Category: Yardmasters

SMART-TD and NS reach yardmaster sick leave deal; carrier completes negotiations with all unions

June 5, 2023 NS becomes first Class I railroad to negotiate paid sick leave for all craft railroaders ATLANTA, and INDEPENDENCE, OH, June 5, 2023 – Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportati [...]

Tags General Chairperson Dan Weir, General Chairperson Joe Borders, Norfolk Southern, paid sick leave, yardmasters

UP actions prompt departure from safety program

January 26, 2023 In a letter dated Jan. 25, the general chairperson of SMART Transportation Division’s GO 577 informed Union Pacific’s senior vice president of operations that the union was withdrawing from any participation in the company’s safety program effective Feb. 1, 2023. GC Roy [...]

Tags GO 577, Houston, remote control operation, Union Pacific

SMART-TD announces enhanced benefits with new Voluntary Long-Term Disability (VLTD) carrier

January 20, 2023 SMART Transportation Division members now have the chance to get up to five times the guaranteed coverage in the Union’s new VLTD plan. Beginning March 1, 2023, Sun Life Financial will administer the VLTD Plan and provide the 24-hour coverage plan participants enjoy now, with [...]

Tags SMART VLTD, Sun Life, Voluntary Long-Term Disability Plan

Split decision: Unions for engineers and conductors take different routes in freight rail contract ratification vote

November 21, 2022 BLET members vote to ratify national rail agreement with the nation’s Class I railroads; operating craft (Train & Engine service) members of SMART-TD have voted to reject it, while TD yardmasters have voted to ratify their national agreement. INDEPENDENCE, Ohio — Voting c [...]

Tags BLET President Dennis Pierce, National Rail Contract, Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson, yardmasters

Update on SMART-TD balloting for National Rail Tentative Agreement

November 2, 2022 ATTENTION: ALL SMART-TD RAIL MEMBERS SUBJECT TO NATIONAL HANDLING Ballots have been sent out to all eligible SMART-TD members for voting on the 2022 National Rail Tentative Agreement. A PDF synopsis of the Tentative Agreement can be found here, and a full PDF copy of the Tent [...]

Tags BallotPoint, National Rail Contract, tentative agreement

SMART-TD Tentative Agreement update: Oct. 5, 2022

October 5, 2022 SMART-TD Brothers and Sisters, Due to an immense amount of misinformation, I would like to provide answers to some of the questions and concerns that I have been receiving over the past few weeks, as well as provide an update on where we are in the process regarding the tenta [...]

Tags misinformation, National Rail Contract, Q&A, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson, tentative agreement

SMART University: TD Membership 101 available in Member Portal

May 24, 2022 May 24 marks the rollout of the Membership 101 portion of SMART University, an online video-based educational resource designed for new SMART Transportation Division members to get acquainted with their union. The first flight of releases includes video primers on local meeti [...]

Tags Membership 101, SMART University, training

Q&A with TD Chief of Staff Jerry Gibson on training

April 13, 2022 The Transportation Division chief of staff discusses the shift in the union's educational and meeting strategy going forward.

Tags 2022 TD Annual Meeting, Regional Training Seminar

Calendar for national contract mediation sessions

April 11, 2022 The negotiating team is scheduled to engage in mediation for the latest national railroad contract on the following days: March 31, 2022 April 6, 2022 April 11, 2022 April 20, 2022 May 4, 2022 May 5, 2022 We were released from mediation by the NMB on June 15. A proffer of arb [...]

Tags Coordinated Bargaining Coalition, National Mediation Board, National Rail Contract

In-person treasurer training scheduled for March

January 21, 2022 The Transportation Division Local Support Department plans a three-day training session for local treasurers in Cleveland from March 8 – 10, 2022. Workshops will run 9 a.m. to 5 or 6 p.m. all three days. The sessions will help local treasurers hone their skills with TD [...]

Tags local secretary, S&T workshop, TD Connect, training classes