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Uniform orders are to be submitted no later than November 30, 2022.

TRAINMEN UNIFORM ORDERING PROCEDURES FOR 2022
Trainmen will order their 2022 uniform from Action Uniform Company and will be entitled to $550.00 towards uniform pieces of
their choice.
• Trainmen must order either Revenue Uniform items or Yard Uniform items.
• Items from both categories may not be combined.
• Trainmen must place their entire order at one time.
• Action Uniform Company has all employee measurements for last two years.
All uniform orders are to be submitted no later than November 30, 2022.
Orders may be placed by contacting Action Uniform Company by the following methods:

Action Uniform Company
Phone No: 609-241-1576
Website: www.njtuniforms.com
Store Locations\Visiting Hours (10:00am to 4:00pm)
▪ 1500 South New Road, Pleasantville, NJ 08232
▪ 120 East Kings Highway, Maple Shade, NJ 08052
▪ 452 Route 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08753
▪ 435 Route 34, Matawan, NJ 07747

Rescheduling of Rules/FRA Training or Recert

Rules Department did not update the contact information on the division notice.

If you have anyone trying to re-schedule Rules please have them contact

If you need to reschedule contact Rebecca Chionchio 973-943-5402 or email RChionchio@njtransit.com 

Rebecca Chionchio

T&E Compliance Administrator

RChionchio@NJTransit.com

Cell      973-943-5402

E-Fax   856-583-1895

International Office change of address

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SMART TD Members and Retirees — Skip the Line. Vote by Mail in 2022

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Dear Jerome,

This year, skip the line and Vote-by-Mail. Download your application here!

Voting by mail is: Safe. Secure. Convenient. Easy. The best part, you can vote from the comforts of home and you can track your ballot to ensure that your voice is heard. Vote-by-Mail starts September 24th.

 All New Jersey voters have the option to Vote-by-Mail. No reason or excuse is needed. To Vote-by-Mail, you must request a ballot, and your county Board of Elections must receive your Vote-by-Mail application by November 1st.

  Voting is a personal choice, so no matter whom you choose, please choose to vote!

 

2022 New Jersey Labor Candidates 

  

SMART-TD Recommended Candidates

 

I hope you will join me and skip the line by requesting your Vote-by-Mail ballot today.

 

In Unity,

Ron Sabol

SMART Transportation Division

New Jersey Legislative Director

 

 Union presidents announce tentative agreement

SMART-TD and BLET announce tentative rail agreement

Statement by Jeremy Ferguson, President SMART Transportation Division and Dennis Pierce, President, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen on Tentative Agreement Reached Early This Morning Between Unions Representing Conductors and Engineers and the Nation’s Class I Railroads

Early this morning following nearly three years of bargaining, the Transportation Division of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers (SMART-TD) and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a Division of the Rail Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, reached a tentative National Agreement with the nation’s largest freight rail carriers which includes wage increases, bonuses, and no increases to insurance copays and deductibles. For the first time our Unions were able to obtain negotiated contract language exempting time off for certain medical events from carrier attendance policies. Our Unions will now begin the process of submitting the tentative agreement to the rank and file for a ratification vote by the memberships of both unions.

The tentative agreement calls for an immediate wage increase of 14% once compounded with an additional 4% on July 1, 2023, and 4.5% on July 1, 2024. In addition, wage increases of 3% effective July 1, 2020, 3.5% effective July 1, 2021, and 7% effective July 1, 2022, will be fully retroactive, for a compounded increase of 24% over the 5-year term of the agreement. The agreement also includes annual lump-sum bonus payments totaling $5,000.

The parties’ Health and Welfare Plan point-of-service costs will remain unchanged; there will be no increases to copays or deductibles and there are no disruptions to the existing health care networks. After over 20 hours of negotiations, we were able to reach an agreement that freezes our members’ monthly health care contributions at the end of the agreement. No additional increases will apply to our monthly contributions while the parties bargain over the next National Agreement.

The solidarity shown by our members, essential workers to this economy who keep America’s freight trains moving, made the difference in our Unions obtaining agreement provisions that exceeded the recommendations of the Presidential Emergency Board. We listened when our members told us that a final agreement would require improvements to their quality of life as well as economic gains. As a result, this agreement includes agreement provisions that will create voluntary assigned days off for members working in thru freight service, and all members will receive one additional paid day off. Most importantly, for the first time ever, the agreement provides our members with the ability to take time away from work to attend to routine and preventive medical care, as well as exemptions from attendance policies for hospitalizations and surgical procedures.

This tentative agreement provides for the highest general wage increases over the life of the agreement in over 45 years. SMART-TD was successful in blocking the carriers’ attempts to fast track arbitration on crew-consist agreements, protecting two-person crews for the indefinite future. The carriers’ demands for increases in point-of-service health care costs were blocked, along with their demands to charge married employees with children more for monthly health care contributions. Retroactive application of general wage increases and performance bonuses will provide our members with meaningful back pay checks in the coming weeks.

This agreement would not have been reached without the hard work of President Biden, Labor Secretary Walsh, Deputy Secretary Julie Su and others in the administration. Congressional leaders, including Senators Schumer, Durbin and Sanders, along with Speaker Pelosi listened to your requests and stayed out of our dispute, allowing for an agreement to be reached across the bargaining table, rather than through legislation.

This contract will not become final until our members have an opportunity to review its terms and approve it through a ratification vote.

Combined, the BLET and SMART-TD represent approximately 125,000 active and retired rail employees, approximately half of our membership is employed at Class I railroads that are party to this agreement.

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The SMART Transportation Division is comprised of approximately 125,000 active and retired members of the former United Transportation Union, who work in a variety of crafts in the transportation industry.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen represents nearly 57,000 professional locomotive engineers and trainmen throughout the United States. The BLET is the founding member of the Rail Conference, International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

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CREW BOARDS EFFECTIVE 9/11/2022

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NJ Transit Rail Operations Procedures for the Administration of Represented Employees Concerning the Coronavirus (COVID-19)- Update 08/31/2022

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ALL REGULAR FLAG ASSIGNMENTS WORKING ON 9/05/22 (LABOR DAY)

Attention All Members,

Regular awarded flag assignments are all advertised as Saturday/Sunday and all Major Holidays off. Therefore, if you own a flag assignment that is working on 09/05/22 (Labor Day), that assignment will be filled from the list. 

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to reach out to Greg Roberts at 973-868-0091.

Employee Schedule Extract – Southern Tier Line – WEEKDAY & WEEKEND Busing west of Suffern Page September 12-November 11, 2022

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