Next year, Toledo will be a hotbed of action centered largely on major construction projects. To get a clearer idea of what it takes to become tradesmen and tradeswomen to work on these and other projects, a number of local government officials toured the Piping Industry Training Center last week.
Members of the Department of Ohio Jobs and Family Services of Wood County, the Wood County Economic Development Department and Wood County Commissioners and their staff toured the PITC. The officials spoke with representatives from the Piping Industry and learned what it takes to make a skilled professional.
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Wood County Commissioners,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
Piping Industry,
Wood County Economic Development Department,
Northwest Ohio,
Wood County
Students from Eastwood Middle School recently got an upfront education about some rewarding career opportunities and what it takes to become a member of the Piping Industry on a field trip to the Piping Industry Training Center.
The students had the chance to take an inside look at one of the top training facilities in the region and all its state-of-the-art equipment.
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Local 50,
Eastwood Middle School,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
Piping Industry,
Toledo,
Northwest Ohio
The Northwest Ohio Building and Construction Trades Council, in partnership with BMA Media Group, launched the first phase of an aggressive nationwide recruitment campaign geared to bring traveling union tradesmen and tradeswomen to Toledo for the 2016 season.
Visitors to www.greatworkgreatlife.com can learn why the Greater Toledo offers traveling, skilled construction workers the opportunity to live and work in a great region.
Later this year, the temporary website will be replaced with a more dynamic, comprehensive website.
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Northwest Ohio Building Trades,
Travel,
Local 50,
Great Work Great Life,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
Construction Industry,
Campaign,
Toledo,
Northwest Ohio,
Recruitment
Members of the Piping Industry are learning new automatic welding techniques and procedures that will be used at the Oregon Clean Energy Center. These automated procedures will exponentially cut down complete weld time compared to hand welding by decreasing end preparation time while increasing deposition rate and overall weld precision.These advantages are made possible due to two innovative machines made by Tri Tool.
The first machine is Tri Tool’s RBL-G2 split frame next generation Clamshell Lathe. This tool was designed with safety as the top priority, and delivers faster, better performance when doing end prep work.
The safety of the tool comes from a fixed-position tripper mechanism with tapered drive housing, which minimizes pinch points, giving the operator increased safety when using the lathe.
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Oregon Clean Energy,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
Piping Industry,
Tri Tool,
Welding,
Toledo,
multi-process
For many Americans, Labor Day has come to be a last hurrah for summer.
It is a national holiday designed to celebrate the American worker; a holiday earned by union laborers, who fought for an honest wage, better working conditions and shorter work hours.
As Labor Day weekend approaches, many families will be gearing up for one last party on this much deserved three-day weekend off work.
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Union,
Toledo,
Northwest Ohio,
Member
On Wednesday August 19th UA Local 50 hosted all of its apprentices to the union hall for this year’s apprenticeship orientation.
Attendance at the orientation was great as apprentices of each year— from those just beginning their apprenticeships to fifth years on the brink of becoming journeymen—gathered at the UA Local 50 union hall to hear about the expectations leadership has for this year while receiving their annual class schedules.
Business Manager Scott Lopez and Training Director Chris Weaver set expectations for the year while encouraging the apprentices to get ready for a busy, diverse workload.
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Apprenticeship,
Orientation,
Local 50,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
Piping Industry,
Toledo,
Northwest Ohio
The United Association has a new partner – a fellow American union.
On August 1, the UA and Roofers Union formally agreed to an affiliation to work together on water capture systems.
The partnership allows both sides to retain their organizational independence, but aligns both groups on training, safety, marketing, organizing and other issues pertaining to water conservation and water capture systems. The unions will retain autonomy in regards to structure, finances, internal affairs, collective bargaining agreements and benefits.
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Health and Safety,
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Technical, Engineering Electrical Union,
Partnership,
Water Supply,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
Roofers Union,
Water Capturing Systems,
Plumbing Trades Employees Union,
Water Recapture
As highlighted in the Piping Industry's latest video project, dedicated apprentices of the plumbing, pipefitting, HVAC-R and welding trades - as well as our state-of-the-art Piping Industry Training Center - are second to none.
In late April, hundreds of guests, including elected officials, educators, area contractors, industry professionals, and media members filled our Training Center during an Industry Day open house. The event was held in conjunction with the 2015 UA Ohio State Apprenticeship Competition, which featured the best of the best apprentices statewide as they showed off the skills they have learned both in the classroom and on the job.
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UA Affiliation,
Apprenticeship,
The Piping Industry Training Center,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
Piping Industry,
Industry Day,
2015 UA State Apprenticeship Competition,
Northwest Ohio
Employees in certain industries, including construction are being taken advantage of from a financial standpoint by their employers.
A June report released by the Economic Policy Institute sheds light on an alarming trend in America known as employee misclassification that is rampant within industries that rely heavily on a chain of subcontractors such as construction and trucking.
Between 10 and 20 percent of employers nationwide, misclassify at least one worker as an independent contractor. According to the report, this trend is likely to have increased in recent years.
Employee misclassification occurs when a company treats someone who should be classified as a direct hire as a self-employed, independent contractor.
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construction,
UA Affiliation,
Government,
Economic Policy,
Employee,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
Piping Industry,
Misclassification,
Construction Industry,
Labor Standards,
Northwest Ohio,
Labor
Toledo's own Local 50 of The United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry will be celebrating the 125th anniversary of its union’s charter on Saturday, May 16, with an evening gala held at Owens Community College.
The special event will commemorate the many generations of Local 50’s plumbing, pipefitting, HVAC-R and welding professionals and their dedication to building up the communities across the region. UA Local 50 represents the best-trained and most highly-skilled professionals of their respective industries in the region, which is certainly worth celebrating.
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History,
Local 50,
UA of Plumbers, Steamfitters and Service Mechanics,
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