Big Beautiful Bill Act railroads LIRR workers on overtime taxes
SMART general chairman Anthony Simon, who represents more than 3,000 LIRR workers, told The Point he and other union representatives aren’t stopping their fight to benefit from the overtime provisions. Simon noted that last week, more than 20 other unions, representing airline workers, marine engineers, seafarers, railroad signalmen and other categories exempted by the bill, joined SMART in signing on to a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate. It asks Congress to "swiftly correct a technical error in the tax code," saying the One Big Beautiful Bill Act exempts millions of hourly workers and uses "arbitrary formulas" to calculate who benefits from the overtime provisions.