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Amy Carr wins September NABTU Tradeswomen Heroes Award
North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) named SMART Local 276 (Victoria, British Columbia) and International Women’s Committee member Amy Carr one of four Tradeswomen Heroes Award-winners in September, noting her leadership, mentorship and ongoing efforts to make a dif [...]RME members: Read and vote on tentative agreements with NS, BNSF, CSX
SMART Rail, Mechanical and Engineering (RME) members will soon receive ratification information ballots from the American Arbitration Association regarding tentative agreements reached with Norfolk Southern, BNSF and CSX on August 22.
Convention day four: Building on our foundation
This is an overview of day four of the Third SMART General Convention. More details will be included in the Fall Members’ Journal. Delegates to the 3rd SMART General Convention continued their work on Thursday, August 15, hearing from convention committees and SMART departme [...]
Wednesday recap: Third SMART General Convention delegates elect officers to lead union
This is an overview of day three of the Third SMART General Convention. More details will be included in the Fall Members’ Journal. Delegates to the Third SMART General Convention reelected Michael Coleman of Local 33 (Cleveland, Ohio) as the union’s general president on Wed [...]
Delegates continue their work on day two of the Third SMART General Convention
This is an overview of day two of the Third SMART General Convention. More details will be included in the Fall Members’ Journal. Committees, department directors and delegates to the Third SMART General Convention continued their work on Tuesday, August 17. With guest speak [...]
Delegates commence Third SMART General Convention: “Challenge Met – But We’re Not Done.”
This is an overview of day one of the Third SMART General Convention. More details will be included in the Fall Members’ Journal. On Monday, August 12, SMART General President Michael Coleman officially commenced the Third SMART General Convention, bringing delegates to [...]
SMART Convention delegates vote to endorse Vice President Harris for president
On Monday, August 12, delegates to the 3rd SMART General Convention voted to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president in the 2024 election, following President Joe Biden’s July 21 announcement that he would end his reelection campaign. Convention delegates are the e [...]
Local 206 member discusses pride in union solidarity
As part of the Spring 2024 BE4ALL Contest, union workers across the country submitted their answers to the question: Why are you proud to be a SMART union member? In his answer, Local 206 (San Diego, Calif.) member Gustavo Orozco discussed the broad nature of his union pride, [...]