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Education is SMART at 2015 TD Regional Meetings 

  Each year the SMART TD holds two regional meetings; one in the east and one in the west. The theme for the 2015 meetings was, “Your Union-Your Future; Training the Leaders of Tomorrow.” The theme references the future, since what our members learn today wil [...]

The SMART Blue Label At Work For New Members

Metal Industries, like many other small companies, faced economic hardship as a result of the lagging economy. In order to make it through the lean years of the past recession, the company turned to SMART for help. This came after Sheet Metal Local 5 members proved the added [...]

Women Building The Nation

    Interview Excerpts from SMART Attendees On May 1 of this year—May Day, when labor unions in most parts of the world celebrate May Day—more than a thousand construction tradeswomen joined in Los Angeles for a union-sponsored conference to support working women. T [...]

AFL-CIO: union support and numbers on the rise

WASHINGTON – Workers across the country have stood up in the past month to fight for better wages and working conditions. More Americans are backing worker efforts to speak out: According to a new Gallup poll released last week, nearly 6 in 10 Americans stated they approve of [...]

Oil train safety must remain a priority

MINNESOTA – Lack of action during this year’s legislative session doesn’t mean nothing’s being done regarding rail safety as oil trains keep passing through the state and region. About 3,000 firefighters and other emergency responders from 80 departmen [...]