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Majority of Congress Failed to Support Retirees In 2017
The Alliance for Retired Americans recently released its 2017 voting record which scored every U.S. Representative and Senator on issues affecting current and future retirees. The annual report examined 10 key Senate and House votes in 2017, highlighting issues concerning the [...]
Local 20’s Easterline Profiles Union Apprenticeship Options On Local Indiana Show
Local 20’s Darryl Easterline visits a local news show on ABC 21 in Indiana to talk about Building Futures, a free Allen County pre-apprenticeship class to prepare people for careers in the skilled trades. Brother Esterline is President of the Northeast Indiana Building [...]
May 8th #CountMeIn Rally In NYC
In recent years, there’s been plenty of conversation in America about income inequality, with talk of the one percent versus the 99 percent. People have rightfully asked how corporate profits and CEO incomes can rise so high, while working-class and middle-class wages continu [...]
SMART SM Local 66 Member Smashes the Glass Ceiling
The Penny Hoarder profiles Local 66 member Vanessa Carman who has made a career of smashing the glass ceiling at work as a Local 66 sheet metal worker and in her free time as a weight lifter. Ads the article points out, “fifteen years ago, she helped her brother [...]
Local 100 SMART Army Volunteers Bring Christmas To April for Local Families and Seniors
Local 100 SMART Army Volunteers are preparing to bring Christmas in April to local families in PG County, MD. This effort is part of SMART inaugural Month of Community Action where events are being held coast to coast in support of local communities. Click here for video.
VA SMART TD SMART Army Hosts Opening Day for Local Little League
SMART TD members in Southwest Virginia got together to help the Crewe, Va., Little League put on a memorable opening day for local kids. After the opening ceremonies, SMART members hosted a screening of the movie “Sandlot” for local families.
SMART Army Members Turn Out to Serve Meals to Ozarks Residents
In St Louis, SMART TD Local 303 and Sheet Metal Local 36 volunteers served food and refreshments to attendees of the Greene County MO Dem Days of the Ozarks. From left, Jim Tyson-36, Brad Slaughter-303, Jason Hayden-MO SLD, Billy Elbert-303, Doug Piant-36, Jeff Nichols-303, J [...]
SMART Local 104 Empowers Sacramento Communities
(Reprinted from SMART Local 104 Magazine) On Saturday, March 3rd, SMART Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104 members in Sacramento came out to support “the largest tax canvas in the history of the canvassing program.” So what exactly does that mean, exactly? It means members walked [...]