SMART-TD

Four months before the next collective bargaining round, BNSF and Norfolk Southern (NS) on Aug. 23 separately reported reaching tentative five-year agreements with the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Division/TCU (BRC);…

Two days after CSX announced that it reached tentative agreements on new five-year collective bargaining agreements with the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen (BRC) and General Committee of Adjustment GO-049 of…

Jeremy R. Ferguson of Local 313 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) on Aug. 11 was elected to a second five-year term as President of the Transportation Division of the International Association of…

Norfolk Southern (NS) and the American Train Dispatchers Association (ATDA), in partnership with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), announced Aug. 6 their joint participation in the Confidential Close Call Reporting…

As part of ongoing efforts to “foster dialogue” with craft railroaders, Norfolk Southern’s (NS) President and CEO, Alan H. Shaw, recently joined SMART-TD (International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail,…

NEWS ITEM: Robert E. Primus, named by President Biden in May to succeed Martin J. Oberman as Surface Transportation Board (STB) chairperson, last week scheduled a public hearing in Washington…

Frank N. Wilner’s Watching Washington article on the infighting between the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) offers a stark reminder of our industry’s…

WATCHING WASHINGTON, RAILWAY AGE JULY 2024 ISSUE: Those scorpions in a bottle—the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal,…

Arizona Eastern Railway (AZER) T&E employees have voted to join the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), becoming the union’s newest members.

CSX, Norfolk Southern (NS), Union Pacific (UP) and The Greenbrier Companies rank on USA Today’s America’s Climate Leaders 2024 list. Also, NS collaborates with its railroaders to enhance their “home…

FROM THE EDITOR, RAILWAY AGE MAY 2024 ISSUE: Multiple-choice question: How many crew members should occupy a locomotive cab? A) Three. B) Two. C) One. D) Zero. E) None of…

Norfolk Southern (NS) on Feb. 15 formally signed an agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation…

CSX announced Feb. 1 that it has reached agreements with four additional groups of railroad workers to provide paid sick leave benefits. The unions include Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and…

BNSF on Jan. 11 announced that it has completed a record year for workplace safety in 2023, with the lowest injury frequency rate in the company’s 175-year history.

New York Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul on Dec. 8 signed into law S.5775, a bill requiring railroads in her state to operate with minimum-two-person crews (2PC). Hochul a year earlier…

The national presidents of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD), which represents the…

The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD) announced on Nov. 3 that it has voted, with approximately two-thirds of its members in favor,…

The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) on Oct. 27 announced that it has reached a tentative agreement with TWU Local 234 on a new contract for employees in the City,…

The national presidents of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD), which represents the…

The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers, Transportation Division (SMART-TD) and BNSF Railway have reached a system-wide agreement, following up on the mandatory local bargaining items…