Tri-Rail/Transdev agreement ratified

SMART Transportation Division represented engineers, conductors, and transportation specialists have ratified their tentative agreement with Tri-Rail/Transdev.  The agreement, which passed by an overwhelming majority, provides members a fair wage with affordable healthcare fo [...]

UP modifying Great Salt Lake causeway

GREAT SALT LAKE — One of the strangest and most striking places in Utah — an enormous oddity that scientists say was created accidentally by human engineering — is getting a bit of a remodeling job. Union Pacific Railroad is beginning a bridge-building project to replace a sm [...]

Two New Members Elected By General Executive Council

Brothers Rick Werner and Chris Griffey were both unanimously elected to the SMART General Executive Council starting November 1, 2015. They replace Bruce Word (Local 104 – Northern California) and Norm Whiteman (Local 68 – Dallas, TX) who both retired in late summer after lon [...]