Category: Members Journal
SASMI Covid Benefit
Effective January 1, 2022, SASMI will offer two new COVID-related benefits: a Vaccination Benefit and an Interference with Work Benefit Vaccination Benefit To encourage all participants to receive a vaccination to protect against COVID-19, members ($200) and their covered eli [...]
Bose confirmation at FRA by U.S. Senate opens door for Rule of 2 regulation
From left: SMART Transportation Division Minnesota State Legislative Director Nick Katich, Michigan SLD Don Roach, Amtrak employee Stefan Schweitzer, then-FRA Deputy Administrator Amit Bose, TD Local State Legislative Director L68 (Chicago, Ill.) member Keisha Hamb-Grover and [...]
SMART Outdoors
Fred Creager, a 41-year member from SM Local 17 in Boston enjoying the New England outdoor life. According to Creager, “I am having a great time enjoying retirement and the fall run at the cape cod canal. SMART TD Local 446 member Jeff Hicks with a whitetail he bagged in Wyom [...]
Moving our agenda forward… together!
As I reflect upon the end of 2021, I would be remiss to not mention how appreciative I am of each SMART member’s dedication and perseverance during a continued uphill battle with COVID-19. Over the last 22 months of this pandemic, our members have stood on the frontlines, bui [...]
Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department report
This page is devoted to news for members belonging to the local unions and general committees under the Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department. SMART Members rally for fair contract in Chicago On November 12, SMART Mechanical Department members joined with Transporta [...]
Career of a lifetime: Renato Favero’s 80 years of service
On October 5, 2021, SMART Local 218 celebrated the career and life of longtime member Renato Favero. Brother Favero, also known as “Notto” or “Not,” was presented with his 80-year membership plaque for good standing by General President Joseph Sellers, Jr., International Repr [...]
CT member named SMART Army Member of Year for work done early in pandemic
SMART Local Union 40 (Hartford, Conn.) member Joe de la Cruz, from New London, has been honored with the Joseph J. Nigro SMART Army Service award for the sheet metal sector for his work to kickstart a national campaign to bring nose strips to thousands of volunteer mask maker [...]
NC member selected as SMART TD SMART Army Member of the Year for 2021
Charlotte Area Transit Systems (CATS) bus operator and retired Local 1715 GCA TMD Vice Chairperson Debra Franklin has been honored with the SMART TD Joseph J. Nigro SMART Army Service Award for her work collecting and handing out toiletries to the homeless population in Charl [...]