Yet another attack on one of our members, this time aboard SEPTA, is reason why the union is rolling out an assault reporting tool for SMART bus/transit union members.
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.
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.
On Thursday, January 18, the Union Pacific Railroad (UP) and its new “All in it to win it” PR campaign were spotlighted in an article from Progressive Railroading. In it, UP’s CEO Jim Vena and his team of executives did their best to paint a happy picture of a thriving compan [...]
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.
The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) Board activated emergency procurement procedures this week to expedite the installation of protective barriers for bus operators. John Ellis, general chairperson of GO 875, which represents our members who [...]
At 8:30 p.m. April 13, one of our SMART Transportation Division members was brutally attacked on the job. As of now, the suspected attacker has not been arrested and is still on the loose.
Phone: (216) 228-9400Department email: news_td@smart-union.org INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (April 10, 2024) — President Jeremy Ferguson of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division (SMART-TD) released the following stat [...]
SMART-TD members who work in public transit need protection. We saw what happened in L.A. How many more headlines need to be written before something’s done? TD says “none.” We should act now.
Independence, Ohio (March 25, 2024) — The union representing the transit operator involved in the Los Angeles bus hijacking demands immediate measures to protect their men and women, and the people they transport, from violence. The LACMTA incident, which hospitalized a union [...]