LABORTOOLS INDUSTRY NEWS

When the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry 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.

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provided the union training center with important information they would have otherwise never received from their old, outdated and non-mobile friendly website.

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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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.

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. 

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.