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Read FlipbookBOILERMAKER MAGAZINE | November/December 2013
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16:39Watch VideoPower: From Coal to Atoms
Boilermakers - Craftsman Films Boilermakers have become frontrunners in the power industry by helping to develop future power alternatives.
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4:44Watch VideoBoilermakers help build world's largest solar thermal facility in Ivanpah Valley
RISING FROM THE floor of California's Mojave Desert, about 40 miles southwest of Las Vegas, the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System's three 459-foot towers resemble missile launch pads. They are
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Read ArticleBoilermaker surges into action to rescue flash flood victim
JOHN MESSINA, LOCAL 154 (Pittsburgh) credits his training as a Boilermaker for preparing him to face unpredictable and dangerous situations. And not just on the job. Messina’s fast action and...
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Read ArticleNew Northeast Training Facility hosts Welding Boot Camp
The new Northeast Training Facility opened its doors in July to host the first of three Welding Boot Camp sessions. IVP-NE John Fultz said hosting the boot camp as the first event at the new...
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Read ArticleBoilermakers bring Aggregate Industries on board in West Virginia
AFTER A NINE-MONTH organizing campaign, 36 workers at Aggregate Industries in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, voted June 27 to join the Boilermakers union. The National Labor Relations Board...
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Read ArticleClimate solutions should (and can) save our planet and our jobs
The urgency to mitigate climate change has pushed many to propose radical alterations to how humans exist on the planet. Some see the rapid abandonment of fossil fuels as essential to climate...
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Read ArticleLocal 158 donates to veterans’ Honor Flights
LOCAL 158 (PEORIA, ILLINOIS) members love veterans, and that shows in their fundraising. The local raises money for veterans through their Red Friday shirts, spearheaded by L-158 sister Keri...
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Read ArticleIndustrial Sector leaders energized at ISO conference
FROM INSPIRING STORIES about Boilermakers winning more work in shipyards to negotiating contracts that add back benefits corporations wrenched away from members, Industrial Sector Operations...
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Read ArticleWomen at Work caucus holds inaugural meeting
GIVEN THE HIGH priority of supporting sisters in the union, and with an eye toward adding more women to the ranks, Boilermakers launched its new women’s caucus, tentatively called Women At...
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Read ArticleFrom horses to hardhats, mother and daughter rein it in
JACKIE CHAPMAN HAD no idea that her lifelong love of horses would lead her into a career as a Boilermaker. Or, that her daughter, Sydney Chapman, would follow in her footsteps. Jackie, L-374...
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Read ArticleWS Tripartite Conference focuses on solutions to industry challenges
Fossil fuels, safety, manpower among key topics OWNERS AND CONTRACTORS joined the Boilermakers July 22-25 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, to discuss industry challenges at the annual Western States...
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Read ArticleLocals award service pins
Local 1 • Chicago ERIC S. DAVIS, BM-ST of Local 1, Chicago, reports presentation of a membership pin to the following: 25 YEARS — Kurt Pecsenye. Local 4 • Page, Arizona LOUIS DODSON, BM-ST of...
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Read ArticleBoilermakers advocate for CCUS technology in Canada
BOILERMAKERS CHAMPIONED CARBON Capture, Use and Storage (CCUS) technology at two key energy and climate events in Saskatchewan and British Columbia in May. The Boilermakers union partnered with...
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Read ArticleBoilermaker-sponsored Piper High School Trap Team members rank in top 100
TEN MEMBERS OF the Piper High School Trap Team in Kansas City, Kansas, qualified this year for the Kansas State High School Clay Target League 2019 Top 100 All-State Team. The Boilermakers and...
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Read ArticleBank of Labor receives USA Diamond Life Corporate Achievement Award
THE UNION SPORTSMEN’S Alliance honored Bank of Labor with the Diamond Life Corporate Achievement Award this past June. The award is presented to USA’s industry partners that have surpassed the $1...
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Read ArticleCongresswoman Holmes Norton visits Boilermaker reception
REPRESENTATIVE ELEANOR HOLMES Norton (D-DC) visits with Boilermaker constituents during the 2019 LEAP Congressional Reception, April 16 at the Mayflower Hotel. The reception is a longstanding...
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Read ArticleHouse Democrats and Republicans vote to repeal ‘Cadillac tax’
IN AN OVERWHELMING 419-6 vote, House Republicans joined Democrats to repeal the “Cadillac tax”—a proposed tax on high-cost employer health insurance. If it is not repealed, The Health Care Excise...
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Read ArticleSecond California Refinery Tripartite spotlights manpower, skillsets and safety
BUILDING ON DISCUSSIONS begun during the first-ever California Refinery Tripartite conference in 2018, more than 125 refiners, contractors and Boilermakers convened 26 in Napa for the 2019...
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Read ArticleBoilermakers, partners win awards for campaign against lockout
THE BOILERMAKERS COMMUNICATIONS department and partners Wide Awake Films and Creative Marketing Programs, Kansas City, have won two industry awards for campaign materials supporting an end to...
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Read ArticleL-627 contingent visits state legislators for Day of Action
LOCAL 627 (Phoenix) BM-ST Jacob Evenson had an inspiration when he returned home in April from the Boilermakers annual LEAP conference: Political action shouldn’t happen just once a year in...
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Read ArticleMoney brought her to the union; the Brotherhood keeps her here
IT’S NO SURPRISE that Local 83 dispatcher Tatum Keister turned to the trades for her livelihood when she indentured in 2003. There were only five women in the Kansas City-based local at the time,...
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Read ArticleBoilermakers revitalize shipbuilding in British Columbia
ON PICTURESQUE VANCOUVER Island, down a quiet street near the water in the capitol city of Victoria, Local 191 Boilermakers (Victoria, B.C.), along with travelers, are doing their part in...
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