they originally applied for 400 pipefitters and 200 production welders. production will this should have -- productiond as welders should have been classified as pipefitters. this is not uncommon. we just had another posting yesterday for another hundred reduction welders in the harris county area. these h-2b certifications should have the proper server case applying welders. the welding certification companies are required to have, each company must have a welding program and a welding step that to pass aelders certificate for the job being performed. are really job shops. they are supplying labor to general contractors and other construction companies that have the welding stamp them that means they are providing the production welder, basically being a payroll administrator. there are specific requirements for job shops. we don't think these companies can meet the litmus test of the temporary need if it was applied to them if they just checked the job content job on the application form. due to all of our concerns, we i amnued to discover -- concerned

for 400ginally applied pipefitters and 200 production mothers. these production others have been classified -- should have been classified with a rate of -- the company is working on same construction project for the same general contractor for both occupations, this is not uncommon. just had another postage is a for another 100 production workers in the county area. the certification would be an issue for production welders. these h-2b certification shouldn't have to use a print on that she's a proper production circulation when applying for half to usehouldn't a proper production circular schwan applying for welders. the requirement is to take a welding test. this is also true in the marine industry. these companies are really chop shops and don't have asked me stamps. they're just applying labor to general contractors under construction companies that have a welding stamp. they are basically being a payroll administrator. there are specific requirements and the h-2b program. the don't think these companies can meet the litmus test of the tempo

for 400ginally applied pipefitters and 200 production mothers. these production others have been classified -- should have been classified with a rate of -- the company is working on same construction project for the same general contractor for both occupations, this is not uncommon. just had another postage is a for another 100 production workers in the county area. the certification would be an issue for production welders. these h-2b certification shouldn't have to use a print on that she's a proper production circulation when applying for half to usehouldn't a proper production circular schwan applying for welders. the requirement is to take a welding test. this is also true in the marine industry. these companies are really chop shops and don't have asked me stamps. they're just applying labor to general contractors under construction companies that have a welding stamp. they are basically being a payroll administrator. there are specific requirements and the h-2b program. the don't think these companies can meet the litmus test of the tempo

if your example -- if i was an unemployed union pipefitter and that's what i am, i'm a pipefitter, i'm a welder, and i go into an unemployment center and i apply for that job and i see one of the job postings in there, here's a job that's paying a little bit more but it's only two or three weeks, i'd probably take that because, see the other job, a production welder, ten months long and it's a lot lower wage, several dollars an hour lower and i'm not going to apply for the job the simple fact it's not used what i'm working for my standard of living and it's the wrong wage and if it's advertised as a pipefitter welder job, at the right wage, they might look at that wage and say i might want to take that job. >> mr. costa, you detailed some problems with advertising and wage rates that aren't really accurate or don't properly provide opportunities for american workers. and it seems to me that one of the questions we need to wrestle with is something north carolina did a great job i think in dealing with, which is incentivizing people to not be on benefits but to go to work. now, i think

pipefitters, ironworkers and others are also specialty work. they have their own code inn their own job family. that includes performing welding. each of these union trades have registered apprenticeship programs that teach welding for the specialized table welding incidental to the trading construction industry. i haven't come across any registered production company that teach welding for construction. we have a number of programs in the gulf coast that have h2 workers working today that were certified as welders. there really is no limit on what type of welding they can perform when they're lumped into one category. if these companies were assigned the proper construction trait, the the wages would have been greater for the american workers and guestworkers the wages would become included in the right section to be included in the annual wage updates.uc here are some statistics. production welders 2078 an hour. a pipe fitter is $23.5 an hour. and $26.28 an hour. two of those hour. two of those graphs would require how higher wages. they orig

is so intensive, i mean you need engineers, guys running ventilation, mechanic or carpenter or a pipefittere all these different types of people. that's what was so good about it. >> anthony: mining was always dangerous but these men are proud of what they do and of the generations who came before them. who built neighborhoods and schools and helped power the nation. >> jim keane: they loved their work. they raised their families. they worked all the time. >> anthony: it was a destination with hopes and dreams of hard work leading to a better life. >> jim keane: you know the company's a son of a bitch, let's face it. but they were our son of a bitch. so you know that's just the way it was. the community worked to support the people. here's the fun part! >> anthony: cool! >> jim keane: how many holes do you usually drill to make a round? >> matt: oh, between twenty and thirty. >> anthony: what is a round? >> matt: this pattern has to be drilled out and every time you advance the face, that is a round. you drill it, you load it, you blast it, you muck it, you bolt it, you drill it again. and

we can also create jobs for construction workers, pipefitters, steelworkers and utility workers as we upgrade pipelines and fit them with state-of-the-art technology. the pipes act makes strides in these and many other areas. i was especially focused on including measures to help safeguard against the catastrophic consequences of an oil spill in our precious waterways, especially the great lakes. thanks to a provision that i originally worked on with my colleague, senator stabenow, the entire great lakes basin will now be designated as an unusually sensitive area. this will make any pipeline that could spill in and around the great lakes subject to higher standards for operating safety. the bill also adds coastal beaches and maritime coastal waters as areas that should be considered when making an unusually sensitive determination. we also must recognize the unique regional challenges that our nation's far-reaching pipeline network present. in michigan, we get serious winters. lakes and rivers freeze. even the great lakes end up under very thick ice cover. to address these challenges,