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Sheet Metal Air Rail & Transportation Local 100 provides top quality advocacy, support and employment services for skilled sheet metal workers in the Washington D.C., Baltimore, Cumberland, Richmond, Roanoke and Norfolk regions. We care about quality construction because we live in the communities where we build. From drawing boards to grand openings, our members are true partners in the growth of our communities while receiving best-in-class wages and benefits.
We ensure fair wages, job safety, quality health care, pensions, training and more to support all generations of skilled sheet metal workers.
Empower Yourself
This informative video provides step-by-step guidance on how to organize and form a union at your current workplace. Led by experienced union organizers, the video covers essential topics such as understanding your rights as a worker, building solidarity among colleagues, navigating the unionization process, and negotiating with employers for better working conditions, wages, and benefits. Whether you’re new to the concept of unions or seeking to improve conditions at your workplace, this video empowers you to take action and advocate for your rights as a worker. Join the movement towards a fair and equitable workplace by watching this insightful guide today.
A union is when workers band together to improve their working conditions. Talk to your coworkers about wages, benefits and working conditions to see if they want to improve them.
We are here to serve and assist you and your coworkers. From learning how to start a union to better understanding all the steps involved in negotiating a contract, we want to see you succeed.
At this point you and your coworkers will build an organizing committee. They should be a group of leaders at your workplace who feel strongest about the need to organize. Your committee will then work together to get more coworkers involved with the effort to win a union contract.
Often companies try to discourage employees from starting a union. Don’t worry, it is your right, protected by federal labor law, to start a union. You have the right to talk to your coworkers about starting a union and about workplace conditions, including pay.
Once a majority of your coworkers agree on the need to have a union, you will sign support cards. These cards declare that you want to start a union and have SMART as your partner at work to help negotiate better wages, benefits and working conditions.
Once a majority of your coworkers agree on the need to have a union, you will sign support cards. These cards declare that you want to start a union and have SMART as your partner at work to help negotiate better wages, benefits and working conditions.
When a majority of your coworkers have signed union support cards, they are submitted to the National Labor Relations Board to request a union election. If a majority of your coworkers vote YES at your election, your employer now has to recognize your union and bargain with you, your coworkers, and SMART.
Congratulations! It’s time to get the benefits you deserve! A SMART negotiating team will begin working with you and your coworkers to negotiate your first union contract. You and your coworkers will have the opportunity to vote on the contract before it is finalized to ensure it has the benefits and value you deserve.
SMART Local 100 Interest Form
With a union, we have power and a voice with our employers and elected officials. We fight for wages, health care, safety and respect in our workplaces. There’s never been a better time than now to take the next step to a rewarding career! Please fill out the form below for more information.
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