Sheet Metal Workers and UTU Merger on Hold

The planned merger between the Sheet Metal Workers union and the United Transportation Union (UTU) has been put on hold indefinitely by a federal court preliminary injunction. The ruling stems from a lawsuit by UTU members who claim they were not informed of constitutional issues before voting. The merger, approved in 2007, would have created the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers.

“Federal district court Judge John R. Adams issued a preliminary injunction June 25, putting the planned merger of the 80,000-member UTU and the 150,000 Sheet Metal Workers on hold indefinitely.”

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