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Local 12 SMART Army Casts Out in Support of Local Youth and Veterans
As famous Pittsburgh resident Fred Rogers once said, “Anyone who does anything to help a child in this life is a hero to me.” Local 12 SMART Army members were able to bring memories to last a lifetime to local children who for the first time were treated to their own f [...]
TD Alumni member receives French medal for WWII service
Retired SMART TD Local 1823 (St. Louis, Mo.) trainman/brakeman Eugene J. Harmack, who recently turned 99, received the French Legion of Honor medal, along with two other World War II veterans earlier this year. The other two veterans honored were Glenn A. Harrison and Alfred [...]
Local 36 Daughter Honors Her Father With Visit To His Union Brothers
To celebrate her late father’s birthday and to say thanks for the work that members of SMART Sheet Metal Workers Local 36 perform, Angie Sonnenschein (wearing her dad’s Local 36 jacket) visited with Local 36 members. Brother Sonnenschein joined Local 36 in December 1979 and r [...]
GP Site Visit Focuses on Emerging Product and Processes
By: Todd Farally On June 4th, SMART General President Joseph Sellers and Assistant to the General President Joseph Powell visited Local 19 members working at the Penn First rack building facility and Wm. J. Donovan’s thermaduct shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both men wan [...]
Read the June 2019 Issue of Partners In Progress
The newest issue of the SMART-SMACNA Partners In Progress magazine is online. In this issue are articles that discuss the steps being taken in securing government grants for industry efforts as well as a focus on diversity, architectural sheet metal training and steps being [...]
A Message of Thanks and Solidarity
As you probably already know, SMART reached an agreement with the Ontario Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association to renew the Sheet Metal ICI Collective Agreement this past week. All Ontario Local Unions involved ratified the agreement after the strike ended on June 29. On beha [...]
Save SMART Sheet Metal Apprenticeships
In late June, the Department of Labor issued proposed rules governing the introduction of new Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs (IRAPs). These privately-run apprenticeship programs will not be subject to the same standards and rules governing current programs. Curre [...]
Happy Canada Day
Brothers and sisters, On July 1st we celebrate Canada Day! The anniversary of the effective date of the Constitution Act of 1867 (then called the British North America Act.) Throughout history, Canada has been a nation that the rest of the world looks up to. Building one of t [...]