Local 1 celebrates 125th anniversary
The oldest Insulators Local Union, Local 1, recently celebrated its 125th anniversary.
The oldest Insulators Local Union, Local 1, recently celebrated its 125th anniversary.
HFIAW Local 1 St. Louis Mechanic David Knipp has taken his passion for unions to the world of TikTok to promote the benefits of joining a union. And in a short time, he has become an “Insulator Influencer.”
Jerry Donovan, retired Local 1 Business Manager, passed away on Jan. 5 after suffering a heart attack. He was 62.
Mechanical Insulators Labor Management and Cooperative Trust Deputy Director Gina Walsh appeared on the Oct. 12 episode of America’s Work Force Union podcast to give a preview of the North America’s Building Trades Unions’ Tradeswomen Build Nations Conference.
Missouri State Sen. Gina Walsh, a member of the Insulators Union, was honored by her fellow state senators in mid-September.
Spring Hill, Tenn. —Third-generation union insulator, Gary Payeur of Florissant, Missouri, heads to Colorado, where he encounters “Frank the Tank” during his first western mule deer hunt on the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s (USA) Brotherhood Outdoors TV episode airing the week of August 24.