WV House Leaders Visit IUOE 132

Oct 13, 2022 | Apprenticeship, Government

Operating Engineers 132 Apprenticeship Training Coordinator Allen Nelson (right) gives a tour of the IUOE 132 training site to a delegation of WV House of Delegates leaders, led by Speaker Roger Hanshaw. Over the last two years, the Affiliated Construction Trades...

WV Selected as Site for Multi-Billion-Dollar Natural Gas Power Plant

Oct 13, 2022 | Industry

Last month, energy company Competitive Power Ventures announced it had selected West Virginia as the state it would build a new natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant with carbon capture and storage. According to the company, the plant will produce about 1,800...

IUPAT DC 53 to Provide Elevated Tank Training

Oct 13, 2022 | Apprenticeship

The Painters District Council 53 is preparing to start renovating this tank (see picture), located at their apprenticeship site in Weston, to offer elevated tank training as a part of their apprenticeship program. The tank is the only elevated tank on-site at an...

October 2022 – Volume 31

Oct 1, 2022 | 2022, The ACT Report

October 2022Volume 31

WVCBT Endorsement Process Description

Sep 20, 2022 | Government

The WVCBT endorsement process is based on work related issues like restoring prevailing wage, workplace safety, enforcing and strengthening licensing laws, opposing so-called Right-to-Work, and other issues important to the Trades. WVCBT participates in the WV AFL-CIO...