When Robert Hodge decided to go back to school, he had an advantage as a Boilermaker: He got to use the Union Plus Free College Benefit, available to all Boilermaker members and their families. Two and a half years of hard work and dedication paid off in June when Hodge graduated summa cum laude with his associate degree in business management with a concentration in labor studies.— Jul 22
Solving climate change is the most complex and difficult challenge humans have ever undertaken. So it would seem that a rational and unbiased approach would be essential to getting it right. After all, we are talking about fundamental shifts in how we create and use energy, with unprecedented impacts on our lives and the lives of generations to come.
But we aren't getting it right.— Jul 20
Delegates met in Washington D.C. for the Boilermakers annual LEAP conference April 25-27 amid a time when the labor movement is gaining momentum across the United States. During the three-day conference, speakers outlined the need for strong labor protections, a balanced energy policy and the need to secure domestic supply chains. Also addressed: cracks in trade policies and offshore manufacturing that have been exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic and continue causing problems across the country.— Jul 13
Rosie the Riveter icon, civil rights activist and America's oldest National park Service ranger, Betty Reid Soskin, announced her retirement this past April. Soskin, who is a Boilermaker and worked as a file clerk at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond, California, retired at age 100. She was a member of a wartime auxiliary lodge at the shipyard. Pictured with Soskin to celebrate her retirement are, l. to r., IVP-WS J. Tom Baca and IR Tim Jefferies.— Jul 8
