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Glen Johnson to head Human Rights Committee

September 19, 2013 Vice Local Chairperson and Legislative Rep. Glen E. Johnson has been elevated to the position of director of the SMART Transportation Division’s Human Rights Committee following the retirement of former director Frank Hickman Aug. 31. A member of Local 937 at Mart, Texas, Joh [...]

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SMART Joins the Solar Air Heating World Industries Association to Promote Jobs In Emerging Industry

September 18, 2013 As solar continues to be a “hot” growth industry in the United States and other parts of the world, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) is feeling especially buoyant about the new job opportunities that will result from i [...]

Six die in Canada train, bus crash

September 18, 2013 Six people were killed after a train crashed into a double-decker city bus in Canada’s capital Ottawa during rush hour on Wednesday, an emergency official said. The driver of the bus and five passengers died in the crash, according to Craig Watson, the transit union’s p [...]

Rails sticking to their bets on oil boom

September 18, 2013 As 57,000 miles of U.S. crude pipelines threaten to lure business from railroads, Burlington Northern Santa Fe and Union Pacific Corp. are sticking to their bet on the nation’s energy boom. Domestic oil that was significantly cheaper than imported crude for the last two years [...]

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Register with ‘Your Track to Health’ to win iPad

September 17, 2013 The “Your Track to Health” brand represents the wide array of health and welfare benefits and resources available to eligible railroad employees and their dependents. Whenever you see “Your Track to Health” used on communications and in materials, you [...]

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Tell Planet Fitness to Respect Local Communities

September 17, 2013 The gym known as Planet Fitness is well noted for its’ inexpensive membership fees. But why are they so cheap and who is paying the real price? Planet Fitness hires building contractors that are from outside the area who do not contribute to the community and bring in l [...]

Winners of PAC contest announced

September 17, 2013 The SMART Transportation Division PAC contest recently concluded this past Labor Day with a total of $30,445 raised in PAC contributions. The person who raised the most amount for PAC was James E. Carrico, Jr., of Local 333 of North Vernon, Ind., with $5,660 raised. Coming in [...]

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BNSF spending $125M on Okla. projects

September 17, 2013 Railroad operator BNSF Railways Co. announced plans Monday to spend $125 million expanding and improving their system in Oklahoma. The projects include a new bypass connection at the Cherokee Yard in West Tulsa and extending a siding area on their tracks near Mannford. Read t [...]

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Bankrupt Maine railroad seeks help with legal fees

September 17, 2013 The trustee for Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway Ltd. wants U.S. taxpayers to pay the bankrupt railroad’s legal fees, according to a motion filed Monday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court. The motion asks the court to carve out $5 million of the anticipated proceeds from se [...]

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Unions Challenge Administration On Obamacare At AFL-CIO Convention

September 13, 2013 The AFL-CIO closed its latest convention this week by challenging President Obama on the Affordable Care Act, pledging bipartisan politics, and promising to make good on opening up the labor movement to non traditonal forms of organizing and outreach while launching campaigns [...]