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U.S. seen as biggest oil producer

July 7, 2014 The U.S. will remain the world’s biggest oil producer this year after overtaking Saudi Arabia and Russia as extraction of energy from shale rock spurs the nation’s economic recovery, Bank of America Corp. said. U.S. production of crude oil, along with liquids separated from n [...]

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Cuomo could be key to preventing LIRR strike

July 7, 2014 ALBANY, N.Y. – As the labor dispute at the Long Island Rail Road heads toward its final innings, some officials are beginning to look to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, whom they see as the Mariano Rivera of political closers. “His track record on these matters is very good,̶ [...]

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Union Members Volunteer To Roof A Pavilion & Repair Bridge At Wisconsin’s Horicon Marsh

July 2, 2014 Visitors to Horicon Marsh in Mayville, Wisconsin will have new scenery to enjoy with the completion of the latest Union Sportsmen’s Alliance Work Boots on the Ground, all-volunteer project that brings together union members from all over the country for conservation. Union vo [...]

Statement from General President Nigro On SMART TD Elections

July 1, 2014 I would like to congratulate John Previsch who was elected president of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division this week. In addition to John, I would like to extend my congratulations and best wishes [...]

Upcoming Large Projects in Atlanta Create Opportunities for Influx of Qualified Apprentices

July 1, 2014 The Atlanta area is in the middle of a workforce drought. With major construction projects—such as the new Atlanta Falcons stadium—on the horizon, the renovation of Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, Baxter Chemical and the Vogtle electric generating plant—Sheet Metal [...]

SkillsUSA Announces Nevada Winner in Sheet Metal Competition

July 1, 2014 Kelsey Hicks, 17, of Reed High School in Reno, Nevada, won the gold medal in sheet metal work at the Nevada Skills USA competition March 26-28 at Sheet Metal Workers Local 88’s training center in northeast Las Vegas. The silver medalist was Tanner Vaughn of the Academy of Art [...]

West Virginia Residents Gain New Level Of Safety

July 1, 2014 Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has signed legislation that will make West Virginia the first state to require anyone who installs fire and smoke dampers to be licensed. In a state with little to no building code, the new law is a major step toward insuring only properly trained in [...]

Fired foreman awarded $400K in whistleblower case

July 1, 2014 A federal jury in Maine has awarded $400,000 in back pay and punitive damages to a former foreman of the Springfield Terminal Railway Co. who was fired after refusing orders to force an untrained worker to clean up a 2011 chemical spill in North Yarmouth. The Portland Press H [...]

Previsich returned to office, elections complete

June 30, 2014 SAN DIEGO, Calif. – John Previsch was elected president of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers’ Transportation Division June 30, shortly after the opening of the union’s First Transportation Division Convention at the [...]

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Former LIRR president Williams remains on payroll

June 30, 2014 At least one Long Island Rail Road employee has gotten a good deal from the MTA recently. With unionized LIRR workers readying for a possible strike next month, the Daily News has learned that the railroad’s former president, Helena Williams, who was fired two months ago, rem [...]

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