News | Southeast Area Boilermakers

Texas Ash Grove Cement workers act fast to unionize

Workers at Ash Grove Cement in Midlothian, Texas, voted 65-25 in favor of unionizing with the Boilermakers after a swift organizing campaign that began just a month ago.

IBB wins landslide organizing victory at Georgia Trojan Battery facility

Workers at Trojan Battery in Sandersville, Georgia, made it crystal clear through an 89-23 vote: They wanted a union.

Southeast Area secures new three-year CBA

A new collective bargaining agreement, signed Aug. 12, focuses on making union Boilermaker work more attractive to skilled tradespeople in the Southeast Area and boosting union manpower.

Photo: Plant Scherer is the largest megawatt producer in the U.S. and thanks to the M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund, Boilermakers are back working there after three decades.

After decades, Boilermakers return to Scherer and Yates with union contract

Thanks to the M.O.R.E. Work Investment Fund, Boilermakers out of Local 26 (Savannah, Georgia) have regained work they lost over 30 years ago. Boilermakers signed a three-year contract with two Southern Company facilities, Plant Scherer and Plant Yates, for maintenance work.

BREAKING: Boilermakers win Sherwin-Williams organizing campaign

L. to r. SEO Carlos Brooks, ISO-ED Don Hamric and IR Mitch Beasley celebrate their union win in front of the Sherwin-Williams sign.

Chris Elmore and Mike Autry are ready to speak with future boilermakers.

Kentucky welding competition advances recruitment

The Kentucky Welding Institute 2025 National Senior Welding Competition in Flemingsburg, Kentucky, on April 16th offered students real-world training and scholarships—and opened the doors to future Boilermaker recruits.