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Time to clear the air in our schools

October 22, 2024 Director of Canadian Affairs message
  • Tags Canada, Canadian Affairs, Fall 2024, sustainable jobs

Third SMART General Convention recap: TD Convention roundup — Sunday, Aug. 11

October 22, 2024 Jeremy Ferguson of Local 313 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) was reelected as president of SMART-TD on Sunday, August 11, by delegates to the Third TD Convention. His second five-year term as the leader of the United States’ largest railroad and transit union begins Oct. 1, where he wi [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, 2024 SMART-TD Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Monday, Aug. 12

October 22, 2024 GP Coleman tells delegates: “We’re not done.” General President Michael Coleman kicked off the Third SMART General Convention on August 12, 2024, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nev. In a nod to the convention theme — “Challenge met. But we’re not done.” — Coleman celebrated o [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Tuesday, Aug. 13

October 22, 2024 NABTU president to delegates: “What we do will impact future generations.” North America’s Building Trades Unions President Sean McGarvey has spent decades working alongside SMART members and leaders to win progress for workers in the legislative, organizing and economic deve [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Wednesday, Aug. 14

October 22, 2024 Delegates elect officers to lead union Delegates to the Third SMART General Convention elected Michael Coleman of Local 33 (Cleveland, Ohio) as the union’s general president on Wednesday, August 14, by acclamation. “I nominate a person I respect, a person who puts the advance [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Thursday, Aug. 15

October 22, 2024 Helms: “We’re not done” bringing veterans into the trades Delegates gave a warm welcome to Helmets to Hardhats Executive Director Martin Helms. Helmets to Hardhats works to bring United States military veterans into the unionized building trades, helping those who served to f [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Friday, Aug. 16

October 22, 2024 Delegates, leaders recognize SMART Army award-winners On Friday, delegates and recently elected leaders paid tribute to the winners of the 2024 Joseph J. Nigro SMART Army Service Award: SMART Local 85 (Atlanta, Ga.) Apprentice Dee Lee and the late Sam Nasca, former SMART-TD N [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: committee reports

October 22, 2024 Throughout the Third SMART General Convention, various convention committees delivered reports to delegates. Rules Committee Committee Chair Bill Kenyon (Local 54, Southwest Gulf Coast Regional Council) and Committee Secretary Mark Hall (Local 473) presented the committee’s r [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

K.C. bus agreement follows SMART-TD’s focus on coaching local officers

October 22, 2024 A Kansas City transit union secured massive raises after a negotiation bootcamp with a SMART-TD vice president. “Not only did this help in negotiating this agreement, but it’s also made me more effective in representing my members on the property in day-to-day operations” – Ethel Maze, Local 1704 president
  • Tags contract ratification, fall journal, First Student, Local 1704, School Bus Drivers

Local 398 elects and installs new slate of officers

October 22, 2024 SMART Rail, Mechanical and Engineering (RME) members employed by San Diego Trolley Inc. (SDTI) in San Diego, Calif., and North County Transit District (NCTD) in Oceanside, Calif., have elected a new slate of officers to guide Local 398 into the future. Local 398 is responsibl [...]
  • Tags Fall 2024, Local 298, Rail Mechanical and Engineering, rme

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