Atlantic City Schedules effective May 12, 2019
New Safety Eye-wear Program
To all Rail Employees,
We are excited to announce that we have recently contracted with Hoya Optical as our vender for our new prescription safety eyewear program!!
Some changes to the program include a new listing of frames and a new list of eye care providers however as usual, all NJ TRANSIT Rail Employees will be eligible for two pairs (one clear pair and one tinted pair, or two clear pairs) of prescription safety eyewear.
Since this is a brand new program, all employees are eligible effective immediately for this program regardless of previous purchases during 2019.
Please see the attached for additional details of the program including providers locations, contacts and ordering information.
Best regards,
Bill Feeney
Safety Programs Administrator
Office of System Safety
Work: 973.491.8945
Cell: 862.279.4727
eFax: 973.609.1978
Horizon Medical Expense Reimbursement Claim Form
The below form is to be used for reimbursement of medical fees that you were not obligated to pay examples would be if you paid to much for a deductible or if your physician was in Network with the PPO and is not participating in the DA-10 as per the agreement these physician would be considered in network
Temporary (90 day) Agreement on Supplemental List
The General Committee has entered into a temporary agreement on supplemental list modifications (Rule 20) with the carrier (NJ Transit).
This is a temporary agreement and can be modified or worked into a new permanent agreement that would be voted on by the entire membership.
We have tried to incorporate what membership asked for in the survey, and will look for ways to improve based on your response.
The agreement is effective the April 14th and will expire July 14th 2019
2019 UTUIA scholarship deadline is March 31
https://smart-union.org/news/2019-utuia-scholarship-deadline-is-the-end-of-the-month/?fbclid=IwAR38Yb9OjDpY6BPcj7LxjE9GYBL1tSl4PekD_751qwVKfqL8KTbmpfzIFyA
This year, UTUIA has committed once again to supporting the children
and grandchildren of our members by continuing to offer 50 four-year
college scholarships and 50 two-year trade school scholarships, both at
$2,000.00 per student, per year.
Currently, UTUIA is paying out on almost 200 scholarships! We encourage all members of SMART TD to support these ongoing fraternal benefits by becoming a member of UTUIA through ownership in our uniquely designed insurance plans.
“For over 150 years, we have served the members of SMART TD by providing insurance protection and fraternal benefits and we are committed to supporting our members for the next 150 years,” said UTUIA President Ken Laugel.
The deadline for scholarship applications is March 31, 2019. For more information about scholarship requirements and to apply, visit www.utuia.org/scholarships.
Local 60 legislative representative is New Jersey Transit board nominee
https://smart-union.org/news/local-60-legislative-rep-is-new-jersey-transit-board-nominee/?fbclid=IwAR20XhGJB6krUFg35JA1RNWW3AqaOLVdLmfF7kjTr_gfeelJefdk0lrZxPg
David Rasmussen, legislative representative for SMART Transportation Division Local 60 (Newark, N.J.), has been nominated as the rail labor representative on the New Jersey Transit (NJT) board by Gov. Phil Murphy.
“A strong NJ TRANSIT Board is critical to ensuring a leadership team whose sole focus is on restoring safety, reliability, and accountability to commuters,” Murphy said in a March 21 news release. “I thank the Legislature, the Labor community, and our colleagues in transportation for their input, and I look forward to working with the new board members.”
Rasmussen has been Local 60’s legislative rep. since late 2015. Prior officer positions the 53-year-old from Woodbridge has held include vice chairperson of GCA-610 and vice local chairperson of LCA-610. He is among seven new nominees to the board who still must be confirmed by the state’s Senate.
Rasmussen
“I feel I will be an asset to the board as I will bring my nearly 30 years’ experience as a conductor at NJT. Through my career I’ve worked at nearly every terminal and at yard facilities within NJT. I have also worked all types of services that govern our responsibilities,” Rasmussen said. “I feel this will serve the board well, as the other members can lean on me and my experience to identify best possible solutions to resolve any problem, issues or changes the board may be considering.”
The addition of the new board members was part of a restructuring of the transit agency, which is dealing with financial pressures and a shortage of engineers that happened late last year. Murphy’s signing of the overhaul in late December was a win for the N.J. State Legislative Board.
“This piece of legislation adds the largest rail union (SMART TD) to the Board of Directors at NJT. We advocated for this for two years,” New Jersey State Legislative Director Ron Sabol said at the time of the signing. “This was a huge undertaking by our office, and it has paid off.”
Among the changes brought about by the bill:
- Five new positions are created on the transit agency’s board, bringing the board from eight to 13 members.
- Board composition will go from four to eight public members and increases the number of labor representatives to two — one to be appointed from the labor organization that represents a plurality of bus operations workers and one to represent the labor organization that represents a plurality of rail operations workers, which is SMART TD.
- A chief ethics officer will be employed to address whistleblower complaints and a customer advocate would compose reports about on-time performance and other customer-centered activities.
- The board will have to hold at least 10 public meetings annually with many at times so commuters can attend.
- A residency requirement is waived for certain employees.
Town Hall Meeting with Governor Murphy
Brothers and Sisters,
If you can attend this town hall event your presence would be appreciated. It would be great if we have members that live in Hudson County to attend. I do understand our work schedule. We will share information available on meeting place, please contact me if you can attend.
Fraternally,
Jerome
