Vision Statement
We envision a SMART union movement where all women are empowered to reach their fullest potential.
Mission Statement
To recruit, retain and promote women in our trade and to ensure workplace equality within our organization; to promote respect and inclusion in safe, non-hostile work environments among SMART local unions.
Sister Story: Ashley Burton
Ashley Burton started her nine-year career in the trade at a nonunion company, where – despite subpar pay, unsafe working…
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September 19, 2024
North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) named SMART Local 276 (Victoria, British Columbia) and International Women’s Committee member Amy Carr […]
September 17, 2024
Union workers from SMART Local 85 (Atlanta, Ga.), IBEW Local 613, IUPAT DC 77 and UA Local 72 joined the […]
August 13, 2024
SMART-TD Local 1785 (Santa Monica, Calif.) General Chair Markeisha Haynes has witnessed firsthand what bus operators face on the job […]
July 16, 2024
Local 36 apprentices Keira Krentz and Lilly Gibson attended Women’s Lobby Day at the Missouri Capitol on Wednesday, March 6. […]
June 18, 2024
On June 17, Local 17 (Boston, Mass.) Business Development Representative and SMART International Women’s Committee Chair Shamaiah Turner won the […]
May 17, 2024
SMART members across North America are living in extraordinary times. And nowhere are these extraordinary times, with all their challenges […]
May 16, 2024
As part of the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) Youth Apprenticeship Week in May, SMART Local 67’s Amber Oliver […]
April 17, 2024
As part of Women in Construction Week 2024, the SMART Women’s Committee called on union members to take part in […]
April 2, 2024
SMART Local 285 (Toronto, Ontario) member Samara Sampson won the March 2024 NABTU Tradeswomen Heroes Award — an acknowledgement of […]
March 5, 2024
SM Local 56 (Nova Scotia) roofer Alexis Lynk enjoys working with her hands. Even before she became a union roofer, […]
February 1, 2024
For father-daughter sheet metal workers Anthony Smith and Amber Jones, joining SMART Local 4 (Memphis, Tennessee) and working for signatory […]
December 18, 2023
On December 18, 2023, the Biden-Harris administration announced regulations that will implement President Biden’s executive order requiring project labor agreements […]
December 4, 2023
More than 4,000 tradeswomen and allies converged for Tradeswomen Build Nations 2023 (TWBN) in Washington, DC, from December 1–3 for […]
October 17, 2023
The National Energy Management Institute (NEMI) announced the appointment of Cassandra Kline as the director of certification for the International […]
August 31, 2023
SMART Local 20 (Indianapolis, Ind.) sister Tori Barth has been working in sheet metal for 10 years, with the last […]
April 7, 2023
March 6-11 was Women in Construction Week – an annual celebration of women in the industry and, for SMART, the […]
April 7, 2023
North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) hosted an event titled “Meeting the Movement” on Thursday, March 30 in Columbus, Ohio. […]
March 9, 2023
SMART Women In Construction Week video profiles first woman SMART sheet metal worker in Rhode Island
Local 17 (Eastern Mass.) fifth-year apprentice Kerry Sampson “had no idea what sheet metal even was” when a friend suggested […]
March 8, 2023
Local 17 (Boston) sheet metal worker Adrian Mobley took her time entering the trade. She originally attended college on a […]
February 24, 2023
SMART Local 265 (DuPage County, Ill.) sheet metal worker Danielle Wilson has always impressed her fellow union members with her […]
December 5, 2022
Local Union 2 in Kansas City participated in a new recruitment event. Business Manager, Greg Chastain approached the Local 2 […]
November 13, 2022
Vice President Kamala Harris visited the SMART Local 17 union hall in Boston on Wednesday, November 2, emphasizing the work […]
September 1, 2022
Fourth-year SMART Local 18 apprentice Angela Poore received the September North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Tradeswomen Heroes award – […]
July 22, 2022
The Tradeswomen Heroes Awards program honors two apprentices and two journey-level workers in the United States and Canada that set an exemplary […]
July 22, 2022
In the last several years, an increase in HVAC, construction, ventilation verification and other work has led to a growth […]
May 28, 2022
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April 21, 2021
The following three enries were winners of the recent SMART Women’s Committee member photo contest. Kerry Sampson, SMART SM Local […]
March 17, 2021
Congratulations to our respective winners in each age category. Harper M., SMART SM Local 464 – Age 3 Zoey T, […]
March 17, 2021
March 9, 2021
This video stars SMART Local 17 member Shamiaih Turner who shows how to make a new drink called “the Riveter’s Revel.”
March 8, 2021
This video, featuring Executive Chef Lacy Larsen (Pacific Coast Fruit Company), shows viewers how to make three different meals out […]
March 7, 2021
Inspired by Women In Construction Week, SMART celebrates women members with a special series of events, starting today. Watch this important […]
February 22, 2021
Don’t miss out! SMART Women In Construction Week coming March 7-13. Link to live & pre-recorded events to be held […]
June 11, 2020
In our fifth episode of Talking SMART, we hear from members of the SMART Women’s Committee. While at the Partners […]
March 14, 2019
2019 Rochelle Sadler, Journeyman of the Year (also first African-American female journeyman in Oregon – General Sheet Metal) http://djcoregon.com/newsmakers-2019/ Construction Unions […]
March 14, 2019
Today, Representatives Lois Frankel (D-FL-21), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-10), John Katko (R-NY-24), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), and Lauren […]
January 10, 2019
This new recruitment video profiles women in the sheet metal trade. Female sheet metal workers receive the same education and […]
December 13, 2018
Over the last several decades, women have made tremendous gains in many professions. Women physicians, for instance, were a rarity […]
December 13, 2018
This article highlights the work being done to promote women in the construction industry while at the same time makes […]
December 11, 2018
In keeping with SMART’s dedication to supporting sisters in the trade, the Journal will begin running the SMART Women’s Corner. At […]
December 11, 2018
A large delegation of over 210 SMART women joined more than 2,000 tradeswomen from around the world at the 2018 […]
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