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Mar 02, 2016
The SMART Transportation Division has set the dates and locations of the union’s two 2016 regional meetings. The western regional meeting...
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Feb 26, 2016
After five years of occasionally hostile negotiations, NJ Transit and its rail unions will meet on March 4 at the National Mediation Board in...
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Feb 24, 2016
Members who have been furloughed should be aware that their health care coverage benefits from their employer extends through the end of the...
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Jul 03, 2015
Each year, the U.S. Railroad Retirement Board (RRB) prepares a "Certificate of Service Months and Compensation" (Form BA-6) for every railroad...
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Feb 23, 2015
Over the previous year and into 2015, there has been a noticeable increase of complaints regarding staffing related agreement violations by Union...
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Feb 20, 2015
The SMART Transportation Division, together with five other rail unions, has begun negotiations with most major freight railroads to revise rates...
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Feb 20, 2015
When Union Pacific Railroad announced their intent to install video recording devices inside their entire locomotive fleet, SMART GO-953...
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Feb 18, 2015
Anthem has announced that their company was the target of a sophisticated cyber attack. This resulted in unauthorized access to its...
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Feb 17, 2015
2013 CEO-to-Worker Pay Ratio In 2013 the CEO-to-worker pay ratio was 331:1 and the CEO-to-minimum-wage-worker pay ratio was 774:1....
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Feb 17, 2015
(Reuters) - A CSX Corp oil train that derailed and erupted in flames in West Virginia on Monday was hauling newer model tank cars, not the older...
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