When contractors fail to pay proper employment taxes because they pay workers under the table and misclassify employees: Workers lose pay, benefits and opportunities for safe, decent jobs for their families. Taxpayers and our communities lose billions of dollars in public funds. Contractors who abide by the law and pay taxes lose work to those […]
Do you know how much tax revenue is being siphoned out of your state and county? If you’re a legislator, stopping construction-industry tax fraud IS YOUR JOB. Are you the one turning a blind eye to workers’ comp fraud and tax fraud or are you part of the solution? Learn more about construction-industry tax fraud […]
I cannot stress enough how important it is that you vote in the mid-term elections on Nov. 8. As union millwrights, it is vital that we let our voices be heard – in every election and especially this one. Many issues critical to our work opportunities and union way of life are at stake. Please […]
This fall with just seven outages, is the smallest season on record since opening the nuclear office in 2016. I attribute this to the many unit upgrades and modified maintenance schedules in conjunction with the upgrades. However, with those same influences I am confident spring 2023 will be one of the largest seasons. One employer notified […]
Texas In the Dallas area we are looking at projects coming up at Owens Corning for about six weeks and another project at Dalek Refining for four to five weeks. Central Texas is picking up with work at Tesla, Samsung, and projects popping up in the Midland and Big Spring area. On the Gulf Coast, […]
North Carolina FA Willhelm has positions for pharmaceutical work in Durham and Concord. Vaccinations are required. 10-15 positions available. Silman will be beginning work at a UPS facility. New construction with eight plus months of work. 30 to 40 positions available. Work continues at Purina in Eden, North Carolina, with additional scope. South Carolina CR […]
It has been a busy few months for the Central Region. New members in the Central Region are needed as more working opportunities present themselves. Millwrights are in high demand across our eleven-state footprint as we have more work than members.
With low pressure and generator issues, the spring outage at Waterford should be finishing up mid-June. As is typical with the power demands at a peak for summer, all nuclear plants are online providing the much-needed electricity. In discussion with our partnering contractors, we will have an average fall outage season. I hesitate to state […]
The Eastern Region has been maintaining a few projects that are providing steady hours and working opportunities but may ask for more at any time. There is an open need for millwrights with an MSHA card in the Tampa Bay area. There is an outage at the end of August in Jacksonville at plant Kennedy […]
Spring outage work was very busy for our members across the Central Region. Work is starting to slow down a bit for the summer, so now is a great time to take advantage of training and enhancing your skill sets. Bottoms up organizing is a great way of recruiting within our organization, and if you know […]
The Western Region continues to have work beginning throughout the 4 state region with gas and steam turbine work in both Texas and Louisiana, Automotive work in the Austin and San Antonio areas, and Hydro work in Oklahoma and Arkansas. We encourage our members to take this slower time of year to keep your training […]
Work has begun to slow down as we get into the summer months, but there will be work picking up at Tesla in Austin and a few power generation projects are actually scheduled out of season. Airport work should be picking up in Houston and Dallas and LNG work is ongoing in Louisiana. Oklahoma should be […]
Good day brothers and sisters of the SSMRC Eastern District. I would like to provide you with a work update for the Carolinas, Georgia, and Florida. The first item is that work seems to be slowing and we are getting more people on the out-of-work list. There are a few projects that are popping up […]
Spring outage work was very busy for our members across the Central Region. Work is starting to slow down a bit for the summer, so now is a great time to take advantage of training and enhancing your skillsets. Bottoms up organizing is a great way of recruiting within our organization, and if you know of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The work outlook for the Eastern District is phenomenal. I would like to bring recognition to the crew of millwrights that performed the outage at Plant Addison in Thomaston, Georgia. This outage was the first time a union contractor went in to perform the inspection of the gas unit. This inspection led to a full […]