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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 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 If it is not repealed, The Health Care Excise...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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Read ArticleD-TS Creeden honored with conservation award
RYAN CREEDEN, DIRECTOR of Technology Services-IST and a member of L-627 (Phoenix) was awarded the 2019 IBB Conservation Steward of the Year Award by the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance (USA) for his...
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Read ArticleBroken back and road to recovery lead to fresh perspective
SCOTT TANSEY HAS always been a man of faith. More or less. Probably less lately, he admits. But one foggy, rainy morning last year, he says, “God gave me a good, ole shaking and said ‘Hey, enough...
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Read ArticleNew labor affiliation, jobs initiative move union forward
Stronger ties with UWUA, national launch of M.O.R.E. Work program bring opportunities for growth TWO MAJOR INITIATIVES involving our Brotherhood are moving our union forward, positioning us for...
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Read ArticleRegister Now for School for Workers
The deadline for School for Workers is approaching fast! Register now to beat the July 12th deadline.
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Read ArticleLEAP speakers talk energy policy, the economy and 2020 elections
WITH THE UPCOMING 2020 elections gathering steam, Boilermaker delegates assembled in Washington, D.C., April 14-17 for the 51st annual Legislative Education Action Program (LEAP) Conference....
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Read ArticleBoilermaker and former State Building Trades President Chuck Westphal passes
THE BOILERMAKERS LOST a champion and committed unionist when Charles “Chuck” Westphal, former president of the Michigan Tri-County Building Trades and member of Local 169 (Detroit), died April 11.
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Read ArticleTwo L-60 veterans awarded Quilts of Valor for military service
DUE TO NEGATIVE public sentiment surrounding the Vietnam War, many in the nation stood by with crossed arms and disapproving frowns when U.S. troops returned from Vietnam.
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Read ArticleDelegates advocate for local and national issues during LEAP
LEAP DELEGATES FROM across the United States brought Boilermaker issues to Capitol Hill April 15-17, scoring valuable face time in lawmakers’ offices. This year, in addition to leave-behind fact...
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Read ArticleSoutheast Area Tripartite homes in on ‘industrial evolution’
SAFETY, THE FUTURE and updates on the M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund and MOST were topical issues during the 2019 Southeast Area Tripartite March 27-29 in Destin, Florida. Seventy-five company...
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Read ArticleUnion makes case for CCUS at Scotland conference
IR Channon speaks out on carbon capture, use and storage THE BOILERMAKERS UNION took part in an international conference titled “Accelerating CCUS Globally,” held in Edinburgh, Scotland,...
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Read ArticleWilliams, Stewart appointed to new M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund roles
BM-ST OF LOCAL 13 (Philadelphia) Martin Williams and IR Erica Stewart have both been appointed to new roles that will further catalyze the M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund on the state and national...
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Read ArticleRetired IVP-Eastern Canada Ed Power passes away
May 13, 2019 Dear Brothers and Sisters: It is with a heavy heart that I inform you that retired IVP-Eastern Canada Ed Power passed away on Saturday, May 11. Ed dedicated himself to making our...
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Read ArticleBoilermakers and Utility Workers Sign Historic Union Affiliation Agreement
Contact Amy Wiser Director of Communications, Boilermakers 317-847-0745awiser@boilermakers.org Erin Bzymek Director of Communications, UWUA 202-702-9655ebzymek@uwua.net IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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Read ArticleTribute to a dedicated leader: Remembering Past IVP-Western Canada Richard “Rick” Albright
RETIRED IVP-WESTERN CANADA Richard “Rick” Albright was well-known for his fun-loving sense of humor, his energy, his gritty determination, and his devotion to the International Brotherhood of...
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