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L-105 retirees continue to give back Six retirees from Local 105 (Chillicothe, Ohio) recently spent a day volunteering at the VA Cincinnati Healthcare System. For years, this dedicated group has donated their time to serve coffee and donuts to veterans who are patients at the hospital or are there receiving care. “Their dedication to helping others is a reflection of the unity, brotherhood and community service that define our union,” says Joseph Ledford, L-105 Business Manager/Secretary-Treasurer. These small acts of service offer a great way for lodges to give back to their communities. — Jul 2
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L-1255 forges Klein Tools’ reputation for excellence Craftsmen don’t buy junk tools. They buy the tools that work right and last; the tools that were made right. So, it only makes sense that one of the “go to” brands for craftsmen is Klein Tools. Klein Tools are not only used by craftsmen, they’re made by them. Local 1255 Boilermakers (Chicago) are the craftsmen and craftswomen who have been making Klein Tools for decades. — Jun 30
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Boilermaker quality helps Allied Groups revive Hackney Ladish Business is booming and the future is bright at Hackney Ladish in Russellville, Arkansas. There’s a positive vibe across the 380,000 square-foot-facility where Local 1510 (Russellville, Arkansas) Boilermakers make a line of weld fittings—elbows, reducing elbows, tees, reducing tees, concentric reducers, crosses and caps in a wide range of sizes, 48-inch and down, in carbon and high yield steel. All painted a signature green that means it’s a quality, domestic product—emphasis on quality. — Jun 22
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The 17th Consolidated Convention fights unjust ‘labor draft’ The second world war hung over the Boilermaker delegation during the 17th Consolidated Convention, held in Kansas City Jan. 31 to Feb. 12, 1944. Sometime before the Convention, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had proposed Congressional legislation to institute a wartime “Labor Draft Law.” He likened the bill to a military draft. The bill would affect workers’ ability to decide what jobs to do and how much they’d be paid, usurping worker autonomy and union power. — Jun 10
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IBB wins landslide organizing vote at Georgia Trojan Battery facility Workers at Trojan Battery in Sandersville, Georgia, have made it crystal clear through an 89-23 vote: They want a union. The overwhelming vote in favor of unionizing with the Boilermakers comes after a five-month campaign led by Carlos Brooks, Southeast Organizing Coordinator, M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund and Edwin Allen, Southeast Organizer, M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund. According to Brooks, Trojan workers were fed up with working conditions and with being grossly underpaid. “The overall issue was the working conditions,” he said. “They needed a voice.” — Jun 9