The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers has won three awards of excellence in the annual International Labor Communications Association’s Labor Media Awards for work created and published in 2024. The Boilermakers Communications Department competes each year in the National/International category against other ILCA union communication affiliates. This year, ILCA reported that a record 700-plus submissions were received, far surpassing previous years’ submissions. The Boilermakers’ won third place in the following categories:
- Visual Communications, design of a multi-volume publication: The Boilermaker Reporter
- Political Action/Social Justice/Campaign, swag or union “drip”: “Blow the Whistle on Union Busting” train whistles
- Writing, news story: Local 374 member trapped for six days escapes death
