Lisa Davis was well on her way to becoming “Dr. Davis” when a sheet metal worker apprenticeship at Local 16 in Portland, Oregon, changed her career course. 

Fire department, legislators and mayor of Honolulu, Hawaii, working to allow damper inspections.

A 9-week strike is over for unionized sheet metal workers in Ontario, Canada, after the Sheet Metal Workers’ and Roofers’ Conference announced its members had ratified a tentative deal with the Ontario Sheet Metal Contractors’ Association.

Ontario’s unionized sheet metal workers are on strike after a breakdown of negotiations with bargaining agency.

Women make up a very small percentage of the construction industry: around 9 percent, according to government statistics. For African Americans, it’s a little less than 5.8 percent.

About 15 years ago, I was having a friendly debate with a co-worker about the legalization of marijuana. Medical pot was just starting to grow beyond California and there was still a lot of resistance to its use in the medical community.

SMACNA and the Sheet Metal Workers union sent a joint letter to President Barack Obama thanking him for an Aug. 30 executive order on industrial energy efficiency.