Category: Members Journal
SM Local 33 lends support to Toledo soup kitchen
Local 33 members were at the Helping Hands soup kitchen in Toledo, Ohio, where they volunteered to remove an old stove from the basement and installed a new one in its place. Helping Hands, a ministry of Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Toledo, serves low-income and home [...]
SM Local 73 lends warmth to Chicago residents
To help get through the cold winter, low-income homeowners in Chicago and Chicago Heights received free furnace and boiler tune-ups to keep them safe and warm. This initiative was the result of a partnership between Rebuilding Together Metro Chicago, SM Local 73 and SMACNA Gr [...]
SM Local 435 hosts largest-ever cornhole tournament
On February 5, SMART SM Local 435 (Jacksonville, Fla.) hosted its seventh annual Voluntary Death Benefit Fund Cornhole Tournament, where the local sold raffle tickets for an Academy Sports + Outdoors gift card to support the voluntary death benefit fund. The tournament — whic [...]
SM Local 9 SMART MAP Eliminates Stigma Around Mental Health
Andy Gilliland, training coordinator at Sheet Metal Workers Local 9 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, knows he can’t save them all. But it doesn’t stop him from trying. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), construction workers di [...]
SM Local 33 helps build ballpark for handicapped children
Recently, SMART SM Local 33 members helped the Miracle League of Northwest Ohio (MLNWO) begin development of a much-needed and fully accessible building at its ballpark built for young ballplayers with special needs. Families and players will be served and their experience at [...]
Local 38 (Brewster, N.Y.) member receives 70-year Continuous Service Award
SM Local 38 President/Business Manager Michael Colombo, VP/FST Eric Hofbauer, Business Agents John Malaspina, James Nester and Tom Picheco, and Organizer Gene Barbieri presented Brother James Tenaglia with his 70-year Continuous Service Award. Brother Tenaglia is 94 years old [...]
Sheet metal and TD members have hands in UBS Arena project
On Sept. 9, SMART General President Joseph Sellers and a delegation of union officials including SM Local 28 (NYC & Long Island- BT) Business Manager Eric Meslin, Business Manager Dante Dano from Local 137 (NYC Sign) and Alt. Vice President/General Chairperson Anthony Sim [...]
Infrastructure Bill Signals Progress
After years of false starts, President Biden signed America’s most impactful infrastructure bill in its history. Delivered on bipartisan votes in both the Senate and House of Representatives, the Infrastructure Bill will provide $1.2 Trillion in infrastructure funding over th [...]