News Archive
Committees meet to strengthen SMART, benefit members
Members of the SMART Women’s, BE4ALL and RISE Committees met on Sunday, August 3, ahead of the 2025 SMART Leadership Conference — bringing members together from across North America to discuss the committees’ individual and collective efforts to strengthen our union.
Member profile: Brother Bill Link retires after blazing trails on the rails
After exactly 53 years of service, Brother Bill Link (Local 1470) retired from Amtrak on June 27. Read on to hear what spurred his railroad career, the lessons he’s learned, and the legacy that he leaves behind for future generations.
GP Coleman discusses California high-speed rail project in video for members
SMART General President Michael Coleman has published a number of videos in recent months — aiming to cut through the noise of corporate media and partisan influencers, and to make sure SMART members are informed about the issues affecting their jobs, their futures and their [...]
Naloxone cabinets available to SMART locals via SMOHIT
Every SMART union hall and training center is eligible to receive one cabinet with four boxes, or eight doses, of naloxone, a synthetic, potent antagonist for opioid drugs, including morphine and fentanyl.
General President Coleman, SMACNA President Martin host BE4ALL Town Hall in Cleveland
On July 17, 2025, SMART General President Michael Coleman and SMACNA President Tom Martin hosted the first-ever BE4ALL Town Hall at the Local 33 union hall in Cleveland, Ohio, discussing the initiative and taking questions from the more than 160 in-person attendees and viewers across North America watching via livestream.
Protecting our rights: Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the fight for due process
The case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia is not just about one man. It is about all of us — and the rights we all stand to lose when one person is deprived of theirs.
DOL reduces Davis-Bacon rates in Florida, lowering standards and bargaining power
Earlier this summer, the new administration’s Department of Labor announced that the Cape Canaveral (Florida) prevailing wage rate would be replaced, effective July 4, 2025, by the lower Brevard County rate.
Local 3 member discusses TOOTRiS child care benefit
In 2025, SMART partnered with TOOTRiS to offer members at participating U.S. sheet metal locals access to wraparound child care benefits. And for Local 3 (Omaha, Neb.) member Tanner Tieken, that benefit has already made a difference.