George Schwab, a millwright apprentice in Local 2411, has been a member of the SSMRC since June of 2020 after taking advantage of the Helmets to Hardhats program to ease his transition into a construction career after serving in the military.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law May 20 that reduces the time Oklahomans can receive unemployment benefits from 26 weeks to 16 weeks beginning in January of next year.
May Member E-News: Hundreds of industry leaders attend Southern District Labor-Management Conference, Member Spotlight, Southern District Vice President shares hurricane safety message, and more
Q2 2022 Civic Action E-News: Governors oppose labor agreements; Staff meet with Labor secretary, VP; Oklahoma cuts unemployment; Georgia passes labor-friendly laws; SSMRC fighting tax fraud; and more
Primaries are happening across the South; make a plan to get out to vote. Voting laws across some of the Southern states have changed. Here’s what you need to know.
Please fill out the form below if you would like to attend the SSMRC Sisters in the Brotherhood meeting that will be held May 31 at 7 p.m. Central time. The deadline to register is May 29 at midnight. At this online Zoom meeting, sisters will be invited to nominate members to hold the following […]
aluminum-recycling mill in Bay Minette, Alabama, will provide a wealth of opportunities for SSMRC partnering contractors and millwrights to install robotics and other equipment at a 3,000-acre site.
Governors of nine states in the SSMRC’s 11-state jurisdiction have signed a letter opposing an executive order issued in February that requires project labor agreements on large, federally funded construction projects.
Both side and roofing panel installation is going well during construction of the $5 million, 25,000-square-foot training facility in Nashville, Tennessee.
Spring outage work was 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 […]
Work in the Western Region of the SSMRC is still wide open and should carry us into June or possibly further into the summer months. There are several power generation projects kicking off in early May which will create a need for turbine mechanics and the petrochemical industry hasn’t slowed down at all. May and […]
Good day members of the Eastern District of the SSMRC. I am pleased to report that the work opportunities for this month are promising. Our district continues to diversify its industry portfolio bringing continued working opportunities for the members. With the spring outage season winding down, I am reporting to you on the upcoming income […]
April Member E-News: Central Region representatives attend Mobile Oilmens Golf Tournament, UBC Military Veterans Program training center opens near Fort Campbell, Member Spotlight, and more
We are now into the last of the report dates for the Spring 2022 season. With 12 outages, manpower requests totaling close to 800, and work opportunities not only in the SSMRC jurisdiction but nationwide, we struggled to keep up. Apprentice ratios, “new to nuclear”, and members from outside of our jurisdiction numbers were above […]
Since he became a union millwright in 1994, Ellis Griffin has worked across all 11 of the council’s states in nearly every industry that the SSMRC serves, and while he mainly sticks to turbine work these days, he takes pride in serving as a mentor to the apprentices working alongside him.
Regional councils and locals that make up the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, our parent organization, participated in more than 200 events and initiatives across the United States and Canada during construction-industry Tax Fraud Days of Action, April 11-16, 2022.
Representatives from the SSMRC’s Central Region attended the Mobile Oilmen’s Annual Golf Tournament in late April, with the council sponsoring a hole at the tournament to bring exposure to more than 450 participants from industries in the Gulf region.
Local 1192 Business Representatives Clint Smith and Les Roberts partnered with Plant Barry and Alabama Central Credit Union at the 2022 Plant Barry APSO Sporting Clay Shoot to help raise money for children in Alabama who are facing life threatening conditions.
A new training center that is part of the Military Veterans Program run by our parent organization, the United Brotherhood of Carpenters, began training its first class of applicants earlier this month. The Clarksville, Tennessee, center is serving soldiers transitioning out of the U.S. Army at nearby Fort Campbell.
A proposal by a Republican U.S. senator from Florida would increase income taxes for the lowest-earning 40% of Americans and allow all federal legislation to “sunset” within five years, meaning programs including Social Security, Medicare, and more would end unless Congress reauthorized them.