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[SMART Transportation Division @SMARTunionTD]

SMART Transportation Division led the way earlier in the month during Railroad Day on the Hill. Get the details below.

https://t.co/E4dNwYbC3i

[SMART Transportation Division @SMARTunionTD]

SMART-TD, FRA announce two-person crew regulation covering freight train crews in the U.S.

https://t.co/402aCRmYyo

[SMART-TD Illinois Legislative Board @IllinoisTd]

Thank you to all the locals that participated in the Chicago Southside Irish parade. We had a great turnout from all across Illinois and members from Michigan, Indiana, Colorado, and Missouri. Below is a link to a quick video from the event. https://t.co/a5z5xKsdL3

[SMART Union @smartunionworks]

ACTION ALERT: The nation’s largest short line railroad operator is looking to take people out of the railroading equation with an automated system dreamed up by former SpaceX executives. Comment today explaining why this is a bad idea: https://t.co/XsjzxlGEfC

[SMART Transportation Division @SMARTunionTD]

Railroad jobs cuts at UP and BNSF have Surface
Transportation Board leader Martin Oberman worried that executives are up to their old tricks of cutting their way to more profits.

https://t.co/zNR2kjOiOK

[SMART Local 202 @SMARTLocal202]

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Why is HB-1030 Rail Safety important for Colorado? It limits the maximum train size to 8500' and limits the time spent blocking railroad crossings to 10 minutes.

#SafeRailroading #RailSafety

[SMART-TD Illinois Legislative Board @IllinoisTd]

Illinois Legislative Board @smart_td_dc Fourteenth Quadrennial Reorganization Meeting @TTDAFLCIO @ILAFLCIO

[SMART Union @smartunionworks]

🚨🚨🚨 “Train derailments happen a lot, and experts say the reason we haven’t had massive loss of life in this country as a result is more luck than anything else.” 🚨🚨🚨

@LastWeekTonight’s featured story last night: freight #railsafety, featuring SMART-TD’s Jared Cassity

[SMART-TD Illinois Legislative Board @IllinoisTd]

SMART-TD Illinois Locals Labor Day parades in Galesburg, IL and Keokuk, IA. @IowaAFLCIO @ILAFLCIO @SenatorHalpin @ILSenDems

[TTD | America's Transportation Unions @TTDAFLCIO]

As the Railroad Retirement Board seeks additional funding & hires, the House wants to slash their funding by $25 million.

We oppose these draconian cuts that would eliminate nearly a quarter of the Board's workforce and hurt rail workers and retirees. https://t.co/XW2JuQWMIE

[SMART-TD Illinois Legislative Board @IllinoisTd]

Railroads resist joining safety hotline because they want to be able to discipline workers. The Railroads…”Safety First”. Reality of The Railroads…”Discipline First, Safety only if it doesn’t cost anything!” https://t.co/9iHJsF02cW

[Robert W Guy III @RobertWGuy]

“The railroads’ inability and refusal to provide adequate service is exactly what prompted Senators Baldwin (D-Wisc.) and Marshall (R-Kan.) to introduce their bipartisan Reliable Rail Service Act to tighten the common carrier obligation.”

https://t.co/OtgbmIUWXw

[SMART-TD Illinois Legislative Board @IllinoisTd]

FRA, OSHA call on Norfolk Southern to review safety practices

https://t.co/cSGlYZP4eM.

[SMART-TD Illinois Legislative Board @IllinoisTd]

@TwoPersonCrews is a invaluable safety measure that should always be required on frieght trains. Every human makes mistakes as do AI technology. If this was a 2 person crew, this could of been prevented. @SecretaryPete @SecMartyWalsh @USDOTFRA @POTUS

[Tim Sloper @TSizzle24]

Anyone wondering why Class I Railroads have trouble hiring and retaining train and engine employees need look no further than this paragraph from the FRA’s latest study on fatigue experienced by those same employees.

[SMART-TD Illinois Legislative Board @IllinoisTd]

Thank you to all the sponsors for the SMART-TD @GalesburgLocal Golf outing. All proceeds will go to local food banks. Special thanks to @smartunionworks Sheet Metal Local 91 for being a birdie sponsor! @ILAFLCIO

[Robert W Guy III @RobertWGuy]

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