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Fortune Magazine highlights the benefits of a union sheet metal career

March 23, 2022 For graduating high school seniors, conventional knowledge dictates that the most viable career paths require a college degree. But an increasing number of young people are beginning to seek alternatives in the unionized trades – including HVAC technician Tyler Ziztka of SM L [...]

SMART TD President Ferguson and BLET President Pierce give joint interview on podcast

March 4, 2022 Attention all SMART-TD and BLET members! Tonight at 7:00 p.m. central standard time (8:00 p.m. EST), SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson and BLET President Dennis Pierce will be airing a joint interview on the Rails Tails & Trails YouTube channel, which can be viewed at th [...]

Tags BLET President Dennis Pierce, BNSF, BNSF HiViz, HiViz, Jon Chaffin, Rails Tails & Trails podcast, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson

Transportation labor reacts to the State of the Union Address

March 2, 2022 The AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, of which the SMART Transportation Division is a proud member, released the following statement on March 1 after President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. Greg Regan and Shari Semelsberger, president and secretary-tre [...]

Tags AFL-CIO, AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO TTD, SOTU, State of the Union Address, Transportation Trades Department, TTD

VA Adds TABB As Accepted Certification Body

February 24, 2022 The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) added the Testing, Adjusting and Balancing Bureau (TABB) as a third certification body for certifying personnel and contractors who perform testing, adjusting and balancing (TAB) on heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC); wate [...]

Tags certification, sm funds, TABB, veterans affairs

Career of a lifetime: Renato Favero’s 80 years of service

February 16, 2022 On October 5, 2021, SMART Local 218 celebrated the career and life of longtime member Renato Favero. Brother Favero, also known as “Notto” or “Not,” was presented with his 80-year membership plaque for good standing by General President Joseph Sellers, Jr., International Repr [...]

SM Local 280 SMART Army Helps Local Charity Aid Community

February 16, 2022 In September 2021, Langley Meals on Wheels contacted SMART Army Canada Local 280 to assist them with obtaining a donation of 3 stainless-steel prep tables for their new facility. Langley Meals on Wheels is a charitable, non-profit society providing affordable menu plans and s [...]

New SMOHIT Safety Guide Available

December 17, 2021 SMOHIT has released the latest version of its safety handbook. Focused on workplace safety, the handbook covers a variety of workplace hazards, scaffold and ladder safety, shop safety, ventilation and fire safety, among a multitude of other possible dangers faced by sheet met [...]

SM LU 71 Opens New Buffalo Training Center

November 3, 2021 A former manufacturing facility that was once a neighborhood eyesore was renovated and reconstructed into a new two-story, 7,200-square-foot building that today houses an expanded, updated training facility for future generations of SMART Local 71 sheet metal workers. With an [...]

SMART members in Indiana pay tribute to trailblazing suffragist

November 3, 2021 Two SMART members were present to pay tribute to a trailblazing Indiana woman honored for her role in fighting for women’s right to vote in the early 20th century. A statue honoring suffragist Mary Stuart Edwards was unveiled Aug. 26 in Peru, Ind., in a ceremony attended by L [...]

PLA Victory Comes After Years of Hard Work

November 3, 2021 In 1999, when the Navy abandoned the Concord Naval Weapons Station in California, it became a great opportunity zone for the Concord community to grow and flourish. As early as 2005, SM Local 104 had been involved in the city of Concord’s process to imagine and develop the fu [...]