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President Nigro presents vision for SMART future
SMART General President Joseph Nigro opened the proceedings of the First SMART General Convention Aug. 6 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with a message stressing education, strength and unity. Following the presentation of the Colors by the Palo Verde High School Junior ROTC a [...]
Building Trades President McGarvey On the 21st Century Building Trades
Sean McGarvey, President of North America’s Building Trades Unions (AFL-CIO), was the first of two speakers to address delegates to the SMART Convention August 6, telling attendees, “We are on the threshold of a once-in-a-generation opportunity for membership and market share [...]Report offers analysis of Super Bowl rail delays
NEWARK, N.J. — A report released Friday on New Jersey Transit’s Super Bowl performance in February describes confusion on the ground and disagreement among top officials as train delays worsened, but praised the agency’s overall performance. The 148-page report wa [...]
All Aboard! General President Nigro Presents Vision for SMART Future
SMART General President Joseph Nigro opened the proceedings of the First SMART General Convention August 6 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with a message stressing education, strength and unity. Following the presentation of the Colors by the Palo Verde High School Junior ROTC [...]Previsich, Wytkind want increased rail funding
Amtrak links the Hudson Valley to the rest of North America. From Hudson and Albany, you can take the train to western New York, to New York City and to Canada. And people do just that: Last year, Amtrak’s Empire Service alone brought more than a million riders through [...]More gains in carload, intermodal for latest week
U.S. rail traffic gained ground in the week ending Aug. 2, 2014, effectively wrapping up a solid month of gains, the Association of American Railroads reported Thursday, Aug. 7. U.S. freight carload volume for the latest week rose 5.6 percent measured against the comparable w [...]
First SMART General Convention Forges a United Tomorrow
In their First General Convention, held August 11 – 15, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nevada, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers will bring together delegates from across North America to determine the course of the union through the next [...]