We are the SMART Transportation Division, an AFL-CIO affiliate headquartered in the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted, Ohio. We are a broad-based, transportation labor union representing about 125,000 active and retired railroad, bus, mass transit and airline workers in the United States. With offices in Cleveland and Washington, D.C., the SMART TD is the largest railroad operating union in North America, with more than 500 locals. The SMART TD (formerly UTU) represents employees on every Class I railroad, as well as employees on many regional and shortline railroads. It also represents bus and mass transit employees on approximately 45 bus and transit systems and has recently grown to include airline pilots, dispatchers and other airport personnel. Disclaimer: SMART-TD reserves the right to remove any comments deemed inappropriate, inflammatory, untruthful, or for any other reason. SMART-TD also reserves the right to ban any commenters for inappropriate comments or for any other reason deemed necessary by SMART-TD. SMART-TD is in no way responsible for the comments posted on this page and the views expressed in the comments are those of the commenters.