Lodge officer raises shipbuilding, Iraq issues
NEWLY-ELECTED LOCAL 449 President Warren Demmin enjoyed a backstage meeting with Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama June 12 after the Illinois senator addressed a town hall meeting at Kaukauna High School in Wisconsin.
“I asked him about the Jones Act,” Demmin said, “and discussed how it affects Boilermakers working in the shipyards.” Demmin’s members are employed at Bay Shipbuilding in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., which builds and repairs tankers, dredgers, and material handling equipment.