Category: Front Page — SM
Sheet Metal-oriented posts to appear on the front page of the main site and in news feeds.
Sheet metal leaders work to secure a unionized future at Partners in Progress 2024
The Partners in Progress 2024 conference brought sheet metal and signatory management leaders to Orlando, Florida, from February 27-28. With a conference theme of “The Future Is Now,” labor and management representatives came together to focus on seizing this moment of opport [...]
Following furloughs, rail workers demand immediate federal inspections of BNSF locomotives and rail cars
WASHINGTON, DC – The shop craft unions at Burlington Northern Santa Fe (BNSF) Railway are urgently calling upon the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to initiate unannounced focus inspections on all locomotives and rail cars owned and leased by BNSF Railway, and immediate [...]
SMART joins labor, environmental allies to demand Green Jobs, Green Transit in New York
SMART International Organizer Warren Faust and International Representative Larry Kinzie joined fellow union members, environmental advocates, industry leaders and New York state legislators on January 30 to call on Governor Kathy Hochul to include the Green Transit, Green Jo [...]
Local 206 helps win citywide San Diego PLA
The San Diego City Council unanimously approved a seven-year citywide project labor agreement (PLA) that will apply to every city project that costs more than $5 million in the first two years and $1 million projects for the following years, rewarding a years-long effort by S [...]
Local 46 apprentices help restore historic Rochester trolley car
This article was originally published on WNYLaborToday.com. Images courtesy of WNYLaborToday and Local 46. When it comes to giving back to the Rochester, N.Y., community, the members and apprentices of SMART Local 46 are ready, willing and able to do what they can, [...]
Georgia sheet metal worker says Local 85 has given him “countless blessings”
In January 2024, Belonging and Excellence for All (BE4ALL) announced the winner of its fourth-quarter contest, which asked members to answer the question: Why are you proud to be a SMART union member? For 16-year Local 85 (Atlanta, Georgia) member Matthew Beckham, the contest [...]
Department of Labor issues final rule on classifying workers as employees or independent contractors under the Fair Labor Standards Act
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 [...]
A year of progress: Looking back on BE4ALL’s 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 [...]