Category: Uncategorized
Green Training Initiatives Carry Over to Sheet Metal Job Sites
“Green” can be a buzzword, or it can be a way of life and doing business. Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 10 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota and Local No. 20 in Indianapolis are two examples of schools that are not only incorporating green initiatives into their work, but they ar [...]
$20K Student Loan Giveaway From UnionPlus
Union membership provides a way for working families to increase their opportunities and economic security. That’s why Union Plus is committed to helping union members and their families fund their college education. Now there are new programs to help you pay down your studen [...]
Local 40 Helps Prepare 10,000 Meals for Connecticut Kids
The United Labor Agency and Feeding Hungry Children arrived at Sheet Metal Workers Local 40’s training center with an empty truck. By the end of the event, the truck was full. During one hour, 10,000 meals were packaged by 36 people on three assembly lines. Apprentices Daniel [...]
Sheet Metal Instructor Going Strong Across U.S. For Nearly 20 Years
George Donovan went to school to be an aircraft mechanic, but in the last nearly two decades he’s spent as a field representative for the International Training Institute (ITI), he’s driven 600,000 miles, or 35,000 miles per year. He doesn’t like to fly. Donovan, who works ou [...]
Sheet Metal Workers Local 293 Donates School Supplies
SMART Sheet Metal Workers Local 293 dropped off 18 boxes of school supplies at the Kapaa Elementary School in Kauai on Monday. The school was selected based on it servicing the greatest percentage of Kauai’s population, and the percentage of children on the free and reduced [...]
UMAC Corner: An Injury to One Is an Injury to All
Life events continually remind us of how much we depend on each other. The Union Member Assistance Coordinators’ program serves the membership in many ways. Most importantly, we help our brothers and sisters cope with tragedies in their lives. We believe that a burden shared [...]Ga. SLD Campbell testifies at EPA carbon hearing
SMART Transportation Division Georgia State Legislative Director Matt Campbell testified before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency July 29 in Atlanta, addressing the concerns of the union and its members regarding the agency’s proposed Clean Power Plan. In its proposed [...]