NJAB & Dispute Resolution

The National Joint Adjustment Board for the Sheet Metal Industry (NJAB) serves as an arbitration board to resolve grievance and contract renewal disputes after they have been processed through the local level.

The operation of the NJAB is to promote, improve and maintain peaceful labor-management relations by creating this medium for adjudication of locally deadlocked disputes and to discourage strikes, lockouts and work stoppages in the entire sheet metal industry. The board is comprised of labor and management panelists from the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) and SMACNA, respectively.

Questions regarding the NJAB should be directed to the NJAB administrator, Maggie Powers.


2025 NJAB Dates and Information

June 10-11, 2025 in Minneapolis, MN – The cutoff date for submissions is Tuesday, May 20, 2025. Submissions mailed between May 16 and May 20 must be sent via overnight delivery service to the street address listed below. 

September 24-25, 2025 in San Diego, CA – The cutoff date for submissions is Wednesday, September 3, 2025. Submissions mailed between August 29 and September 3 must be sent via overnight delivery service to the street address listed below. 

NJAB
4201 Lafayette Center Dr.
Chantilly, VA 20151-1219


Are you preparing to come before the NJAB?

Don't miss this previously recorded webinar! Everything You Need to Know Before an NJAB Appearance


Resources

Procedural Rules

The NJAB process is conducted using the procedures set forth in the Procedural Rules of the National Joint Adjustment Board for the Sheet Metal Industry. Parties wishing to appear before the NJAB should familiarize themselves with the Procedural Rules.


Submittal Forms

Use the forms below when preparing your submission.

Panel

NJAB


LJAB

To assist in conducting grievance hearings at the Local Joint Adjustment Board (LJAB) level, SMACNA and SMART have prepared LJAB Guidelines. Included below are the Guidelines, Grievance Form, and past training materials. 

Should you have any questions, please call or email Maggie Powers.


Jurisdictional Disputes

Contractor’s signatory to more than one craft, may find themselves faced with a jurisdictional dispute between those trade unions. Contractors may choose to stipulate to the Plan for the Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes. SMACNA has available the most recent information on the Plan and the form for stipulation.


Grievances


Decisions

Decisions of the NJAB are mailed simultaneously to the local parties to the dispute after the NJAB hearings. Decisions are only posted here after confirmation of receipt by all parties. They are listed below by year and month the matter was heard by the NJAB.


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