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Jesus Velasquez
October 6, 2022

SMART-TD Tentative Agreement update: Oct. 5, 2022

Jesus Velasquez
October 6, 2022

https://smart-union.org/smart-td-tentative-agreement-update-oct-5-2022/

Newer PostMust-watch video for SMART-TD, BLET freight rail members
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  • December 2022
    • Dec 8, 2022 2022 National Agreement Pay Rate Adjustment and Backpay Timeline Dec 8, 2022
    • Dec 1, 2022 SMART-TD statement on the results of the U.S. Senate vote to impose the rail agreement Dec 1, 2022
  • November 2022
    • Nov 21, 2022 Operating craft (Train & Engine service) members of SMART-TD have voted to reject it, while TD yardmasters have voted to ratify. BLET Passed. Nov 21, 2022
    • Nov 12, 2022 SMART-TD, BLET town hall yields facts about tentative agreement Nov 12, 2022
    • Nov 11, 2022 SMART-TD National News Nov 11, 2022
    • Nov 2, 2022 Update on SMART-TD balloting for National Rail Tentative Agreement Nov 2, 2022
  • October 2022
    • Oct 8, 2022 Must-watch video for SMART-TD, BLET freight rail members Oct 8, 2022
    • Oct 6, 2022 SMART-TD Tentative Agreement update: Oct. 5, 2022 Oct 6, 2022
  • September 2022
    • Sep 30, 2022 Ultimately, decision about tentative agreement is in members’ hands Sep 30, 2022
    • Sep 15, 2022 SMART-TD, BLET reach tentative agreement with railroads Sep 15, 2022
    • Sep 6, 2022 Alert for freight rail members Sep 6, 2022
    • Sep 5, 2022 SMART-TD, BLET joint statement on Labor Day 2022 Sep 5, 2022
  • August 2022
    • Aug 27, 2022 Update on PEB 250 recommendations to national agreement negotiations Aug 27, 2022
    • Aug 27, 2022 Temporary Lodging and Displacement Notification PILOT Agreement.pdf Aug 27, 2022
    • Aug 18, 2022 TD President Ferguson’s statement on PEB 250’s recommendations Aug 18, 2022
    • Aug 16, 2022 Presidential Emergency Board No. 250 – Report and Recommendations Aug 16, 2022
    • Aug 16, 2022 Announcement To Come Regarding PEB Aug 16, 2022
    • Aug 3, 2022 SMART-TD Local 528 Meeting Aug 3, 2022
    • Aug 1, 2022 SMART-TD, BLET presidents update members following PEB 250 Aug 1, 2022
    • Aug 1, 2022 FRA Issues Proposed Rule to Enhance Train Safety, Codify Train Crew Size Requirements Aug 1, 2022
  • July 2022
    • Jul 25, 2022 United Rail Unions statement on opening of PEB Jul 25, 2022
    • Jul 25, 2022 Statement from SMART-TD regarding the commencement of the Presidential Emergency Board Jul 25, 2022
    • Jul 25, 2022 Your experiences – our PEB case! Jul 25, 2022
    • Jul 18, 2022 Biden Names Presidential Emergency Board Jul 18, 2022
    • Jul 16, 2022 President Joe Biden’s Executive Order establishing a Presidential Emergency Board (PEB) Jul 16, 2022
    • Jul 14, 2022 SMART Transportation Division obtains authorization to strike Jul 14, 2022
    • Jul 14, 2022 SMART-TD National Contract Updates Jul 14, 2022
    • Jul 14, 2022 SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson Update Jul 14, 2022
  • September 2021
    • Sep 27, 2021 CARRIER GROUPS' WAIVER EXTENSION REQUEST DENIED BY FRA Sep 27, 2021
  • July 2021
    • Jul 11, 2021 END OF AN ERA Jul 11, 2021
    • Jul 1, 2021 INVEST Act Passed in U.S. House Jul 1, 2021
  • June 2021
    • Jun 9, 2021 THE INVEST IN AMERICA ACT AND HOW IT PROTECTS TD MEMBERS Jun 9, 2021
  • October 2020
    • Oct 20, 2020 Vacation Form 2021 Oct 20, 2020
  • September 2020
    • Sep 3, 2020 TD President Jeremy R. Ferguson sets record straight on anti-labor article Sep 3, 2020
