{"id":307205,"date":"2026-06-14T16:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/307205\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T16:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T16:33:08","slug":"orlando-iron-workers-union-manager-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/307205\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Iron Workers Union Manager dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Former News 6 Investigative Reporter Michael Holfeld has confirmed to News 6 a prominent figure with the Orlando Iron Workers Union has passed away. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Holfeld says Bobby Knost was a tremendous leader, and he considered Knost a friend. <\/p>\n<p>Prominent Iron workers Union member passes away (Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">The United Association of Plumbers, Pipefitters &amp; Service Technicians Local 295 posted on Facebook. They said \u201cMay the wings of comfort and peace embrace his family, friends, and members of Ironworkers 808.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Knost was well known to News 6. <\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2021\/09\/13\/orlando-ironworkers-struggling-to-collect-unemployment-from-deo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/news\/local\/2021\/09\/13\/orlando-ironworkers-struggling-to-collect-unemployment-from-deo\/\">In 2021, he spoke with Holfeld as union members worked through struggles during the pandemic slowdown.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Just last year, Knost spoke with News 6 again as the union broke ground on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/money\/2025\/08\/14\/ironworkers-union-breaks-ground-on-new-orlando-training-center-to-tackle-skilled-labor-shortage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.clickorlando.com\/money\/2025\/08\/14\/ironworkers-union-breaks-ground-on-new-orlando-training-center-to-tackle-skilled-labor-shortage\/\">\u201cThree Wiseman Apprentice and Training Facility.\u201d <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">Holfeld says Knost died in a boating accident over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 jJNfBD fSvavs article-text\">We are working to learn exact details. <\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"Box-_wrDxHtU__Box-sc-10sa3ie-0 Text-nO2aZ44r__TextBase-sc-s2hv5x-0 bTVksG\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. \u2013 Former News 6 Investigative Reporter Michael Holfeld has confirmed to News 6 a prominent&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":307206,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[690,1269,315,128341,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-307205","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-accident","tag-boating","tag-brevard-county","tag-iron-workers-union","tag-orange-county","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307205","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=307205"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/307205\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/307206"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=307205"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=307205"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=307205"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}