--- title: Labor Tools Industry News | Industry Education description: Industry Education | --- [![LaborTools logo](https://www.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/labor-tools-logo-white.png?width=1251&height=244&name=labor-tools-logo-white.png "LaborTools logo")](https://www.labortools.com) ![iStock_91066419_XXLARGE-edited-cropped.jpg](https://www.labortools.com/hs-fs/hubfs/iStock_91066419_XXLARGE-edited-cropped.jpg?width=5081&name=iStock_91066419_XXLARGE-edited-cropped.jpg "iStock_91066419_XXLARGE-edited-cropped.jpg") # ** LABORTOOLS INDUSTRY NEWS March 31, 2020 #### [UA launches customer focused website helping with industry education](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ua-launches-customer-focused-website-helping-with-industry-education) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/37410_1581003547737(1).jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ua-launches-customer-focused-website-helping-with-industry-education) When the [United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry](http://www.ua.org/) decided they needed to overhaul the website used to promote its residential plumbing services, they contacted LaborTools powered by BMA Media Group to get the job done. [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ua-launches-customer-focused-website-helping-with-industry-education) January 17, 2020 #### [Union Training Center’s New Website Provides IBEW Recruitment Data](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/union-training-centers-new-website-provides-ibew-recruitment-data) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/Pittsburgh%20Electrical%20JATC%20Home%20Page-1.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/union-training-centers-new-website-provides-ibew-recruitment-data) A new website for the IBEW Local 5 JATC has provided the union training center with important information they would have otherwise never received from their old, outdated and non-mobile friendly website. [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/union-training-centers-new-website-provides-ibew-recruitment-data) May 9, 2019 #### [Print products are still effective for use by union organizations](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/print-products-are-still-effective-for-use-by-union-organizations) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/iStock_48075882_LARGE-edited-cropped.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/print-products-are-still-effective-for-use-by-union-organizations) Despite what some may say, print is far from dead. In fact, when it comes to marketing, there are ways print can stand out from digital communication. [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/print-products-are-still-effective-for-use-by-union-organizations) July 20, 2018 #### [Insulator Union Value: Mechanical Insulation and Value Engineering](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/insulator-union-value-mechanical-insulation-and-value-engineering) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/InsulatorAction3%20Cropped.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/insulator-union-value-mechanical-insulation-and-value-engineering) When value engineering is brought up in the presence of those affiliated with the mechanical insulation trade, it is often met with derision, and is understood mainly as a cost cutting procedure. While Value Engineering (VE) is often used as a cost cutting mechanism when budgets get tight on building projects, it was not designed with this as its primary function. It is for this reason, and other, the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Local Insulators Unions have partnered with BMA Media Group to help promote the benefits of mechanical insulation.  [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/insulator-union-value-mechanical-insulation-and-value-engineering) May 18, 2017 #### [BMA creates TV commercial for IBEW Local Lineman Union](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ibew-local-104-we-keep-the-power-on) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/IBEW%20Local%20104%20TV%20Commercial.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ibew-local-104-we-keep-the-power-on) In order to share the value of what they do on a daily basis with the communities they serve, IBEW Local 104, working with LaborTools, powered by BMA Media Group decided to create a 30 second TV spot that would make it clear that they deliver a valuable service to their communities, day in and day out.  [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ibew-local-104-we-keep-the-power-on) September 13, 2016 #### [Apprenticeship Recruitment Video Project Reaches Completion](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/apprenticeship-recruitment-video-project-reaches-completion126) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/UA%20ITF%20Video.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/apprenticeship-recruitment-video-project-reaches-completion126) For the last several months, LaborTools, powered by BMA Media Group, has been working on a nationwide apprenticeship recruitment project for the United Association’s International Training Fund. This project was designed to recruit highly-qualified apprentices for the HVACR branch of the UA, mainly targeting the high school and college age demographic. [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/apprenticeship-recruitment-video-project-reaches-completion126) September 13, 2016 #### [BMA and Union Training Fund Team Up to Create Educational Video](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/bma-and-union-training-fund-team-up-to-create-educational-video) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/iStock_44401210_XXLARGE-cropped-edited.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/bma-and-union-training-fund-team-up-to-create-educational-video) By 2025, the United Nations estimates that 1.8 billion people will be living under conditions of absolute water scarcity, and two-thirds of the world will be subjected to water stress. [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/bma-and-union-training-fund-team-up-to-create-educational-video) September 12, 2016 #### [Need Help Connecting With Your Union Members?](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/need-help-connecting-with-your-union-members) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hs-fs/hub/383205/file-2302172239.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/need-help-connecting-with-your-union-members) [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/need-help-connecting-with-your-union-members) March 25, 2016 #### [Ohio Bricklayers Praise New Limits on Silica](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ohio-bricklayers-praise-new-limits-on-silica) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/IUPAT_New_Silica_Rule_a_Win_for_Workers.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ohio-bricklayers-praise-new-limits-on-silica) The following press release was sent out on Friday, March 25, 2016, from the Bricklayers & Allied Craftworkers of Ohio and Kentucky. The long awaited, dramatically reduced exposure regulations by the Department of Labor was made public by Secretary Perez at the BAC Training Center in Bowie, Maryland.  [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/ohio-bricklayers-praise-new-limits-on-silica) February 29, 2016 #### [LaborTools Completes Second Phase of UA-ITF Apprenticeship Recruitment Project](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/labortools-completes-second-phase-of-ua-itf-apprenticeship-recruitment-project) [![](https://www.labortools.com/hubfs/12743569_1009847652429459_3297761169485097285_n.jpg) ](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/labortools-completes-second-phase-of-ua-itf-apprenticeship-recruitment-project) What do hammerhead sharks, ice cold beer, water slides and disease free patients have in common? You may be tempted to say, “Nothing at all,” but you’d be wrong.  They are all related by their reliance on complex plumbing systems, and the skilled men and women who install and maintain them every day. [Read More](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/labortools-completes-second-phase-of-ua-itf-apprenticeship-recruitment-project) [All posts](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/all) [[fa icon="chevron-right"]](https://www.labortools.com/labor-tools-news/topic/industry-education/page/2) ##### LaborTools powered by BMA Media Group is used to help strengthen our client’s organizations. We work with unions from the local level to the international, with training funds and labor management partnerships, as well as other labor organizations. 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