Category: Organizing
Ready For a Change, Connecticut Southern Railroad Joins SMART-TD
For the second time in two weeks, another Genesse and Wyoming property has voted to join SMART-TD. Read on to learn why the workers of the Connecticut Southern Railroad felt that a change was necessary and what impressed organizers the most about these new members of our union family.
With a unanimous vote, Wilmington Terminal Railroad joins SMART-TD
Following a unanimous vote, Wilmington Terminal Railroad is the newest addition to the SMART-TD family! Read on to learn why the workers’ journey to union membership was anything but easy and how long they fought for a voice on the job.
SMART-TD Bus Department overcomes obstruction, impresses new operators
Nice try, First Student, but SMART-TD is here to stay. TD bus and transit union Local 1909 rolled out the red carpet despite being turned away from a recent new employee orientation.
Louisville & Indiana members say change in representation like ‘night and day’
Members from a new property share the day-to-day changes after joining the SMART railroad union. “The access to the information our guys need has been remarkable. I’m not an officer in this local, just a member, but that doesn’t seem to matter to these guys. They really want us all to have what we need to be successful.”
SMART-TD welcomes members of the Louisville & Indiana
The SMART Transportation Division achieved an organizing win May 1 with the National Mediation Board’s (NMB) certification of representation for the Louisville & Indiana Railroad.
Local 28 business rep. details the importance of organizing
SMART members across the country enjoy higher wages, better healthcare and stellar pensions thanks to the strength of our collective bargaining. But we can only maintain our power when we control substantial portions of a given area’s market share — and local unions can only [...]
TD organizing win thanks to collaboration in Michigan
As the expression goes, “There is strength in numbers.” That being said, our union’s about to get stronger. Through the efforts of SMART-TD’s Michigan State Legislative Director Don Roach and TD Organizer Nick Greficz (GO 687 in Detroit, Mich.), our union has organized [...]