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Senators Brown and Vance, cosponsors of the Railway Safety Act

Rail Safety Act of 2023 (RSA) passes committee hearing, clears first legislative hurdle

May 10, 2023 The RSA, which was born from the East Palestine derailment and contains two-person crew language, cleared its first major hurdle today when it passed through the Senate’s Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The bill’s passage through committee was not without con [...]

Tags rail safety, Railway Safety Act of 2023, safety, two-person crews, U.S. Sen. JD Vance

SMART-TD member David Colelli, who passed away in May 2023.

In memoriam: David Colelli, Local 206

May 10, 2023 It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Brother David Colelli of Local 206 (Peru, Indiana), who passed away on May 5, 2023, at the age of 46. Brother Colelli lived in the service of his family, both at work and in his personal life. Colelli, an 18-year member o [...]

Will Ferryville derailment be enough to change Van Orden’s tone on rail safety?

May 10, 2023 By Andy Hauck, Wisconsin SMART Transportation Division State Legislative Director On February 1 in Washington, DC, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee held its first meeting of the 118th congressional session, and one member in particular wast [...]

Tags AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO TTD, derailment, Greg Regan, safety, two-person crews, Wisconsin

SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson speaks at a coalition building meeting in Cleveland.

Series of coalition building meetings has successful kick-off in Cleveland

May 9, 2023 Brother Arin Johnson of SMART Local 194 (Elkhart, Indiana) kicked off his series of coalition building meetings in Cleveland, Ohio on Wednesday, May 3rd. Johnson’s vision of bringing members from multiple carriers together to discuss best practices and form a clear idea of wh [...]

Tags Cleveland, Regional Training Seminar, TD, Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson

ProPublica reports: “As Rail Profits Soar, Blocked Crossings Force Kids to Crawl Under Trains to Get to School”

May 8, 2023 For ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom, Topher Sanders and Dan Schwartz (ProPublica), Joce Sterman (Gray Television/InvestigateTV), Scotty Smith (Gray Television/InvestigateTV) (video) and Jamie Kelter (ProPublica) (photography) recently reported: “Jeremiah Johnson couldn [...]

Tags blocked crossings, long trains, safety

Defense of our bus operators is needed

May 8, 2023 SMART–TD is proud to represent the men and women driving the buses in America. The vast majority of our bus operators are assigned to fixed routes and drive 40–50-foot buses which require a Commercial Driver’s License, (CDL). These norms are and always have been the sta [...]

Tags bus, micro transit, transit, transit safety

SMART-TD Local 1594 hosts productive meetings with TD leadership

May 5, 2023 Local #1594 in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania, a suburb of Philadelphia, represents roughly 300 SMART-TD members working for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority (SEPTA) in bus service, commuter rail, and trolley service. The size of this local and the diversity in its [...]

Tags Philadelphia, SEPTA, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson

SMART General President Joseph Sellers speaks at the SMART General Convention in 2019.

Special Focus: SMART General President Joseph Sellers retires with track record of accomplishment

May 4, 2023 Joseph Sellers, Jr., general president of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), announced his retirement on January 24, 2023. Sellers will retire on May 31, 2023, and will be succeeded by current Assistant to the General P [...]