Heat and Frost Insulators News and Events

HFIAW members attend Building Trades Academy training

Over 30 HFIAW leaders involved with organizing and contract negotiating attended Building Trades Academy (BTA) training events this fall to improve their skills and better serve their members. 

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Local 1 celebrates 125th anniversary

The oldest Insulators Local Union, Local 1, recently celebrated its 125th anniversary. 

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Unprecedented construction boom in central ohio fuels Local 50's growth

In a recent episode of the America's Work Force Union Podcast (AWF), Columbus/Dayton Business Manager Dan Poteet shared exciting news about the construction industry in Central Ohio.

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Local Minneapolis celebrates 110th Anniversary

On Aug. 19, HFIAW Local 34 celebrated its 110th anniversary at the Radisson Blu Hotel Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.

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Local 75 improves energy efficiency at local libraries

Institutions of all kinds are finding ways to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint as environmental awareness and energy conservation continue to increase. 

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Multiple Local 86 contractors needed for battery plant megaproject

After Insulators Local 86 Nashville members finish work on the Ultium Cells battery plant in Spring Hill, Tenn., they will have logged about 250,000 manhours on their portion of the $2.3 billion megaproject. 

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Local 21 prepares for $1 billion paper recycling mill project

A large amount of work is headed Local 21 Dallas' way after an Atlanta-based company announced plans to invest $1 billion in a state-of-the-art paperboard recycling mill in Waco, Texas. 

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Local 5 tackles major refinery conversion under PLA

Local 5 Los Angeles Brothers and Sisters are expected to log about 100,000 hours when they're done transforming a long-shuttered refinery into the largest renewable fuels refinery in the western United States.

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Celebrating Local 18 Retiree Jerry Stewart

Jerry Stewart began his journey as a Mechanical Insulator in May of 1972.  A member of Local 18 Indianapolis, he started permit work at the Owens Corning Fiberglass facility. 

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Local 5 Business Agent Eddy Pena retires

Eddy Pena started his career with Local 5 Los Angeles and the HFIAW when he joined the union on July 4, 1988. After joining, Local 5 member Curtis Gardner offered him a job doing firestop at the company where Curtis worked as a foreman. 

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