{"id":279441,"date":"2023-10-05T15:38:11","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smwlu18.org\/?p=279441"},"modified":"2023-10-05T15:38:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T15:38:11","slug":"union-pension-provides-dignity-and-grace-for-local-12-retiree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smwlu18.org\/union-pension-provides-dignity-and-grace-for-local-12-retiree\/","title":{"rendered":"Union pension provides \u201cdignity and grace\u201d for Local 12 retiree"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>George MacGregor, a retired member of SMART Local 12 (southwestern Pennsylvania), claims that his more than 50-year-old decision to join the union has improved his life and that his union pension has given him &#8220;dignity and grace&#8221; in his later years. Visit his BE4ALL member profile to learn more:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy story started back in 1969. I was working a minimum wage job and was married to my wife at the time. Her father was a union sheet metal worker, a foreman for a union company \u2013 and he asked me if I would like to work like him, in the union. So, I decided to go and see if I could work for the union.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI got in as a permit worker, and I worked on permit for about six months before getting laid off. At that point, I decided to take the test to get in. Out of about 200 applicants, I scored 19th place. Several weeks later, I got a call and was asked if I would like an apprenticeship \u2013 so with no hesitation, I said yes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe main reasons I became a sheet metal worker were: 1. I wanted to get a better job. 2. I liked working with my hands. 3. I had a future in the union. 4. And there was also the fact that there was a pension in the future. My life was changed for the better, and now I have earned a pension and also earned a decent amount with my social security, so I can stay retired with dignity and grace. I want to thank the SMART International and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smlocal12.org\/\">Local 12<\/a>\u00a0for my pension.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George MacGregor, a retired member of SMART Local 12 (southwestern Pennsylvania), claims that his more than 50-year-old decision to join the union has improved his life and that his union [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":279442,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Union pension provides \u201cdignity and grace\u201d for Local 12 retiree - Sheet Metal Workers Labor Union 18<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.smwlu18.org\/union-pension-provides-dignity-and-grace-for-local-12-retiree\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Union pension provides \u201cdignity and grace\u201d for Local 12 retiree - 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