International Brotherhood of Boilermakers - The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers, AFL-CIO

Business is booming and the future is bright at Hackney Ladish in Russellville, Arkansas. There’s a positive vibe across the 380,000 square-foot-facility where Local 1510 (Russellville, Arkansas) Boilermakers make a line of weld fittings—elbows, reducing elbows, tees, reducing tees, concentric reducers, crosses and caps in a wide range of sizes, 48-inch and down, in carbon and h...

The second world war hung over the Boilermaker delegation during the 17th Consolidated Convention, held in Kansas City Jan. 31 to Feb. 12, 1944. Sometime before the Convention, President Franklin D. Roosevelt had proposed Congressional legislation to institute a wartime “Labor Draft Law.” He likened the bill to a military draft. The bill would affect workers’ ability to decide w...

Workers at Trojan Battery in Sandersville, Georgia, have made it crystal clear through an 89-23 vote: They want a union. The overwhelming vote in favor of unionizing with the Boilermakers comes after a five-month campaign led by Carlos Brooks, Southeast Organizing Coordinator, M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund and Edwin Allen, Southeast Organizer, M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund. Acco...

IMMEDIATE RELEASE (PDF) Defendants in Jones case found guilty on most charges Boilermakers union issues statement of support for verdict Kansas City, Mo. (June 5, 2026) — The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers issues the following statement upon the recent verdict regarding the United States v. Jones et al:   The International Brotherhood of Boilermakers supports the ve...

The Shipbuilding and Harbor Infrastructure for Prosperity and Security for America Act, the SHIPS Act, is legislation that will help to rebuild America’s shipbuilding capacity. The legislation would strengthen domestic shipyards, modernize ports and harbor infrastructure and create long-term demand for U.S.-built ships. For Boilermakers, that means more work opportunities, stron...