Category: Front Page
Local 24 Women Mobilize for Homeless Vets
For two months members of the SMART Local #24 Women’s Committee and SMART Army collected personal care items to put care packages together for homeless Veterans. We had collection boxes at all Union Halls and many of the contractor’s shops for members to donate items and or [...]
New Issue of the SMART Journal is available online
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We Honor Those Who Served
On this Veterans Day and Remembrance Day 2019, on behalf of the SMART General Executive Council and the more than 200,000 members of SMART, we salute the men and women who have served in the armed forces of the United States and Canada. We recognize the commitment and [...]
New SMART Heroes Newsletter
A new issue of the SMART Heroes newsletter is available here.In this issue: Married Duo Team Up for A “Weld” of Success • Sponsor a Hero (SAH) Scholarships • Two-Year Anniversary Marks the Birth of SMART Heroes Foundation • New! 2nd Training Site Opens in Fort Carson, CO
GP Sellers Joins SMART Women at 9th Annual TWBN Conference
The weekend of October 4-6, saw the ninth international Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference, the largest gathering of its kind in the world. More than 2,800 tradeswomen representing 48 states and ten provinces gathered in Minneapolis, Minn. to share experiences and best prac [...]
TD ready to respond as carriers once again attack crew consist
NORTH OLMSTED, Ohio (October 3, 2019) — Today, the nation’s Class I rail carriers, along with a few other railroads, filed suit in federal district court in the Northern District of Texas in an attempt to undermine our collective bargaining agreements as well as the bar [...]
Help needed for Local 1963 president’s daughter in her cancer fight
Britnee Griffin, daughter of Mike Griffin (a yardmaster, alternate vice chairperson of GCA 347 and the president of Local 1963 in Louisville, Ky.), has been battling aggressive cancer since the spring. The medical bills for her family are mounting, and an online fundraiser ha [...]
Profile of a sheet metal guru
This article takes a look at a female sheet metal worker blazing a path forward for her fellow sisters in the trade. “Her day starts early, getting up at 4:30 a.m. to get her food and coffee ready. She drives from Gladstone and parks in the public parking structure. The [...]