Category: Bus news
SMART-TD transit union conducts first Bus/Transit Day on the Hill
Our transit safety committee and TD legislative leaders took to the U.S. Capitol to share the increasing risks bus and transit operators face every day.
Chairperson ensures that new bus members get what’s owed to them
One of SMART-TD’s newest locals, led by one of our newest local officers, scores a big win for some of our newest bus members!
LACMTA reconstitutes in-agency police force to protect workers, riders
SMART Transportation Division bus leaders get through to the LACMTA leadership. An agency police force will be re-established after board members make a unanimous vote.
DIPP assessment decrease takes effect July 1
Effective July 1, 2024, the monthly DIPP assessment for participants will be reduced from 50 to 32 cents per $1 of daily benefit coverage. This reduction and a 90% + approval on all new claims make SMART DIPP the premier option for discipline income protection in the industry.
Progress in Michigan on bus and rail assaults: Member advocacy NEEDED to finish the job!
Legislation to prevent, punish assaults on our members needs support in Michigan’s state Senate in order to get it to governor.
Online fundraiser established for survivors of TD member killed in shooting
SMART-TD Local 1594 member and SEPTA bus operator Devan Harris died in a senseless act of violence. An online fundraiser has been created to help his girlfriend, also a TD member, and their daughter.
SMART-TD negotiators secure a bright future with new Montebello contract
In a dramatic reversal, SMART-TD and the city of Montebello complete long-stalled negotiations, ratify a landmark agreement and secure a future based on mutual respect.
Los Angeles County MTA announces it will have protective barriers installed in all its buses by year’s end
Los Angeles County MTA announced today that it was accelerating its timeline and would have protective barriers installed on all its buses to protect our members two years ahead of schedule.