Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation Workers

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Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation Workers This is the only official page for the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART).

The International Association of Sheet Metal Air Rail and Transportation Workers serves to protect and raise the living standards of over 230,000 skilled men and women employed throughout the United States and Canada. SMART uses this page to share updates, information and relevant materials related to SMART, SMART union members and the broader North American labor movement. SMART reserves the right to remove any content that page administrators deem inappropriate without notice. Inappropriate content includes but is not limited to: profanity; promoting or suggesting illegal activity; threatening behavior; derogatory comments or personal attacks about union officers, union staff, affiliated contractors and/or members; and advertising or solicitations.

10/11/2026

A powerful message from SMART’s Louise Medina, and an even more powerful reminder of what our sisters and allies accomplish when we lift one another up.

Keep knocking.Words worth remembering from SMART’s Director of Special Projects, Louise Medina, at .
10/11/2026

Keep knocking.

Words worth remembering from SMART’s Director of Special Projects, Louise Medina, at .

A powerful weekend starts with powerful connections. SMART sisters and allies are together in Houston and ready for Trad...
10/10/2026

A powerful weekend starts with powerful connections. SMART sisters and allies are together in Houston and ready for Tradeswomen Build Nations 2026.

10/10/2026

Banners up. Voices ready.

SMART sisters are taking the streets of Houston alongside thousands of union tradeswomen for the Tradeswomen Build Nations banner parade.

SMART leaders and members are coming together in Houston to continue the conversation around BE4ALL and the work of stre...
10/09/2026

SMART leaders and members are coming together in Houston to continue the conversation around BE4ALL and the work of strengthening our industry.

Seats are filling up - make your way down to 351C to join us!

SMART sisters are arriving in Houston for Tradeswomen Build Nations! Over the next few days, we’ll celebrate the women b...
10/09/2026

SMART sisters are arriving in Houston for Tradeswomen Build Nations! Over the next few days, we’ll celebrate the women building our union, strengthening our trades and leading the way forward.

Local unions like Local 54 in Houston, Texas, constantly advocate for policies that benefit both union members and all w...
10/08/2026

Local unions like Local 54 in Houston, Texas, constantly advocate for policies that benefit both union members and all workers in our communities. That advocacy has real, concrete results for working people across North America — a fact Local 54 has been demonstrating throughout 2026.

In May, workers at the $1.6 billion Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital expansion project, which has strong labor standards and prevailing wage requirements in place, alleged that they haven’t been paid the wages and benefits that they are owed — and they said that they faced retaliation for trying to get the pay they earned.

“These people are working in fear of losing their jobs or speaking up. This is a prevailing wage project. Why does our community have to go through that?” said [SMART International Organizer] Rico Sanchez during a press conference in May, according to Fox 26 Houston. “The ask that we have is: pay these workers full. Pay them the restitution, treat them correctly.”

Local 54 didn’t just make that ask. Our union organized to make those workers whole. Local 54 Organizer Rafael Rivas has gathered substantial evidence for the county’s review, working with trusted county commissioners and the county judge to pursue accountability.

That work has led to tangible results.

Sanchez recently reported that through Local 54’s efforts, one of the subcontractors awarded work on the project has already paid more than $480,000 related to wage violations and is expected to pay over $1.8 million in total back wages.

That’s what our union does. SMART locals like 54 don’t pursue prevailing wages on projects just for the sake of it. We do it so we can enforce those labor standards and make sure every worker gets the compensation that they deserve. Local 54 is helping workers recover the wages they earned while sending a clear message in Houston: Contractors receiving public funds must follow prevailing wage laws and treat workers fairly.

https://www.smart-union.org/local-54-fights-for-workers-in-houston/

: Members and families of SMART Local 3 gathered on Saturday for the local’s annual barbecue cook-off, joined this year...
10/07/2026

: Members and families of SMART Local 3 gathered on Saturday for the local’s annual barbecue cook-off, joined this year by Independent U.S. Senate candidate and Omaha Local 464 pipefitter Dan Osborn, who served as guest judge.

“This cook-off is about our members and their families, and we were proud to have a fellow tradesman behind the judges’ table,” said Brian Allison, president of SMART Local 3. “Dan Osborn is one of us. He’s spent more than 20 years working with his hands, and when Kellogg’s tried to force a two-tier wage system on his co-workers here in Omaha, he led them on the picket line and won. That’s why labor is standing with him. Our members are paying more every week at the pump and the grocery store while paychecks fall behind. Dan answers to working families, not party bosses or corporate donors, and he’ll take on Washington and the billionaires who keep rigging the system at our expense.”

Reached for comment after the event, Osborn said, “Wherever workers are, that’s where I’ll be. Kick ass barbecue doesn’t hurt either.”

https://www.smart-union.org/omaha-sheet-metal-workers-fire-up-annual-barbecue-cook-off-with-independent-u-s-senate-candidate-dan-osbon-as-guest-judge/

10/07/2026

Our Texas sisters played a key role in this project!

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