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Category: Fall 2024

Home>News>Members Journal>Fall 2024

Special Focus: Harris and Walz will empower us to win

October 22, 2024 Your vote, your union and the 2024 election Every four years, election season changes the tone and tenor of life in the United States. Attack ads flood our TV screens. Vitriolic arguments take place in the comment sections of Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Family reunions a [...]
  • Tags CHIPS and Science Act, election, election 2024, Inflation Reduction Act, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz
SMART General President Michael Coleman addresses the SMART-TD National Training Seminar

It’s time to take action for your family and your union

October 22, 2024 General President's Message
  • Tags Fall 2024, GP Coleman, GP Message, Members Journal

Our future is in our hands

October 22, 2024 General Secretary-Treasurer's Message
  • Tags Fall 2024, General Secretary-Treasurer, John Daniel, Members Journal

Looking ahead

October 22, 2024 SMART Transportation Division President's Message
  • Tags 2024 SMART-TD Convention, Fall 2024, Members Journal, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson

Time to clear the air in our schools

October 22, 2024 Director of Canadian Affairs message
  • Tags Canada, Canadian Affairs, Fall 2024, sustainable jobs

Third SMART General Convention recap: TD Convention roundup — Sunday, Aug. 11

October 22, 2024 Jeremy Ferguson of Local 313 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) was reelected as president of SMART-TD on Sunday, August 11, by delegates to the Third TD Convention. His second five-year term as the leader of the United States’ largest railroad and transit union begins Oct. 1, where he wi [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, 2024 SMART-TD Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Monday, Aug. 12

October 22, 2024 GP Coleman tells delegates: “We’re not done.” General President Michael Coleman kicked off the Third SMART General Convention on August 12, 2024, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nev. In a nod to the convention theme — “Challenge met. But we’re not done.” — Coleman celebrated o [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Tuesday, Aug. 13

October 22, 2024 NABTU president to delegates: “What we do will impact future generations.” North America’s Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey has spent decades working alongside SMART members and leaders to win progress for workers in the legislative, organizing and economic deve [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Wednesday, Aug. 14

October 22, 2024 Delegates elect officers to lead union Delegates to the Third SMART General Convention elected Michael Coleman of Local 33 (Cleveland, Ohio) as the union’s general president on Wednesday, August 14, by acclamation. “I nominate a person I respect, a person who puts the advance [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Thursday, Aug. 15

October 22, 2024 Helms: “We’re not done” bringing veterans into the trades Delegates gave a warm welcome to Helmets to Hardhats Executive Director Martin Helms. Helmets to Hardhats works to bring United States military veterans into the unionized building trades, helping those who served to f [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

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