Dan Frigon, of Mexico, N.Y, a 23-year member of Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 81, welds a natural gas main at the construction of the Milton Cat facility in Cicero. (Kyle Ridlon Productions)

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The business manager of one of Central New York’s largest labor unions says it will needs thousands of new members to build Micron Technology Inc.’s planned $100 billion semiconductor plant in Clay.

Syracuse-based Plumbers and Steamfitters Local 81 has 1,500 members, all union-trained plumbers, pipe fitters, steamfitters and HVAC technicians who install and service piping systems. They work in facilities such as health care centers, high-rise apartment buildings, hotels, office buildings, pharmaceutical plants, power plants, schools, supermarkets and, soon, Micron’s chip fabrication plant.

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