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“Unfortunately, this horrible tragedy has affected our IAM family in a catastrophic way,” said IAM Resident General Vice President Brian Bryant, a Local S6 member and former Bath Iron Works pipefitter.

From Washington Times • Oct. 26, 2023

Her father worked as a pipefitter, not a plumber, and her mother worked as a school district secretary, not a teacher.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2018

When travelling south for work in 1965, he was hired by PPG as a maintenance pipefitter and soon earned a reputation as a mechanical genius.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2016

It is true whether he be plumber, pipefitter, professor, rabbi, imam or priest.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 5, 2014

Hood’s grandmother, reached by phone Tuesday, said that Davis, who worked as a pipefitter, was the godfather to Hood’s son and that he had attended the concert with Tom Day, another victim.

From Washington Post