Local 433 changed my life🤙🏼

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This sticker keeps me on-site and non-violent

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What’s this thingy?

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Joe biden visits lo 512...Who let them take a pic with a hardhat like that? 🤣

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Tired of the guys on here saying I can’t weld because I critiqued someone’s work. I’ll prove ya wrong

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3 years in and I love ironwork

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Take a look @ me being badass

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Remember that photo of the construction workers having lunch on the unfinished Empire State Building? Well here's the photographer Charles Ebbets taking that photo, 1932

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5 guys 1 butler build 🤠

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Ironworker: 225% More Dangerous Than Being a Cop.

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Look at the bullshit I have to do.

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A worker takes a memorable photo of himself in front of a skyscraper under construction in New York City, 1960s

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Any pointers

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Rate my helmet

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Riding apprentices hard

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Rainout

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Got two checked the other day and am going to take a few weeks off. Decided a tool inventory and clean up/ organization.

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Should I set my hood to grind or weld while driving home during eclipse ?

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Got a new beater

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Union vs non-union...

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Safety

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Made this sticker for a friend. (It’s his cat, Gustavo)

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Merry Christmas from LU 397, Tampa!

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How do I measure center of column?

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New apprentice here. Officially got my book number today!

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Memorabilia

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Finished my apprenticeship finally a journeyman tomorrow it’s gonna rain so ima go see my dentist and get a cleaning then ima go show our agent my knots and sign my journeyman papers

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Vertical root weld on bevel plate

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How is my stick vert

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Burning

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It allllll pays the same.

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what are these?

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Antique spud collection

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Always amusing seeing this one.

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Just caught this

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It was a inch too long.

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3 months into rodbusting

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Got accepted into the union!

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What is that ?

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Ever work outside of North America ?

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Easiest way to get that motherfucker unstuck.

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It’s Safe to say I Hate Cold Roll

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Boo if you want. I'm still right.

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Thoughts?

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Just gonna post this here

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Looks like I am doing well!

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1st year: So what all tools do I need? Me:

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Love my new scabbard from McClure clan leather

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Am I doing this right?

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Just a reminder that the UBC are scabs.

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Bolt up life.

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Ariat Boa’s?

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Hey Brothers , any one interested in metal signs let me know. 24” rounds.

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Trees

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Another one down

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Amazon Warehouse Newburgh NY

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One of my favorite perks of the job.

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hard hats

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How many of you are getting new hard hats with chin strap? We got ours about 2 weeks ago.

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my partner is an IW and I figured his stickers could use some improvement. this way I get to go to work with him too.

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Raising an Amazon

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Torquing up some bolt!

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Fredrick Kaddu a 378 brother and an apprenticeship instructor Rest In Peace...

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Just a lil cage

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Putting in work on a wind farm💪🏼

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Passed my D1.8 today and took my first production welding call. After spending the last four weeks on the out of work list, it's great being back in the field.

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Cool parting gift from my foreman after 2 years.

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Felt kinda cool. Won't lie. Friend took the picture.

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Thorogoods are for hosers bud

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learn ur knots fellas

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Santa Rosa Court house

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18 Story North NJ

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We lost a good one yesterday. Josh Johnson local 378. You will be missed.

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I hate doing kickers

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Rest in peace babe ♡

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New boot goofin

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spud wrench scabbards $40 double $30 single, zelle venmo cash app or bourbon

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New to Ironworking but not to welding.

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Sometimes saying “fuck it” works.

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First day on Monday, thank you for all the help. Wish me luck.

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This should be interesting

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Not every day you get to look down on the big crane!

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Had some great stickers made. Trying to spread them far and wide to by brother and sisters.

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New to this page. Local 732 hand here. This is my structural setup. Probably get some flack for my belt but it’s comfy don’t tear me up to bad 🤣 American bridge spuds and custom leather from a brother in my hall. What y’all runnin for setups ? Waiting on a custom quick release belt at the moment

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Truth

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Some over head welding at the gym plant in Detroit

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My old man was a union ironworker for 30+ years. When he heard there was a subreddit for fellow badasses he wanted me to share a pic of some of his old hard hats.

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1st bridge

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Get up on it

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Told him he’s out of level. Operator said it’s fine 🤣

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Oh it's that one beam, back there...

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don’t know if this belongs here, but here’s works latest project. a weeks progress. 5 of us.

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Slow day on the job site.

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New Boot Goofin!

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Pants Repair

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We got a bunch of new apprentices this morning. I think I'll sit back for today.

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First year structural apprentice, what else should I be rocking on my belt?

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Final Girder

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🇺🇸 Building America 🇺🇸

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Anyone seen this style collar on a sleever bar?

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What you guys think about this pic? Lol

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Is my harness ready to roll? Been welding non union the past 3 years. Got into an ironworkers union, first structural gig tomorrow

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New sticker

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Dreams are made of this.

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The Ironworker

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I'm super proud to have earned this as a first year apprentice, but I don't want to put it on my cheap ass hardhat because I plan on getting a good one once I have the money. So for now I'll just show it my brothers and sisters here.

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Just enough snow to make the working floor an ice skating ring. Don't you love mornings like these.

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gun blued my spuds the other day, how do you guys care for and store your spuds.

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Ironworkers built AMERICA 🇺🇸

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Look, it ain’t always easy being the #1 apprentice 😂

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Anybody else love block and bar joist jobs? Or is it just me?

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Probationary journeyman

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Hate walking in the web. Feet keep sticking. Why engineers?

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Building Seattle

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it's not the high steel, but I love working the iron.

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Merry Christmas fuckers

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Pm for details. 70 each includes postage

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Be brutally honest I’m practicing verts

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Warehouse project local 725

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Happy Friday union Ironworkers, have an upvote.

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Any of Y'all Remember the days when these were the standard hard hats on an Iron Job? Even with my 33 years in the trade I can't say that I remember anybody wearing one of these Hard hats.

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Yes sir

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Sacramento local 118.

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Love long term jobs! 7 more years to go/2 years in!

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Sleever Bar

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Fucking apprentices

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I learned my max yesterday. 5,600 square feet of #4, 12 inch centers. 9,000 pounds. All punked, tied, and dolbied by myself in 10 hours.

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Gonna start chasing cranes on Monday, how’s this belt setup look to y’all?

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Local 63 Setting Steel With A Helicopter At The Wrigley Building

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New spud day! after rave reviews I decided to give the box end a go

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Look at this sexy thing !!!! Cordless drill press made by none other then milwaukee.

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They broke down when breaking down. MF Kliens

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Bolt Washer Beam Nut vs Nut Washer Beam Bolt

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First tool belt as an apprentice for rebar. Any tips? Should I replace my folding ruler with a tape measure? Should I go with a Pocket knife, utility knife or both?

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How do you guys warm up on cold days on the derrick floor?

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my dads old bags🤙🏾 he worked up from a laborer to foreman to now an estimator at the same company

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My first day tmo with local 118 as a rod buster I’m pretty excited for this new journey in life. Anything I should know before tmo?

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First time running beads on flat plate

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First day of the rest of my life starts tomorrow, couldn’t be any more grateful for the opportunity at this great career.

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Help me find my belt, please. OR/WA/ID

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name that tool

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Another one of them stripped bolt memes.

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Fuckin finally got it, still a lot of practice, but at least now i know how to practice for results.

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Last job I was at at sfo

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Took three days for three people to put this up. 70 pieces. 1/2” through bolts. 19’ tall. Rochester, MN.

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