Each year, the organization Fishing For Freedom hosts a no-entry-fee buddy fishing tournament in Truman Lake, Missouri, as a way of giving back to United States military veterans. And in 2025, the SMART Army stepped up to help make the event happen.
SMART Local 105 (Southern California) members demonstrated the meaning of union family on September 21, 2025, taking a fishing trip to Catalina Island. As reported by Local 105 member Albert Orosco, “plenty of fish were caught.”
SMART sisters and allies joined nearly 250 fellow union tradeswomen in southeast Chicago for the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Tradeswomen’s Fishing Event, held in conjunction with the 15th Annual Tradeswomen Build Nations (TWBN) Conference.
The 2025 SMART Leadership Conference brought together local union officers from every craft, trade and industry, across North America, to New York City, New York. Officers gathered with one common purpose: "Fighting for What Matters...Our Members."
Members of the SMART Women’s, BE4ALL and RISE Committees met on Sunday, August 3, ahead of the 2025 SMART Leadership Conference — bringing members together from across North America to discuss the committees’ individual and collective efforts to strengthen our union.
After exactly 53 years of service, Brother Bill Link (Local 1470) retired from Amtrak on June 27. Read on to hear what spurred his railroad career, the lessons he’s learned, and the legacy that he leaves behind for future generations.