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Ryan Edwards dies in CN switching accident

August 5, 2015 Ryan D. Edwards, 27, of Schererville, Ind. was fatally injured July 25 while performing switching operations at Canadian National Markham Yard in Homewood, Ill. Edwards (Local 1299 of Schererville, Ind.) hired out in August of 2011. Throughout his carer with the railroad, Edw [...]

Tags Adren Crawford, Canadian National, CN, fatality, National Safety Team, Ryan D. Edwards, Ryan Edwards

Man charged in theft of railroad wiring

August 5, 2015 The theft of copper wire from railroad tracks in Texarkana, Ark., in April created a public hazard, a prosecutor said. Prosecutors in Miller County, Ark., formally charged Jeffrey Duane Procella, 39, last week in theft of metal and felony criminal mischief in the removal of s [...]

Tags copper wire, copper wire theft, theft, Union Pacific, UP

Train boosters say 'save Amtrak'

August 5, 2015 People who want to preserve state subsidies for Amtrak want Gov. Bruce Rauner (R – Ill.) to know they have not gone away. A news conference featuring state lawmakers from college towns along the rails praised Rauner for wanting to tackle the budget deficit but pointed o [...]

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Victories and Challenges Take Center Stage on First Day of SMART Annual Leadership Conference

August 4, 2015 The 2025 SMART Leadership Conference kicked off this morning in New York City, bringing together hundreds of Sheet Metal and Transportation Division members for three days of collaboration and education. Read on for a recap of Day 1.

Great Lakes Airlines adds Denver connection

August 4, 2015 Great Lakes Airlines will resume its service from the Prescott Municipal Airport to Denver, via Farmington, New Mexico, effective Saturday, Aug. 1. Read more from The Daily Courier. Pilots and flight attendants of Great Lakes Airlines are members of SMART TD Local 40 of Denver.

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Is Northeast Corridor at breaking point?

August 4, 2015 U.S. Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, in the light of problems affecting tens of thousands of NJTransit and Amtrak riders between New Jersey and New York Penn Station of the last eight days, has called respective Govs. Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo to meet with him [...]

Tags Amtrak, Andrew Cuomo, Anthony Foxx, Chris Christie, infrastructure, NJ Transit

Agreement signed for Hoosier State route to continue

August 4, 2015 The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) and local communities this weekend reached long-term agreements with Amtrak and Iowa Pacific Holdings to continue Hoosier State passenger-rail service between Indianapolis and Chicago. Service under the new agreements began yes [...]

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Another New, Cleverly-Named Attack On Unions

August 3, 2015 Republicans, led by the senior member of the Senate, Utah’s Orrin Hatch, announced Monday that they will make another attempt to pass the anti-union “Employee Rights Act,” which has failed in previous attempts due to Democratic control of the Senate. If passed, the bill woul [...]

Medicare’s program integrity initiatives

August 3, 2015 For many years, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) has funded programs to reduce claims payment errors (either paying too much, paying too little or payments being made when none should be). Some of these programs are handled through systematic checks that look fo [...]

Tags Medicaid, Medicare, Palmetto, Palmetto GBA, railroad medicare

P&L railroaders seal new deal

August 3, 2015 SMART TD-represented engineers employed by Paducah and Louisville Railway has ratified a new five-year agreement. The agreement provides for wage increases in each year of the agreement with an initial adjustment of three percent, effective January 1, 2014, and additional adj [...]

Tags CBA, P&L railway, Paducah and Louisville Railway