Local 19 team creates SMART19 Portable Modular Air Pressurization Filter Box
What do you do when a historic pandemic forces the entire country to shut down? If you are a team of unionized sheet metal workers at Sheet Metal Workers Local…
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Sheet metal trade seeking veterans to join ranks, apprenticeships
Unemployment rate for college-age veterans is 21.3 percent FAIRFAX, Va. – Many veterans enlisted in the military instead of going to college. Instead of learning where their dorm room was,…
Read More Sheet metal workers, Helmets to Hardhats help vets find careers
Iraq, Afghanistan vets ages 18-24 have highest unemployment rate at 31.3 percent FAIRFAX, Va. – The unemployment rate among military veterans has been the talk of the nation lately, with…
Read More Program teaches inspectors skills to improve quality, build rapport
Building inspectors learn from sheet metal workers who design HVAC systems FAIRFAX, Va. – The unionized sheet metal and air conditioning industry has been reaching out across the aisle to…
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