Category: Winter 2024
Seizing the moment for our families
General President's Message
Building a labor movement that secures our future
General Secretary-Treasurer's Message
The stage is set for important advancements in 2024
SMART Transportation Division President's Message
Forging the future
Director of Canadian Affairs message
SMART-TD members ratify BNSF tentative agreement          Â
In November, SMART-TD members voted — with approximately two-thirds in favor — to ratify a tentative agreement the Transportation Division reached with BNSF in September. “This agreement our general committees have reached with BNSF continues to show the strength of our union [...]
SMART RME wins major victory for furloughed members
In May of 2023, SMART dealt a major blow to Union Pacific when, after four years, we successfully received an arbitration award that sustained our claim for protective benefits for five SMART Railroad, Mechanical and Engineering (RME) members that were furloughed by the carri [...]
A year of progress: Looking back on BE4ALL’s 2023
The Belonging and Excellence for All (BE4ALL) Committee is a joint venture between SMART, SMACNA and the International Training Institute (ITI), with members of the committee pursuing one crucial goal: to create a diverse, inclusive, unionized sheet metal industry that is wel [...]
SMART-TD helps win two-person crew in N.Y.
Given a second chance to act, New York Governor Kathy Hochul has chosen to side with safety. In late 2022, a bill requiring two-person crews on freight trains in the state reached her desk — and she vetoed it. But something changed in 2023. Perhaps it was seeing legislatures [...]