Over the weekend, workers at Nichiha in Macon, Georgia, voted in favor of unionizing with the Boilermakers union. More than 250 workers turned out for the vote, with 55% voting “yes” for the union. Nichiha manufactures fiber cement siding panels that are primarily used in residential construction.— Jul 14
It is no secret that our union has been through some trying times. I don’t need to go further on what has transpired in our industries, our world and even within our own union over the past few years; we all lived through these things together.
The Boilermakers union is no stranger to challenges and change. Time and again in our history, when industry innovations have threatened to make our crafts obsolete, we too have innovated and risen to greet new opportunities and evolve.— Jul 8
Possible legislation and new energy technologies both threaten and offer opportunities for Boilermakers in the Western States Section. At the 2025 Western States Tripartite conference April 28-29 in Napa Valley, California, Boilermakers, owners and contractors delved together into the region’s political and energy environment, new work opportunities and initiatives to address Boilermaker manpower and other challenges.— Jul 3
Boilermaker work has evolved over more than a century from the union’s roots in steam-powered locomotives to shipbuilding, refineries, nuclear power plants, the latest pollution mitigation technologies and more. And while Boilermakers themselves have also evolved with industry changes, they’ve remained constant as the dependable, go-to welders, riggers and fabricators that steep the union’s history.— Jun 27
