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New SMOHIT Safety Guide Available
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
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
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
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 [...]Death of AFL-CIO President Trumka mourned by U.S. labor; Liz Shuler succeeds him at federation’s helm
Richard Trumka, president of the AFL-CIO, which represents 12.5 million union members and 56 unions, passed away Aug. 5, 2021, at the age of 72.His death marks the passing of a legendary figure in the history of the labor movement. Brother Trumka devoted his life to working p [...]
SMART Capital: Expanding Work Opportunities in the Sheet Metal Industry
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International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Mourns the passing of Richard Trumka
Statement from SMART on the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka: On this hard and difficult day, our thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of Richard Trumka. President of the AFL-CIO since 2009, Trumka brought with him his immense reserve of experience, [...]
Three Field Support forums scheduled to answer Local S&T questions
Join the SMART_TD Field Support Department with your questions and get them answered! Each session will begin with going over anything new, reminders or important tips or tricks. Then the floor will be open for all your questions. The forum will end when there are no more que [...]