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UP improves rail crossing safety
According to a press release from Union Pacific (UP), the railroad’s safety programs have contributed to a 5 percent decline in vehicle-train collisions at crossings for the first half of 2017, as compared to last year. Click here to read more from Union Pacific.
Medicare to issue new cards in 2018 to protect identities of retirees
Whether a person is receiving Medicare through Social Security or through the Railroad Retirement Board (RRB), the patient may be vulnerable to identity theft due to the SSN/RRB Claim number being present on their Medicare card. Soon, you won’t need to worry about someone obt [...]
2017 2nd quarter financial results for Class I railroads
CSX Net Earnings: $510 million or $0.55 per share, up 15 percent from $445 million or $0.47 per share from 2016’s second quarter earnings results Revenue: Increased 8 percent to $2,933 million Operating Income: $958 million, up 14 percent Operating Ratio: 67.4 percent, [...]
Letter Carrier Food Drive Collects 71 Million Lbs
The Letter Carriers’ 25th annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive, the largest one-day annual food drive in the U.S., collected 71.1 million pounds of food, the third-highest total ever. NALC, its members, its union allies including SMART and its customers, contributed the food [...]Rail workers died fighting for basic human rights: Anniversary of Railroad Strike of 1877
John Risch, SMART TD’s national legislative director, spoke with Jaisal Noor of realnews.com on the significance of the 140th anniversary of the first national railroad strike that began July 14, 1877, also known as the Great Railroad Strike and Great Upheaval. More tha [...]
SMART TD mourns loss of Noah Flanagan, former Alabama SLD
Noah Haywood Flanagan, 92, a resident of Deatsville, Ala., died Tuesday, July 18, 2017. Flanagan was born in Alabama to Jim Haywood & Leona (McCune) Flanagan. Flanagan worked his way up through the ranks of the railroad industry, starting his career as a switchmen to even [...]
New Landmark Agreement With BYD Electric Bus Manufacturers In LA
SMART with the help of Jobs to Move America (JMA), signed a landmark community benefits agreement with BYD Motors that will create pathways into the manufacturing industry for underrepresented and underserved populations in Los Angeles County. Community Benefits Agreements ar [...]
SMART TD mourns loss of Jerry Palmer, former HR Director
SMART TD mourns the recent passing of Jerry Palmer, former and longtime SMART TD Director of Human Resources, and extends deepest condolences to his entire family, especially to fiancé, Patricia Schmidt, who was also a longtime employee of SMART TD. Palmer and Schmidt met at [...]