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FRA reactivates safety advisory committee
A notice published in the Federal Register in late September announced that the Railroad Safety Advisory Committee (RSAC) would be rechartered for two years after a period of dormancy. RSAC advises the administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) and makes recom [...]
ITI Business Development Enhanced With SBA Help, Module on Diversity
The ITI Business Development program has completed a highly successful pilot program, garnering high praise, strong interest, and—as pilot programs are intended to do—important enhancements to the ongoing curriculum. The post-pilot courses include a Phase-Three collaboration [...]
Unions Stopping Addiction
by Bill Salvatore Local 28 SMART MAP Director At a park in Flushing, N.Y., Local 28 took a swing at striking out addiction by hosting a softball tournament highlighting the issue. The opioid epidemic has been declared a national health crisis, with Hydrocodone, Oxycont [...]
Veterans Get Chance At Career Through LA Program
Military veterans who have honorably transitioned into civilian life often don’t know what their next steps will be. Instead of doing a job to get by, a boot camp to introduce veterans to a career as a sheet metal worker is offered by the Southern California Sheet Metal JATC [...]
Today Is National Voter Registration Day
Voting is one of the most important things we can do to effect change in our local communities and now, more than ever, we must hold our elected leaders accountable. As you may know, SMART has a special stake in our local communities. It’s where decisions are made on transit [...]
New sequestration rate cuts into railroad unemployment and sickness benefits
Starting October 1, 2018, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) will reduce railroad unemployment and sickness insurance benefits by 6.2 percent, down from the current 6.6 percent reduction, as required by law. The adjusted reduction amount is based on revised projections [...]House members send letter to DOT opposing KCS cross-border waiver
House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Ranking Member Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and House Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Ranking Member Michael Capuano (D-MA) sent a letter signed by 27 bipartisan members of Congress to Secretary of the [...]
N.C. members collecting necessities in wake of hurricane
LCA – CSXT Secretary and UTUIA Field Supervisor Chris Fly (Local 1106) is collecting goods of necessity for our union families who are in need in the wake of Hurricane Florence. “Currently, Wilmington, N.C., in particular, is not accessible. This is where our Brothers and Sis [...]