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GP Site Visit Focuses on Emerging Product and Processes

August 7, 2019 By: Todd Farally On June 4th, SMART General President Joseph Sellers and Assistant to the General President Joseph Powell visited Local 19 members working at the Penn First rack building facility and Wm. J. Donovan’s thermaduct shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Both men wan [...]

Read the June 2019 Issue of Partners In Progress

July 11, 2019 The newest issue of the SMART-SMACNA Partners In Progress magazine is online.  In this issue are articles that discuss the steps being taken in securing government grants for industry efforts as well as a focus on diversity, architectural sheet metal training and steps being [...]

A Message of Thanks and Solidarity

July 10, 2019 As you probably already know, SMART reached an agreement with the Ontario Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association to renew the Sheet Metal ICI Collective Agreement this past week. All Ontario Local Unions involved ratified the agreement after the strike ended on June 29. On beha [...]

Dept Of Energy Announces $33.5 Million for New Approaches to Energy Efficient, Advanced Building Construction

May 7, 2019   The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $33.5 million for early-stage research and development of advanced building construction techniques to reduce energy bills.  Combined, America’s 118 million homes and 5.6 million commercial buildings account for appro [...]

McClees Honored at 100 Year Anniversary

May 7, 2019 This past weekend, SMART SM Local 206 held their 100-year anniversary celebration in San Diego where SMART General Secretary Treasurer Richard McClees and the McClees family were honored with the naming of the hall on Saturday. Additionally, GST McClees, a former Local 206 Bu [...]

Veterans Get Chance At Career Through LA Program

September 26, 2018 Military veterans who have honorably transitioned into civilian life often don’t know what their next steps will be. Instead of doing a job to get by, a boot camp to introduce veterans to a career as a sheet metal worker is offered by the Southern California Sheet Metal JATC [...]