Thirty-one of the scholarship recipients, as well as Local 219 Recording Secretary Mike Sneed, President Todd Whitlock and Business Manager/Financial Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Cook (right to left, to the left of the podium). On Tuesday, July 26, SM Local 219 (Rockford, Ill.) [...]
SMART Local 18 (Wisconsin) members hit the pavement at Milwaukee Laborfest 2022, where they marched with fellow workers, gathered with local and federal leaders and listened to President Joe Biden’s Labor Day address. “Awesome day!” Local 18 shared on Facebook. “Had many spea [...]
15 year pins. Back Row L-R: Christopher Griffey, George Painter, Timothy Ward, Tommy Fuller – Front Row L-R: Jason Andrews, Donna Knox 25 year pins. L-R: Christopher Griffey, Michael Daniels, James “Theo” Busche, Russell Newman, Tommy Fuller 40 year pins. L-R: Tommy Fuller, R [...]
In June 2022, the SM Local 473 (London, Ontario) SMART Army conducted a food drive, donating 225 pounds of food, a $1,000 check and $150 cash to the London Food Bank Curb Hunger Food Drive. Pictured L–R: London Food Bank staff member, Local 473 Business Manager Mark Hall, Vic [...]
Two years of pro-worker progress create jobs; SMART members directly benefit from new work opportunities On Nov. 15, 2021, after years of political pressure from SMART and fellow unions, President Joe Biden signed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), now known a [...]
On April 4–6, 2022, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) held its first in-person legislative conference since 2019, with members from 14 trade unions — representing more than 3 million skilled union workers — gathering to hear from labor leaders, politicians and fe [...]