Laborers' Local 942

05/22/2026

LIUNA Northwest Region thanks for the shoutout and recognition that the realities of working in harsh conditions and near-total darkness for the winter months takes its toll on everyone, our members more so than most as they work out in the elements on pipelines, in production yards, and all across the state.

Alaska winters bring weeks of near total darkness, and for construction workers, isolation and long hours can take a mental toll. That's why LIUNA Local 942 provides confidential mental health support, peer networks, and stress resources to help our sisters and brothers navigate the dark season.

05/09/2026

LIUNA Northwest Region, great choice in pictures to represent the training that takes place at Alaska Laborers Training School! Teaching our members FBE (Fusion Bonded Epoxy) Coating will be a vital component of any AK LNG main and transmission lines!!

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Feature Friday!

Alaska Laborers’ Training Fund, an affiliate of The Northwest Region, is one of the few Union training programs where Apprentices can learn to work in extreme arctic conditions.

Because many projects are in isolated areas of Alaska, our Alaska Brothers and Sisters are trained not just to build but to handle harsh weather, remote environments, and unique ground conditions (permafrost) that most construction workers in the US never experience.

05/04/2026

As we shake off a record cold 🥶 winter, things are heating up 🥵 at the Local!

An event conceived of, coordinated, and instructed by our very own Laborers Women's Caucus Local 942 occurred this past weekend, where a total of 29 women not associated with the trades were given the opportunity to experience our work and learn first-hand from many of our women leaders in Local 942.

“Women Leading the Build” was spearheaded and started last year by our very own Emaly MacLean, apprentice coordinator for AKLTS and former chair of the Laborers Women’s Caucus. Done in concert with Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center, this work highlights all the opportunities available for women as a construction craft laborer!

We look forward to seeing these ladies around the Hall and on our job sites in the very near future!

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07/15/2025

Such an incredible start to the 2025 Leadership Conference.

Moving stories from Locals across North America, telling their part in how LIUNA will march to a and giving all labor leaders in the LIUNA Northwest Region the tools to get there!

05/08/2025

Proud to partner with such an amazing organization that has the most amazing people running it. At Solid As A Rock FC, Melinda and her team are dedicated to bringing great fights to Fairbanks and do so in a well-run and family-friendly event!!

If you don’t have tickets to Summer Bash 2025, get yours before they sell out!!

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Stopped by Laborers’ Local 942 this AM to drop off their tickets, and pick up a sponsor check! These guys are new on board with us, and we want to give them the biggest THANK YOU for trusting us to represent them both diligently and professionally.

If you see their crew at the event, be sure to say hello, and give them a thank you, too!

See you there!

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04/24/2025

Laborers putting in that WORK!! Jacob Howdeshell Davie Jane Kinden

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The Willow Project didn’t just happen—it was built by LIUNA's boots on the ground and voices in the fight. When organize, mobilize, and show up, we...

10/05/2024

Great turnout today for our Labor Walk with Alaska AFL-CIO Fairbanks Central Labor Council and all of the Unions that participated!!

35 leaders showed up today to talk to their brothers and sisters about our state candidates, as well as Congresswoman Mary Peltola!!

When Labor Votes, Labor Wins!
LIUNA

10/01/2024

Get to the polls and go vote!!

When Laborers vote, Laborers' win!!

08/15/2024

in unison helping the community, learning about what their Union is doing for them, and getting out as the political machine that we have been in years past! We are always proud of our members, never more than when we are all out in orange and gear!! #942

03/27/2024

In reflecting on the horrific accident in Baltimore yesterday, we often seek to find commonality with those that have perished. In this instance, we need not look further than our Brothers and Sisters. Those six souls on the pothole crew still working as the tragedy unfolded could have easily been at City of Fairbanks Public Works, or any one of our civil contractors. Our prayers go out to their families, and our undying respect goes out to those lost. Union or not, these men and women were lost doing what moves this country forward, laboring to keep America moving.

In the somer words of Sister Stacey Pare-Malcolm: "My heart is heavy today with the tragedy of the Baltimore Bridge collapse. I don’t know if the victims are LiUNA Brothers and Sisters or from a different trade Union but either way I feel connected. They were road construction workers like me. This may have been an out of the ordinary circumstance but it is just another example of how we can be injured. We do dangerous work that is important to the infrastructure of our world. Our ultimate goal is to be safe, get the job done and go home to our families. I am sure that many of my Brothers and Sisters are feeling this as well. I pray for workers and their families."

In a way they are and will always be us. We are one, agree or don't, we are connected in ways that sometimes only show themselves or can be felt with the greatest of tragedy.

Work safe Brothers and Sisters.

- Jacob Howdeshell, Business Manager