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

• Recruiting program adds 500 workers first year
• Students join L-11 members at job site
• L-146 creates WorkSmart program
• L-193 forms recruiting committee

• L-687's Sibley teaches Afghans to weld
• Local 374 members complete rigging yard

• HAZMAT/radiological training available to railroad members
• District D11 forms safety committee
• Employers must pay for safety gear
• SAFETY CORNER: Asbestos

• Canadian construction lodge leaders meet
• Steward Sourcebook

• Phil Dine book says labor still relevant
• Breslin book is call to arms for union construction workers

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