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Department of Labor issues final rule on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act

January 9, 2024 On Tuesday, January 9, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) issued its final rule to help workers and employers better understand how to analyze who is an employee or independent contractor under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This rule will make it harder for co [...]

Tags Department of Labor, DOL, Julie Su, Worker Misclassification

Chicago Transportation Survey

January 8, 2024

TD National Training Seminar is ready for registrants!

January 8, 2024 Registration is now open for the Transportation Division’s (TD) 2024 National Training Seminar at the Hilton Cleveland Downtown in Cleveland, Ohio, from July 9, 2024, to July 11, 2024. This unique and exciting event is open to all TD Local, State Legislative Board, and Genera [...]

Tags Cleveland, Regional Training Seminar, TD National Training Seminar

Safety, tech report links back online in SMART app

January 4, 2024 Links to the Transportation Division’s workplace Safety Condition Report and the railroad Technology Event Report in the SMART app are again functional for Transportation Division members. The links to the report submission forms should work upon opening the app and the [...]

Tags Railroad Technology Event Report, SMART app, Workplace Safety Report

Online fundraiser established for survivors of slain Local 171 member

December 28, 2023 An online fundraiser has been set up for the survivors of Dexter Perkins, a member of Local 171 (Aurora, Ill.), after he was slain in an act of violence Dec. 22 in Wheaton, Illinois. Brother Perkins, 37, had been a member of our union since September 2022 and worked as a cond [...]

Tags Dexter Perkins, GoFundMe, Local 131, online fundraiser

Biden administration joins union’s fight to protect bus and transit workforce

December 27, 2023 Phone: (216) 228-9400Department Email: news_td@smart-union.org INDEPENDENCE, Ohio (Dec. 27, 2023) – The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, and Rail Transportation Workers Transportation Division (SMART-TD) has been calling for years for the Federal Transit Adminis [...]

Tags Bus and Transit Assault Prevention and Safety Committee, FTA, President Joe Biden

Registration open for Albuquerque RTS

December 19, 2023 The SMART Transportation Division’s next Regional Training Seminar (RTS) is scheduled to take place March 4 through 7, 2024, at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Albuquerque. Attendee check-in begins the afternoon of March 4, and those attending should plan to arrive then. Cl [...]

Tags Albuquerque, Regional Training Seminar, training

A year of progress: Looking back on BE4ALL’s 2023

December 19, 2023 The Belonging and Excellence for All (BE4ALL) Committee is a joint venture between SMART, SMACNA and the International Training Institute (ITI), with members of the committee pursuing one crucial goal: to create a diverse, inclusive, unionized sheet metal industry that is wel [...]

Tags be4all, diversity, inclusion, recruitment, Recruitment and Retention

SMART Local 16, Northwest Regional Council lead the way on indoor air quality in schools

December 18, 2023 More than ever, Americans are demanding clean air in public buildings, especially schools. Mitigating and eliminating virus spread, wildfire smoke and other air pollutants while reducing greenhouse gas emissions is essential, as data overwhelmingly demonstrates retrofits are [...]

Tags Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, iaq, Indoor Air Quality, Inflation Reduction Act, Local 16, schools

SMART statement on implementation of President Biden’s executive order on PLAs

December 18, 2023 On Monday, December 18, the Biden-Harris administration announced regulations that will implement President Biden’s executive order requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects costing $35 million or more. In response, SMART issued the following [...]

Tags Local 33, PLAs, President Biden, project labor agreements