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Two-person crew mandates for all freight trains in Ohio – Senate Bill 74, introduced by State Senator Kenny Yuko (D) and State Senator Michael Skindell (D), and House Bill 107, sponsored by House Representative Michael Sheehy (D) and House Representative Michele Lepore-Hagan, have been recently introduced to the Ohio state legislature. Click on the links below…

Right to Work (RTW) legislative measures, both state and federal, are supported by Trump and his administration, so it is imperative that we make our opposition known and heard. SMART Transportation Division will be hosting a free event for all union members of all crafts, and for the public, to discuss how RTW was designed…

Dear SMART TD member: Please click on the link below to sign (and please share) this online petition to the White House asking the FTA to approve funding that has long been earmarked for San Francisco’s Caltrain’s Peninsula Corridor Electrification Project (PCEP) a high-speed, electric commuter train system project: https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/support-9600-american-jobs-tell-fta-approve-funding-caltrain-electrification The petition urges President Donald…

Thanks to scores of union members who showed up at a committee hearing  in Santa Fe, New Mexico, a right-to-work measure was effectively shut down and cannot be reintroduced for the remainder of 2017. Read the complete story published by PeoplesWorld.com, here.

If you are injured on the job, you have powerful rights under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA). All of SMART TD’s Designated Legal Counsel (DLC) are chosen because they specialize in handling FELA claims and are experienced in dealing with railroad claim agents and railroad lawyers. A SMART TD DLC is your agent, and…