Alaska Ironworkers

12/12/2025

The holidays? Don't take a break from Safety.

12/08/2025

This is a long read but enlightening. We believe we are the land of the free but not at the top when it comes to workers' rights. With the major nations of the world where workers' rights exist we are at the bottom of the list.

The U.S. has ratified just 2 of 10 core ILO worker rights treaties — fewer than nearly every ally and countries with terrible labor records.

12/04/2025

Just a reminder... Stay SAFE today.

12/03/2025

One should never count on anything until the ink is dry on the contract but this could be good news ..... proposed job includes 450 ironworkers. for details click in space below.....

Alaska’s proposed LNG pipeline could require an unprecedented 7,000 workers at peak construction, according to new estimates from project developers. With a planned 800-mile route and four major construction spreads, officials warn that the state’s already tight labor market may struggle to meet...

12/01/2025

A Local 751 apprenticeship has led to good pay, home ownership, paid off school loans, career opportunities, a retirement plan, life free of worry over healthcare costs, etc.....

For a long time, the safest post–high school advice was simple: go to college and the rest will follow. But that belief is wobbling under the weight of rising tuition, unpredictable job markets, and debt loads that many graduates can’t comfortably carry. Layer on broader economic uncertainty, an...

11/30/2025

Yes, Alaska needs a new terminal but it appears that there is a lot to work out.

Planning for two separate projects is currently moving ahead.

11/28/2025

This Day in Labor History, OCTOBER 28
1879 – Union organizer and anarchist Luisa Capetillo is born in Ariecibo, Puerto Rico. She organized to***co and other agricultural workers in Puerto Rico and later in New York and Florida. In 1916 she led a successful sugar cane strike of more than 40,000 workers on the island. She demanded that her union endorse voting rights for women. In 1919, three years before her death, she was arrested for wearing pants in public, the first woman in Puerto Rico to do so. The charges were dropped.

1965 – The St. Louis Gateway Arch is completed after two and one-half years. Originally sold as a jobs program for thousands in St. Louis suffering from severe unemployment, the 630-foot high arch of stainless steel marks the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial on the waterfront of St. Louis, Mo. Although it was predicted 13 lives would be lost in construction, not a single worker died.

11/27/2025

11/27/2025

This holiday, we pause to recognize the dedication, pride, and skill that every Ironworker brings to jobsites across North America. Your work is the backbone of our communities and the foundation of a stronger tomorrow.

From our union family to yours, we wish you a safe, restful, and meaningful Thanksgiving. Thank you for everything you build, every day.

11/26/2025

This case still grinds on at the Dept. of Labor. This is what used to be called a "Company Union."

Last year the Department of Labor sued SkyWest alleging that its in-house pilot association violated federal laws governing unions.

11/24/2025

There was a time when "The Union Label" was a guide for purchase of goods and even services....
To show that products were made by union workers, union labels were sewn into clothing, attached to hat bands, stamped on printed material, engraved on horseshoes, or displayed on the labels on cans. To show that retail establishments employed union members, union “shop cards” were displayed in storefront windows and behind the counters at bars, butcher shops, restaurants, and barber shops. To show that workers themselves were paid-up union members, union pins were worn by street car drivers, musicians, and construction trades workers. The tactic made unionism highly visible, and it made it easier for the public to support union enterprises.
By 1978 the importance of "union made" was slipping due partly to cheap imports
and the corporate creed ... "more profit what ever the cost." In response, one union produced a commercial that was on all the TV networks...when then numbered 3.
Here it is....even more relevant today.

11/21/2025

Some thoughts from the Business Manager of Local 5:

https://www.constructiondive.com/news/no-skilled-trades-shortage-workers-need-better-projects/804893/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Issue%3A+2025-11-12+Construction+Dive+Newsletter+%5Bissue%3A78754%5D&utm_term=Construction+Dive&fbclid=IwY2xjawONk9dleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeIIdt8Wv8r9YPxsYSinVfq0f7_H6Roaepnpa9dxppNpSdM0-80mxnPKpaLjw_aem_cCkypeTJp1Pd9XIqtDsHUA

The issue is not a lack of willing people, but a lack of steady, quality jobs, writes an Iron Workers union business manager.