Category: Spring 2022
Forward Progress
General President's Message
Preparing for the future
General Secretary-Treasurer's Message
Our Unsung Heroes
Transportation Division President's Message
President Biden signs executive order expanding PLAs
President Joe Biden signed a historic executive order on February 4 during a visit to Ironworkers Local 5 in Maryland, ensuring the policy of the federal government will be to use Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) for its large-scale construction projects (worth $35 million or [...]
Local 46 members have each other’s back
Jeremy Woolley, left, and Keith Haas. Since SMART’s “I Got Your Back” campaign began last summer, members across North America have taken action: sharing photos of themselves with their mentors at work and displaying the solidarity that makes our union strong. In March 2022, [...]
General Committee 1 merged into General Committee 2
Effective March 1, 2022, General Committee 1 was merged into General Committee 2, and General Committee 2 now has jurisdiction with respect to organizing, collective bargaining agreements, wages, hours, conditions of employment and jurisdictional matters over all of the local [...]
Local 105 members help BYD establish milestone
The Antelope Valley Transit Authority (AVTA) recently achieved North America’s first fully zero-emission fleet thanks to the work of SMART SM Local 105 members employed at BYD (Build Your Dreams) in Lancaster, Calif. Fully 57 of AVTA’s 87 battery electric coaches and buses we [...]
Delivering for Canadians now!
Throughout the past federal election and since, SMART and unions across Canada have urged parties to put people before politics. We can finally say that two parties, the Liberals and New Democrats, have delivered and united together to form a governing majority. While Conserv [...]