Category: Transportation
SMART-TD celebrates ratification of Mechanical Division agreements
The SMART Transportation Division would like to congratulate our Mechanical Division peers for ratifying their new collective bargaining agreements. Their agreements with BNSF, CSXT and Norfolk Southern guarantee wage increases, improvements in paid vacation, stronger health and welfare benefits, and maintain a consistent employee monthly cost-share contribution.
SMART members helping SMART members recover from Hurricane Helene
SMART has announced a mobilization of members and volunteers to offer assistance to our brothers and sisters in the hurricane recovery effort.
Tentative agreement in lieu of a “National Agreement”
A message from SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson clarifying the Tentative Agreements for CSX, NS, and BNSF members: a breakdown of wage increases and enhanced benefits without sacrificing work rules, all while ensuring job security for conductors.
Assistance needed for members affected by Hurricane Helene
The TD Disaster Relief Fund and SMART Disaster Relief are working to assist those affected by Hurricane Helene. Please donate if able or reach out if assistance is needed.
United for two-person crews and our members’ rights on BNSF
A misinformed media outlet suggested that SMART-TD's BNSF general committees are negotiating away the two-person crew in a tentative agreement. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Leaders in D.C. to Canadian Class Is: Get to work on sick leave … NOW!
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su express frustration with CN and CPKC railroads' lack of progress on negotiating paid sick leave.
SMART-TD Transit Union welcomes FTA’s historic directive to combat operator assaults
Our multi-year effort to protect our bus and transit membership takes a significant step ahead when FTA announces its first directive to stop operator assaults.
Bus operator summons SWAT team in LA bus hijacking
SMART-TD Transit Union member safe after he alerted police to fatal shooting, hijacking aboard LACMTA bus.