Sheet Metal News
The SMART Rapid Response Protocol: Why is this important?
SMART’s Rapid Response Protocol is intended to help union officers prepare for and respond to incidents of bias, discrimination and harassment. Why is this important? There are many reasons.
SMART MAP Canada session aims to increase mental health awareness and knowledge for members and families
On March 26-28, SMART MAP held a mental health session in Toronto specifically tailored to Canadian members,
SMOHIT 12-Step recovery-based meetings available to SMART members and families on Wednesdays
The Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) is hosting 12-step, recovery-based Zoom meetings on Wednesday evenings at 8 p.m. Eastern time; 7 p.m. Central time; 6 p.m. Mountain time and 5 p.m. Pacific time. Sessions are designed for union members, and SMOHIT p [...]
SMART expands the I Got Your Back Campaign — “Speak Up, Speak Out”
In 2021, SMART launched the I Got Your Back Campaign, which celebrates the many great mentors and allies in our membership and reinforces member solidarity throughout our great union. Today, SMART announced the expansion of the I Got Your Back Campaign — “Speak Up, Speak Out. [...]
Local 33 hosts Ventilation Verification/Indoor Air Quality Awareness course for contractors
Preparing for the future of work isn’t new to SMART Local 33 in Cleveland. During the recession, contractors learned how HVAC Fire Life Safety skills could keep workers on the job while providing valuable services to commercial buildings in the area. With the pandemic in the [...]
SMART members demonstrate strength, commit to a unionized future at NABTU Legislative Conference
Each year in April, SMART members travel to Washington, DC, to gather with fellow trade unionists for the North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Legislative Conference: a week for union members to forge alliances with pro-worker politicians, lobby for laws that benefit workers and strategize for a future that puts SMART to work.
Proposed Micron funding would create more work for union sheet metal workers
On Thursday, April 25, the Biden-Harris administration announced that the United States Department of Commerce and Micron Technology signed a non-binding preliminary memorandum of terms to provide up to $6.14 billion in CHIPS and Science Act funding to help build Micron’s sem [...]
SMART statement on updated Minimum Energy Standards for new single and multifamily homes
Today, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced the adoption of the updated Minimum Energy Standards for new single and multifamily homes. According to HUD, “energy standards use tried and true co [...]