A SMART army sounds like AI-equipped soldiers but at the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation union, it’s a legion of members who volunteer in communities across the country. On April 27th, a dozen members of SMART Local 100 lent a hand to the Christmas in April Prince George’s County chapter as they fixed up more than a dozen homes for elderly county residents. “Duct work, gutter work, anything involving metal, that’s our specialty” said Tom Killeen, Local 100 Business Rep and SMART Army Coordinator. “It’s all about helping our neighbors,” he said. Your can check out photos of the SMART Army at work on our website at dclabor.org
On today’s labor calendar, a first-term city councilwoman juggles a hotly contested reelection campaign and a full-time job as a hotel housekeeper in the film COUNCILWOMAN, screening at 7:15 tonight at the AFI in Silver Spring, followed by a panel discussion with local women labor leaders. Complete details at dclabor.org; click on Calendar. In today’s labor history, on this date in 1906, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of American Federation of Labor president Samuel Gompers and other union leaders for supporting a boycott at the Buck Stove and Range Company in St. Louis, where workers were striking for a 9-hour day. A lower court had forbidden the boycott and sentenced the unionists to prison for refusing to obey the judge’s anti-boycott injunction. Today’s labor quote is by IWW songwriter T-Bone Slim, who died on this date in 1942, singing his song “The Popular Wobbly”: Well, that cop, he went wild over me And he held his gun where everyone could see He was breathing rather hard When he saw my union card They go wild, simply wild over me Union City Radio is supported by our friends at Union Plus. If you’re thinking about a spring road trip, don’t leave town without your Union Plus car rental savings! Union members save up to 25% on rental rates. Visit unionplus.org/carrental.
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