Spring outage work has been very busy for our members across the Central Region. We have many Automotive and power-generation projects taking place now or coming up at various sites as well as paper-mill and refinery work.
Bottom up organizing is a great way of recruiting within our organization and if you know of anyone available that is mechanically inclined and wanting a lifelong career then organize them! Put the individual in touch with your local business representative and let’s get them to working. We are in need of new members as more working opportunities present itself across our region.
Millwrights are in high demand across our eleven state footprint as we have more work than we do members, so now is a good time to organize!
Please reach out to your business agent and put yourself on the out-of-work list if you are available for work. If you are traveling outside of your home local jurisdiction for work, check in with the local that has jurisdiction where you are procuring work.
Please take advantage of all opportunities to enhance your skill sets (forklift, welding, aerial lift, rigging) through the training department. As always, let’s do things right the first time, on time, every time while being safe, professional, and productive!
We are working with the following contractors at the listed facilities.
Local 1554:
- O’Connor has a project coming up at TVA’s Lagoon Creek.
- Silman Construction is kicking off their project at the FedEx plant in Memphis, Tenn.
- Siemens is ramping for a project at the TVA Brownsville facility in late February and will last through March 2022.
- ASI continues with their project at General Motors and is expected to last for six more months.
- The Springhill, Tenn., General Motors and the new battery plant projects are well underway and are going well.
- Ford’s Blue Oval City project is currently underway with their civil and underground utilities.
- Shimmick Construction is currently working at the Chickamauga Lock & Dam.
- Currently we have projects kicking off at TVA facilities to include;
- John Sevier
- Plant Allen
- Bullrun
- Kingston
Local 1192:
- Siemens has a project at Plant Hillabee in Alexander City, Ala. If you are interested in this project please reach out to Clint Smith 205-789-9299.
- Universal Plant services is ramping up at Ascend in Dectaur, Al.
- Toyota Tupelo is performing weekend work.
- US Steel is starting to pick up with its outage work and is in need of more millwrights for their balance of plant outage work.
- APM has a project at Plant Christ in Pensacola, Fla.
- Universal Plant Services is ramping up for a project at Ascend in Pensacola, Fla.
- Boldt will be needing conveyor millwrights at Pennington paper mill. If you are interested give Lessie Roberts a call at 251-454-5771.
Remember, organizing is an effort by all and if you know someone who is a good fit for our organization, have them get in touch with your local agent.