The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers sent nearly 80 Boilermakers to the international Tradeswomen Build Nations conference in Minneapolis in October.

Canadian Boilermakers, contractors and owners convened in St. Andrews-By-The-Sea, New Brunswick, August 13-15, to discuss industry issues, solutions and updates. Under the conference theme “Moving Forward Together,” attendees addressed safety, workforce planning, the nuclear industry in Canada, workplace technological advances, carbon capture and storage, indigenous recruiting and other pertinent topics during the 2019 Boilermaker Industry Tripartite Conference.

On July 16, 2019, the newly appointed Minister of Labour, Monte McNaughton took the time to visit the Local 128 Boilermaker Training Centre in Sarnia.

26 Boilermakers from the Thunder Bay union hall and their employer Venshore Mechanical Ltd raised $1,070 for the local hospital while performing annual maintenance on the Ontario Power Generation (OPG) generating station biomass power boiler in Atikokan, Ontario.

Nearly 200 current and retired Boilermakers from Local 203 (St. John’s, Newfoundland) and guests gathered August 10 in Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital St. John’s from throughout the province and far beyond to celebrate the local’s milestone 50th anniversary.