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Ted Stevens international airport Anchorage Alaska summer of 2010 drove this "lizard" or heavy hauler for Quality Asphalt & Paving its a 773 rock truck which they added a 5th wheel to attach a B70 trailer more power & more trailer for heavy hauls. My…

Nancy Donaldson - Sheet Metal Worker - Local # 104
This is called punching the deck. Its a weighted bar, that you side inside metal tubing, sharp point on the edge breaks hole into metal decking. Its a work out in itself, and usually you punch…

Jamie Hopkins - Sheet Metal Worker - Local # 104 working lifting units on roof by helicopter lift.

Sheet Metal lady working on scafoling in San Francisco, CA

My name is Rosalie Demetzky. I have been in the Laborers Union for going on 25 years. This is a picture of me in Perth Amboy, NJ on the chipping gun. Mind you before this job I had never run a chipping gun. I not only learned it at age 51 but…

Donna works off of a lift at power plant in Los Angeles.

Individual interviews were filmed at the Empower meeting Dec13, 2012 They can be viewed in their entirety by copying and pasting the url of these youtube videos. Millie http://youtu.be/KlaulciCtDg Donna Madril 1 http://youtu.be/hTpwegx4rkA Donna…

Tradeswomen Posters created at the Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Center in Long Beach in 2000-10

Laborers Union 252.

I joined the Shipscalers Union July 26th 1974. I went to work for Todd Shipyard on Harbor Island as a Laborer. The Shipscaler Union was taken over by the Laborers Union, local 252, sometime in the late 70's early 80's. I had…

Evan talks about her beautiful hardworking hands

Evan explains to reporter Andrea Castillo of the Oregonian how she got into the trade and how the apprenticeship works. She also talks about how Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. helped her find her path.