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Plumbers & Steamfitters
     Local Union 659
History
Local 659 has a proud history providing highly skilled plumbers, pipefitters, welders and HVAC service technicians for the industrial and business sectors in Northeast Louisiana.   Some of our members perform work on nuclear generating stations, pharmaceutical piping, chemical piping, oil refineries, high purity piping, hazardous waste systems, and pneumatic controls for facilities across the United States.
 
Our Local can offer an unlimited source of skilled journeymen through our International of nearly 300,000 strong.  Union Contractors and our skilled craftsmen are respected for their quality, safety and reliability.  This comes from performing high quality work, on time and within budget.  We earn our reputation one job at a time and we take pride in every job.
 
The purpose of our Local is to obtain dignity and fairness for all working people.
 
WORK HISTORY IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA:
 
1950-Pumping StationPerryville
1951-            "           Liddieville
1951-            "           Transylvania
1951-            "    Epps
1952-            "           Perryville
1954-            "   Delhi
 
 
1966-Power Boiler    IP-Bastrop
 
1969-Milk Carton Plant      IP-Bastrop
 
1970-New Highway Barn    Ruston
 
1971-Recovery Boiler Stone Container-Hodge
 
1975-General Motors Monroe
 
1976-Ammonia Plant IMC-Sterlington
 
1977-Acid Plant Building   IMC-Sterlington
 
1978-Ammonia Plant Addition   IMC-Sterlington
 
1978-Power Boiler
       New Paper Machine
2 Digesters      Olin-West Monroe
 
1981-New Addition    Hodge Paper Mill-Hodge
 
1982-6th and 7th floors
       St. Francis Hospital  Monroe
 
1982-Six story front addition
Glenwood Hospital    West Monroe
 
1982-Re-worked Paper Machine
Power House   Stone Container-Hodge
 
1982-Coal Burning Boiler   IP-Bastrop
 
1984-New Instruments      IP-Bastrop
 
1985-Pecanland Mall Monroe
 
1992-New Boiler        IP-Bastrop
 
1998-7 Story Library-NLU         Monroe
 
1999-Veterans Home Monroe
 
2000-Woman's Clinic
Glenwood Hospital    West Monroe
 
2000-Morehouse General Hospital     Bastrop
 
2001 Morehouse Parish Court House Bastrop
 
2001-Horse Pavilion  West Monroe
 
2001-CenturyTel Addition          Monroe
 
2002-North Monroe Hospital     Monroe
Addition & remodeling
 
2002-Monroe Surgical Clinic      Monroe
 
2002-Calhoun Middle School     West Monroe
 
2002-Westridge Middle School   West Monroe
 
2002-West Ouachita School addition  West Monroe
 
2003-Claiborne Elementary School      Monroe
 
2005-Bechtal-Shaw Process Fabricators      Monroe