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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 ArticleNortheast and Great Lakes apprentices show off skills in competition
A joint apprenticeship competition, which included graduate apprentices from the Northeast and Great Lakes area, christened the new David Dupuis Northeast Regional Training Center. Because of the...
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Read ArticleLocals award service pins
The following pins have been presented in recognition of continuous years of service in the Boilermakers union as reported by local lodge leadership.
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Read ArticleEarly Boilermaker publications and the origin of scabs
The Boilermaker Reporter is an evolution of the first official publication of the “Boiler Makers and Iron Ship Builders of America” first published twice monthly beginning in 1896 named The...
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Read ArticleL-13’s Long takes photo honors
Local 13 Boilermaker Charlie Long won second place in the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control Division of Fish and Wildlife’s 2020/2021 Hunting Photo Contest for...
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Read ArticleRemembering Rich Trumka
Organized labor lost a beloved and legendary leader with the passing of AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka August 5. And the Boilermakers lost a dear friend and an extraordinary ally. Rich was on...
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Read Article‘Clean’ energy’s dirty little secrets
The conversation about climate change is nearing fever pitch in North America, especially among the liberal political class and radical environmentalists, with the push to 100% renewables their...
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Read ArticleLocal 627 joins Arizona State AFL-CIO for PRO Act rally
A rare summer rainfall didn’t prevent Local 627 (Phoenix, Arizona) from taking to the streets in July for a Pro Act rally. Boilermakers joined with their brothers and sisters in the labor...
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Read ArticleNABTU calls Cain tradeswoman hero
North America’s Building Trades Union has named another Boilermaker woman as a Tradeswoman Hero. Local 290 (Bremerton, Washington) Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer Deanna Cain joins NABTU’s...
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Read ArticleLocal 92 dedicates new training center to Oscar Davila
In an emotional ceremony honoring a fallen brother, Boilermaker dignitaries, friends and guests of Local 92 (Los Angeles) opened the new world-class Oscar Davila Boilermaker Training Center with...
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Read ArticleLocal 83 hosts educators through NICE-KC Summer Educator Externship
Boilermakers at Local 83 (Kansas City, Missouri) hosted ten educators from Blue Springs, Lee’s Summit R-7 and Shawnee Mission School Districts through NICE-KC’s Summer Educator Externship program...
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Let us never forget.
On a fateful day 20 years ago, terrorists shocked our nation by committing unimaginable horrors that would reverberate in unimaginable pain. On that same fateful day 20 years ago, our stunned...
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Read ArticleLocal 37 opens doors to aid AFL-CIO disaster relief efforts
As the Louisiana AFL-CIO affiliates pitched in with plans and resources to bring relief supplies to union members impacted by Hurricane Ida, they knew they would need space big enough to bring in...
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Read ArticleLongtime labor leader Robbie Hunter retires
On June 30, Robbie Hunter, State Building and Construction Trades Council of California president and friend of the Boilermakers, announced his retirement. Hunter has a long and storied career as...
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Read ArticleNortheast Area celebrates new training center
Northeast members commemorated the official opening of the David Dupuis Northeast Regional Training Center in East Hartford, Connecticut, in a fitting way—by hosting two years of the Northeast...
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Read ArticleSoutheast Area offers free welding hoods
To increase the number of Boilermakers who can weld Inconel, the Southeast Area Joint Apprenticeship Committee is offering a Lincoln automatic welding hood to those who pass an Inconel weld test....
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Read ArticleLiz Shuler first woman elected as AFL-CIO president
Glass ceilings shattered in the labor movement when Liz Shuler was elected as president of the AFL-CIO on August 20 by the AFL-CIO Executive Council. Shuler is the first woman to hold that office...
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Read ArticleLabor Council honors BM-ST Jefferies as Labor Leader of Year
Local 549 (Pittsburg, California) Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer Tim Jefferies has been chosen by the Central Labor Council of Contra Costa County as Labor Leader of the Year, the...
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Read ArticleNewton B. Jones named World Peace Prize Roving Ambassador for Peace
The Irish Peace Foundation’s World Peace Prize announced that International President Newton B. Jones will be recognized as “Roving Ambassador for Peace.” The announcement was made by Father...
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Read ArticlePower plant’s zero recordable rate a boon for Boilermakers, Enerfab
Enerfab and Boilermakers at Local 83 (Kansas City, Missouri) are celebrating a zero recordables safety record at the Columbia Municipal Power Plant in Columbia, Missouri. In the 20 years of...
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Read ArticleWelding training gets boost from Canadian government
The Canadian federal government announced $6.6 million in funding for training to meet the need for highly skilled pressure welders, helping to alleviate a growing shortage throughout Canada. The...
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