  • August 2020
    • Aug 30, 2020 A victory: District judge's ruling against crew consist vacated Aug 30, 2020
  • June 2020
    • Jun 18, 2020 Chicago Complex Service Unit Disregard to Safety Jun 18, 2020
    • Jun 18, 2020 JOSEPH F. SZABO, FATHER OF FORMER FRA ADMINISTRATOR, PASSES AWAY Jun 18, 2020
    • Jun 18, 2020 FACTS ABOUT THE INVEST IN AMERICA ACT’S 2PC PROVISION Jun 18, 2020
    • Jun 18, 2020 FRA GRANTS UNIONS’ REQUEST FOR ANOTHER EXTENSION TO FILE CERTIFICATION PETITIONS Jun 18, 2020
    • Jun 18, 2020 VSTD COVID-19 Elimination Period Waiver is Extended Jun 18, 2020
    • Jun 4, 2020 TD President Jeremy R. Ferguson on the INVEST in America Act Jun 4, 2020
  • April 2020
    • Apr 1, 2020 COVID-19 RRB Benefits Apr 1, 2020
  • March 2020
    • Mar 30, 2020 How COVID-19 Bill (CARES ACT) Affects TD Rail Members Mar 30, 2020
    • Mar 25, 2020 FERGUSON DISCUSSES EMERGENCY REQUEST REGARDING COVID-19 Mar 25, 2020
    • Mar 25, 2020 COVID-19 Form Launched for Reports of CDC Protocols Not Being Followed Mar 25, 2020
    • Mar 22, 2020 Important Message For All Members: COVID-19 SMART-TD Update Mar 22, 2020
  • October 2019
    • Oct 9, 2019 Update on the facts of the crew consist lawsuit from President Ferguson Oct 9, 2019
  • May 2019
    • May 16, 2019 Nevada Becomes 6th State with Two-Person Crew Law May 16, 2019
    • May 10, 2019 Action Alert! Call your State Rep today for SB 24 May 10, 2019
    • May 2, 2019 H.R. 1748 UPDATE: Contacting Your Member of Congress is a Difference-Maker! May 2, 2019
  • April 2019
    • Apr 4, 2019 METRA PERFORMING ‘SAFETY BLITZES’ AND IS IN PROCESS OF EVALUATING STATIONS Apr 4, 2019
  • March 2019
    • Mar 30, 2019 It’s taking a team effort for Union Pacific to roll out its version of PSR Mar 30, 2019
    • Mar 30, 2019 Union Pacific scales back work on new train yard in Mumford Mar 30, 2019
    • Mar 30, 2019 Union Pacific layoffs at Hinkle yard in Hermiston draw safety concerns Mar 30, 2019
    • Mar 28, 2019 Ask your Member of Congress to Co-Sponsor Federal Two-Person Crew Legislation Mar 28, 2019
    • Mar 22, 2019 GCA Response to Plan 2020 Mar 22, 2019
    • Mar 22, 2019 STATE TWO-PERSON CREW BILL UPDATE Mar 22, 2019
    • Mar 22, 2019 Rail Unions Support National Two-Person Crew Bill Mar 22, 2019
    • Mar 20, 2019 SUPPORT SB 24, ILLINOIS TWO-PERSON CREW BILL Mar 20, 2019
  • January 2019
    • Jan 30, 2019 PROVISO YARD SHORT CREW PAYMENT Jan 30, 2019
    • Jan 7, 2019 FRA PUBLISHES MINIMUM DRUG AND ALCOHOL TESTING RATES FOR 2019 Jan 7, 2019
    • Jan 7, 2019 AP Analysis: DOT Miscalculated When Considering ECP Brake Rule Jan 7, 2019
    • Jan 4, 2019 New Content on Website Jan 4, 2019
    • Jan 4, 2019 YARD MEAL PERIOD DISPUTE SETTLED Jan 4, 2019
    • Jan 4, 2019 SMART-TD Legislative Office Seeks Clarification of PTC Controls Jan 4, 2019
  • December 2018
    • Dec 7, 2018 We Want To Hear From You Dec 7, 2018
    • Dec 7, 2018 Railroad Retirement and Unemployment Insurance Taxes in 2019 - December 2018 Dec 7, 2018
    • Dec 6, 2018 U.S. court could give assist for CN oil ‘pucks’ Dec 6, 2018
    • Dec 5, 2018 Wisconsin Alternate Work Training Schedule (AWTS) 2018 Dec 5, 2018
    • Dec 5, 2018 Agreements Now Available Dec 5, 2018
  • November 2018
    • Nov 15, 2018 RRB: BUYOUTS AND RAILROAD RETIREMENT BENEFITS Nov 15, 2018
  • September 2018
    • Sep 25, 2018 NE2 SENIORITY MOVEMENT CHICAGO DISTRICT Sep 25, 2018
