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American shipyards have long faced a shortage of skilled labor, including welders and pipe fitters, in part because the work is grueling and dangerous.
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Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Perhaps most striking: for six months in 2025, workers with an occupational associate’s degree in skilled trades — plumbers, electricians, pipe fitters — posted slightly better employment outcomes than college graduates.
—Janelle Jones, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2026
That’s partly out of necessity: Without the electricians, plumbers, and pipe fitters to finish them, their data centers will languish, leaving models dumber and IRRs deteriorating by the day.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
In northern Virginia, for example, there’s no lack of people applying to become plumbers or pipe fitters, even as data center construction has surged in the area, Madello says.
—Caroline Haskins, Wired News, 15 Jan. 2026
Records indicate that the swindled are primarily working-class Canadian retirees: plumbers, pipe fitters, electricians, roofers and iron workers.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
And in summer, pipe fitters and machinists sat on porch decks, cooled by the urban sea-breezes that pulled kitchen-curtain flags outside open windows, wafting the galley scents of cabbage and garlic to the homes docked on nearby lots.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Smith with Microsoft took this call a step further, telling senators the country must recruit and train skilled labor like electricians and pipe fitters, along with researchers at national labs and universities to speed up the construction and growth of the data centers.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 8 May 2025
Staff Pick: Budget pain points and rising prices Leila Register / NBC News; Getty Images
Nancy Breland was dreaming of a comfortable retirement after a decadeslong career as a hospital medical technologist, while her husband worked as a union pipe fitter.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 26 July 2024
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Lesley Stahl, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Perhaps most striking: for six months in 2025, workers with an occupational associate’s degree in skilled trades — plumbers, electricians, pipe fitters — posted slightly better employment outcomes than college graduates.
—Janelle Jones, Fortune, 21 Mar. 2026
That’s partly out of necessity: Without the electricians, plumbers, and pipe fitters to finish them, their data centers will languish, leaving models dumber and IRRs deteriorating by the day.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 12 Mar. 2026
In northern Virginia, for example, there’s no lack of people applying to become plumbers or pipe fitters, even as data center construction has surged in the area, Madello says.
—Caroline Haskins, Wired News, 15 Jan. 2026
Records indicate that the swindled are primarily working-class Canadian retirees: plumbers, pipe fitters, electricians, roofers and iron workers.
—Gary Baum, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
And in summer, pipe fitters and machinists sat on porch decks, cooled by the urban sea-breezes that pulled kitchen-curtain flags outside open windows, wafting the galley scents of cabbage and garlic to the homes docked on nearby lots.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 17 July 2025
Smith with Microsoft took this call a step further, telling senators the country must recruit and train skilled labor like electricians and pipe fitters, along with researchers at national labs and universities to speed up the construction and growth of the data centers.
—Miranda Nazzaro, The Hill, 8 May 2025
Staff Pick: Budget pain points and rising prices Leila Register / NBC News; Getty Images
Nancy Breland was dreaming of a comfortable retirement after a decadeslong career as a hospital medical technologist, while her husband worked as a union pipe fitter.
—Elizabeth Both, NBC News, 26 July 2024
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“Pipe fitter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pipe%20fitter. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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