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Custom-Bilt Workers Make a SMART Choice—a Union Choice

Custom-Bilt Metals is a manufacturer of metal roofing panels, gutters and downspouts. Unemployed Sheet Metal Local 105 member Jonathan Ruiz sought employment at Custom-Bilt Metals under Local 105’s salting program. Brother Ruiz realized that the workers were not satisfied wit [...]

SMART Wins Election at Pantex, Contract Negotiations Are Ongoing

Organizing in Amarillo, Texas, has been a success thanks to the hard work of Charles Thomas, Sheet Metal Local 49 President, Vice President of Metal Trades of Amarillo, Texas, and 30-year Local 49 member. Brother Thomas has been an employees of the Pantex Nuclear Facility in [...]

Smart Participates Globally, Acts Locally

Byggnads construction union, SMART, and other building trades representatives meet and discuss Skanska in Houston, TX. SMART has been participating in the global labor community in both the construction and manufacturing industries for the past 45 years and has developed stro [...]

Canada Supreme Court Reaffirms Workers’ Rights

In a 5-2 vote, the Canadian Supreme Court has reaffirmed that a worker’s right to strike is protected by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.  The court ruled “that the right to strike is an essential part of the collective bargaining process in Canada’s system of lab [...]

Anthem says cyberattack stole data of millions

Anthem, one of the nation’s largest health insurers, said Feb. 4 that the personal information of tens of millions of its customers and employees, including its chief executive, was the subject of a “very sophisticated external cyberattack.” The company, which is continuing i [...]

Metro North train smashes into SUV, killing six

As the investigation into the deadliest accident in the history of the Metro-North Railroad got underway on Wednesday, officials said they still could not explain how or why a sport-utility vehicle became stranded on the train tracks. A crowded commuter train traveling north [...]

Natural gas could come to Fairbanks via railroad

The Alaska Railroad is applying to become the nation’s first railroad system to ship natural gas by rail, a move that comes as the state looks for cheap ways to deliver the product to Fairbanks. Alaska Railroad Corp. CEO Bill O’Leary told the Senate Finance Committee on Feb. [...]