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SMART Capital: Expanding Work Opportunities in the Sheet Metal Industry
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International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Mourns the passing of Richard Trumka
Statement from SMART on the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: On this hard and difficult day, our thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of Richard Trumka. President of the AFL-CIO since 2009, Trumka brought with him his immense reserve of experience, [...]
Three Field Support forums scheduled to answer Local S&T questions
Join the SMART_TD Field Support Department with your questions and get them answered! Each session will begin with going over anything new, reminders or important tips or tricks. Then the floor will be open for all your questions. The forum will end when there are no more que [...]
THE ACADEMY OF RAIL LABOR ATTORNEYS: Protecting the FELA Through Experienced Legal Counsel
Over the past few years, some law firms who handle mass torts and advertise on a national scale through television and social media have focused their mass marketing on active and retired railroaders who have been afflicted with various forms of cancer and repetitive trauma o [...]
Local 58 opens new training facility
SMART SM Local 58 in Syracuse, N.Y., recently dedicated its new 8,700-square-foot training facility to retired instructors Angelo Massa and Charles Morehouse, naming it the Massa/Morehouse Training Facility. The state-of-the-art facility now offers training in heating, ventil [...]
Amit Bose nominated to be FRA administrator
Amit Bose, who has been serving the Biden administration as acting administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) since February, was formally nominated to become administrator of that body April 22. Bose has years of experience serving in the public sector. He ha [...]
Local 73 Partners with IL Township and Jewel-Osco to Provide COVID-19 Vaccination Site
Photos by Dave Sylvester, Local 73 Hillside, Ill. – SMART SM Local 73 is partnering with Proviso Township and Jewel-Osco to provide added capacity for COVID-19 vaccine distribution efforts, with its union hall functioning as a vaccine injection site. More than 1400 vaccines w [...]
Video: The Benefits of American Rescue Plan for SMART Members
In this month’s video address from SMART General President Joseph Sellers, he looks at the recent passage of the American Rescue Plan. The plan does more than provide direct cash relief through payments to working Americans and resources for COVID-19 vaccination efforts [...]