Category: Front Page
Time to rise to the challenge
As we turn from enduring a difficult winter and the challenges of a pandemic that has tested our resilience and our country for more than a year, our organization has continued to press ahead to better serve you. The core purpose of SMART-TD is to aggressively and vigorously [...]
SMART Statement On Nation’s First Director of OMB Made In America Office
Yesterday, President Biden announced that Celeste Drake will serve as the Nation’s first Director of the Made in America Office at the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). SMART issued the following response: “We applaud the Biden Administration for its continued comm [...]
SMART Statement on American Families Plan
Yesterday, President Biden released the American Families Plan and delivered an address to a joint session of Congress. In response, SMART issued the following statement. “After his first 100 days in office, it is clear, President Biden is delivering on his promise to recover [...]
Local 73 Partners with IL Township and Jewel-Osco to Provide COVID-19 Vaccination Site
Photos by Dave Sylvester, Local 73 Hillside, Ill. – SMART SM Local 73 is partnering with Proviso Township and Jewel-Osco to provide added capacity for COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts, with its union hall functioning as a vaccine injection site. More than 1400 vaccines w [...]
Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department Report
The Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering Department is excited to relaunch the Department’s Report in the Member’s Journal and online. This page is devoted to news for members belonging to the local unions and General Committees under this Department. Be sure to check future [...]
Video: The Benefits of American Rescue Plan for SMART Members
In this month’s video address from SMART General President Joseph Sellers, he looks at the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan. The plan does more than provide direct cash relief through payments to working Americans and resources for COVID-19 vaccination efforts [...]
William Doak, an officer of predecessor union BRT, served as U.S. labor secretary
The confirmation by the U.S. Senate of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, a member of the Laborers’ Union, to be President Joe Biden’s labor secretary ends a nearly 45-year absence of having a union member serve as the head of the U.S. Department of Labor. The last unionist to s [...]