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Biden’s infrastructure and inflation reduction laws are transforming the boilermaker trade
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Biden’s infrastructure and inflation reduction laws are transforming the boilermaker trade

In an op-ed, Boilermakers Local 627 Business Manager Jacob Evenson discusses how his industry has experienced a downturn in recent decades. However, with new projects funded by the Biden administration, Evenson is more hopeful than ever for the future of the Boilermakers.

Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act has created 100,000 clean energy jobs, and my profession will be a growing part of that workforce.

As a third-generation boilermaker, the profession runs in my blood. My grandfather moved to Tucson in 1948 to help build the Hughes Missile site. My father worked in copper mines and power plants all over Arizona. It was inevitable that I, too, would pick up the family trade in 2005. Now, as the business manager for Boilermakers Local 627, I get to shape the workforce that has defined my family’s history.

The above excerpt was originally published in the Arizona Mirror. Click here to view the full article.

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Jacob Evenson

Business Manager, Boilermaker Local 627 Union

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