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Vice Local Chairman for Metra Mason Lockett (312) 315-5756 Let's utilize our elected officers before contacting the Local Chairman for general questions.
EMERGENCY CONTACT NUMBER FOR EMPLOYEE’S FAMILY MEMBERS
Family members should call (312) 322-2800 – Metra’s Police number for emergencies and only give the
district and craft the employee works on and the Police Department will redirect calls accordingly
For personal and family counseling HELP
call 800-456-6327
Did you make more than $131,000 total gross in railroad income? Because you worked for UPRR & Metra, you probably over paid your Tier 2. Add up your tier 2 payments, do they equal more than $6409.20? Any amount more than $6409.20 is your over payment amount. Fill out an IRS form 843 to claim you over payment refund.
A good question was brought up at the union meeting last night.
How will the time earned on UP before the transfer be handled for your 2026 vacation.
SMART-TD/NIRCRC UP Commuter Service Implementation Agreement
Section 5. Benefits
c) Former UP employees hired by NIRCRC under the terms of this Agreement shall have all compensated service provided for at UP credited towards the calculation of vacation and personal leave granted in subsequent years. The date that UP previously used for
determining years of continuous service will be used by NIRCRC.
It is that time of the year again. Please go to CrewPro to enter your vacation bids in the system for 2026. Remember, we are using the Strict Seniority method which means we honor all bids in each split (seniority permitting) before moving on to the next employee. Please remember to put in enough bids to cover your request in case you cannot hold a week requested in each split. you can also put latest in the year at the end of your choices, just in case. EACH SPLIT MEANS YOU WANT TO SPLIT UP YOUR WEEKS (Example: I have 5 weeks I want to split up. I put 1 week in split with multiple choices to make that happen)
