Local 28 held it’s first Meeting November 29th, 1950 in Newark, New Jersey. In July of 1951, 823 members belonged to Local 28. In 1954, the New Jersey Boilermaker’s Union took up a more permanent residence in Bayonne, New Jersey at the Old Embassy Theater. Over the years Local 28 has remained planted in New Jersey’s Industrial- Construction Sector, with a proud history that goes back generations.