COVID-19 vaccines do not change or interact with your DNA in any way. Both messenger RNA (mRNA) and viral vector COVID-19 vaccines work by delivering instructions (genetic material) to our cells to start building protection against the virus that causes COVID-19. After the body produces an immune response, it discards all the vaccine ingredients just as […]
During the past month, the National Labor Relations Board ordered a new union election at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, and, for the first time, workers at a Starbucks store voted to unionize.
Millwright apprentices in the Savannah, Georgia, area and their families celebrated a day of fun and information at the Savannah training center on Dec. 4. Forty apprentices and more than 25 family members, friends, and walk-ins participated in Apprentice Appreciation Day.
Four members of Local 1263 received service pins during a ceremony held Dec. 14. Most of the members are from South Carolina and the Augusta, Georgia, area and are employed at Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Georgia, and at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.
Local 1263: We are working with the following contractors at the listed facilities. APM – Plant Yates maintenance is ongoing. Ashton – Plant Bowen maintenance is ongoing. RCC – Plant Vogtle work in Waynesboro, Georgia, is ongoing. APM – Plant Bowen outage work is in progress. Player – Shop work is occurring. IPC Lydon […]
The Western Region of the SSMRC has been extremely busy these past few months, and while November slowed a bit toward the holiday, we are picking right back up in December. We have shutdowns at Toyota in San Antonio and emerging work in both power gen and petro-chem for Local 2232. GM in Arlington will have a […]
We have many power-generation projects taking place now or coming up at various sites as well as paper-mill and refinery work. 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 […]
Although everything has not been confirmed, all indicators are we will have a very busy spring season. Siemens’ outages will be at Grand Gulf, Waterford, Watts Bar, Farley, Comanche Peak, and Turkey Point. APM’s outages will be at Hatch, Browns Ferry, Vogtle, Oconee, and Brunswick (unconfirmed). All the start dates are preliminary, so I have […]
The reason Mike Hines enjoys his job as a union business agent is the same reason he has been volunteering in his community since high school. Both undertakings allow him to practice his guiding philosophies: make things better than you found them and help provide equal opportunities.
Matt Bartles is helping young people get into good-paying jobs while also combatting a shortage of skilled welding professionals. Matt Bartles first heard the term “millwright” from a guest speaker at the technical college he was attending in 2010. A decade later – after completing the millwright apprenticeship, working in the field, and becoming a […]
The UBC’s Military Veterans Program is wasting no time prepping our nation’s heroes to hit the ground running as professional union millwrights or carpenters once they complete their military tours.
Jeff Smith, director of the SSMRC’s Central Region, introduces Teresa Harmon, the new office manager for Local 1554.
November Member E-News: MD Anderson project profile; Updates on training center construction; Apprenticeship Week videos needed; Free t-shirt; Work updates; Infrastructure plan; and more
Millwright Local 729 president and SSMRC delegate James Perniciaro passed away on Oct. 31 due to complications from COVID-19. He was a kind, compassionate, generous person and will be deeply missed by his family, friends, and union brothers and sisters.
National Apprenticeship Week is next week, Nov. 15-21. We want to celebrate by highlighting your stories. Please send us a short video we can post on SSMRC social-media platforms.
Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act prohibit an employer from requiring a workforce member to disclose whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine to the employer, clients, or other parties? No. The privacy rule does not apply to employment records. Generally, the privacy rule does not regulate what information can be requested from […]
Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act prohibit an employer from requiring a workforce member to disclose whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine to the employer, clients, or other parties? No. The privacy rule does not apply to employment records. Generally, the privacy rule does not regulate what information can be requested from […]
The SSMRC will send you a free t-shirt after you complete the online course “101 Constitution: U.S. Government and Labor Law,” which is hosted in the United Brotherhood of Carpenters Department of Education and Training’s Learning Management System.
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced on Nov. 4 an Emergency Temporary Standard on COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing. Two days later – after multiple lawsuits were filed – the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals put the new rule on hold until the court system decides its legality.
Two robot stations at the Charlotte, North Carolina, and Arlington, Texas, training centers are preparing millwrights to work in the automotive industry and in other manufacturing facilities that increasingly use automated systems.