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T&W Stamping president Jessy Vandygriff didn’t quite get it right when he addressed 25 T&W Boilermakers (Local 1622) in Youngstown, Ohio, who are picketing to protest illegal action by their employer:
❌ He says he can't take union dues out of our paychecks...
✅ How can dues come out of a check he's not going to write?
❌ He says we all must negotiate in good faith...— Mar 28
The Boilermakers union joined with several other labor organizations in a coalition led by the United Steelworkers union in filing a Section 301 petition, March 12, calling on the United States Trade Representative to initiate an investigation of Chinese commercial shipbuilding. The goal is to restore the United States’ shipbuilding capacity, ultimately safeguarding national security, providing good paying jobs and ensuring consistent access to needed goods.— Mar 28
If you wanted to join the Boilermakers union in 1893, you had to be a “white, freeborn male, citizen of some civilized country.” The language of the organization’s constitution at the time was clear—and it wasn’t unusual.
To say that times have changed is, thankfully, an understatement. Today, men and women from all races, religions and manner of makeup are members of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers, AFL-CIO.— Mar 26
It’s been nearly six years since the initial boot camp program kicked off in July of 2018, and the success of the program is evident. Dozens of local lodges have hosted the camps throughout the United States, completing 258,730 training hours in over 105 boot camps, teaching 1244 students with an overall pass rate of 86%. In just the first two months of 2024, seven boot camps trained both new recruits and apprentices.— Mar 20
The Boilermakers union has joined in a coalition of labor organizations led by the United Steelworkers union in filing a 301 petition, calling on the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to initiate an investigation of Chinese commercial shipbuilding.
Read a full press release issued by USW.— Mar 12
