Category: Contract ratification
“Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is”: SMART-TD Challenges CSX to Make Its Current Contract Offer Public
CSX employees deserve answers, not games and half-truths. Read on to see why SMART-TD is calling Jacksonville’s bluff and telling the railroad to show its cards.
GCA 457 Members Vote Down Tentative Agreement with CPKC
Members of GCA 457 rejected a tentative agreement with CPKC Railway by a 58% margin, with 91.5% voter participation. Read on for certified results.
Tentative Agreement Reached With CPKC
A tentative eight-year agreement with CPKC includes a 32.5% wage increase, protected benefits, and quality-of-life improvements. Members will vote between April 29 and May 21. Read on for details on the TA, and what to expect in the voting process.
Notches Change, The Reverser DOESN’T
Colorado Pacific Rio Grande Railroad sought concessions from SMART-TD Local 204, but members held firm and secured a unanimous agreement that preserves base earnings while increasing effective hourly pay and improving overtime opportunities. Read on to see how creative bargaining delivered stronger protections when working across affiliated railroads, and several quality-of-life improvements for our Local 204 brothers.
Metro Micro Operators Overwhelmingly Ratify First Contract
Following productive negotiations, Metro Micro Operators have ratified their first collective bargaining agreement with Crosby Street Transit. SMART-TD congratulates these operators on their victory, which was achieved with the help of several union leaders. Read on for details.
SMART-TD Members on UP Properties Ratify Five-Year Agreement
Members working on Union Pacific properties have overwhelmingly ratified a five-year agreement, with a vast majority voting “yes” for substantial wage increases, enhanced benefits, and powerful new protections that resolve longstanding issues. Read on to see how this strong contract victory will deliver real gains in pay, quality of life, and fairness for SMART-TD’s UP membership over the next five years.
Automation Protection Headlines New Contract for Local 1707
Compounded pay raises, bereavement leave improvements, and strong automation protections lead the list of wins included in Local 1707’s (Perris, California) recently ratified, four-year agreement. Read on to learn how local leadership played a critical role throughout the approval process.
Local 1741 Ratifies Trio of Strong Agreements
Members of Local 1741 (San Francisco, California) notched several big wins in their new agreements while standing firm against the company’s attempts to get what it wanted at the workers’ expense. They join a growing list of SMART-TD locals enjoying recently ratified new contracts. Read on for details.