Sheet Metal Instructor Going Strong Across U.S. For Nearly 20 Years

George Donovan went to school to be an aircraft mechanic, but in the last nearly two decades he’s spent as a field representative for the International Training Institute (ITI), he’s driven 600,000 miles, or 35,000 miles per year. He doesn’t like to fly. Donovan, who works ou [...]

Sheet Metal Workers Local 293 Donates School Supplies

SMART Sheet Metal Workers Local 293 dropped off 18 boxes of school supplies at the Kapaa Elementary School in Kauai on Monday.  The school was selected based on it servicing the greatest percentage of Kauai’s population, and the percentage of children on the free and reduced [...]

UMAC Corner: An Injury to One Is an Injury to All

Life events continually remind us of how much we depend on each other. The Union Member Assistance Coordinators’ program serves the membership in many ways. Most importantly, we help our brothers and sisters cope with tragedies in their lives.  We believe that a burden shared [...]

Ask Your Lawmakers’ Support For Two-Person Crews

Members of the SMART Transportation Division and all of labor are reminded that they have the opportunity to make it federal law to have two qualified persons working on all freight trains operating in the United States a reality. Now is the time to contact your legislators i [...]

Video: GP Nigro Addresses SMART TD Convention In San Diego

On the last day of the SMART Transportation Division Convention, held in San Diego, Calif., General President Joseph Nigro addressed the delegates and discussed transparency, solidarity between construction and transportation workers, along with giving a look at the upcoming [...]

Skilled Labor Apprenticeships Also A Form of ‘Higher Education’

The term “higher education” can take on many connotations. Where some believe it means attending a two- or four-year college or university, there is another side to higher education – apprenticeship in the skilled labor trades. Apprentices at more than 153 unionized sheet met [...]

Judge Rules Indiana “Right to Work” For Less Law Unconstitutional

An Indiana Judge has ruled that the state’s “Right-to-Work” law is unconstitutional, the second such blow to the legislation since its passage in 2012. Lake County Circuit Judge George Paras decided against the state in United Steelworkers vs. Zoeller on July 17th, ruling tha [...]