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Hotel reservations now open for 2019 TD Regional Meeting
Discounted reservations are now available at the Hilton Bayfront Hotel in San Diego, Calif., for the SMART Transportation Division Regional Meeting to take place July 1 to 3, 2019. Guests are welcome to make their reservations using this link or by calling 1-800-Hiltons and m [...]
Colorado: Our two-person crew bill needs your support!
State Legislative Director Carl Smith is urging all members from Colorado to contact their state representatives and ask them to support the state’s two-person crew bill, H.B. 1034. Smith says that members, their families and friends are encouraged to visit www.corailsa [...]
Retired N.J. State Director O’Connell wins freeholder seat in runoff election
Retired New Jersey State Legislative Director Daniel O’Connell recently won a runoff election for Burlington County freeholder. According to the New Jersey Globe, O’Connell defeated contender Gina LaPlaca by 10 votes, 190-180, in the election that took place Jan. 19. “I want [...]
New England Alt. Legislative Director Donald W. Wheaton Jr. dead at 62
Donald “Donnie” Wheaton Jr., 62, died unexpectedly Saturday, Jan. 19. Hiring out with the Massachusetts Bay Commuter Railroad – now Keolis – Wheaton served as a conductor. He was a 42-year employee. Wheaton became a member of the United Transportation Union Local 898 (Boston, [...]Pausing to remember Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy
Today, every member of the SMART union will take time, in conjunction with our entire nation, to honor and remember the life and legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. King’s brilliance, vision, leadership and ultimate personal sacrifice shifted the course of American hist [...]Trump administration renominates candidates to transportation positions
A number of candidates to transportation-related oversight posts in the federal government whose nominations were returned to President Donald Trump in early January have been renominated to those posts. Thelma Drake has been renominated to be the administrator of the DOT’s F [...]
SMART Members At BYD Host Toy Drive
Union employees from BYD Coach & Bus conducted their first toy drive this year, and it was a success, as employees donated about 800 toys and clothing. They distributed the gifts Friday morning at the Penny Lane Center. Penny Lane is a non-profit organization that provid [...]
TTD, SMART TD urge end to shutdown
SMART Transportation Division President John Previsich supports a rapid resolution to the partial federal government shutdown and fully endorses this message from AFL-CIO TTD President Larry Willis that was sent to U.S. representatives. January 10, 2019 End this Unnecessary a [...]