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Category: Members Journal
NABTU Legislative Conference highlights opportunities ahead for SMART members
On April 4–6, 2022, North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) held its first in-person legislative conference since 2019, with members from 14 trade unions — representing more than 3 million skilled union workers — gathering to hear from labor leaders, politicians and fe [...]
SMART, labor allies convene at AFL-CIO Convention to build worker power
From June 12-15, SMART joined our 56 fellow AFL-CIO affiliate unions for the 2022 AFL-CIO Convention: the AFL-CIO’s highest decision-making body, where delegates vote on resolutions and constitutional amendments, discuss strategy and chart the course of the federation’s futur [...]
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 [...]