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L-92 members star in political ad for U.S. Senate candidate

Lalo Cervantez, L-92, (with helmet) mikes up for a commercial supporting U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley.

FIVE MEMBERS OF Local 92 (Los Angeles) laid their tools aside recently to star in a political...

Tags  LEAP Issues
Locals  L-92

International announces scholarship winners

Thirty-two Boilermaker dependents earn awards totaling $50,000

THE BOILERMAKERS’ International Executive Council scholarship committee announced the winners of its 2012 scholarship program this past April. The committee awarded $50,000 to 32 scholarship recipients, with $38,000 being allocated to U.S. applicants and $12,000 to applicants from Canada.

Tags  Scholarships
Locals  L-5, L-S7, L-13, L-28, L-40, L-83, L-92, L-128, L-146, L-154, L-S185, L-193, L-203, L-359, L-374, L-453, L-455, L-484, L-502, L-667, L-920, L-1073

L-128 donates $30,000 to hospital

A GIFT OF $30,000 from Boilermakers Local 128 (Toronto) will help upgrade software for imaging equipment at ...

Tags  Local News
Locals  L-128

Dates for early voting, absentee ballots announced

Did you know that the outcome of the election could be decided well before November 6? Early voting has...

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L-647 raises $9,000 for cancer center

BOILERMAKERS FROM Local 647 in Mandan, N.D., present a $9,000 check to the Bismarck, N.D., Cancer Center Foundation...

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Locals  L-647

Giving is in Heron’s blood

Jimmy Heron flashes a thumbs-up at the union hall.

L-13 retiree donates 210th pint

JIMMY HERON KNOWS something about the gift of life. The 65-year-old Local 13 (Philadelphia) retiree has donated just over 26 gallons of blood — 210 pints to be exact — over the last five decades. Imagine a 55-gallon barrel filled almost to the half-way mark, and you get a sense of just how much blood that is.

Heron says he has donated blood faithfully since the 1960s as a way to remember a friend from his youth who died in a drag racing accident.

“Doctors said he bled out,” Heron recalls.

Tags  Local News
Locals  L-13

L-454 members complete steward training

Local 454 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) members completed steward training in August. Seated, l. to r., Michael Hawkins, Jared McCosh, Lamar Elrod, Julian Black, and Jeremiah Johnson. Standing, Billy Cornelison, Chris Leitner, Ted Smith, Chris Newsom, Von Caylor, Jason Bailey, Larry Ezell, Michael Blanchard, Michael McCarthy, Shannon Bates, BM-ST Bobby Lunsford, and Director of Construction Division Services Dale “Skipper” Branscum (trainer).

Tags  Education and Training
Locals  L-454
Reporter  V51N4

National apprenticeship competition begins

Joshua Breedlove, L-69 (Little Rock, Ark.) goes to work in the arc gouging exercise.

Eight contestants test at L-169

DEARBORN, MI, Sept. 24, 2012 – Eight graduate apprentices who placed first or second in their area apprenticeship competitions earlier this year began competing for national honors at Local 169 facilities yesterday.

Candidates took extensive written tests Sept. 23 and today began their practical tests, including reeving, ropes, and knots, arc gouging and safety, and tool identification and CPR.

Tags  Apprentice News
Locals  L-5, L-7, L-40, L-69, L-85, L-169, L-242, L-500

L-D584 negotiates breakthrough contract

Linwood Mining and Minerals representatives stand with the L-D584 bargaining committee after successful contract negotiations. L. to r., Annette Snyder, Linwood; Gary Beherns, L-D584; Mark Looman, Linwood Vice President; Jonathan Wilmhurst, Linwood President; Ken Peters, L-D584 Vice President; Mike Bush, Linwood; and Ed Carstensen, L-D584 President.

Six-year deal raises wages 8.29 percent in first year

THIRTY-TWO MEMBERS employed at an Iowa lime plant ratified a six-year contract in July that will bring wages and benefits up to levels common in the cement industry.

Local D584 (Davenport, Iowa) President Ed Carstensen reported that the agreement with owner Linwood Mining and Minerals will raise wages by 8.29 percent in the first year, with subsequent annual wage increases of between 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent, totaling more than 20 percent over the life of the contract.

Tags  Collective Bargaining, Local News
Locals  L-D584
Reporter  V51N4

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