Following the retirement of Thomas DeBartolo and Lance Deyette’s hiring as assistant to the general president, the SMART General Executive Council (GEC) voted to elect two new members.
Local 19 (Philadelphia) Business Manager Bryan Bush, 10th general vice president, began his career as a sheet metal worker in 1989, entering Local 19’s four-year apprenticeship program in 1991 and successfully graduating as a journeyperson in 1995. Bush has demonstrated active labor leadership throughout his career: He was a site steward on numerous jobs, a foreman on many occasions, and in 2009 he successfully ran to be a Local 19 business representative. He served as business rep. from 2009–2017; assistant business manager from 2012–2024; financial secretary-treasurer from 2017–2023; and, since 2024, has represented Local 19 members as business manager.
In addition to his local union leadership, Bush has served on the Washington Township Economic Development Board, the Governor’s Transition Committee for Labor and Management, as South Jersey Transportation Authority commissioner, Building Trades chairman for Center City Philadelphia, delegate for the Bucks County AFL-CIO and the Philadelphia AFL-CIO, and many other positions. He is also active in various community service efforts, including career days and job fairs, City of Camden Drug Awareness Walks, the City to Shore MS Bike Ride, volunteering at Camden County Homeless Shelters and more.
Born and raised in New Jersey, where he is now raising his own family, Bush’s family history dates back at least 90 years in the labor movement. Today, he carries that legacy forward by proudly representing Local 19 members across aspects of the organization: helping and overseeing business agents with jurisdictional and contract situations, organizing efforts, growth strategies and, most importantly, fighting for members.
Local 33 (Northern Ohio) President and Business Manager Corey Beaubien, 11th general vice president, began his career in the sheet metal industry as an apprentice in July of 1999. Beaubien worked for various contractors in and around the Toledo, Ohio, area for 13 years before being hired as a local organizer in September of 2012. Before working as an organizer, he was elected to the Local 33 Executive Board in 2010.
In March 2015, due to his success as an organizer, Beaubien was elected as a business representative for the Local 33 Toledo District, serving in that position for eight years. During this time, he served as the financial secretary-treasurer of the Northwest Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, as well as a trustee on the Toledo Health & Welfare and Area Pension Funds. After many years of service as a trustee, Beaubien is now a chair or trustee on four pension funds; he was most recently appointed as trustee on the SMART Local Unions & Councils Pension Fund.
Beaubien was named president and business manager of SMART Local 33 in November 2023 and elected to the position the following year in June. Since his election, Beaubien has successfully negotiated, along with his committees, multiple contracts in four of the nine contract areas within Local 33.
Congratulations, brothers!