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SMART GP Sellers Fires Up Nevada Rally
Sellers focused on the grassroots efforts underway in Nevada and across the United States as SMART members have taken the lead in ensuring their voices are heard on election day. Click here to view the video
U.S. Senators call on DOT to investigate NJT
In light of the deadly NJT September 29th transit crash in Hoboken, NJ, that killed one person and injured more than 100, U.S. Senator Cory Booker, the top-ranking Democrat on the U.S. Senate subcommittee that oversees passenger rail safety, and U.S. Senator Bob Menendez, the [...]
Region 2 Apprentices Return to Competition
Sheet metal apprentices from training centers across Maryland, Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey competed earlier this year in the region’s first apprenticeship contest in seven years. Sheet Metal Local 19 in Philadelphia hosted 22 apprentices from 8 locals to compete in [...]
Video: What A Trump Presidency Would Mean to SMART TD Members
In this video, SMART TD’s New Jersey Legislative Director Dan O’Connell discusses the effect a Trump Presidency would have, especially its negative consequences for SMART TD members.Hearings begin in wake of deadly NJT crash
The Times-Herald RecordOnline reported that on October 21, 2016, a joint state and federal legislative commission will begin hearings with New Jersey Transit (NJT) administrators in the wake of the September 29 Hoboken, NJ transit crash that injured more than one hundred and [...]
SMART leads coalition to stop CSX from removing MI track signals
On Friday, October 14, 2016, SMART Union united with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees Division (BMWED) and the Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen (BRS), in a joint statement to the Federal Railroad Adminis [...]
Safety Champions Conference Held In AZ
More than 30 contractors, training coordinators, business agents, business managers, safety directors, instructors, SMART and SMOHIT executives and strategic partners from across the country gathered for the second Safety Champions Conference and Safety Awards hosted by the S [...]