Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act prohibit an employer from requiring a workforce member to disclose whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine to the employer, clients, or other parties? No. The privacy rule does not apply to employment records. Generally, the privacy rule does not regulate what information can be requested from […]
Does the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act prohibit an employer from requiring a workforce member to disclose whether they have received a COVID-19 vaccine to the employer, clients, or other parties? No. The privacy rule does not apply to employment records. Generally, the privacy rule does not regulate what information can be requested from […]
As we are wrapping up the fall 2021 outage season, and I am gathering information for the spring 2022 season. Although I have not received all schedules, I am hoping the spring outages are spread out enough to afford members the opportunity to work more than one outage. The fall schedule provided that opportunity to […]
Fall outage work is very busy for our members across the Central Region. We have many power-generation projects taking place now or coming up at various sites as well as paper-mill and refinery work. Please reach out to your business agent and put yourself on the out-of-work list if you are available for work. If you […]
Local 216: Local 216 has had work pick up across Arkansas and Oklahoma. We have millwrights working for Walbridge at a Wal-Mart distribution center in Bentonville, and this is the first time we’ve been inside that facility. We also have millwrights working at Kimberly Clark in Conway, with another project coming up at Tokusen in […]
Local 1000: We have been working power-generation jobs with SGS, APM, and TOPS Field Services. Western Industrial is working on a FedEx project at Miami Airport. Western Industrial is also working on another FedEx Ground facility in Miami. We’re back working on the Miami Transit Project doing warranty work with Sissco Hoist. We are working […]
The Central South Carpenters and Millwrights Training Trust Fund is hiring a full-time instructor to deliver millwright craft training for apprentices and journey-level millwrights at the Baton Rouge, Louisiana, training center. The Central South Carpenters and Millwrights Training Trust Fund is a regional training program, and some travel will be required. Basic requirements for the […]
The Southern States Millwright Regional Council offers a win-win solution for contractors and facility owners who need a large, temporary workforce of highly skilled millwrights for shutdowns, turnarounds, and outages. “We have a ready, available labor force that’s 5,700-plus strong,” said Wayne Jennings, executive secretary treasurer of the SSMRC. “If you need additional millwrights for […]
No. COVID-19 vaccines do not create or cause variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. New variants of a virus happen because the virus that causes COVID-19 constantly changes through a natural ongoing process of mutation (change). Even before the COVID-19 vaccines, there were several variants of the virus. Looking ahead, variants are expected to […]
No. COVID-19 vaccines do not create or cause variants of the virus that causes COVID-19. New variants of a virus happen because the virus that causes COVID-19 constantly changes through a natural ongoing process of mutation (change). Even before the COVID-19 vaccines, there were several variants of the virus. Looking ahead, variants are expected to […]