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.
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.
The oldest Insulators Local Union, Local 1, recently celebrated its 125th anniversary.
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.
On Aug. 19, HFIAW Local 34 celebrated its 110th anniversary at the Radisson Blu Hotel Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.
Institutions of all kinds are finding ways to reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint as environmental awareness and energy conservation continue to increase.
Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Trust (LMCT), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and gave an update on two pieces of federal legislation, the need to educate the public on the work Insulators perform and how the trades are combating a labor shortage.
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.
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.
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.
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.