About Sheet Metal Workers Local 17


Local #17 was formed in 1896 so that men and women working in the Sheet Metal Industry could bargain collectively for a good day's pay with benefits for a good day's work. Through the years our union has taken the lead in the Industry, negotiating contracts that have made our members the highest paid with the best benefit package of any Sheet Metal Worker organization in all of New England. Please feel free to look through our web site and you will see that we are committed to keeping our members and our contractors educated and informed about what is happening in the always-changing Industry of the Sheet Metal Workers.

ALL BARGAINING AREAS - SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS

Brothers and Sisters:

There will be a Special Order of Business meeting to:

1.  Swear in New Officers
2.  Nominate Delegates to the SMW General Convention in Las Vegas on August 9-14
3.  Elect 6 Delegates to the SMW General Convention
4.  Allocate the Boston raise due August  1st

Regular Order of Business to follow.

Date:  Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Time:  6:30 PM
Place:  Boston Teachers Hall
             180 Mt Vernon Street
             Dorchester, MA

Please make every effort to attend.

Fraternally,
Charles Geary, President

SMWLU#17 TRIENNIAL ELECTION RESULTS

Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union #17
June 6, 2009 Election Results

Non-union firms are worried of worker-training rules favored by unions, said Greg Beeman, president of the ABC.

An attorney for the contractors has fired off a letter to Patrick objecting to the make-up of the new Board of Examiners of Sheet Metal Workers.

Meanwhile, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts and Air Conditioning Contractors of America are raising funds for a possible legal showdown over who sits on the new licensing board.  The main complaint is that no representatives from non-union shops sit on the board - and non-union firms are worried they’ll be saddled with expensive worker-training rules favored by unions, said Greg Beeman, president of the Associated Builders and Contractors.