IN KEEPING WITH more than three decades of the tripartite alliance strategy, the 34th annual MOST Tripartite Alliance conference kicked off with a focus on solutions to issues impacting owners, contractors and Boilermakers. Topics homed in on safety, training, manpower, absenteeism and the changing work landscape.
POLITICAL ACTION IS a vital component of the work unions do to advocate not only for their members’ interests but often also for the interests of all working people. The Boilermakers history of...
UNITED STATES BOILERMAKERS may be eligible to participate in Union Plus programs that can ease financial stress during times of uncertainty, like the current COVID-19 pandemic. Known as Union...
LAKE, OCEAN, RIVER or pond, when you’re on the water zipping around on a jet ski, kicked back for a gentle evening cruise on a pontoon, hot-dogging on a wake board behind a ski boat or fly...
DURING THE COVID-19 pandemic and out of concern for the safety of participants, speakers, staff and contracted vendors, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers has made the difficult...
BOILERMAKERS FROM LOCAL 146 (serving Calgary and Edmonton, Alberta) stepped up fast when they saw essential workers in need. After conducting a successful mask drive to provide greatly-needed...
COVID-19 MAY HAVE changed the way people mourn, commemorate and celebrate in 2020, but for Boilermaker Fred Karol from L-1509 (Cudahy, Wisconsin), that doesn’t mean life stops—not when the...
In the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic, proper personal protective equipment was especially hard to come by—even for the front-line medical workers who were dealing daily, hands-on and...
AN APRIL U.S. DEPARTMENT of Transportation announcement means good news for Local 19 (Philadelphia) Boilermakers at Philly Shipyard: A U.S. DOT contract for up to five national security...
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...
Local 1 • Chicago ERIC S. DAVIS, BM-ST of Local 1, Chicago, reports presentation of membership pins to the following:
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...
