(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - The Union representing Amtrak Conductors and Assistant Conductors has announced it has reached a new tentative agreement with the passenger operator for a seven-year contract covering more than 2,100 Employees.  The agreement with the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail, and Transportation Workers-Transportation Division (SMART-TD) will include a “substantial general wage increase,” the Union said, and will be retroactive to July 1st, 2022.  Other features include substantial Paid Parental Leave, a paid holiday for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, increased away-from-home expense and increased training pay.

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