Hi Ron. Could you please forward the following information to B.White @ local 711 and anyone else who has information that may be able to assist me in searching for some answers. In Ontario Canada local 1410 is watching work take place while having nothing to do with it. There are several wind turbines being placed on and around Wolfe Island which being erected by union iron workers who are working along side non-union mechanical companies. As a local covering Eastern Ontario we have very little industry left and several members who have been unemployed for the last several months are watching all of this take place. As a small local, we the millwrights tend to work side by side with the iron workers on pretty much everything that happens in our area. The ironworkers who we have kept in touch with us regarding this issue say that even they would rather work with union millwrights rather than non union mechanical outfits. The fact is, the iron-workers are doing everything on site, from unloading barges to bolting up everything and finally installing the mechanical components on top of the shaft. Something doesn't sound or look right from a this member's point of view. My question to all of you is this: When it comes to wind turbine erection in the United States, what exactly is your jurisdiction when it comes to setting up wind turbines? Do we do it all in the U.S.? To everyone who receives this, your input will be used to help our local in searching for answers on how to approach this. Thanks for taking the time to read this and Ron, hope your feeling better.
Eric Kirby
Local 1410
Kingston ON
Canada
We Are The Millwrights
"GODS CHOSEN FEW"
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i am a millwright out of 1348, ive been working on windmills for 2 years...it used to be only millwrights and we did everything...but then and im not sure how it happened wether we couldnt man the jobs or what but they signed an agreement with the ironworkers to be 50/50 when u look at a job it sometimes doesnt look that way but millwrights do allllll of the torqueing inside as well as setting the mechanicals inside of the turbine. this usually makes a larger amount of ironworkers on the ground for the groundcrew but the companies usually try to make it 50/50 anyway if u send me an email ill try to find th ewind agreement got it here somewhere lol hope that helps...my email is genesei@ hotmail.com
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