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Make sure your voice is heard, update your contact information
Every SMART-TD member’s voice is important – make sure yours is heard when it matters most! Please verify your current contact information. With 2025 national negotiations underway, and many on property agreements also needing ratification, this is the time to make sure your vote gets counted. Read on to choose one of three easy ways to make sure your voice is heard. The post Make sure your voice is heard, update your contact information appeared first on SMART Union. — Apr 4
SMART statement on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s right to due process
Following an April 4, 2025, press conference regarding the deportation of SMART Local 100 apprentice Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, General President Michael Coleman issued the following statement: “The principle of due process is one of the fundamental values our nation is founded upon. Every single person in America has the right to due process, the […] The post SMART statement on Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia’s right to due process appeared first on SMART Union. — Apr 4
Union leaders, community supporters to rally Friday, April 4, in support of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and family
Supporters will rally alongside Abrego Garcia’s union and Maryland immigrant rights activists in Langley Park to support his family and his right to due process. The post Union leaders, community supporters to rally Friday, April 4, in support of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia and family appeared first on SMART Union. — Apr 3
New CSX conductor improvises to save a life
Brother Juan Carrillo has only been a SMART-TD member for four months, and he’s already saved a man’s life during that time. Read on to hear his memories of what happened, why he credits his military training for ensuring that a horrible accident didn’t quickly turn deadly, and how this situation highlights the importance of two-person crews. The post New CSX conductor improvises to save a life appeared first on SMART Union. — Apr 2
SMART stands with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia
On March 31, 2025, the Trump administration conceded in a court filing that it had mistakenly deported SMART apprentice Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a legally protected Maryland resident and father, to El Salvador “‘because of an administrative error,’” according to CNN. The administration is also arguing that because Abrego Garcia is now in Salvadoran custody, the government cannot return him to the United States. The post SMART stands with Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia appeared first on SMART Union. — Apr 1

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