LABOR AND MANAGEMENT PARTNERSHIP

SHEET METAL CONTRACTORS

SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 36

SMACNA

St. Louis Headquarters

314-427-7117

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 www.smacnastlouis.org

  SMACNA is a --- year old trade association comprised of Sheet Metal Contractor Members and Associate Members who concentrate their collective efforts on the needs and promotion of the Sheet Metal Industry. SMACNA - St. Louis regular membership is available to union contractor firms that install, fabricate, manufacture or service HVAC, industrial duct systems, residential systems, architectural sheet metal applications and sheet metal products.

  SMACNA contractors strive to advance the industry through the development of standards, specifications, guidelines, training curriculum, and publications.

  SMACNA-St. Louis members are signatory to the collective bargaining agreement with the Sheet Metal Workers International Assoc. AFL-CIO Local No. 36

  SMACNA International has 1908 members in 102 chapters throughout United States, Canada, Australia and Brazil.

  Our members are committed to quality construction using credible, well accepted industry standards and employing a trained, professional union workforce. On many levels, our contractors have an outstanding relationship with our labor partners, Sheet Metal Workers Local 36. Union members receive wages commensurate with the skills they bring to the workplace. They also earn health insurance and generous pension benefits.

   We value open and honest communication. Together- labor and management- we are establishing a vision for the future of the St. Louis Sheet Metal Industry.

  SMACNA also provides many valuable benefits to it's members. Our association offers contractors professional assistance in labor relations, legislative matters, research and technical standards development, safety, marketing, and management.

  Our active local chapter promotes innovation by providing networking opportunities and by sponsoring forums for sharing best practices.

  Locally, we offer a wide variety of educational programs for managers as well as for craftsmen. We are proud of our enormously successful sheet metal apprentice training curriculum which is the core foundation for assuring a steady supply of skilled and safety qualified workers. Each year, our members invest $2 million in the St. Louis apprentice program.

    For more than 100 years, we have supplied local contractors with qualified workers who employed in residential, commercial, and industrial construction activities in both new construction and renovation. There is no sheet metal project that we cannot cover with our well trained craftspeople.

   Our membership is up, and in 2002 we set a record in number of man hours worked. During the last few years, we've added 500 new members and signed contracts with 30 sheet metal contractors.

   Job opportunities are expected to be excellent for sheet metal workers in the construction industry and in construction related sheet metal fabrication. Our apprentices know they'll earn a decent wage and receive generous benefits. The typical applicant is 30 years old, married with children and has attended college. Some have 4 year degrees. That was unheard of ten years ago.

  Jointly administered by our local and the area Sheet Metal Contractors, our apprentice training program is second to none. Apprentices receive 700 hours of intensive training, delivered by our gifted faculty in our recently expanded facility. Local 36 also offers advanced training and refresher courses for journeymen who want to upgrade their skills.

   Our local takes safety very seriously. In 2001 the membership instituted a mandatory 30 hour OSHA training course, which covers lead and asbestos awareness, welding and 27 other subjects. As of June 2004, all of our St. Louis members have completed the training on their own time. Any new member from that time on is required to participate in the program.

   The facts about drug and alcohol use are sobering to those of us in the construction industry. Someone under the influence faces twice the risk of on-the-job injury as a clear headed worker; construction workers are more likely to abuse drugs and alcohol than any other employee group; and the industry has a higher on-the-job injury rate.

   In 1999, our local approved a new drug testing program. All of our members were tested initially under the policy and testing continues under a random basis. Due cause testing can occur at any time. In addition all our applicants for apprenticeship have to go through a drug screening.

   These measures will reduce workers compensation costs and prevent accidents.