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 THE RICH HISTORY of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers will be known long into the future, because Boilermaker and artist Charles Jones brought it to life through his work as Director...

 APPRENTICES GOT HANDS-ON tank experience in Toronto, thanks to a partnership between Local 128 (Toronto), TIW Steel Platework Inc. and Humber College. TIW donated a scaled-down, high-cone tank to...

 YOU CAN’T MISS John and Annette Bemis’ house. Theirs is the one with the hedge neatly shaped into a 150-foot multi-car train that stretches around the corner lot. It’s a Canby, Oregon, landmark...

 THE URGENT CALL came over the Lafarge Presque Isle Quarry radio system for someone to dial 9-1-1. In the pilot house of a vessel that was being loaded at one of the docks, a man had collapsed and...

 THE BOILERMAKERS HAVE finally reached a settlement in a six-year battle against Terex, a construction equipment manufacturer charged with committing unfair labor practices (ULPs) against...

 NORTH WEST REFINING Chairman and CEO Ian MacGregor has a message for Boilermakers and others who’ve built Alberta’s Sturgeon Refinery: Thank you for helping deliver on a dream 15 years in the...

 A CONTRACT WITH the U.S. Navy is poised to create at least 1,000 direct jobs at Fincantieri Marinette Marine in Wisconsin. FMM, which employs Boilermakers from Local 696 (Marinette, Wisconsin),...

 TUESDAY, APRIL 28 is the day AFL-CIO affiliated unions observe Workers Memorial Day in remembrance of those who suffered and died on the job—and to re-ignite the fight for workplace safety. This...

 The U.S. Department of Transportation awarded a contract for up to five national security multi-mission vessels from TOTE Services. TOTE placed an initial order with Philly Shipyard for the first...

 NEED TO TAKE a trip to the store for food or other supplies? With new information emerging every day about COVID-19, it can be hard to know how to stay safe when you must make an essential trip....

 WHEN LOCAL 146 (serving Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta) BM-ST Hugh MacDonald opened a recent e-mail from member Meeka Faucher suggesting a “mask drive,” he jumped into action. Shortly after, the...

 PROFESSIONAL ENTERTAINER BILL Malone has been a successful comedian, magician and actor for decades—ever since he was 17 years old. Based on his breezy set-ups, sure-fire punchline delivery and...

 As you may know, there is a desperate need for blood and plasma. The Red Cross is having a difficult time finding places to set up and perform collections, as many of their traditional partners...

 SIXTEEN BOILERMAKERS COMPLETED the 2020 project management course in Vancouver, Jan. 26-31. National Training Director Grant Jacobs led the training. The class covered 18 program modules which...

 THE INTERNATIONAL LAUNCHED a new website in March 2020, replacing the previous site first released in 2006. The new site, designed and developed completely by the Communications Department,...

 FOR THE SECOND CONSECUTIVE year—and the third time in four years—Western States’ Local 11 (Helena, Montana) earned NACBE’s highest safety award. L-11 was presented with the John F. Erickson NACBE...

 BROTHER HERBERT “H.H.” Reedy, also known as “A ‘Bear,” received his milestone 75-year pin from Local 40 (Elizabethtown, Kentucky) BM-ST Mike Autry January 24, 2020, commemorating the day 75 years...

 THINGS WERE GOING pretty well for Tim Jefferies after his 12-year career in the U.S. Marines. Though he didn’t know exactly what he wanted to do career-wise, he had started his own business...