Category: Transportation
Registration now open for fall TD Connect workshops
Registration has opened for local treasurers who are interested in attending workshops where they will learn how to use the new TD Connect system to manage member records and to work the new eBill before the system’s Jan. 1, 2019, rollout. Follow the links below to regi [...]
Unions file petition against FRA over cross-border crews
CLEVELAND, Ohio (Sept. 5, 2018) – The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the International Association of Sheet Metal Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Transportation Division (SMART TD) have filed a joint petition challenging actions of the Federa [...]
Registration open for fall, winter hazmat safety training
The Rail Workers Hazardous Materials Training Program has opened registration for hazmat/chemical emergency response training programs in November, January, February and March. This training addresses OSHA- and DOT-required training in addition to procedures, different levels [...]
Happy Labor Day from SMART TD
Watch a Labor Day message from SMART General President Joseph Sellers below: For a video and more on the history of Labor Day, see below: Labor Day became a federal holiday in 1894 when President Grover Cleveland signed it into law to appease angry union workers following a r [...]
August 2018 edition of the TD News available online now
The August 2018 edition of the SMART Transportation Division News is available online now. This issue is available online only. Click on the image above or click here to go to our newspaper archive page to read this issue and past issues.
Nebraska members: Big Labor Day events planned in Omaha
Nebraska State Legislative Director Bob Borgeson invites TD members in his state to come out to Omaha and participate in Labor Day events Sunday and Monday. On Sunday, Sept. 2, dinner and speakers will kick off the annual Labor Day Eve feed 5:30 p.m. at the SMART Union Hall, [...]
DHS announces allocations of grant money, transit & bus industries to benefit
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced their allocations of $345 million left in the DHS competitive preparedness grant programs for fiscal year 2018. The grant money, totaling more than $1.6 billion for 2018, is used to assist states, local areas, triba [...]