News Archive
Tours announced for Hollywood, Fla., Regional Meeting
A pair of tours on August 5 and 6 for attendees of the 2018 SMART Transportation Division Regional Meeting in Hollywood, Fla. has been finalized. Day 1 (August 5): Florida Everglades excursion Attendees will be picked up from the Hilton Diplomat at 9 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 5, and [...]
Charity bike run organized by Local 60 happens July 28
NEWARK, N.J. — Jennifer “Cookie” Doyle reports that SMART Transportation Local 60 will hold a “Railmen for Children” charity bike run July 28. Registration begins at 10 a.m. and goes until 11 a.m., when motorcycle riders will start the run. The cost of this event is a d [...]
Masino Appointed to Pennsylvania Board
Local 19 President and Business Manager Gary Masino was sworn in to serve a four year term on the Pennsylvania Economic Development Finance Authority Board. He was appointed by Governor Wolf and then after an extensive vetting process, unanimously approved by the Penns [...]
FRA hosting seminar on drug testing/rail safety
On Aug. 30 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Federal Railroad Administration will host a seminar on drug testing policy and rail safety in Kansas City, Mo. The seminar dives into 2017 drug testing amendments and a pair of amendments to safety rules created in November 2014 and Dece [...]
Local Chairperson Todd Larson dies
LCA Illinois Central Local Chairperson Todd W. Larson, 49, lost his battle with cancer on July 12. A member of Local 1299 in Chicago since March 2008, Larson held various positions with the local including local legislative representative and local alternate legislative repre [...]
TD-friendly legislators honored in Washington
SEATTLE — SMART Transportation Division’s Washington State Legislative Board, represented by Legislative Director Herb Krohn, gave awards to a number of state legislators supportive of the union’s safety efforts at July’s regional meeting. Receiving Golden Spike Awards [...]
FTA certifies state safety oversight programs of N.C., Wash. & Puerto Rico
States must receive FTA certification by April 15, 2019, or new federal transit funds cannot be awarded WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced that North Carolina, Puerto Rico and Washington have obtained federal ce [...]