Nov 1, 2025Milestone
Local 409 marks 80 years
Chartered November 1, 1945, the local celebrates eight decades of strength, solidarity and progress — growing from 265 to 375 members with a 100% employment rate over the past two years.
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Est. 1945 · SMART affiliate · Mainland Nova Scotia
Live better. Work union.
Sheet Metal Workers & Roofers Local 409 has trained, dispatched and represented the skilled tradespeople behind Nova Scotia’s biggest builds for eighty years.
1945
Chartered
80+
Years strong
375
Members
SMART
Affiliate
Business Manager George MacDonald · representing mainland Nova Scotia
Latest
News & events
2025Jurisdiction
Architectural cladding comes under 409
Architectural cladding is officially designated a trade under SMART’s Nova Scotia jurisdiction — opening the door for carpenters, glaziers and non-union cladders to build a career with the local.
Read more2025Project
$5B QEII hospital expansion underway
The first phase of the Halifax Infirmary redevelopment — one of the largest builds in provincial history — calls for 130+ sheet metal workers, squarely in Local 409’s wheelhouse.
Read moreWho we are
The hands behind
the province’s
biggest builds.
Chartered in 1945 as part of the Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association — now SMART, the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers — Local 409 represents sheet metal workers and roofers across mainland Nova Scotia. Our members work in HVAC installation, fabrication and service; architectural sheet metal and cladding; manufacturing; and metal & flat-roof systems, on the commercial and industrial projects that shape the province.
More about Local 409
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Resources
Agreements, wages & benefits.
The Mainland Nova Scotia collective agreements (sheet metal & roofers), the wage-and-benefit packages, pension and health & welfare — everything membership delivers, in one place.
Member services
What you get
for the dues.
Health & Welfare
Group benefits administered by BPA Group — drug, dental, vision, life and disability coverage for members and their families.
Learn morePension
A jointly-trusteed pension built on every hour you work under the agreement, funded entirely by employer contributions.
Learn moreApprenticeship
A Red Seal trade. Earn while you learn — roughly four years of paid on-the-job training plus classroom blocks, with wage step-ups as you go.
Learn moreWellness
Confidential SMART mental-health resources and member support — for you and the people who count on you.
Learn moreThe work
In the shop & on the tools.
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Need help?
Confidential support.
For you and yours.
SMART provides confidential mental-health and wellness resources for members and their families — support for stress, addictions, financial worries and family pressures. The trades are hard work; asking for help is not.
If you or someone in your home is struggling, reach out. Calls to the hall are private and never tied to your employer.