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Straight
Track #5
| HF&D Launches New Web Site
To Better Inform Railroaders Of Their Rights J. Dillon
Hoey,
Partner
Hoey, Farina & Downes
hoey@felahfd.com
Hoey, Farina &
Downes has launched a new Web site to bring to railroaders and their families the latest news and
information on railroad worker safety and accident issues. |
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By offering more interactive
features and timely updates, the updated site will allow us to better fulfill our mission
to provide railroaders and their families the important and key information they need to
stay up-to-date with issues relating to work injuries and the arbitration process.
In addition to updated information about the HF&D team, new features of the site
include HF&D's weekly newsletter - STRAIGHT TRACK, updated resource and FELA-related
links pages, and an online registry for HF&D's two free seminars - the Family Members
Seminar and the Arbitration Advocacy Skills Seminar.
Future HF&D seminar offerings will include the Net-Track Seminar, which will offer
officers instruction on how to set up a Web site for their local, lodge or division.
HF&D_s new Webmaster Bill McMahon will lead Net-Track events that will demonstrate
effective ways to use the Internet to keep members better informed of issues that effect
them. Bill comes to HF&D after working in the Internet industry as Web designer and
editor for the past four years. Look for more information on The Net-Track Seminar in
upcoming editions of STRAIGHT TRACK.
Overall, the new site will provide important information for railroad workers in eight
specific areas:
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STRAIGHT TRACK NEWSLETTER -- HF&D has launched a new free weekly email
newsletter to better inform railroaders of the latest news and issues affecting their life
on the rails. On the newsletter page, visitors can subscribe and unsubscribe to STRAIGHT
TRACK, help write future editions by using the online submission form, and read past
editions. Look for future STRAIGHT TRACK editions to cover the following areas: a) How to
File an Accident Report, b) Who Pays Your Medical Costs and c) Negotiating Your Case with
the Claim Agent.
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SEMINARS -- HF&D sponsors two seminars, at no cost to you or your local, lodge,
or division, to inform railroaders and their families about the issues related to work
injuries and the arbitration process. The purpose of the Arbitration Advocacy Skills
Seminar is to help you understand the arbitration process, including the formal
investigation, and utilize it to your advantage. The purpose of the Family Members Seminar
is to help your loved ones understand what must be done if you have been seriously injured
or killed at work. Look for future HF&D sponsored seminars to offer instruction on how
your local, lodge, or division can get online by setting up its own Web site to better
inform railroaders of local issues that affect them.
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UNION MEETINGS -- For each of the union meetings listed on our web-site, there will
be a HF&D representative speaking and available to answer your questions. If you do
not see a listing for your local, lodge or division, please contact us or have your union
representative contact us at (888) 425-1212 or at info@felahfd.com.
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THE FACTS -- The HF&D team is dedicated to informing railroader workers of their
rights under the Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA). THE FACTS section outlines the
way HF&D works to help injured railroaders and their families.
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FELA LINKS - A resource page with numerous links to FELA related organizations on
the World Wide Web. If you do not see a link to the web-site for your local, lodge or
division, please contact us or have your union representative contact us at (888) 425-1212
or at info@felahfd.com.
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RECENT RESULTS -- Demonstrates the fact that negligence must be proven against the
railroad in order for the railroader to recover financially after suffering an injury at
work. Also, it shows the jury verdicts and settlements the HF&D team has obtained for
their railroad clients. (NOTE: The results are not to be construed as a guarantee or
warranty of any type.)
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THE TEAM -- Complete and updated biographies of the HF&D team. We have more than
125 years of combined experience practicing FELA law and representing railroaders and
their families.
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DESIGNATED LEGAL COUNSEL-- HF&D is Designated Legal Counsel for the following
unions: UTU- United Transportation Union; BLE - Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; ATDD
- American Train Dispatchers Department; BMWE - Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way
Employes; B of RS - Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen; IBEW - International Brotherhood of
Electrical Workers; TCU - Transportation Communications Union.
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