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Union names Linda Sanchez Legislator of the Year

Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA-38) accepts the Boilermakers Legislator of the Year award May 7 during the LEAP conference.

THE BOILERMAKERS UNION honored Linda Sanchez as Legislator of the Year at the annual LEAP conference May 7.

Tags  Headline News, LEAP Issues

L-191 retirees receive 60-year pins

RETIRED MEMBERS OF Local 191, Victoria, British Columbia, received pins acknowledging their 60th year of membership with the union during ceremonies recently. Group photo, left to right, Local 191 BM-ST Jim Fitzpatrick and retirees Roy Gallop, Wes Morhart, Stan Betts, Darrell Walker, and Ernie Smith. In accompanying photo are 93-year-old Howie East, left, and Fitzpatrick. Not pictured are 60-year members Corky Bryant and Art Holland.

Tags  Local News, Retiree News
Locals  L-191

Workers at nuclear waste site receive safety recognition

Left to right, CB&I’s Duane Inman; L-242 members Jesse Todhunter, Scott Covington, and Dan Anderson; CB&I’s Lewis May; and L-242 members Joe Vander Meersch, David Derbyshire, and Luka Bender.

L-242 members work four years at Hanford without recordable injury

MEMBERS OF LOCAL 242 (Spokane, Wash.) working at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., received recognition from signatory contractor Chicago Bridge & Iron (CB&I) recently for working four calendar years without a recordable injury.

Tags  Health and Safety
Locals  L-242

DGA finalizes legislative issues

Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Energy Policy and Climate Change, American Shipbuilding, Trade and Manufacturing

Tags  LEAP Issues

Local 69 wins NACBE safety award

Local 69 (Little Rock, Ark.) BM-ST Rodney Allison, center, accepts the top NACBE safety award on behalf of his local. Joining in the presentation are (l. to r.) NACBE Exec. Dir. John Erickson, NACBE Pres. Eric Heuser, IVP Warren Fairley, and IP Newton Jones.

OSHA recordable rate drops below 2.0 for first time

THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION of Construction Boilermaker Employers (NACBE) presented its annual safety awards to the 2012 top-performing locals from the Boilermakers’ four U.S. vice-presidential sections March 4, during the Construction Sector Operations conference held at Marco Island, Fla.

Local 69 (Little Rock, Ark.), representing the Southeast section, took national honors with zero lost-time accidents, zero compensable injuries, and zero OSHA-recordable injuries. L-69 BM-ST Rodney Allison accepted the award.

Tags  Headline News
Locals  L-4, L-69, L-105, L-237

Boilermakers host Ukrainian union leader

Ukrainian visitors to L-1998 enjoy a close-up view of the USS Midway aircraft carrier. Left to right, Gary Powers, A/D-ISO; Jim Cooksey, IR; Bobby Godinez, L-1998 president; Tyler Brown, D-ISO/AAIP; Liubov Nyemov; Anatoliy Nyemov, chairman of the Okean Shipyard trade union; and Oksana Kovalka, interpreter.

THE LEADER OF a Ukrainian shipyard union received a warm welcome March 22 at Local 1998 (National City, Calif.) and enjoyed a boat tour of the NASSCO shipyard from San Diego Bay.

Tags  Headline News
Locals  L-1998

Labor college offers associates degree

THE NATIONAL LABOR College (NLC) is now accredited to offer an associate of arts degree. An AA degree “is basically the first two years of college and will provide students with the foundation to succeed in NLC’s bachelor degree programs or at any other 4-year college or university,” according to the college.

The NLC will soon be accepting applications for the fall semester, which begins Sept. 3, 2013. For additional information, and to be notified when applications will be available, visit www.nlc.edu.

Tags  Education and Training

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  • Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA-38) accepts the Boilermakers Legislator of the Year award May 7 during the LEAP conference.

    Union names Linda Sanchez Legislator of the Year

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  • Power Engineering editor says coal will remain "backbone of the nation's power sector"

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  • L-191 retirees receive 60-year pins

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  • Left to right, CB&I’s Duane Inman; L-242 members Jesse Todhunter, Scott Covington, and Dan Anderson; CB&I’s Lewis May; and L-242 members Joe Vander Meersch, David Derbyshire, and Luka Bender.

    Workers at nuclear waste site receive safety recognition

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  • L-146 in spotlight for government-sponsored employment drive

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