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Canceled federal funding threatens SMART members’ jobs at port projects

In late August, President Trump’s Department of Transportation canceled $679 million in federal funding for 12 offshore wind projects across the country. That included fully taking back hundreds of millions of dollars in grant money for infrastructure work at Humboldt Bay Harbor District in Northern California — immediately throwing Local 104 members’ work opportunities into question, in the short and long term.

From the archives: Sheet metal workers rally for fair trade policies and respect for workers at 1999 World Trade Organization meetings

SMART members and labor unions across the world have been fighting for workers’ rights throughout their history. Case in point: The Janu­ary–February 2000 issue of the Members’ Journal, which covered sheet metal workers’ participation in now-famous rallies at the World Trade Organization’s 1999 meetings in Seattle.

SMART-TD leaders meet with new NS trainees in Georgia

On Tuesday, October 28, SMART Transportation Division President Jeremy Ferguson, along with a delegation of national, general committee, and local leaders, joined Norfolk Southern (NS) new hires at the company’s McDonough Training Center. The impromptu town hall brought together 97 fourth- and fifth-week trainees with the union that will have their backs every step of their careers. 

Third annual Production Institute trains leaders, graduates first class

The SMART Education Department and Production Workers Department held the third annual Production Institute in Indianapolis, Ind., during the week of August 25, 2025 — bringing together union officials from across North America, including rank-and-file stewards, to train on how to effectively represent SMART production members.