Local 597 Opens New Pipe Fitter Training Facility, Outfits 100 Welding Booths With Stick/TIG Welders From Miller
In an era where the media reports weekly about the financial struggles of working-class Americans, UA Local 597 is doing something positive. This Pipe Fitters Union recently opened its 198,000 square-ft., state-of-the-art Pipe Fitter Training Center in Mokena, Ill. To train apprentices and journeymen on the same type of equipment encountered on a job site, Local 597 outfitted all of its 100 welding training stations with CST™ 280 Stick/TIG welding power sources from Miller Electric Mfg. Co.