“We’re hoping to take care of projects that most volunteer groups can’t handle,” District 77’s Ross Olson said.
Machinists volunteers put skills to work for Twin Cities nonprofit
October 15, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Union pipefitters make furnace repairs for homeowners in need
October 3, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Repairs will reduce energy costs and prevent heat failure.
Letter Carriers’ food drive restocks local food shelves
May 12, 2018 by
Stamp Out Hunger is the nation’s largest one-day food drive, and it’s powered by union members.
Kera Peterson: Political action critical to defending our basic freedoms
April 27, 2018 by
We are strongest when we come together in union. This November, voters will be asked to choose between candidates who support this basic freedom and those who don’t.
Unions, contractors provide plumbing repairs to homeowners in need
April 12, 2018 by
St. Paul Plumbers Local 34 turned out more apprentice volunteers in 2018 than ever before – an encouraging sign for the future of “Water’s Off” locally.
Union volunteers step ‘outside their element’ on ice palace job site
January 22, 2018 by
“It’s out of the ordinary for anyone in the trades to be using a chainsaw.”
Union volunteers building Super-sized ice palace in St. Paul (photos)
January 17, 2018 by
Building Trades volunteers are building the city’s most ambitious ice palace in over a decade. Construction of the 4,000-block, 70-foot tall structure began last week, and it’s on track to wrap up before the St. Paul Winter Carnival begins its 17-day run Jan. 25. Festival organizers anticipate Super Bowl visitors will flock to Rice Park […]
Learning Jet classroom gets lift from Trades apprentices, volunteers
November 21, 2017 by
The Learning Jet has been wowing kids since the cargo plane-turned-classroom opened at St. Paul’s Downtown Airport two years ago. The facility’s portable restrooms, on the other hand, have drawn a much different reaction. That will change when the Learning Jet’s expanded space opens next spring, thanks in part to volunteers and apprentices from area […]
Volunteer Pipefitters keep heat on for homeowners in need
October 2, 2017 by
Over 100 low-income, elderly and disabled homeowners in Minnesota received free furnace repairs and inspections Saturday, thanks to union pipefitters and their contractors. Project Heat’s On, in it’s 31st year, drew volunteers from local unions in St. Paul, Minneapolis, Rochester and St. Cloud. In the Twin Cities, 90 members of St. Paul Pipefitters Local 455 […]
Sheet Metal Workers put new lid on St. Paul’s municipal booya shed
May 8, 2017 by
St. Paul’s municipal booya kitchen has a new roof, thanks to members of Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 and union contractor Berwald Roofing. Four members of Local 10 installed a new standing seam metal roof on the structure in Highland Park today. The contractor donated supplies; Local 10 picked up the labor costs. The union’s […]
