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Three from Local 28 hold political office

“All three members of Local 28 were very impressive candidates. All overcame odds that most people would not even have attempted. That says a lot about the Boilermakers…” – Charles Wowkanech, president, New Jersey State AFL-CIO

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L-455 celebrates Labor Day in Alabama, Tennessee

Local 455 members raised $1,245 for LEF by selling tickets for a chance to win this hand-made quilt by Theresa Frost, wife of L-455 BM-ST Jack Frost. A raffle for another of her quilts the year before raised $1,900 for LEF.

Members participate in parade and political rallies; raise money for LEF

Members of Local 455, Sheffield, Ala., were busy the week of Labor Day. On Monday, Sept. 4, they participated in a parade in Tuscumbia, Ala. They rode motorcycles, ATVs, and both classic and new vehicles, tossing candy to children as they cruised down Main Street. The parade ended in Spring Park, where Local 455 and other area unions and local political organizations set up tents to provide information, ideas, and support for politicians and candidates.

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Eliot Engel named Legislator of the Year

Congressman is proven ally of Boilermakers and labor

Rep. Eliot Engel (D-17th NY) will receive the Boilermakers’ Legislator of the Year award at the 39th annual conference of the Legislative Education Action Program (LEAP) this March in Washington, D.C.

Government Affairs Director Bridget Martin said the award acknowledges Engel’s exemplary efforts to support American workers.

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Democrats keep ‘100 hours’ promise

New House majority moves swiftly on worker-friendly legislation

Women set records in American politics

Females hold some of nation’s top government offices

You’ve come a long way, baby. From having few legal rights in the 1800s, to getting the right to vote ratified in the 1900s, to holding some of the highest political offices in the 2000s — women have come a long way.

Author urges radical shift in union organizing

Mark Breslin says the “clock is ticking” and labor must make radical changes in order to survive

WITHOUT RADICAL CHANGES in the way unions operate, organized labor will at best become irrelevant and at worst sink into oblivion. Such gloomy forecasts are prevalent today, with unions representing only about 12 percent of the U.S. workforce, not to mention recent divisions within the AFL-CIO.

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MOST tests new leadership training program

Local 154 trainer Jim Basilone, standing, watches lodge members who attended the new leadership training courses.

Locals 154 and 83 host pilot sessions

THE NEW LEADERSHIP training program created for foremen by the tripartite alliance received high marks following two pilot sessions held in late 2006 and early 2007. Local 154 (Pittsburgh) and Local 83 (Kansas City, Mo.) hosted the training.

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SAJAC builds training center in Texas to meet job growth

SAJAC’s new training facility houses state-of-the-art equipment.

Facility honors IVP George D. Rogers, former L-132 BM-ST

“Build it and they will come.” That famous movie phrase could easily apply to the new training facility built by the Southeastern Area Joint Apprenticeship Committee (SAJAC) on land donated by Local 132 in LaMarque, Texas.

Since the center was completed in June 2006, the two classrooms and 22 welding booths have been in near-constant use, says Mark Thompson, business manager and secretary-treasurer of Local 132 since July 2002.

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Canadians attend second annual train-the-trainer program

Pictured above are national coordinator Grant Jacobs (seated); kneeling, l. to r., L-73 rigging instructor Eric Lindsay (Halifax, Nova Scotia); L-128 welding instructor Ron Sostomi (Toronto, Ontario); L-146 instructor j’Amey Holroyd (Edmonton, Alberta); L-146 executive board member Darwin Leitch; L-555 instructor Jim Beauchamp (Winnipeg, Manitoba); and ITI instructor Mike Parnell. Standing, l. to r., are L-128 training coordinator Ed Frerotte; L-128’s Marc Guay; L-359 instructor Russell Osborne (Vancouver,

Event features four-day Master Rigger course

CANADIAN APPRENTICE TRAINING coordinators and their staffs attended the second annual train-the-trainer conference Nov. 5-9 in Woodland, Wash. Grant Jacobs, national training coordinator, said the conference is designed to prepare and equip local union training instructors to provide “first-rate training programs for our members.”

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