Union volunteers rebuild pier at Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center [Video]

ATHENS, Texas (KETK) – A group of volunteers braved the late June heat to rebuild a fishing pier at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.

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According to a release, volunteers from the International Union of Elevator Constructors (IUEC) Local 21 were out working, despite a 105 degree heat index, to repair a broken down fishing pier at the fishery center.

“Adults and kids alike use the piers for fishing,” Tom Lang, Inland Fisheries Division outreach director, said. “From newborns to elderly in wheelchairs. People from all across the country come here. We get school groups and senior citizens’ homes.”

This project was a part of a series of volunteer projects by the IUEC Local 21 through the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance’s Work Boots on the Ground program. According to the Union Sportsmen’s Alliance, the IUEC Local 21 volunteers had previously been out …