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As a transit worker with a career spanning over a decade, Rene Fuentevilla is a dedicated coworker, community member, and @smartunionworks steward. He is also a loving husband and father to his wife and young son. We are proud to represent workers like Rene!
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TRANSPORTATION WORKERS TAKE CAPITOL HILL: From safety and staffing to working conditions and the future of our transportation infrastructure, SMART-TD is bringing workers’ perspectives directly to the people writing the laws.
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Mainers have had enough of Susan Collins. They’re ready for a Senator like @TroyJackson207, a union member who will stand with working families and fight corporate greed.
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SMART Union retweeted
November 3rd is right around the corner and early voting has already started in many states.
Make your plan to vote today:
betterinaunion.org/vote
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WORKER WIN: After nearly a year of work and refusing to accept the first offer to come across the table, GTrans bus operators in Gardena, California, have ratified a two-year agreement that recognizes their value.
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“We felt like we hadn’t been truly represented in a long time,” new SMART-TD member and GTrans Bus Operator Nora Ferrell said. “We are so grateful to have a union for the first time in Gardena’s history. We broke ground.”
Welcome, brothers and sisters!
#UnionStrong
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THE AMERICAN DREAM: In North Carolina, new Local 5 member Andres is not only reaping the benefits of union membership. He is actively helping the union with its organizing efforts, strengthening Local 5 as it aims to take on increasing workforce demands.
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It takes a minute to make sure your voice is heard in this election. Stand with working people and elect candidates who will make this economy work for working people. Check your registration: BetterInAUnion.org/check
ALT I've checked my voter registration. Have you? betterinaunion.org/check | AFL-CIO
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The SMART-SMACNA Best Practices Market Expansion Task Force is meeting in Boston to strategize how to grow the unionized sheet metal industry and win work for members across North America!
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Today, the task force heard from SMART Northeast Regional Council President Russ Bartash and SMACNA Boston's Kevin Gill to discuss the progress made through their partnership in Southern New England.
#PartnersInProgress
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Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, from SMART! Across our union, Hispanic and Latino members continue to build, move and power our organization and our nation.
Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
America’s unions are proud to celebrate and honor the history, culture and incredible contributions Hispanic and Latino communities and working people have made in our lives, our workplaces and our labor movement.
ALT Hispanic Heritage Month | AFL-CIO
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In early September, 360 SMART-TD members gathered in Baltimore for three days of intensive work, focused on education, training and advocating for members nationwide. These leaders broke yet another attendance record for TD's Regional Training Seminars: smart-union.org/current-loca…
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SMART members who step up to become union representatives take on a vital responsibility — proving that we, the members, are the union. That's why the Education Dept held its New Reps course recently, helping local officials take on this crucial role: smart-union.org/smart-offici…
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During Labor Day celebrations in Detroit, SMART sheet metal and TD members joined fellow workers and allies, including @RepDebDingell , to show solidarity with our brothers and sisters in Canada.
Our solidarity unites us, and our unity makes us strong!
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#NeverForget: 25 years on, we honor and mourn all who lost their lives on 9/11, and in its aftermath. We will forever remember the first responder heroes who risked everything to help others in response — including SMART members, building trades workers and other union members.
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TRAINING TOMORROW'S LEADERS TODAY: Local 66 and SMACNA Western Washington have taken a proactive approach to filing leadership positions on the jobsite, creating a Foreperson Upgrade Training Program to teach leadership skills: issuu.com/partnersinprogress…
#PartnersInProgress
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Happy Labor Day from SMART! Watch General President Coleman's message to members: piped.video/xAlxrGyEG0M
"SMART members are the people who keep North America running. But today is not just about our jobs. It's also about our history."
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The Summer 2026 Members' Journal is now available to read online! Read messages from International leadership, local union news, organizing victories, analysis of politics and corporate power, and much more: smart-union.org/category/mem…
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"These are avoidable tragedies, accidents that didn't have to happen if they had the proper staffing." @TroyJackson207
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