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Plumbing Industry News: Monthlong Kohler Strike Ends
The monthlong strike by Kohler Company workers in Wisconsin ended Wednesday evening when union workers ratified the company’s latest contract proposal. The...
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How Did Plumber’s Truck End Up in Hands of Terrorists?
The next time you sell or trade your plumbing truck, you might make sure your company name and phone number are removed...
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Texas Plumber Smokes Out Foul Odors
For several years, a 12-story building in Midland, Texas, had been experiencing sewer odors in the top four floors. Owners of the...
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Plumbing Fixture Workers Protest Contract Offer
Police on Tuesday threatened to arrest members of striking United Auto Workers Local 833 after claims of physical confrontations among picketers at...
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The Going (Broke) Rate: Why Let Competitors Run Your Plumbing Business?
Most plumbers I talk to have no idea how to properly price their service and work. What they usually do is mystery...
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Building Relationships Can Boost Your Plumbing Business
Maybe you have heard the term “community relations” and shrugged it off as a buzzword. Or maybe you see community relations management (CRM) as...
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How Self-Employed People Can Make More Money
Steve Huff is president of Steve Huff Plumbing in Kingsport, Tennessee, a company built on customer satisfaction. Founded in 1975, Huff was...
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Plumber Industry News: Mansfield Plumbing Employee Runs ‘Life-Changing’ Race
On Sept. 26, Mansfield Plumbing employee Dave Fletcher ran 26.2 miles in the Akron Marathon. He started training just 51 weeks before...
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Plumbers vs. Technicians: The Slow Decline of the Tradesman
Anja Smith, managing partner of All Clear Plumbing in Greenville, South Carolina, has been involved with the company since its inception in...
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Job Corps Students Learn Plumbing Trade
Amanda Swanson, 18, and Raha Kambale, 20, are participating in a six-week apprenticeship with Bill Howe Plumbing of San Diego, California. Although...
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Plumber Industry News: American Standard Names Delarge CEO
Steven Delarge was promoted to CEO and president of American Standard Brands and LIXIL Water Technology Americas.Delarge was named acting CEO following...
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Growing Your Plumbing Business in a Tough Economy
Robb Barnes, owner of King’s Pumping Service in Dallas, Oregon, was a teacher (biology and health) and customer service manager before entering...
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Plumber Industry News: Draincables Direct, Erickson Form Partnership
Draincables Direct and Erickson Drain Cleaner have partnered to provide a comprehensive line of professional drain cleaners and plumbing supplies.Draincables Direct will...
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Pipeline Inspection Inquisition Ends Well for This Contractor
When licensed civil engineer Nick Mathey first heard about televising sanitary and storm sewer lines, he had just completed designing a subdivision,...
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Can Language Benefit Your Business?
It’s a challenge not every plumber may face, but for those in metropolitan areas, border cities or ethnically diverse communities, language can present...
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Heating/Plumbing Contractor Fined $140,000 for Age Discrimination
Stack Bros. Mechanical Contractors of Superior, Wisconsin, a major heating and plumbing contractor in northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota, will pay $140,000...
















