Jr. was cut short after a fatal car accident April 19, and an online fundraiser has been created to help his family.
  • Tags GoFundMe, Local 821, Robert Zavala Jr.

Online fundraiser established for family of deceased Local 210 member

February 14, 2024 His family as well as members of Local 210 in San Antonio are mourning the death of Brother Charlies Scherbarth on Feb. 6, 2024. Brother Scherbarth, 30, was a member of our union for nearly a decade, joining in November 2014. He worked as an engineer for BNSF. An online fundr [...]
  • Tags Local 210, Local Chairperson Gary Relic, obituary, online fundraiser

Online fundraiser established for survivors of slain Local 171 member

December 28, 2023 An online fundraiser has been set up for the survivors of Dexter Perkins, a member of Local 171 (Aurora, Ill.), after he was slain in an act of violence Dec. 22 in Wheaton, Illinois. Brother Perkins, 37, had been a member of our union since September 2022 and worked as a cond [...]
  • Tags Dexter Perkins, GoFundMe, Local 131, online fundraiser

Online fundraiser established for Local 857 member who died at away-from-home terminal

October 20, 2023 It is with heavy hearts that the members of the SMART Transportation Division and Local 857 mourn the passing of colleague and friend, Michael Moilanen. Michael served as a conductor for Amtrak and was a valued member of Local 857 out of San Antonio, Texas. Michael’s un [...]
  • Tags Amtrak, Local 857, online fundraiser

Fundraiser set up to assist Keolis conductor for reunion after medical treatment

October 2, 2023 As a union, we are reaching out to request your support of one of our brothers in his moment of need. Brother Greg Nunez from SMART-TD Local 898 (Boston, Mass.) has been a SMART-TD member for over nine years. He works as a conductor for Keolis in commuter service. More import [...]
  • Tags GoFundMe, Greg Nunez, Keolis, Local 898, online fundraiser

Fundraiser established to help former local officer in cancer battle 

August 17, 2023 John Trembczynski, vice local chairperson of LCA 623/IHB, and former three-term Local President of Local 1381 (Hammond, Ind.) has been forced into early retirement due to a series of bouts with cancer.   Brother Trembcynski has been on the railroad as a conductor an [...]
  • Tags online fundraiser, TD Local 1381

Online fundraiser established for family of deceased TD conductor trainee

August 15, 2023 Local 600 in Cumberland, Md., is mourning the loss of CSX conductor trainee Travis Bradley alongside his family and friends. Shortly after midnight August 7, Brother Bradley, 40, died from injuries he received Aug. 6 while working in an incident involving a close clearance in [...]
  • Tags CSX, Local 600, member fatality, Travis Bradley

Daughter of GC Richard Finley passes away

March 3, 2023 The daughter of General Chairperson Richard Finley (GCA-RCL), Tori Brianna White, passed away at the untimely age of 28 on Feb. 26, leaving a huge void in the lives of Brother Finley, her mother, Stephanie L. Brown, and members of SMART Transportation Division Local 1558 in B [...]
  • Tags General Chairperson Richard Finley, obituary, TD Local 1558

SMART-TD Local 206 mourns sudden loss of member

October 27, 2022 Switchman Thomas A. Wall, 22, of Local 206 (Peru, Ind.) died suddenly on Oct. 19 after experiencing a flare-up of an autoimmune liver disease while at work. His family said that he was responding well to treatment and was looking forward to returning to work after undergoing [...]
  • Tags local 206, Norfolk Southern, NS, Thomas Wall

Local 556 loses member to alleged drunken driver

September 22, 2022 SMART Local 556 (Tacoma, Wash.) recognized a moment of silence for their fallen brother this week. BNSF Brakeman William “Bill” Laver, 51, of Grapeview, Wash., had his life of dedicated service cut short Friday, Sept. 16 by an alleged drunken driver while he was o [...]
  • Tags Bill Laver, Local 556, member death, William Laver

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