Click Here to view the February 2012 Meeting Notice
Click here to view and print the application for a Boilermakers Pennsylvania Specialty License Plate(view article)
Click Here to download the current Apprenticeship Training Codes and Schedule which is in effect from January 1, 2012 through June 30, 2012
Let your voice be heard! Tell our elected officials that thousands of jobs are at stake and that we need to keep our refineries open. Click on the link below to sign the petition to keep our refineries open. http://www.signon.org/sign/keep-northeast-refineries/
On Thursday, December 8th, let's call on Congress to extend Federal unemployment benefits.(view article)
Click Here for more information regarding a medical survey for welders
Click Here to view employment opportunities in Canada
Click Here to view the United Auto Workers - Union Made Vehicle Guide. Remember to Buy American and Buy Union. Keep the work in the United States and Canada. The jobs you save could be yours or your neighbors. Click Here to view Union Made Boots Website and put Ameicans Back to Work or go to www.theunionbootpro.com CLICK ARTICLES ON RIGHT --->
Click on the link below to view the article http://www.boilermakers.org/resources/news/kudos/Conectiv_praises_L-13_power_plant_work
Click on the link below to read article and to see Rich Kelley with Russian Bear http://www.boilermakers.org/resources/news/L-13_Kelley_bags_Russian_bear
Click on the link below to read the article and to see the video of Roger Jayne : http://www.boilermakers.org/resources/news/L-13_Jayne_named_TAUC_Craftperson_of_the_Year
The Officers and Members of Boilermakers Local 13 would like to welcome you to our newly designed website. Although this website is in its infancy we hope you will find our site useful and informative as we build upon it. We appreciate your interest in our great Local and International Union.(view article)
February 2012 Monthly Meeting Notice Friday, February 10, 2012
Ohio Right to Work could go to 2012 ballot - Friday, February 17, 2012
Rep. Higgins to receive first Abe Breehey award - Thursday, February 16, 2012
U.S CONGRESSMAN BRIAN Higgins (D-NY 27th) will become the first recipient of the Abe Breehey Legislator of the Year award in recognition of his tireless work on behalf of working families. International President Newton B. Jones will present the award April 25th, during the 44th annual LEAP conference in Washington, D.C.
$14 billion Plant Vogtle gets green light for reactors - Friday, February 10, 2012
THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY Commission (NRC) on Feb. 9 approved the first licenses to build nuclear reactors in the United States in more than 30 years – and much of the skilled labor involved will go to union Boilermakers.
Costing $14 billion, the project involves adding two new 1,200 Mw Westinghouse AP1000 reactors (units 3 and 4) at the Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (Plant Vogtle) in eastern Georgia. The plant’s existing reactors (units 1 and 2), which also produce 1,200 Mw of electricity each, began operating in the late 1980s.
Boilermaker wins labor activist award - Thursday, February 09, 2012
LOBBYING, PRECINCT WALKING, and phone banking to elect labor-friendly candidates are all in a day’s work for Local 549 (Pittsburg, Calif.) member Wilmer Ellis. A Boilermaker of 34 years, Ellis has been selected by the Contra Costa County Central Labor Council and Building & Construction Trades Council for the Labor Activist of the Year Award.
VIDEO: Purdue professor discusses ‘Occupy Super Bowl’ - Friday, February 03, 2012
Tithi Bhattacharya, an associate professor of South Asian History at Purdue University and a protester who is taking part in Occupy the Super Bowl, discusses the protest and the opposition to Indiana’s so-called “right-to-work” law.
The Leadership and Members of Boilermakers Local 13 would like to welcome you to our website where you can find a great deal of information about us. The Boilermakers of Local 13 work on projects of all shapes and sizes.
Today's field construction boilermaker is a vital part of construction project team. We erect and repair boilers, pressure vessels, air pollution equipment, blast furnaces, water treatment plants, storage and process tanks, stacks and liners.
A boilermaker could be involved in the installation of a giant superheater section in a large utility boiler, the erection of a 750,000-gallon water storage tank, the placement of a nuclear power plant reactor dome, the replacement of cyclones in a refinery catalytic cat-cracker or the construction of components on a hydroelectric power station.
The Boilermakers of Local 13 are vital to many industries throughout Eastern Pennsylvania and New Castle County, Delaware and it's because of our highly skilled, dependable, productive, safe, and quality minded workforce. We are over 1,000 members strong and growing. We are always looking for the best and brightest that the region has to offer.
We encourage you learn more About Us, we hope that you enjoy your time on our site, and finally, we welcome all Feedback.
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