{"id":23220,"date":"2014-03-27T08:12:25","date_gmt":"2014-03-27T13:12:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=23220"},"modified":"2014-03-27T08:12:25","modified_gmt":"2014-03-27T13:12:25","slug":"metal-trades-look-to-make-inroads-into-gulf-coast-shipyards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/metal-trades-look-to-make-inroads-into-gulf-coast-shipyards\/","title":{"rendered":"Metal Trades Look to Make Inroads Into Gulf Coast Shipyards","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid business growth\u00a0may be the key to finally unionizing\u00a0shipbuilding\u00a0workers in Mobile, Ala., where an Australia-based defense contractor has successfully fought union organizing for more than a decade.<br \/>\nThat\u2019s the estimation of Ron Ault, President of the AFL-CIO\u2019S\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.metaltrades.org\/\">Metal Trades Department (MTD),<\/a>\u00a0an umbrella group for unions representing boilermakers, machinists, pipefitters, and other skilled shipbuilding workers from around the country. \u201cThere is a boom in Gulf Coast shipyards now,\u201d Ault says, and high demand for skilled workers may give unions a\u00a0foothold. Gulf shipyards are recruiting workers from all parts of the country, including heavily unionized areas, and the presence of this whole new generation of workers is a real opportunity for labor organizing, according to Ault. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/inthesetimes.com\/working\/entry\/16365\/booming_business_at_alabama_shipyard_gives_unions_a_shot\">Click here for more of the story from In These Times reporter Bruce Vail<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapid business growth\u00a0may be the key to finally unionizing\u00a0shipbuilding\u00a0workers in Mobile, Ala., where an Australia-based defense contractor has successfully fought union organizing for more than a decade. 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