Category: Members Journal
SM Local 12 hosts fishing and picnic event for area kids
On Saturday, May 7, SMART Local 12 (Southwestern Pa.) hosted its annual Take Kids Fishing Day at Derry Rod and Gun Club Lake, inviting local SMART families and children, as well as youth from the Westmoreland County Autism Society, for a fun day of fishing followed by a picni [...]
Local 5 SMART Army marches in Knoxville Suffrage Parade
On Saturday, May 7, members of SM Local 5 (East Tennessee) marched in the Knoxville Suffrage Parade: a celebration of the 102nd anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which granted women the right to vote. As Local 5 wrote on Facebook, “In the early 1900s, union trades in Knoxvi [...]
SMART members help build fish habitats in Oklahoma
In late March, SMART members joined union brothers and sisters from across the Oklahoma labor movement for a good cause. Together with the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) and Major League Fishing (MLF) Fisheries Management Division (FMD), local union members teamed up at [...]
Local 27 SMART Army joins trash cleanup
On March 19, 2022, the SM Local 27 (Southern N.J.) SMART Army filled 42 contractor trash bags with litter during a trash cleanup spanning two miles of Silver Run Road in Millville, N.J. Local 27 Business Agent John Whittington and his son joined members Don Cooper, Ken Andelo [...]
Local 33 members deliver for local families on Easter
As part of the Easter holiday festivities in their community, SM Local 33 (Toledo, Ohio) members worked with A.N.G.E.L.S Outreach to hand out 110 food baskets to local families. Founded in 1995, A.N.G.E.L.S Outreach provides food baskets to those in need of a helping hand dur [...]
OSHA launches emphasis program to protect from heat hazards
Will Griffin (second from left) with his family and Vice President Kamala Harris On Tuesday, April 12, SMART General President Joseph Sellers, Vice President Kamala Harris, Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, AFL-CIO President Liz Shuler, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and others ral [...]
SM Local 71 cleans up veteran’s park
Pictured left to right are SMART Local 71 members Paul Holland, Nick Hoffman, Anthony Paris, Shilo Rogers, Dan Morino, Jeff Gatti and Ryan Hurley. As part of Local 71’s SMART Army and Apprenticeship Community Service programs, these members participated in a cleanup of Raymo [...]
SMART members, ARCh renovate Camp Pow Wow, raise $33,000 to support adults and children with disabilities
SMART members from Wisconsin and across North America teamed up to support the Association for the Rights of Citizens with Handicaps (ARCh) On the morning of Thursday, June 9, SMART members from Wisconsin and across North America joined the Association for the Rights of Cit [...]