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Category: Members Journal

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SMART-TD Maryland members help rejuvenate Baltimore elementary school

July 31, 2023 SMART-TD members in Maryland mobilized on short notice to serve their community in April, joining a CSX and City Year Service Day spent rehabilitating and sprucing up Curtis Bay Elementary School near Baltimore. “CSX asked all their employees to be there, and this was really [...]
  • Tags community service, Local 610, Members Journal, SMART Army, Summer 2023

SMART Local 3 uplifts area workers with signatory organizing campaign

July 31, 2023 SMART Local 3 (Omaha, Nebraska) won a huge victory for area workers in May 2023, partnering with newly formed contractor Christopherson Plumbing, Heating & Air to bring the business into union signatory status. And unlike many organizing campaigns, this one was initiated [...]
  • Tags Local 3, Members Journal, organizing, signatory, Summer 2023

Local 218 member demonstrates union craftsmanship with metal tree sculpture

July 31, 2023 Skilled, union labor plays a vital role in communities across North America, from ensuring indoor air quality to fabricating complex HVAC systems. In the spring of 2023, Local 218 (Springfield, Ill.) journeyperson Meghan Reynolds showed that union craftsmanship isn’t only for [...]
  • Tags Member Profile, Members Journal, Summer 2023
SMART General President Joseph Sellers speaks at the SMART General Convention in 2019.

Special Focus: SMART General President Joseph Sellers retires with track record of accomplishment

May 4, 2023 Joseph Sellers, Jr., general president of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART), announced his retirement on January 24, 2023. Sellers will retire on May 31, 2023, and will be succeeded by current Assistant to the General P [...]
  • Tags General President Joseph Sellers Jr., GP Sellers, Spring 2023
SMART General President Joseph Sellers speaks at the SMART General Convention in 2019.

The greatest honor of my lifetime

May 4, 2023 General President's Message
  • Tags GP Message, GP Sellers, Members Journal, Spring 2023

Congratulations and thanks for a job well done

May 4, 2023 General Secretary-Treasurer's Message
  • Tags General Secretary-Treasurer, Members Journal, Spring 2023

We can create change, if we will it

May 4, 2023 SMART Transportation Division President's Message
  • Tags Members Journal, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson, Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson

Working for a better tomorrow!

May 4, 2023 Director of Canadian Affairs message
  • Tags Canada, Canadian Affairs, sustainable jobs

Tunnel replacement projects promise jobs, better conditions for SMART members

May 4, 2023 Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helped jumpstart two enormous projects on the East Coast in January, creating jobs for SMART sheet metal workers and bettering the working conditions of SMART Transportation Division members. In Baltimore, SMART TD Alt. National [...]
  • Tags Amtrak, Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, infrastructure, Project Labor Agreement

2022 Bureau of Labor Statistics report demonstrates need for organizing, pro-labor legislation

May 4, 2023 The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report in January 2023, revealing a growth in domestic union membership and illustrating the urgency with which unions like SMART must organize nonunion workers and lobby for new labor laws.
  • Tags Bureau of Labor Statistics, organizing, Union density

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