Third SMART General Convention recap: Monday, Aug. 12

GP Coleman tells delegates: “We’re not done.” General President Michael Coleman kicked off the Third SMART General Convention on August 12, 2024, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nev. In a nod to the convention theme — “Challenge met. But we’re not done.” — Coleman celebrated our union’s fighting spirit and called on delegates to […]

Local 480 drives unprecedented growth at Daikin in Southeastern Minnesota

SMART members across North America are living in extraor­dinary times. And nowhere are these extraordinary times, with all their challenges and opportunities, better exemplified than in Faribault, Minnesota, a town of approximately 25,000 people and the home of SMART Local 480. In Faribault and nearby Owatonna, money from laws passed by the Biden administration has […]

Local 480 drives unprecedented growth at Daikin in Southeastern Minnesota

SMART members across North America are living in extraor­dinary times. And nowhere are these extraordinary times, with all their challenges and opportunities, better exemplified than in Faribault, Minnesota, a town of approximately 25,000 people and the home of SMART Local 480. In Faribault and nearby Owatonna, money from laws passed by the Biden administration has […]

AFL-CIO TTD, industry encourage full funding of RRB

The AFL-CIO Transportation Trades Department coalition, of which the SMART-MD and SMART-TD are part, sent the following letter to Congress in conjunction with rail industry representatives on May 21.