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SM Local 33 helps build ballpark for handicapped children
Recently, SMART SM Local 33 members helped the Miracle League of Northwest Ohio (MLNWO) begin development of a much-needed and fully accessible building at its ballpark built for young ballplayers with special needs. Families and players will be served and their experience at [...]
Local 38 (Brewster, N.Y.) member receives 70-year Continuous Service Award
SM Local 38 President/Business Manager Michael Colombo, VP/FST Eric Hofbauer, Business Agents John Malaspina, James Nester and Tom Picheco, and Organizer Gene Barbieri presented Brother James Tenaglia with his 70-year Continuous Service Award. Brother Tenaglia is 94 years old [...]
CBC unions reject lump-sum offers, seek proffer of arbitration
The Coordinated Bargaining Coalition released the following statement on April 25, 2022: On January 24, 2022, after more than two years of bargaining with the major U.S. Class I railroads, the 10 Rail Unions bargaining as part of the Coordinated Bargaining Coalition (CBC) ann [...]
Join the NALC Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive
On Saturday, May 14, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will hold its traditional Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive – its 30th and the first in-person since 2019 (due to the pandemic, NALC conducted online donor drives the last two years). Participation is simple: O [...]
Q&A with TD Chief of Staff Jerry Gibson on training
The Transportation Division chief of staff discusses the shift in the union's educational and meeting strategy going forward.
FRA admin: Train length a factor in considering crew-size rule
Federal Railroad Administrator Amit Bose last week addressed a shippers’ conference and said that part of his agency’s rationale in approaching a minimum crew size rulemaking will be taking into consideration the carriers’ use of longer trains, Trains Magazine reported April [...]
Calendar for national contract mediation sessions
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 [...]
Bill’s passage would place Santa Cruz Metro under PERB
A bill under consideration in the California Legislature would place employees of the Santa Cruz Metro under the umbrella of the state’s Public Employment Relations Board (PERB) to foster improved relations between public employees and management. S.B. 957 was introduced in t [...]