Category: Online fundraiser

Home>News>Charitable Corner>Online fundraiser

GoFundMe opened for member shot while on the job

September 10, 2019 On July 22 of this year, Local 1715 member Karen Taylor was shot five times in broad daylight while her Charlotte Area Transit Systems (CATS) bus was stopped to unload passengers. “…just as the last person stepped off of her bus, a man appeared out of nowhere and shot five ti [...]

Tags GoFundMe, Karen Taylor, Local 1715

Fundraiser established for Local 1929 member and family

April 29, 2019 Sad news was reported out of Local 1929 (East St. Louis, Ill.) with the passing of Layla Lynn Thomas, the 2-year-old daughter of member Craig Thomas, after a sudden illness. Layla was rushed to the emergency room March 18 and diagnosed with Influenza A. Her condition develope [...]

Tags Craig Thomas, GoFundMe, Local 1929, online fundraiser

Local 590 conductor killed in accident

March 29, 2018 Brother Robert “Rob” J. Hemling, 39, of Randolph, Wis., and a member of Local 590, died in a train accident March 27 in Sparta, Wis. Brother Hemling, a conductor for Canadian Pacific, was working at Cedar Creek Lumber when he was killed. Police and media reports d [...]

Tags Canadian Pacific, Local 590, member killed on the job

Online fundraiser begun for crew hurt in N.Y. derailment

February 20, 2018 An online fundraising effort has been started for a SMART TD conductor and an engineer who were severely injured Feb. 15 when their train derailed in Attica, N.Y. Conductor Ben Garland of Local 1566 out of Buffalo, N.Y., and engineer Dave Tobey were hospitalized after their N [...]

Tags accident, derailment, Local 1566, Norfolk Southern Corp., online fundraiser