the Digital Reporter Vol. 47, No. 1 is now available

the Digital Reporter

Volume 47, Number 1
January - March 2008

L-169 members tear down, rebuild blast furnace in under 100 days

ABOUT 250 BOILERMAKERS — members of Local 169 (Detroit) and travelers from other Boilermaker lodges — set a new standard for steelmakers worldwide when they removed and replaced a “C” blast furnace in record-setting time. | Read More

Ohio locals rally for Obama

IN THE RUN-UP to the Ohio Democratic primary March 4, Boilermaker locals launched a coordinated effort to support Sen. Barack Obama in his hotly-contested race for the presidency. | Read More

Ohio locals rally for Obama
International Executive Council backs Obama
Ontario unions ratchet up political involvement
LEAP names 2008 legislative issues

Dying pines signal global warming has arrived
Boilermakers attend UN climate change conference
Boilermakers engage in international climate change debate

Health kit helps Canadian members inform doctors
America’s health care system is killing us

L-169 members tear down, rebuild blast furnace in under 100 days
Local 40 revamps Marathon regenerator
NTL members replace tank bottom

Boilermakers sell T-shirts to raise funds
Workers at nuclear outage dig deep for troops abroad
Local 60 awards scholarships
Six L-73 dependents win scholarships
Local 154's Crawford wins bear hunt
Local 1 VP Schwartz named fire chief
L-112 honors United Way liason
Hobart develops new welding rod
Local 146 celebrates 60 years
L-28's Devlin chosen mayor of Wall, N.J.
Local S8 reaches out to community
News at a glance

L-687’s Sibley teaches Afghans to weld

SPECIALIST THOMAS SIBLEY, a third-period apprentice with Local 687 (Charleston, Heights, S.C.) didn’t figure on putting his welding skills to much use when his National Guard unit shipped out to Afghanistan in May 2007. | Read More