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RRB: benefits and earnings limits to increase in 2017
In two press releases, the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) announced increases to benefits and retiree earnings limits for 2017. Read the press releases below. RRB 16-7: Benefits increase RRB 16-8: Retiree earnings limits increase
Region 2 Apprentices Return to Competition
Sheet metal apprentices from training centers across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey competed earlier this year in the region’s first apprenticeship contest in seven years. Sheet Metal Local 19 in Philadelphia hosted 22 apprentices from 8 locals to compete in [...]
Video: What A Trump Presidency Would Mean to SMART TD Members
In this video, SMART TD’s New Jersey Legislative Director Dan O’Connell discusses the effect a Trump Presidency would have, especially its negative consequences for SMART TD members.Hearings begin in wake of deadly NJT crash
The Times-Herald RecordOnline reported that on October 21, 2016, a joint state and federal legislative commission will begin hearings with New Jersey Transit (NJT) administrators in the wake of the September 29 Hoboken, NJ transit crash that injured more than one hundred and [...]
Op ed: Trump is no friend to working people
By Bob Yarger, Retired Brakeman, Local 256 in Watervliet, N.Y. Trump is no friend to working people, despite spouting a few ideas stolen from Bernie Sanders. Trump has said American workers make too much money. All the products with the Trump name on them come from overseas s [...]
SMART leads coalition to stop CSX from removing MI track signals
On Friday, October 14, 2016, SMART Union united with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS), in a joint statement to the Federal Railroad Adminis [...]RRB: credit for military service under the Railroad Retirement Act
Many railroad employees have at some time served in the Armed Forces of the United States. Under certain conditions, their military service may be credited as rail service under the Railroad Retirement Act. The following questions and answers provide information on how milita [...]
Safety Champions Conference Held In AZ
More than 30 contractors, training coordinators, business agents, business managers, safety directors, instructors, SMART and SMOHIT executives and strategic partners from across the country gathered for the second Safety Champions Conference and Safety Awards hosted by the S [...]Transportation Division sets 2017 regional meetings
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