Angie Simon made history last year when she became the first female president to lead the Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association’s (SMACNA) board of directors.

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.