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SMART Convention delegates vote to endorse Vice President Harris for president
On Monday, August 12, delegates to the 3rd SMART General Convention voted to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 election, following President Joe Biden’s July 21 announcement that he would end his reelection campaign. Convention delegates are the e [...]2024 Top 31 PAL local unions
During the NABTU Legislative Conference, the SMART Governmental Affairs Department held a reception and honored the top 31 local unions with the highest donations, per capita, to the Political Action League (PAL). Rank Local 1 293 Honolulu [...]
RME members: Make your voices heard ahead of national negotiations!
SMART Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department Members covered by national negotiations in 2024: Please complete and share this survey with other members ahead of the next round of national negotiations, beginning November 1, 2024. The survey takes approximately 10 min [...]
Tom Wiant moves from International rep. to assistant to the general president
On October 1, 2023, Tom Wiant moved from his position as SMART Region 3 International representative to become assistant to the general president — the latest step in a 30-plus-year career in the unionized sheet metal industry. Wiant began his journey in the trade as a produc [...]
SMART TD, TTD Set For Victory Over Carriers On Train Length Data Collection
For more than a century, the carriers’ lobbyists and lawyers have been paid very well for their ability to argue out of both sides of their mouths. One of the battlefields where our union and the carriers have clashed since the onset of Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) i [...]
SMART-TD, RME members secure paid sick leave for rail workers at Union Pacific
The oldest railroad in the nation has finally realized that people get sick. About 6,000 SMART Transportation Division conductors and trainmen and 75 SMART Rail, Mechanical and Engineering (RME) Department workers have secured paid sick leave from Union Pacific after voting t [...]