LIUNA’s weatherization program has the potential to create hundreds of family-supporting jobs and cut energy costs for tens of thousands of struggling homeowners. LIUNA has already begun to train weatherization workers in New Jersey and Delaware and more than a dozen governors and mayors are now considering adopting the LIUNA weatherization model in their states and cities.

Working men and women can join LIUNA in several ways:

• By working for an employer which already has a contract with LIUNA.
• By joining together with coworkers to form a union with LIUNA.
• By reaching out to a Local Union where you live or work.

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LIUNA Local 55 Members - Back to Work Weatherizing New Jersey
LIUNA Local 55, a newly chartered local in New Jersey, created a pilot program to provide weatherization training for local unemployed residents. The program ensured that green jobs were also good jobs: trainees earned accreditation, were paid family supporting wages and received health benefits.

A crew of 21 workers from the program performed energy audits, sealed air leaks with caulking, applied weather stripping around doors, wrapped pipes and hot water heaters and applied fiberglass insulation in 30 Newark homes. Homeowners whose houses were weatherized saw an immediate reduction in their energy bills.

Local 55 will train an additional 350 unemployed workers by the end of this year and their weatherization program serves as a model for LIUNA’s nationwide weatherization efforts.