Category: Spring 2022
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 [...]
Kansas SMART TD hosts roundtable with DOT Secretary Buttigieg
SMART TD hosted a round-table in January 2022 at the University of Kansas Medical Center campus with U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, local elected officials, labor leaders and community members to spotlight how the bipartisan infrastructure law wil [...]
SMART members win NABTU Tradeswomen award
SMART Local 66 member Vanessa Carman, left, operates a Trimble to do layout for Hermanson Company at the Harrison Hospital Acute Care project in Silverdale, Wash., in 2019. In January 2022, journeyperson Vanessa Carman of SMART Local 66 (Seattle, Wash.) won the North Am [...]
Belonging and Excellence 4 ALL (BE 4 ALL) introduction: 11 answers to 11 questions
In December of last year, SMART, SMACNA and the International Training Institute (ITI) launched the Belonging and Excellence for All Campaign (BE 4 ALL). We know that many of you have questions about this work, so we’ve taken the time to share a few answers. Think of this art [...]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs adds TABB as accepted certification body
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) added the Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB) as a third certification body for certifying personnel and contractors who perform testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) on heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC); wate [...]
NEMI, AEA partner on theater ventilation protocols
Actors, producers, directors, musicians, stagehands, costume designers, audiences and the litany of others who make live shows possible will all be a little safer thanks to a recent partnership between the Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) and NEMI.
GEM Inc. becomes signatory to Local 33
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHEET METAL WORKERS AVAILABLE IN NORTHWEST OHIO GEM Inc. has a long history of working jointly with trade unions to make sure customers receive the quality, safety and return on investment they deserve. It recently added to this history by becoming a sig [...]
Veterans in first SMART Heroes class graduate apprenticeship
Army veteran and SMART Heroes graduate Richard Quintana. Two members of the first class of SMART Heroes — the unionized sheet metal industry’s bridge from military life to a civilian career in sheet metal, welding and heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) — are set [...]