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General President Coleman visits Local 292

From June 2-4, 2026, SMART General President Michael Coleman and Assistants to the General President Tom Wiant, Darrell Roberts and Lance Deyette — along with Chief International Rep. Dave Bernett, retired Director of Business and Management Relations Tom Fis­chbach, current Director Josh Garner and International Representative Tim Miller — visited Local 292 in South­east Michigan.

Special Focus: How governmental decision-making has made life less affordable for SMART members and families

Despite the power of our contracts, SMART members and families still find themselves impacted by what has been called “the affordability crisis.” And in the United States, recent policies made by Congress and the federal government are consistently making life less affordable for working Americans, according to the Economic Policy Institute (EPI).

Organizations come together for Sheet Metal Industry Institutes Conference in September

The conferences of the International Training Institute (ITI), National Energy Management Institute (NEMI) and the Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) are now the Sheet Metal Industry Institutes Conference (SMII). The organizations will come together Sept. 22-24 in Atlanta to provide resources, training and opportuni­ties that strengthen the unionized sheet metal industry.

Michigan sheet metal worker details impact of canceled project

“Semiconductor plant project creates hundreds of jobs for SMART sheet metal workers in Michigan.” That would have — and should have — been the headline about a megaproject in the Flint area, one that looked set to change the lives of entire communities. But all that evaporated when political chaos got in the way. Local 7 member Mike Carpenter explains the impact in a recent interview.