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IVP Joe Maloney: In defence of temporary foreign workers

Joe Maloney, IVP for Western Canada, addresses the Construction Sector Operations Conference earlier this year.

CANADIANS ARE JUSTIFIABLY outraged that some businesses have been using the...

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L-154 filming with Larry the Cable Guy airs May 29

LAST SEPTEMBER, Boilermakers working the Bruce Mansfield power plant outage near Pittsburgh got a heavy dose of fun...

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L-D366 retirees cement relationships

L-D366 retirees attending the April 9, 2013 meeting included Marcel Aubin, Gerard Bastien, Maurice Berube, Egon Burke, Antonio Cabral, Antonio Carnevale, Gerry Colarusso, Frank Folcarelli, Nick Folcarelli, Emile Gilbert, Jose Goulart, Bob Halas, Les Illes, Giuseppe Iosue, Donald Ladouceur, Rosair e Lavoie, Danny Lenarduzzi, Verner Lessard, David Middleton, Ben Minino, Jimmy Pece, Pierre Pommainville, Nick Romeo, Raffaele Rummo, Drago Sabljak, Fausto Sciarra, Frank Skorija, Kiro Stojanoski, Attilio Ventresca

WHAT STARTED OUT as a loose network of retired Local D366 (Mississauga, Ontario) members that stayed in touch with one another has grown into something more, says Pierre Pommainville, who retired in 2009 from the Mississauga Cement Plant after 35 years. Pommainville organized a get-together for coffee back in 2010, and was pleased to see 15 retirees show up. That first event went so well that the group has more than doubled in size. Retirees from the Ogden Point Quarry are also part of the group.

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L-40's Autry delivers powerful anthem rendition at LEAP

OPENING CEREMONIES FOR the Boilermakers' LEAP conference May 6-9 in Washington, D.C., included a stirring rendition of the National Anthem by...

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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.

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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

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.

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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.

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