Category: Fall 2025
DOL reduces Davis-Bacon rates in Florida, lowering standards and bargaining power
Earlier this summer, the new administration’s Department of Labor announced that the Cape Canaveral (Florida) prevailing wage rate would be replaced, effective July 4, 2025, by the lower Brevard County rate.
Local 3 member discusses TOOTRiS child care benefit
In 2025, SMART partnered with TOOTRiS to offer members at participating U.S. sheet metal locals access to wraparound child care benefits. And for Local 3 (Omaha, Neb.) member Tanner Tieken, that benefit has already made a difference.
Department of Transportation cancels more than $300 million in funding for Mass. megaproject
A $2 billion megaproject that was set to create more than 3,000 union jobs in Massachusetts, including for SMART sheet metal workers, is under threat after Congress passed the 2025 tax bill, which President Trump signed into law on July 4, 2025.
A dedicated unionist: Mourning Tony Scavone
SMART mourns the passing of our Local 73 (Chicago, Ill.) brother Anthony “Tony” Scavone, who left us on July 7, 2025. Tony retired on December 31, 2024, after a remarkable career that touched the lives of so many in our union and beyond.
SMART-TD and Union Pacific announce landmark agreement securing jobs and the future of railroading
A groundbreaking agreement guarantees that SMART-TD members working in train and yardmaster service will have job protection for the length of their careers, following the proposed merger of Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern and subject to the usual requirements for continued employment. This is an unprecedented guarantee in the history of American railroading. Read on for details.
Local 5 (East Tenn.) SMART Army day of action
On June 21, 2025, Local 5 hosted a SMART Army day of action at the Knoxville union hall, building 50 beds for kids in need and donating them to Sleep in Heavenly Peace of Knox County.
New clinic for members, families opens in Washington
SMART Local 55 members are experiencing the power of collective bargaining in new ways in the Tri-City area of Washington, where a new primary care clinic exclusively for union members and families has opened.
Local 55, MBI Construction offer second chances in Washington
SMART Local 55 members are experiencing the power of collective bargaining in new ways in the Tri-City area of Washington, where a new primary care clinic exclusively for union members and families has opened.