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Dee Lee, a second-year Local 85 apprentice out of Atlanta, Ga., has already plunged head-first into life as a union sheet metal worker — from working in the field at Warner Bros. Studios to organizing multi-trade charity projects. Learn more in her SMART Women’s Committee National Apprenticeship Week spotlight:

First-year Local 206 (San Diego, Calif.) apprentice Brandi Hartung has only just started her sheet metal career, but she already has a concrete goal of becoming a foreman one day. Read more in her SMART Women’s Committee National Apprenticeship Week 2024 spotlight.

The SMART Women’s Committee is highlighting female apprentices as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2024. That includes third-year Local 85 (Atlanta, Ga.) apprentice Zenobia Clark, who says she loves her current job “because I can show my daughter my daily grit and endurance.”

Each year during National Apprenticeship Week, SMART highlights the life-changing power of a union apprenticeship — from stellar pay and benefits to lifelong solidarity and fulfilling career paths. As part of the SMART Women’s Committee’s National Apprenticeship Week spotlight series, Local 17 (Boston, Mass.) sister Areesa Willie, a fourth-year apprentice, talks about how much she enjoys learning new things in the sheet metal trade (and getting paid to do it).

The SMART Women’s Committee is highlighting female apprentices as part of National Apprenticeship Week 2024. And in St. Louis, second-year apprentice Lily May Gibson is getting her career off to a strong start, helping found the first Local 36 Women’s Committee and doing her part to bring more sisters into our trade.

More than 420 SMART sisters and allies from 47 local unions and regional councils descended on New Orleans, Louisiana, from […]

North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) named SMART Local 276 (Victoria, British Columbia) and International Women’s Committee member Amy Carr […]

Union workers from SMART Local 85 (Atlanta, Ga.), IBEW Local 613, IUPAT DC 77 and UA Local 72 joined the […]

SMART-TD Local 1785 (Santa Monica, Calif.) General Chair Markeisha Haynes has wit­nessed firsthand what bus operators face on the job […]

Local 36 apprentices Keira Krentz and Lilly Gibson attended Wom­en’s Lobby Day at the Missouri Capitol on Wednesday, March 6. […]

On June 17, Local 17 (Boston, Mass.) Business Development Representative and SMART International Women’s Committee Chair Shamaiah Turner won the […]

SMART members across North America are living in extraor­dinary times. And nowhere are these extraordinary times, with all their challenges […]

As part of the United States Department of Labor’s (DOL) Youth Apprenticeship Week in May, SMART Local 67’s Amber Oliver […]

As part of Women in Construction Week 2024, the SMART Women’s Committee called on union members to take part in […]

SMART Local 285 (Toronto, Ontario) member Samara Samp­son won the March 2024 NABTU Tradeswomen Heroes Award — an acknowledgement of […]

SM Local 56 (Nova Scotia) roofer Alexis Lynk enjoys working with her hands. Even before she became a union roofer, […]

For father-daughter sheet metal workers Anthony Smith and Amber Jones, joining SMART Local 4 (Memphis, Tennessee) and working for signatory […]

On December 18, 2023, the Biden-Harris administration announced regulations that will implement President Biden’s executive order requiring project labor agreements […]

More than 4,000 tradeswomen and allies converged for Tradeswomen Build Nations 2023 (TWBN) in Washington, DC, from December 1–3 for […]

The National Energy Management Institute (NEMI) announced the appointment of Cassandra Kline as the director of certification for the International […]

SMART Local 20 (Indianapolis, Ind.) sister Tori Barth has been working in sheet metal for 10 years, with the last […]

March 6-11 was Women in Construction Week – an annual celebration of women in the industry and, for SMART, the […]

North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) hosted an event titled “Meeting the Movement” on Thursday, March 30 in Columbus, Ohio. […]

Local 17 (Eastern Mass.) fifth-year apprentice Kerry Sampson “had no idea what sheet metal even was” when a friend suggested […]

Local 17 (Boston) sheet metal worker Adrian Mobley took her time entering the trade. She originally attended college on a […]

SMART Local 265 (DuPage County, Ill.) sheet metal worker Danielle Wilson has always impressed her fellow union members with her […]

Local Union 2 in Kansas City participated in a new recruitment event. Business Manager, Greg Chastain approached the Local 2 […]

Vice President Kamala Harris visited the SMART Local 17 union hall in Boston on Wednesday, November 2, emphasizing the work […]

Fourth-year SMART Local 18 apprentice Angela Poore received the September North America’s Building Trades Unions (NABTU) Tradeswomen Heroes award – […]

The Tradeswomen Heroes Awards program honors two apprentices and two journey-level workers in the United States and Canada that set an exemplary […]

In the last several years, an increase in HVAC, construction, ventilation verification and other work has led to a growth […]

The following three enries were winners of the recent SMART Women’s Committee member photo contest. Kerry Sampson, SMART SM Local […]

Congratulations to our respective winners in each age category. Harper M., SMART SM Local 464 – Age 3 Zoey T, […]

This video stars SMART Local 17 member Shamiaih Turner who shows how to make a new drink called “the Riveter’s Revel.”

This video, featuring Executive Chef Lacy Larsen (Pacific Coast Fruit Company), shows viewers how to make three different meals out […]

Inspired by Women In Construction Week, SMART celebrates women members with a special series of events, starting today. Watch this important […]

Don’t miss out! SMART Women In Construction Week coming March 7-13. Link to live & pre-recorded events to be held […]

In our fifth episode of Talking SMART, we hear from members of the SMART Women’s Committee. While at the Partners […]

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 […]

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 […]

This new recruitment video profiles women in the sheet metal trade. Female sheet metal workers receive the same education and […]

Over the last several decades, women have made tremendous gains in many professions. Women physicians, for instance, were a rarity […]

This article highlights the work being done to promote women in the construction industry while at the same time makes […]

In keeping with SMART’s dedication to supporting sisters in the trade, the Journal will begin running the SMART Women’s Corner.  At […]

A large delegation of over 210 SMART women joined more than 2,000 tradeswomen from around the world at the 2018 […]