Category: Members Journal
Tunnel replacement projects promise jobs, better conditions for SMART members
Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law helped jumpstart two enormous projects on the East Coast in January, creating jobs for SMART sheet metal workers and bettering the working conditions of SMART Transportation Division members. In Baltimore, SMART TD Alt. National [...]
2022 Bureau of Labor Statistics report demonstrates need for organizing, pro-labor legislation
The United States Bureau of Labor Statistics released its annual report in January 2023, revealing a growth in domestic union membership and illustrating the urgency with which unions like SMART must organize nonunion workers and lobby for new labor laws.
BE4ALL launches first Toolbox Talk
The Belonging and Excellence for ALL (BE4ALL) Committee launched its first-ever Toolbox Talk on January 19, 2023 — the initial step in an ongoing effort designed to educate, spread awareness and help strengthen SMART and the unionized sheet metal industry. Toolbox Talk #1, ti [...]
Kline joins NEMIC as director of building construction technology
Ohio native Cassandra Kline has been hired as NEMIC’s director of building construction technology, serving as a field representative to SMART locals all over the United States and Canada.
NEMIC adds new director of implementation
Ohio native Cassandra Kline has been hired as NEMIC’s director of building construction technology, serving as a field representative to SMART locals all over the United States and Canada.
NEMIC says goodbye to longtime stalwarts
Ohio native Cassandra Kline has been hired as NEMIC’s director of building construction technology, serving as a field representative to SMART locals all over the United States and Canada.
SMART states case for Railway Safety Act before commerce committee
In the aftermath of February’s rail disaster in East Palestine, Ohio, Ohio State Legislative Director testified before the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held a key hearing on March 22 on “Improving Rail Safety in Response to the East Palestine Derailment.”
In rail safety victory, 2PC signed into law in Ohio
New rail safety rules mandate two-person crews for freight trains traveling in Ohio and require wayside defect detectors be installed 10-15 miles apart. In 1993, newly elected President Bill Clinton was taking the reins from George H.W. Bush. “Home Improvement,” & [...]