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Teamster Pipeliners Trained In Minnesota
The Building Materials and Construction Trades Division recently trained pipeline members in Minnesota. The training was sponsored by the National Pipeline Training Fund and included forklift certification, CSA, load securement and training on track trucks and stringer trucks.
“We were able to train 150 of our pipeline Teamsters,” said Marion (Bubba) Davis, Director of the Division. Our instructors Richard Lindsay of the Construction Teamsters Training and Upgrading Fund of Southern California, Joe Gleaton of Teamsters Local 509’s training center and Joe Costello and Greg Stroud of the Illinois Teamsters/Employers Apprenticeship and Training Fund did a terrific job.”
“The need for pipeline construction workers is on the increase and we are committed to providing the best training for our members so that they can take advantage of these good job opportunities,” Davis said.