    • Sep 12, 2018 Human errors led to fatal BNSF South Dakota incident Sep 12, 2018
    • Sep 11, 2018 CHICAGO FREIGHT TERMINAL SENIORITY MOVEMENT Sep 11, 2018
    • Sep 6, 2018 NOW ONLINE - CLAIMS BOOK Sep 6, 2018
    • Sep 6, 2018 Rail unions file petition against FRA over crew dispute Sep 6, 2018
  • July 2018
    • Jul 18, 2018 PROVISO TO YARD CENTER - ROAD CREWS Jul 18, 2018
  • June 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL MAKING IT A FEDERAL CRIME TO ASSAULT PASSENGER RAIL PERSONNEL Jun 4, 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 RRB ISSUES STATEMENTS OF SERVICE Jun 4, 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 CHANGES MADE TO MONTHLY SMART TD DIPP ASSESSMENTS Jun 4, 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 Railroad Retirement Publication - May 2018 Jun 4, 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 2 Person Crew Legislation Jun 4, 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 Short on workers, CSX again warns employees about time-off policies Jun 4, 2018
    • Jun 4, 2018 Labor Tribute Jun 4, 2018
  • May 2018
    • May 4, 2018 FTX Drone Usage May 4, 2018
    • May 4, 2018 New Online FTX Challenge Process May 4, 2018
    • May 3, 2018 New Online Vacant Vacation Form Process May 3, 2018
  • April 2018
    • Apr 10, 2018 Say "NO" to Autonomous Trains Apr 10, 2018
    • Apr 5, 2018 LOCAL 590 CONDUCTOR KILLED IN ACCIDENT Apr 5, 2018
    • Apr 1, 2018 FRA Releases New Hours of Service Mobile Application Apr 1, 2018
  • March 2018
    • Mar 15, 2018 More than 100 former employees sue CSX Mar 15, 2018
    • Mar 15, 2018 UNITEDHEALTHCARE ISSUES SCAM ALERT Mar 15, 2018
    • Mar 2, 2018 RONALD BATORY SWORN IN AS FRA ADMINISTRATOR Mar 2, 2018
    • Mar 2, 2018 Where are the trains in $8.5 billion O'Hare plan? Mar 2, 2018
  • January 2018
    • Jan 31, 2018 Bad ties caused coal train to derail in West Allis last July, report from railroad says Jan 31, 2018
    • Jan 29, 2018 Workers say they warned Amtrak before deadly crash Jan 29, 2018
  • December 2017
    • Dec 15, 2017 Republican Tax Bill Would Cut Railroad Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Dec 15, 2017
    • Dec 1, 2017 SMART TD MEMBERS RATIFY NATIONAL RAIL AGREEMENT Dec 1, 2017
  • October 2017
    • Oct 17, 2017 COORDINATED BARGAINING GROUP CONDEMNS INTERFERENCE IN ITS RATIFICATION PROCESS Oct 17, 2017
    • Oct 16, 2017 Proposed National Rail Contract & SMART TD Membership Survey Oct 16, 2017
    • Oct 16, 2017 SMART TD AGAINST TRUMP’S NOMINEE FOR AMTRAK CHAIR Oct 16, 2017
  • August 2017
    • Aug 31, 2017 Our SMART TD Brothers and Sisters in Texas need your help! Aug 31, 2017
    • Aug 29, 2017 DONATE TO HELP PEOPLE AFFECTED BY HURRICANE HARVEY Aug 29, 2017
    • Aug 24, 2017 RISCH OP-ED: BIGGER TRUCKS DESTROY ROADS Aug 24, 2017
    • Aug 22, 2017 42 hurt in SEPTA train crash outside Philadelphia Aug 22, 2017
    • Aug 14, 2017 CSX Layoffs Fuel Rumors Local Yard May Shut Aug 14, 2017
    • Aug 3, 2017 Pennsylvania town evacuated after CSX freight train derails, catches fire Aug 3, 2017
    • Aug 2, 2017 CSX chief executive attributes service disruptions to employee push-back Aug 2, 2017
    • Aug 2, 2017 TIGER, Amtrak spared in THUD bill Aug 2, 2017
  • July 2017
    • Jul 27, 2017 Bill Would Give Yardmasters Hours of Service Protection Jul 27, 2017
    • Jul 24, 2017 RAIL WORKERS DIED FIGHTING FOR BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS: ANNIVERSARY OF RAILROAD STRIKE OF 1877 Jul 24, 2017
