Local Lodge 242

Spokane, Washington

Phone: (509) 489-1891

Delegates host congressional reception

Rep. C.A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-MD 2nd), center, with Local 193’s Jeff Baerlein and Matt Maelsick.

AFTER SEVERAL DAYS of attending conference sessions and visiting the Hill to lobby for Boilermaker priorities

Tags  LEAP Issues
Locals  L-4, L-5, L-13, L-19, L-28, L-29, L-45, L-S50, L-90, L-101, L-104, L-132, L-169, L-193, L-242, L-263, L-290, L-453, L-454, L-502, L-549, L-627, L-647

Locals award service pins

Local 1 • Chicago

John Skermont, BM-ST of Local 1, Chicago, reports presentation of membership pins to the following:

Tags  Local News
Locals  L-1, L-40, L-85, L-242, L-433, L-647
Reporter  V51N1

Canadian jobs initiative targets U.S. Boilermakers

Jim Beauchamp, center, conducts a Canadian work seminar at Local 13 (Philadelphia). Members of Local 28 (Newark, N.J.) and Local 193 (Baltimore) also attended.

Effort matches manpower needs with lagging U.S. work

THE GROWING NEED for skilled manpower in Canada—particularly in the Alberta oil sands region—along with lagging work in some areas of the United States, has spawned a new Boilermaker recruitment program to address the situation.

Tags  Headline News
Locals  L-13, L-28, L-193, L-242
Reporter  V51N1

Boilermakers expand project management skills

MOST Project management training, Jan. 15-20, Kansas City, Mo.

Twenty attend MOST training session

MEMBERS FROM A dozen local lodges met in Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 15-20 to expand their skills under the MOST Project Management Training Program. MOST (Mobilization, Optimization, Stabilization, and Training) is a pioneering labor-management trust fund designed to address issues in the construction industry through innovative programs and collaboration.

Tags  Education and Training, MOST/Tripartite
Locals  L-13, L-27, L-29, L-45, L-83, L-154, L-242, L-263, L-374, L-502, L-647, L-744
Reporter  V51N1

Locals award service pins

Local 1 — Chicago

John Skermont, BM-ST of Local 1, Chicago, reports presentation of membership pins to the following:

50 YEARS Gerald Daniel;
40 YEARS James Altman, Thomas Brennan, Benjamin Kosiek, Andrew Wayne Zaner;
35 YEARS Thomas Barry, Daniel Favia, Dennis Finnegan, Robert Hughes, Andrew Reid, John Riel, Louis Truffa, Kevin Sheehan, James Ward Jr.; and
25 YEARS Cruz Garcia, James K. Maddox.

Tags  Local News
Locals  L-1, L-7, L-242, L-374, L-433, L-647
Reporter  V50N1

L-45’s Brown wins national apprentice competition

Title is first for Richmond, Va., lodge; L-69’s Tucker takes second place

GRADUATE APPRENTICE Jason Brown broke new ground for his lodge Sept. 27 – Oct. 1 by becoming the first L-45 (Richmond, Va.) member to win the Boilermakers’ national outstanding apprenticeship competition. Brown was also the first L-45 member ever to place in the Southeast area event — he was runner-up in that competition, held July 27-30 at L-199 in Jacksonville, Fla.

Tags  Apprentice News
Locals  L-5, L-27, L-45, L-69, L-237, L-242, L-549, L-744
Reporter  V48N4

2009 Regional Apprentice Competitions

Northeast & Great Lakes

Toth and Buskey win Northeast; Vodraska and Woods win Great Lakes

THE NORTHEAST AND Great Lakes areas held their 23rd annual joint graduate apprentice competitions May 4-8 at Local 5 Zone 197 (Albany, N.Y.). The top two finishers in each contest will represent their areas in the national contest in Kansas City, Kan., Sept. 27-Oct. 1.

Tags  Apprentice News
Locals  L-1, L-4, L-5, L-7, L-11, L-13, L-26, L-27, L-28, L-40, L-45, L-60, L-69, L-83, L-92, L-101, L-105, L-107, L-108, L-110, L-154, L-169, L-193, L-199, L-237, L-242, L-263, L-363, L-374, L-433, L-454, L-455, L-500, L-502, L-549, L-627, L-647, L-667, L-687, L-744

Western States negotiates ‘best ever’ agreement

Contract includes increases in wages and per-diem with new language for portability and mandatory safety training

CALLING IT THE “most progressive agreement in the nation,” Intl. Vice Pres. Tom Baca praised the Western States business managers and Intl. reps for their exceptional effort in reaching a three-year pact with their signatory contractors.

Tags  Collective Bargaining
Locals  L-4, L-11, L-92, L-101, L-242, L-500, L-502, L-549, L-627

MOST holds project management training

MEMBERS FROM 17 Boilermaker lodges traveled to Kansas City, Mo., to attend a project management training class sponsored by MOST, the Boilermakers’ Mobilization, Optimization, Stabilization, and Training Fund. Held at the Embassy Suites Hotel near the Kansas City International Airport Jan.

Tags  Education and Training
Locals  L-1, L-13, L-27, L-28, L-29, L-40, L-45, L-83, L-85, L-112, L-154, L-242, L-363, L-433, L-455, L-502, L-647
Reporter  V48N1

New contract summaries

A brief listing of recent agreements signed and ratified by Boilermaker local lodges

L-13 — Philadelphia

Effective April 23, 2008 to March 31, 2011, for four members of Local 13, Philadelphia, who perform shop and field work in the oil and gas division of Integra Services Technologies Inc.

L-M18 — Buffalo, N.Y.

Effective June 1, 2008 to May 31, 2011, for 24 members of Local M18, Buffalo, N.Y., who make metal plating at the Keystone Corp.

Tags  Featured
Locals  L-13, L-M18, L-M68, L-128, L-158, L-S185, L-242, L-D449, L-480, L-D494, L-D500, L-558, L-744, L-1247, L-1620
Reporter  V47N4

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