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Category: Leadership Messages
Previsich: ‘It’s your union and it’s your future’
By John Previsich, SMART Transportation Division President – Today, people who work in a unionized environment are facing challenges unlike any that have come before. The current political climate is fostering attacks not only on organized labor, but also on the rights and e [...]- Tags 2014, John Previsich, regional meetings
Previsich: 'We achieved great things in 2014'
By John Previsich, SMART Transportation Division President – On behalf of the officers and staff of the SMART Transportation Division, I will take this opportunity to thank our members and their families for all of their efforts in 2014 and to extend our best wishes for a sa [...]We are thankful, but we must build for the future
By Joe Nigro, SMART General President – By In the spirit of the holiday season, I want to focus on what we have to be thankful for as we leave 2014 behind. For one, our First SMART General Convention will go down as the seminal moment when our two former organizations merged [...]- Tags Joseph Nigro
Risch: 'Another year over. And a new one just begun'
By John Risch, National Legislative Director – “So this is Christmas, And what have you done, Another year over, And a new one just begun,” so sang John Lennon. The holidays are a good time for all of us to ponder what we have done to make life better for our families, our b [...]- Tags John Rish
Despite election results, we can prevail
By Joseph Sellers Jr., SMART?General Secretary-Treasurer – With the midterm elections over, we now have an impression of what the next two years will look like for legislation affecting working families in the United States. Overall, anti-worker politicians will now control [...]- Tags Sellers
Risch: The election is over, let’s get to work
By John Risch, National Legislative Director – Thanks to all of you who helped in our Get Out the Vote Campaign. Your generosity with your PAC contributions, emails and direct mail efforts, volunteer phone calling, door knocking, and your conversations with friends and fello [...]It definitely matters whom we elect to Congress
Congressional elections do matter. Actions of Congress can make a big difference when it comes to our job security, our wages, our fringe benefits, our retirement and safety in our workplace. In this issue of the SMART Transportation Division News are our official endorsement [...]- Tags 2014 elections, Congress, John Risch