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Letter to the Editor of the Kansas City Star

Note: The following letter to the editor was submitted to the Kansas City Star May 14 in response to the newspaper’s attack article directed against the Brotherhood’s leadership. The newspaper advised that it would only publish “an edited version” of the letter.

JUDY THOMAS’S MAY 13, 2012 front-page article attacking top leaders of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers (“United in Largesse”) for the pay and benefits they receive and the travel they take contains factual errors and fails to provide needed context, resulting in a distortion of the truth.

$70 million project brings upgrades to Colstrip plant

Billings Gazette story cites coal generation hurdles

Local 104 member Valentin Litvinenko replaces brass tubing with titanium tubes in a tube sheet, which is part of a condenser.

More than 500 workers busy refurbishing massive boiler in Unit 1

COLSTRIP — Jason Small says a $70 million renovation of Unit 1 of the Colstrip Steam Electric Station translates into steady work for hundreds of people like him.

“If you're a craftsman and a boilermaker, you count on these outages for a primary source of income,” Small said. “The bigger (the project) the better for us. This is our bread and butter.”

Tags  Jobs
Locals  L-11, L-104

Brotherhood plans response to inaccurate news story

The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers learned May 13 that the Kansas City Star has published an article concerning the Brotherhood that we believe is inaccurate and incomplete, and distorts the truth about our union.

We will address the issues put forth in the story more fully in the near future. In the meantime, we have posted a copy of a letter sent by our attorney to the story's author, Judy Thomas, prior to the article being published. The letter was in response to questions submitted by the author that, we believe, showed a right-wing bias and erroneous assumptions about how labor unions operate.

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

Bank of Labor Announces Pro-Union Banking Option

Tom Johnson (l.) and Randy Cruse, representing the Bank of Labor, provide information to delegates attending the Building and Construction Trades Department Legislative Conference in Washington, D.C., April 30.

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 30, 2012 — Organized labor received its first look at a unique banking opportunity today during the AFL-CIO’s annual Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD) Legislative Conference held at the Washington Hilton and Towers Hotel.

Tags  Headline News

New Contract Summaries

A BRIEF LISTING OF RECENT AGREEMENTS SIGNED AND RATIFIED BY BOILERMAKER LOCAL LODGES

Local D92 - Bellefonte, Pa.

Effective June 1, 2011 to May 31, 2014, for 147 members of Local D92 (Bellefonte, Pa.) who work in maintenance and the production of lime at Graymont Inc. located in Pleasant Gap, Pa.

Tags  Collective Bargaining, Settlements
Locals  L-D92, L-D324, L-D342, L-449, L-D561, L-1247, L-1851
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:

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

BCTD elects McGarvey president

Sean McGarvey, newly-elected BCTD President. Page One Photography

Former secretary-treasurer takes reins after death of Mark Ayers

THE GOVERNING BOARD of the Building and Construction Trades Department, in a special meeting April 16, unanimously elected Sean McGarvey President of the BCTD. His election followed the sudden death of BCTD President Mark H. Ayers, 63, on April 8. McGarvey had served as the department’s secretary-treasurer since 2005. The board also posthumously elected Ayers President Emeritus by unanimous vote.

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  • Letter to the Editor of the Kansas City Star

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  • Local 104 member Valentin Litvinenko replaces brass tubing with titanium tubes in a tube sheet, which is part of a condenser.

    $70 million project brings upgrades to Colstrip plant

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  • Brotherhood plans response to inaccurate news story

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

    Delegates host congressional reception

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  • 2012 LEAP conference in photos

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