    • Jul 12, 2017 RRB: UNEMPLOYMENT AND SICKNESS BENEFITS FOR RAILROAD EMPLOYEES Jul 12, 2017
    • Jul 7, 2017 If Trump has his way, Amtrak’s long-run trains will roll into history Jul 7, 2017
  • June 2017
    • Jun 30, 2017 No radio frequency for CSX crew to warn Amtrak they were on DC track Jun 30, 2017
    • Jun 30, 2017 STATEMENT ON RAIL ACCIDENT THAT CLAIMED TWO BROTHERS Jun 30, 2017
  • May 2017
    • May 5, 2017 SMART-TD Opposes An Anti-Worker Bill That Would Gut Overtime Protections May 5, 2017
    • May 4, 2017 Financial Impact of a Loss of 10,000 Amtrak Employees May 4, 2017
  • April 2017
    • Apr 27, 2017 GP Sellers: The Value Of Your Union Health Care Benefits Apr 27, 2017
    • Apr 19, 2017 SMART-TD Member Survey Apr 19, 2017
    • Apr 18, 2017 FRA finds UP violated Hours of Service law after SMART-TD member not afforded off-duty period or interim release after “busted call” Apr 18, 2017
    • Apr 6, 2017 Thousands of Oil Train Safety Defects Across U.S. Apr 6, 2017
    • Apr 3, 2017 Tell your Representative: OPPOSE National Right-to-Work! Apr 3, 2017
  • March 2017
    • Mar 22, 2017 House T&I Committee Roundtable on Emerging Railroad Technologies Mar 22, 2017
    • Mar 17, 2017 AT LEAST 10 FREIGHT TRAIN CARS DERAIL IN LAKE FOREST Mar 17, 2017
    • Mar 10, 2017 WHY TRAINS CRASH Mar 10, 2017
    • Mar 8, 2017 Tell President Trump: Approve Funding for the Caltrain Electrification Project! Mar 8, 2017
  • February 2017
    • Feb 16, 2017 GP Sellers February Video Message: Our Meeting With President Trump Feb 16, 2017
    • Feb 8, 2017 GO FUND ME ACCOUNT SET UP FOR FALLEN BROTHER, JOHN SCHNEIDER Feb 8, 2017
    • Feb 6, 2017 Have You Considered Running for Public Office? Feb 6, 2017
    • Feb 6, 2017 Stop the National "Right to Freeload" Bill Feb 6, 2017
  • November 2016
    • Nov 16, 2016 TWO FREIGHT TRAINS COLLIDED NORTH OF OCALA Nov 16, 2016
  • October 2016
    • Oct 24, 2016 SMART-TD Member Survey Oct 24, 2016
  • September 2016
    • Sep 27, 2016 Legislation looks to address TSA holes in surface transportation security Sep 27, 2016
    • Sep 27, 2016 Al Chesser 1914-2016 Sep 27, 2016
  • June 2016
    • Jun 28, 2016 Members Make the Difference Jun 28, 2016
    • Jun 20, 2016 Safety Device Missing from Amtrak Site After Deadly Accident Jun 20, 2016
    • Jun 20, 2016 SMART TD Comments on FRA Crew Size Rule Jun 20, 2016
    • Jun 6, 2016 ALERT--ALERT--The Countdown is ON! Jun 6, 2016
    • Jun 4, 2016 Oregon train derailment spills oil, sparks fire Jun 4, 2016
  • May 2016
    • May 16, 2016 We need your comments on 2-person crews -Deadline extended to June 15 May 16, 2016
    • May 4, 2016 Rail Members – Your Comments on 2-Person Crews are Needed! May 4, 2016
    • May 3, 2016 FRA rule gives us chance to bar most one-person crew trains May 3, 2016
  • April 2016
    • Apr 4, 2016 Amtrak Train Crash Leaves 2 Dead, Officials Say Apr 4, 2016
  • March 2016
    • Mar 17, 2016 Gov't Proposes Requiring at Least 2-Member Train Crews Mar 17, 2016
  • February 2016
    • Feb 12, 2016 Railroad Retirement annuities not taxable by state Feb 12, 2016
  • January 2016
    • Jan 31, 2016 Railroad mum on other train contents in Brownsville derailment Jan 31, 2016
    • Jan 20, 2016 CSX, Union Pacific against final series of mergers Jan 20, 2016
    • Jan 19, 2016 SMART TD sends letter to STB opposing CP/NS merger Jan 19, 2016
    • Jan 6, 2016 BARGAINING ROUND UNDERWAY FOR U.S. FREIGHT RAILROADS Jan 6, 2016
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