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Pete Ielmini talks Mechanical Insulation legislation on AWF

Pete Ielmini talks Mechanical Insulation legislation on AWF

Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT), joined the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the status of two bills promoting Mechanical Insulation that were introduced to Congress. The first...

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South Bend, Indiana, Local 75 tackles the Firestop Market

South Bend, Indiana, Local 75 tackles the Firestop Market

Mechanical Insulators Local 75 in South Bend, Ind., hosted the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust Firestop Market Recovery Program from May 8 to 11. Local 75 Business Manager Andrew Miller took part in the training and other Local Union officers,...

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Local 6 hosts first Firestopping Market Recovery class of 2023

Local 6 hosts first Firestopping Market Recovery class of 2023

Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust, made his monthly appearance on the America's Work Force Union Podcast and talked about the LMCT’s first Firestop Market Recovery Program held in 2023. On the March 23...

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LMCT conducts Firestop Market Recovery Program

LMCT conducts Firestop Market Recovery Program

Insulators Local 6 Spearheads Firestop Market Recovery Sessions Insulators Local 6 hosted the Mechanical Insulator’s Firestop Market Recovery Program in early March in Boston. Local 6 signatory contractors and from the New York/New England States Conference...

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Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Tax Deduction

Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Tax Deduction

Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) Executive Director Pete Ielmini appeared on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the Commercial Buildings Energy Efficiency Tax Deduction. The deduction provides tax rebates to building...

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Properly installed firestop can save lives, protect property

Properly installed firestop can save lives, protect property

Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) Trustee Tom Dake II appeared on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast and discussed the importance of properly installed firestop, which can save lives and protect property. Dake is also the Vice...

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Ielmini on FMIA momentum, trade shows and the case for nuclear power

Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT), returned to the America’s Work Force Union Podcast on May 28 for his monthly conversation with host Ed “Flash” Ferenc. With the Federal Mechanical Insulation Act...

Insulators Advocate for S. 4312 on Capitol Hill

The Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) is proud to report that representatives from the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers and HFIAW business managers from Local Unions across the country, made their...

Ielmini on the FMIA Senate bill and the four pillars under attack

Pete Ielmini, Executive Director of the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT), joined host Ed “Flash” Ferenc on the America’s Work Force Union Podcast on April 23, fresh off the NABTU Legislative Conference in Washington. The episode was...

Federal Mechanical Insulation Act Introduced into Senate

The Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) is proud to announce the introduction of the bipartisan Federal Mechanical Insulation Act (FMIA) by U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.) on April 16. Properly...

Local 80 Firestop Training Helps Market Recovery in West Virginia

In late March, leaders from Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers Local 80 and some of the Local’s signatory contractors participated in the Mechanical Insulators Labor Management Cooperative Trust (LMCT) Firestop Market Recovery Program. The program is...

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