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LOCAL 17 HAS A FACEBOOK PAGE
For those members who use Facebook. Local 17 now has a facebook web page. Goto search engine on the facebook website and look up Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 17. Join now to stay in touch with members you haven't seen in a while.
Jonathan Marks
President of Local 17
Non-union firms are worried of worker-training rules favored by unions, said Greg Beeman, president of the ABC.
An attorney for the contractors has fired off a letter to Patrick objecting to the make-up of the new Board of Examiners of Sheet Metal Workers.
Meanwhile, the Associated Builders and Contractors of Massachusetts and Air Conditioning Contractors of America are raising funds for a possible legal showdown over who sits on the new licensing board. The main complaint is that no representatives from non-union shops sit on the board - and non-union firms are worried they’ll be saddled with expensive worker-training rules favored by unions, said Greg Beeman, president of the Associated Builders and Contractors.