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Holiday message from TD President Jeremy Ferguson Brothers and sisters — The year is drawing to a close and we have put the nation on notice. We transportation workers are the definition of essential, and as the nation struggles with a major weather event with zero-degree temperatures and face-numbing sub-zero wind-chills, our members are out doing their jobs. Some may forget that. […] The post Holiday message from TD President Jeremy Ferguson appeared first on SMART Union. — Dec 23
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More than 13,000 comments received for FRA’s Rule of 2 The SMART Transportation Division would like to thank all of you for your historic response to the FRA’s Notice of Public Rulemaking (NPRM) on Freight Train Crew Size. In the moment when our livelihood and the safety of all involved was on the line, SMART members, along with their friends and families, answered the bell […] The post More than 13,000 comments received for FRA’s Rule of 2 appeared first on SMART Union. — Dec 22
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FRA issues safety bulletin The Federal Railroad Administration’s Office of Railroad Safety issued the following bulletin on Dec. 20, 2022: SUBJECT: Pre-Departure Inspections – Appendix D to 49 CFR Part 215 The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) is investigating a recent fatal accident when a train operating on the mainline struck a piece of angle iron protruding from a freight […] The post FRA issues safety bulletin appeared first on SMART Union. — Dec 22
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Union organizes rallies on Capitol Hill, elsewhere WASHINGTON – SMART Transportation Division organized rallies in multiple locations Dec. 13 to bring attention to rail-related issues, including maintaining the current safe level of a minimum two-person crew in the cabs of locomotives, paid sick leave for workers and an end to the carriers’ Precision Scheduled Railroading (PSR) scheme. A solidarity rally took place […] The post Union organizes rallies on Capitol Hill, elsewhere appeared first on SMART Union. — Dec 20
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Union states 2PC case before FRA The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) held its much-anticipated hearing Dec. 14 to receive public testimony on its Notice of Proposed Rule Making (NPRM) regarding a minimum train crew size. As it was set up, representatives from just two Class I carriers — Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern — the Association of American Railroads (AAR) and […] The post Union states 2PC case before FRA appeared first on SMART Union. — Dec 19