Category: Front Page
SMART TD members help crew Bush funeral train
Two SMART Transportation Division members from Local 524 in Palestine, Texas, were given the privilege by Union Pacific Railroad (UP) to serve their country as conductors on President George H.W. Bush’s funeral train, Thursday, Dec. 6. The funeral procession consisted o [...]
SMOHIT HELPLINE, SMART MAP: Support 24/7/365 FOR Canada AND U.S. Members
By now you’ve seen the stickers on flyers and hardhats and in SMOHIT tweets and FB posts. I know because I am getting calls about assistance as well as calls asking what exactly a person can call about. I’m talking about the SMOHIT helpline. I’m the trained counselor who resp [...]
An Important Message from SMART General President Sellers Re: Retirement Benefits
Today, November 30, is the date that was set as the deadline for the Joint Select Committee to agree upon legislation for troubled multi-employer pension plans and the impending insolvency of the PBGC. Co-Chairmen Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) released a sta [...]
UPDATED: The Passing of General President Emeritus Joseph Nigro
The General President, General Secretary Treasurer, General Executive Council, Staff of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers and the members and officers of SMART affiliates across the U.S. and Canada mourn the death of our esteem [...]
ITI Business Development Enhanced With SBA Help, Module on Diversity
The ITI Business Development program has completed a highly successful pilot program, garnering high praise, strong interest, and—as pilot programs are intended to do—important enhancements to the ongoing curriculum. The post-pilot courses include a Phase-Three collaboration [...]
Unions Stopping Addiction
by Bill Salvatore Local 28 SMART MAP Director At a park in Flushing, N.Y., Local 28 took a swing at striking out addiction by hosting a softball tournament highlighting the issue. The opioid epidemic has been declared a national health crisis, with Hydrocodone, Oxycont [...]
Veterans Get Chance At Career Through LA Program
Military veterans who have honorably transitioned into civilian life often don’t know what their next steps will be. Instead of doing a job to get by, a boot camp to introduce veterans to a career as a sheet metal worker is offered by the Southern California Sheet Metal JATC [...]