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Local 464 member retires after 46 years of service
Local 464 (Ponca City, Okla.) member RJ Warren retired on April 28, 2023, bringing an end to 46 years of service as a tool and die maker at Air System Components/JCI. “He has been with this production plant through many owners and a loyal union member since February, 1977,” e [...]
SMART Local 22 honors Memorial Day with flag placement
SMART Local 22 (central New Jersey) celebrated Memorial Day weekend with its annual flag placement in honor of those who made the ultimate sacrifice. “The veterans of our military services have put their lives on the line to protect the freedoms that we enjoy,” the local wrot [...]
SMART-TD Maryland members help rejuvenate Baltimore elementary school
SMART-TD members in Maryland mobilized on short notice to serve their community in April, joining a CSX and City Year Service Day spent rehabilitating and sprucing up Curtis Bay Elementary School near Baltimore. “CSX asked all their employees to be there, and this was really [...]
SMART Local 3 uplifts area workers with signatory organizing campaign
SMART Local 3 (Omaha, Nebraska) won a huge victory for area workers in May 2023, partnering with newly formed contractor Christopherson Plumbing, Heating & Air to bring the business into union signatory status. And unlike many organizing campaigns, this one was initiated [...]
Local 218 member demonstrates union craftsmanship with metal tree sculpture
Skilled, union labor plays a vital role in communities across North America, from ensuring indoor air quality to fabricating complex HVAC systems. In the spring of 2023, Local 218 (Springfield, Ill.) journeyperson Meghan Reynolds showed that union craftsmanship isn’t only for [...]
Union announces ratification of tentative agreement with White Pass & Yukon Route
SKAGWAY, Alaska (July 31, 2023) — Members of the SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) have voted in favor of ratifying a tentative agreement the union recently reached with the White Pass & Yukon Route (WP&YR). The more than two-dozen unionized workers for WP& [...]
Norfolk Southern, SMART-TD collaborate to enhance conductor training and raise craft trainer pay
New initiatives will enhance training program and focus on safety ATLANTA and INDEPENDENCE, OHIO (July 26, 2023) — Norfolk Southern Corporation (NYSE:NSC) and the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Transportation Division (SMART-T [...]
SMART-TD reaches tentative agreement with White Pass Yukon Route
SKAGWAY, Alaska (July 25, 2023) — White Pass & Yukon Route Railroad (WP&YR) and the SMART Transportation Division (SMART-TD) are pleased to announce that a tentative agreement has been reached between the railroad and the union for WP&YR’s train and engine workers [...]