On Vancouver Island in the City of Port Alberni, British Columbia, there is a group of active & retired Lodge 359 Boilermakers using their trade skills to give back to their community. The Boilermakers are repairing a 1929 Baldwin 2-8-2T steam locomotive in a railyard that is sandwiched between the cloudy mountains of the Alberni Valley and the Pacific Ocean.
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Boilermakers Listen: The Working Mind Program for Mental Health
2020 is the year Boilermakers start talking about mental health and mental illness.
Lodge 128 Steward Training
On February 4 & 5, at their Burlington Union Hall & Training Centre, Lodge 128 hosted Steward Training.
Indigenous Boilermakers Tell Their Story at UNDRIP Conference
On January 14th, 2020, the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers along with 600 other leaders in the Indigenous, Business, Government, Labour and Civil groups, shared stories about a pathway to finding a shared prosperity at a conference called UNDRIP 2020.
2020 Boilermaker Project Management Program
The Boilermaker Project Management course was held in Burnaby B.C. on January 26 to 31, 2020 with Boilermakers from across Canada.