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SMART-TD Local 206 mourns sudden loss of member

October 27, 2022 Switchman Thomas A. Wall, 22, of Local 206 (Peru, Ind.) died suddenly on Oct. 19 after experiencing a flare-up of an autoimmune liver disease while at work. His family said that he was responding well to treatment and was looking forward to returning to work after undergoing [...]

Tags local 206, Norfolk Southern, NS, Thomas Wall

Tentative agreement documents released

October 27, 2022 The 2022 Tentative Agreement (TA) documents for Transportation Division members under national rail contract handling are available to be reviewed through the SMART Member Portal. Both PDFs of the TA (with rate tables to be added) and the Questions and Answers that accompany [...]

Tags National Rail Contract, tentative agreement

VSTD premium reset and benefit changes announced

October 26, 2022 Several changes regarding the SMART Voluntary Short-Term Disability (VSTD) Plan for bus and rail members will take effect Jan. 1, 2023. The temporary reduction of premiums for Plan participants announced Oct. 21, 2020, will expire Dec. 31, 2022. VSTD premiums will be reset to [...]

Tags bus members, rail members, SMART VSTD, Southern Benefit Administrators, Voluntary Short-Term Disability Program

Appearances with federal officials reinforce that union is labor leader in Kansas

October 25, 2022 Good labor relations with elected officials can be summed up by knowing that the people who represent us in our state legislatures and Washington D.C. are familiar with our needs and concerns, and that they keep us informed on what is going on in their committee meetings and [...]

Tags Kansas State Legislative Director Ty Dragoo, Labor Secretary Marty Walsh, Pete Buttigieg, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Transportation

TD members: To participate in ratification, be sure info is updated

October 24, 2022 IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO ALL SMART-TD MEMBERS SUBJECT TO NATIONAL RAIL NEGOTIATIONS As you are likely already aware, SMART Transportation Division members will soon be voting on the 2022 Tentative National Rail Agreement. As required by Article 21B, Section 91, of the SMART Const [...]

Tags National Rail Contract, SMART app, SMART Member Portal

President Ferguson, union leaders attend Houston Solidarity Rally

October 24, 2022 SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen President Dennis Pierce stood shoulder-to-shoulder as they answered direct questions from a standing-room-only crowd Oct. 18 at the annual Solidarity Rally for Rail La [...]

Tags BLET President Dennis Pierce, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes, Houston solidarity rally, Local 1892, Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson

Branson, Mo., TD Regional Training Seminar hotel deadline now Oct. 28

October 24, 2022 The hotel booking deadline has been extended for the SMART Transportation Division’s Regional Training Seminar (RTS) to take place Nov. 14 through 17, 2022, at the Hilton Branson Convention Center in Branson, Mo. Single- and double-occupancy rooms can now be b [...]

Tags Branson, Missouri, Regional Training Seminar

Elections matter: How your vote has helped workers since 2020

October 21, 2022 The White House, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. The outlook for union labor and working families in America has improved drastically in the last 21 months. From 2016–2020, workers fought against an onslaught of anti-labor policies, executive orders, personnel appointme [...]