Tale of two cities: reopening sheet metal training centers in 2020
There are more than 140 union sheet metal training centers in the United States and Canada, and they vary in size — from city to rural, a few dozen apprentices…
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Wolf Metals collaborates with Battelle to create units to sanitize PPE
On a Thursday morning in March, when much of the country was being told to shelter in place due to the effects of COVID-19, Mike Wolf, plant manager for the…
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SMOHIT ships cloth masks, sanitizer to all SMART locals
In one of the organization’s largest procurement and distribution efforts ever, Sheet Metal Occupational Health Institute Trust (SMOHIT) shipped cloth masks in June to all International Association of Sheet Metal,…
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When COVID-19 hit, training at Local 105 got creative
Across the country, schools of all types are trying to figure out how to operate while keeping employees and students safe from COVID-19. Training centers — each with their own…
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