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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 ArticleBoilermakers complete MOST project management course
SIXTEEN CONSTRUCTION BOILERMAKERS completed the MOST project management course in Kansas City, Missouri, Jan. 13-17. The class teaches Boilermakers to lead the management of multi-craft projects...
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Read ArticleMortgage perks are plenty with Union Plus
DEREK GUSOSKEY, A member of Local 290 (Bremerton, Washington), has worked in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard since 2013, specifically in Shop 26 where he’s a lead steward. “We work on nuclear...
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Read ArticleTop safety award goes to Local 92
LOCAL LODGE 92 (Los Angeles) was presented with the Charles W. Jones Award, which honors the local lodge demonstrating the highest use of specified MOST programs during the preceding year: OSHA...
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Read ArticleLocals award service pins
Local 1 • Chicago ERIC S. DAVIS, BM-ST of Local 1, Chicago, reports presentation of membership pins to the following:
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Read ArticleL-D23 boosts education and safety at Cemex plant
IT WOULD BE enough of an achievement for Local D23 (Clinchfield, Georgia) to have 100% membership at the local Cemex plant in a right-to-work state. But president Carlos Brooks and members of...
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Read ArticleBabcock & Wilcox asks L-744 members to install antique boiler
MEMBERS OF LOCAL 744 (Cleveland, Ohio) helped rig and mount the façade of a 150-horsepower cast iron front boiler built in 1876 by Babcock & Wilcox in the lobby of the company’s new corporate...
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Read ArticleLocal 374’s Shick earns top honors at National Apprenticeship Competition
BILLY SHICK FROM Local 374 (Hobart, Indiana) took home the top honor at the 2019 National Apprenticeship Competition held at Local 28 (Newark, New Jersey) August 12-16, upsetting Detroit Local...
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Read ArticleBoilermakers advocate for CCUS during Climate Week and CO2 utilization summit
THE INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD of Boilermakers made its presence—and its stance on carbon capture, use and storage technology—known at two high profile global events this past fall.
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Read ArticleCanada Tripartite conference spotlights mental, physical wellness
CANADIAN BOILERMAKERS, CONTRACTORS and owners convened in St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick, August 13-15, to discuss industry issues, solutions and updates. Under the conference theme...
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Read ArticleBoilermaker-built Maid of the Mist vessels go all electric
MORE THAN 20 MILLION tourists from around the world visit Niagara Falls each year to marvel at the massive power of 600,000 gallons-per-second of water rushing down the Niagara River, roaring...
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Read ArticleNear-term goal of 100% renewable electricity is unrealistic, misguided
Rapid transition ignores unprecedented obstacles, environmental fallout and more Someday, U.S. electrical power generation may come from 100% renewable energy consisting almost entirely of wind...
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Read ArticleBoilermaker’s energy for life fuels enthusiasm for his craft
TALKING TO ADEL ELSERI is like being on a carnival ride—he’s full of delight and laughter, and it’s hard to keep up with his excitement. Elseri, Local 146 (Edmonton, Alberta), remembers vividly...
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Read ArticleTop graduate credits goals, support network and hard work
THE 2019 NATIONAL Apprenticeship Competition winner, Billy Shick, from Local 374 (Hobart, Indiana), is a second-generation Boilermaker who has the building trades in his blood. His uncle, Dewey...
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Read ArticleBoilermakers organize New Jersey slag plant
EMPLOYEES AT THE Camden Slag Plant in Camden, New Jersey, voted to join the Boilermakers union on an eight to three vote following a focused organizing campaign. Jody Mauller, ISO Great Lakes...
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Read ArticleIBB stands with UMWA against Grassley-Alexander multi-employer pension plan proposal
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 29, 2019 CONTACT: Phil Smith, 571-345-8338 or psmith@umwa.org
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Read ArticleBoilermakers build community goodwill via donation to local hospital
CANADIAN BOILERMAKERS PROVED they are as generous as they are skilled. When members of Local 128 (Toronto) were performing scheduled maintenance on the Ontario Power Generation generating station...
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Read ArticleWomen rise strong in the building trades
THE POWER OF women in the trades was palpable at the international Tradeswomen Build Nations conference in Minneapolis October 11-13. With over 2,800 women and industry leaders...
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Read ArticleNew Boilermaker races his stress away
THE DANIEL MILLER team, part of the Southern Sprint Car Shootout asphalt racing competition, has something other teams competing don’t—one newly minted Boilermaker, Dave Tompkins. He’s an...
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Read ArticleCanadian Federation of Labour, Union Plus announce scholarship winners
THE BOILERMAKERS’ INTERNATIONAL Executive Council scholarship committee has announced its selection of the Canadian Federation of Labour award winners. In addition, Union Plus announced a...
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Read ArticleFrom cooking to crosses, L-40 retiree helps the homeless
WHEN CALVIN MINTON from Local 40 (Elizabethtown, Kentucky) retired in 2013, he’d planned to volunteer to build houses with Habitat for Humanity. A heart attack and hip replacement shifted that...
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