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Category: Summer 2023
Strong labor standards create union jobs on megaprojects
SMART’s relentless political advocacy over recent years has helped foster massive infrastructure investment on both public and private projects. From New York state, to Central Ohio, to Arizona and well beyond, megaprojects are creating tens of thousands of jobs for SMART she [...]
Heavy Metal Summer Experience positions unionized sheet metal industry for future growth
The explosion of megaprojects in North America, combined with ongoing core work in the sheet metal industry, is creating previously-unheard- of workforce demands for local SMART unions across the continent — not just in the next few years, but the next several decades. In res [...]
Minnesota SMART members win legislative victories across sheet metal and transportation
SMART sheet metal and Transportation Division members mobilized throughout the 2023 legislative session in Minnesota, emerging with massive victories that will provide work opportunities and increased on-the-job safety for years to come. On May 24, Minn. Governor Tim Walz sig [...]
Historic tentative agreements negotiated by railroaders
As a result of last year’s national rail negotiations, some TD freight rail members have gained — for the first time — paid sick leave benefits for train and engine workers for U.S.-based carriers on the East Coast. In late April, GO-049 Mid-Atlantic District members ratified [...]
SMART leaders visit Ford Blue Oval Megaproject
Fifteen SMART signatory contractors employing over 250 sheet metal workers are currently working on Ford’s Blue Oval City project in Stanton, Tennessee. The massive automotive facility, sitting just a dozen miles outside Memphis, will be the foundation of a manufacturing ecos [...]
SMART Local 36 hosts Bass Classic
Local 36 (St. Louis, Missouri) hosted its annual Bass Classic in April — and thanks to extenuating weather, the fishing was even more eventful than usual. “We had a HAIL of a time this year,” the local wrote on Facebook, “braving not one, but two hail storms over the course o [...]
Local 104 secures opportunity in Pittsburg, Calif.
On April 18, 2023, Local 104 (northern California) members joined a coalition of local tradespeople to secure 360,000 union construction hours in the city of Pittsburg, California. Local 104 member Mousaab Atassi spoke to city officials, providing the voice and perspective of [...]
Local 105 supports Autism Spectrum Athletics tryouts
The Local 105 (Los Angeles) SMART Army turned out to help Autism Spectrum Athletics (ASA) with its baseball tryouts in April. ASA, which was established in 2012, offers community- based socialization sports programs that are designed to be stress free and non-competitive, wit [...]