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SMART Local 110, Union Sportsmen’s Alliance host Take Kids Fishing Day events

October 16, 2023 Young people from around Kentucky braved rainstorms to spend several hours honing their fishing skills on Saturday, May 20, during three separate Take Kids Fishing Day events hosted by SMART Local 110 (Louisville, Ky.), the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) and the Kentucky De [...]

Tags Fall 2023, Kentucky, Local 110, SMART Army, Take Kids Fishing Day, Union Sportsmen's Alliance

Sheet metal local unions win legislative victories on both coasts

October 16, 2023 From Delaware to Oregon, sheet metal local unions are winning state legislative victories, helping put SMART members to work and improving the well-being of their communities. On July 26, members of SMART Local 19 (Philadelphia, Pa.) joined Delaware Governor John Carney at th [...]

Tags custom fabrication, Delaware, fabrication, Indoor Air Quality, legislation, Local 16, Local 19, NEMI., Oregon

Local 218 member celebrates 100th birthday

October 16, 2023 The SM Local 218 Retirees’ Club hosted a 100th birthday party for 82-year member Renato Favero, who turned 100 during the last week of August. Pictured, left to right: Paul Favero (Renato’s son); Renato Favero; Paul Hayes, international organizer; Rich Manka, business manager.

Tags Fall 2023, Local 218, retirees

Local 19 hosts President Biden for Labor Day celebration

October 16, 2023 President Joe Biden visited SMART Local 19 (Philadelphia, Pa.) on Labor Day, honoring America’s workforce with sheet metal workers and union members from across the area during the annual Tri-State Labor Day Parade and Celebration. Local 19 apprentice Brittany Rivera introduc [...]

Tags Biden, Fall 2023, Labor Day, Local 19, President Biden

SMART Local 105 members help build new LA Clippers arena

October 16, 2023 Throughout the spring and summer of 2023, approximately 125 SMART Local 105 members were performing HVAC, kitchen, architectural and TAB work on the new home of the Los Angeles Clippers, known officially as the Intuit Dome. The $2 billion project is slated to open for the 202 [...]

Tags Fall 2023, local 105, Los Angeles, megaproject, Sheet Metal, veterans

Local 206 members take on massive megaproject in San Diego

October 16, 2023 SMART Local 206 (San Diego, Calif.) sheet metal workers are currently on the job at the IQHQ Research and Development District in downtown San Diego: a large, mixed-use, life science development that spans eight acres and six city blocks. Once completed, it will be California [...]

Tags Fall 2023, local 206, megaproject, San Diego

Special Focus: This is our time

July 31, 2023 SMART members positioned for unprecedented opportunity The time is now for our union. Across all the industries and crafts represented in our union — HVAC installation, railroading, indoor air quality, transit operation, architectural sheet metal, production, sign work, bus o [...]