Category: Members Journal
SMART Political Action League reception welcomes political leaders, honors local activism
In addition to participating in NABTU Legislative Conference activities, representatives from SMART local unions gathered on the evening of April 5 for a SMART Political Action League (PAL) reception at the Washington Hilton. Members in attendance heard from Representatives R [...]
Recent grad shares “I Got Your Back” story
A Local 16 member holds a piece of metal dedicated to Carrie Barber. Chelsey Bus recently graduated from her apprenticeship at Local 16 in Portland, Oregon. During her five years of training, she experienced much of the same adversity that other women in the trades face; alth [...]
Local Union Officer and International Staff Retiree’s Club meeting
On August 31, 2021, the Local Union Officer and International Staff Retiree’s Club met in historic St. Charles, Missouri, with 56 attendees gathering for a cocktail reception, luncheon, meeting and a trip to Missouri wine country. As part of the meeting, union woodworker Jim [...]
Local IAQ legislation promises new opportunities
On April 4, 2022, members from across SMART gathered in Washington, D.C. to hear from SM Local 40 (Hartford, Conn.) Regional Manager John Nimmons about important indoor air quality (IAQ) legislation for sheet metal workers in Connecticut — based on an earlier legislative effo [...]
Local 19 retiree spends “golden years” pursuing outdoor adventure
Local 19 retiree Keith Gilmer Thanks to the strong support of his SMART pension, retired SM Local 19 (Southeastern Pa.) member Keith Gilmer has been able to spend plenty of time pursuing one of his passions: the outdoors. “As a member, I was able to retire at the age of 55, a [...]
‘We won’t back down!’
SMART TD LEADS PROTEST OUTSIDE OF BNSF SHAREHOLDER MEETING IN OMAHA On April 30, 2022, while Berkshire Hathaway shareholders sat in comfort and national cable-news networks deified wealth hoarder Warren Buffett and his executive cronies at the company’s live-streamed annual [...]
Lisa Davis, 16-year journeyperson at SM Local 16, wins NABTU Tradeswomen Heroes Award
In early June, SMART Local 16 (Portland, Ore.) journey-worker Lisa Davis was named one of the winners of the June NABTU Tradeswomen Heroes Award, which “honors two apprentices and two journey-level workers in the United States and Canada that set an exemplary example both on [...]
Michael Harris assumes helm at ITI
Michael Harris, a longtime staffer at the International Training Institute (ITI), has taken the reins as its administrator. A second-generation sheet metal worker, Harris got his first taste of the industry at age 16, when he spent the summer working in a sheet metal shop. In [...]