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Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA)

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  • Split decision in appeals court: Court allows UTU-Sheet Metal merger to proceed

    On October 31, 2009, in Michael v. Thompson a sharply divided panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit reversed a U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio decision that had granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) and a Preliminary Injunction to stop a merger between the United Transportation Union (UTU) and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association (SMWIA) to form a new entity, the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART).

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  • Judge blocks Rail and Sheet Metal union merger

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    In late December 2007, a federal judge temporarily halted the planned January merger of the United Transportation Union and the Sheet Metal Workers International Association into a new entity to be called SMART (Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.)

    Suit to block the merger was brought by Roy Arnold, a UTU VP; John Hasenauer and Jim Eubanks, UTU local officers; and Ed Michael, a UTU member. They were represented in court by attorney Arthur Fox, an AUD Director.

  • New Voices at AUD construction trades conference, and Workshop Reports

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    Fair hiring, fighting pension abuses, and a Bill of Rights for Building Trades Unionists were up for discussion at AUD's national conference of construction workers in Brooklyn, November 8 and 9.

  • Rail Workers United off to a highballing start

    Railroad workers in the United States are scattered among many unions. Railroad Workers United, a new alliance of rail workers, reaches across unions, craft lines, and employing rail lines to introduce the spirit of unity. It is not still another union but a movement which advocates common action by those unions that already bargain for rail workers. Under its ambitious watchword: "Unity-Solidarity-Democracy: the Rank and File in Action," RWU embarks on its own campaigns in their general interests.

Web Links

  • Railroad Workers United

    "We are an inter-union cross-craft solidarity "caucus" of railroad workers from all crafts, all carriers, and all unions across North America."

  • Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.

    "Dedicated to promoting success for women in the trades through education, leadership and mentorship."

  • Sisters in the Building Trades

    "The mission of the Sisters in the Building Trades is to expand a network of active women that will affirm building trades sisters as a positive and growing part of the construction workforce. To increase the number of trades women through cooperative recruitment efforts and mentoring support for enhanced retention. Hold regular meetings allowing women to network and share their experiences; match mentors to new trades’ women; enter into partnership with disadvantaged women to provide encouragement and hope; and reinforce appropriate workplace conduct.

  • Tradeswomen, Inc.

    "We are carpenters, electricians, glaziers, ironworkers, laborers, operating engineers, plumbers, pipefitters, masons, surveyors, sheet metal workers, truck drivers and others, acting together to create fair and safe conditions for women working in nontraditional blue collar jobs."

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