Category: Members Journal
Fire Life Safety presentations foster open communication, awareness
For nearly two decades, sheet metal professionals have encouraged public and private entities to inspect fire and smoke dampers, to maintain they’re in working order based on design guidelines. Dampers save lives, and when they’re misused, broken or compromised in any way, th [...]
SMART members visit White House to discuss pro-worker policies
SMART members and leaders from across the country met with the Biden-Harris administration on Wednesday, June 12 — bringing the voice of members and working-class families directly to the White House. “This doesn’t just happen in any administration,” said SMART Local 7 (Lansi [...]
Railroad Day in Washington results in renewed awareness and support
Thirty-eight SMART-TD representatives from 20 states led the way during Railroad Safety Day on the Hill. In total, SMART held 130 meetings to highlight rail worker issues and pending legislation.
SMART sisters serve their communities for Women in Construction Week
As part of Women in Construction Week 2024, the SMART Women’s Committee called on union members to take part in a day of community service during the month of March, demonstrating the power of solidarity and spreading the word about the union sheet metal trade. And from coast [...]
Organizing II class lays further groundwork for future growth
The SMART Education Department held its Organizing II class in Chicago, Ill., during the week of May 13th. Organizing II focuses on strategic research and application and dives deeper into the strategies and tactics learned in Organizing I, such as salting, voluntary/internal [...]
Local 18 empowers members with COMET classes
By Hallie Jennerman, Local 18 organizing director SMART Local 18 (Wisconsin) hosts COMET — Construction Organizing Membership Education Training — classes annually in January for our second-year apprentices and newly organized members. In 2024, our Organizing Department held [...]
SMART MAP heads to Canada
The SMART MAP mental health sessions have been evolving since they began more than a decade ago to combat the high suicide and substance use disorder rates among construction workers. Participants in the class become SMART MAP mentors, as they learn to be mental health first [...]
ITI hires first-ever curriculum writer
For the first time in its more-than-50-year history, the International Training Institute (ITI) has hired a full-time curriculum writer on staff, Mark Colone. The Pennsylvania native comes to the ITI after a long history of working with the union training fund on curricu [...]