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SM Local 49 business manager/financial secretary-treasurer brings SMART priorities to White House

February 10, 2023 Local 49 Business Manager Isaiah Zemke (right) with President Biden. SM Local 49 (Albuquerque, N.M.) Business Manager/Financial Secretary-Treasurer Isaiah Zemke took part in a “Communities in Action: Building a Better New Mexico” meeting at the White House on October 7, 2022. [...]

Tags Biden, iaq, Indoor Air Quality, infrastructure, New Mexico, Sheet Metal

Local 18 honored for nonprofit service project

February 10, 2023 SMART Local 18 (Wisconsin) was named a finalist for the 2022 BizTimes Media Nonprofit Excellence Awards, an annual recognition of local organizations dedicated to bettering Wisconsin communities. Local 18 was nominated by the Association for the Rights of Citizens with Handic [...]

Tags community service, Local 18, SMART Army

Local 20 hosts annual food drive

February 10, 2023 For the last six years, Local 20 (Evansville, Ind.) has hosted a food drive during November, with all the food collected going to the Tri-State Food Bank. “When we started this fundraiser in 2017, we collected 750 pounds of food,” said Kreg Homoky, Local 20 business represent [...]

Tags community service, food drive, Local 20, SMART Army

Local 2 pursues recruiting opportunities at Kansas City Pride

February 10, 2023 SMART Local 2 in Kansas City participated in a new recruitment event in summer 2022. Earlier in the year, Business Manager Greg Chastain approached the Local 2 Women’s Committee to discuss how the local could reach a more diverse group when recruiting. The Women’s Committee i [...]

Tags Kansas City, LGBTQ, LGBTQ+ Pride, Local 2, organizing, Pride, recruitment

Local 45 celebrates 100th anniversary

February 10, 2023 SMART Local 45 (Des Moines, Iowa) celebrated its 100th anniversary and hosted a holiday party for members, retirees and family on December 3rd, 2022.

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Local 265 family celebrates 200 years of combined service

February 10, 2023 Local 265 (DuPage County, Ill.) recognized Robert Flynn and his three sons for 200 years of combined service at its recent service award ceremony. Robert joined Local 265 in 1954 after proudly serving in the U.S. Navy for four years on the SS New Jersey during the Korean War. [...]

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Local 265 members deliver toys to kids in need

February 10, 2023 SM Local 265 (DuPage County, Ill.) members proudly demonstrated the spirit of union solidarity in late October, when they volunteered to deliver toys with DuPage County Toys for Tots. “A huge thank you to Local 265 Sheet Metal Workers!” Toys for Tots wrote on Facebook. “After [...]

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Elections matter: How your vote has helped workers since 2020

October 21, 2022 The White House, Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons. The outlook for union labor and working families in America has improved drastically in the last 21 months. From 2016–2020, workers fought against an onslaught of anti-labor policies, executive orders, personnel appointme [...]