Category: Members Journal
Changes to compensation levels subject to railroad retirement taxes
The amounts of compensation subject to Railroad Retirement Tier I and Tier II payroll taxes will increase in 2022, while the tax rates on employers and employees will stay the same. In addition, unemployment insurance contribution rates paid by railroad employers will include [...]
Ohio leader joins SMART Women’s Committee
Sharon Walker is from Georgetown, Ohio. She was hired by Dualite, Inc. in 1985 and joined Sheet Metal Workers Local 183 that same year. As a member of Local 183 she served on the executive board from 2005–2008, the year Local 183 merged with Local 24 — covering 49 counties in [...]
SMART Army honors fallen at Wreaths Across America events
SMART Army members across the United States held their annual event in honor of fallen service members by joining thousands across the country to lay wreaths at the final resting place of service members at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at over 2,500 sites across th [...]
Member spotlight: Samara Sampson
Samara Sampson is an apprentice at Local 285 in Toronto, Ont. who has been in the trade for five years. The SMART Women’s Committee sat down with Samara to learn more about her and the work she does. You can visit www.SMART-Women.org to read her story and the stories of her f [...]
SMART member, family members awarded 2021 Union Plus Scholarships
WINNERS HONORED FOR ACHIEVEMENT AND UNION VALUES Washington, D.C. – Union Plus recently awarded $250,000 in scholarships to 199 students representing 37 unions, including eight winners representing SMART. The SMART winners are: Noah Berning of Monroeville, Indiana Berning, wh [...]
New SMART website gives members an online home
SMART launched its brandnew website, smart-union. org, in February 2022, providing members with a revamped online hub for news, resources and up-to-date, personalized information — including the Sheet Metal Job Bank, Transportation Division employment opportunities, safety re [...]
Women in Construction Week 2022
From March 6–11, SMART once again celebrated Women in Construction Week, hosting a series of virtual events and distributing various videos to recognize the SMART sisters who make our union strong. The women of our union consistently strive to empower SMART and advocate on be [...]
SMART-TD, BLET pursue arbitration to resolve Hi-Viz dispute
CLEVELAND, Ohio (March 23, 2022) — After thoroughly examining all possible avenues to best continue the unions’ fight against the BNSF Hi-Viz attendance policy, SMART-TD and the BLET announced today that they will proceed as expeditiously as possible to arbitration over the p [...]