International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers
The International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers (AWIU or Insulators) is a trade union in the United States and Canada, founded in 1903. It is affiliated with the AFL–CIO and the Canadian Labour Congress and the North America's Building Trades Unions.
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Full name | International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers |
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Founded | July 7, 1903[1] |
Members | 30,000 |
Affiliation | AFL-CIO, CLC, NAMTU |
Key people | James Bud McCourt, president |
Office location | 9602 Martin Luther King Jr. Hwy., Lanham, Maryland, United States |
Country | United States, Canada |
Website | www.insulators.org |
The union was formerly known as the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers, but the name was changed to reflect a symbolic new direction away from the hazards of exposure to asbestos.
References
- Our History International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, n.d., retrieved 20 May 2017
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