Welcome

Welcome… From tinsmiths to high-tech specialists, Sheet Metal Workers have applied their skills long before our founding members organized our union on January 25, 1888 in Toledo, Ohio. We have established a reputation as a highly skilled workforce whose abilities benefit everyone where they work, live, play and pray. We reach for new avenues in our constant pursuit for a better quality of life for all workers.

People who work for a living know about the inequality of power between workers and their employers. Workers want to have a voice at work so they can improve the quality of their lives, their job and their communities.

Workers employed with the protection of a union contract have basic rights such as the right to a fair hearing that their non-union counterparts do not have. Members have a say in their jobs and are more productive due to the increased cooperation and better relations they have with management who they work as equals with in order to remedy situations that might occur at work.

Higher union wages translate into a stronger tax base for local communities. This in turn provides for better schools and healthier local economies. When workers have a real say in their hours and working conditions, they can spend more quality time with their families.