Statement from General President Nigro On SMART TD Elections

I would like to congratulate John Previsch who was elected president of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division this week. In addition to John, I would like to extend my congratulations and best wishes [...]

SkillsUSA Announces Nevada Winner in Sheet Metal Competition

Kelsey Hicks, 17, of Reed High School in Reno, Nevada, won the gold medal in sheet metal work at the Nevada Skills USA competition March 26-28 at Sheet Metal Workers Local 88’s training center in northeast Las Vegas. The silver medalist was Tanner Vaughn of the Academy of Art [...]

West Virginia Residents Gain New Level Of Safety

Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has signed legislation that will make West Virginia the first state to require anyone who installs fire and smoke dampers to be licensed. In a state with little to no building code, the new law is a major step toward insuring only properly trained in [...]

Fired foreman awarded $400K in whistleblower case

A federal jury in Maine has awarded $400,000 in back pay and punitive damages to a former foreman of the Springfield Terminal Railway Co. who was fired after refusing orders to force an untrained worker to clean up a 2011 chemical spill in North Yarmouth. The Portland Press H [...]

Former LIRR president Williams remains on payroll

At least one Long Island Rail Road employee has gotten a good deal from the MTA recently. With unionized LIRR workers readying for a possible strike next month, the Daily News has learned that the railroad’s former president, Helena Williams, who was fired two months ago, rem [...]

In Memory of Brother Mike Hauf

A member of Local 83 was tragically killed in an accident at the Globalfoundries jobsite in Malta, N.Y. There are approximately 350 Sheet Metal Workers on this jobsite from across the country. The Construction Manager, The M+W Group, has started a memorial fund for Mike Hauf& [...]