November/December 2009 Journal

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NOV/DEC 2009
The Official Publication of the
Sheet Metal Workers’ International Association
Wishing
Peace
and
Solidarity
FROM RAGS TO RICHES
A LAST HURRAH!
W. L. (Bill) Fillippini, who wrote the following commentary at my request, was
the first Administrator of the National Training Fund (now the International
Training Institute), retiring in 1989 after serving in that position for 17
years. As we talked about the current state of affairs in the economy and its
implications for the SMWIA, it was apparent to both of us that, too often, we
take for granted the current wages and benefits we have today. What we
also forget is the importance of the collective bargaining process that takes
place in every Local of this International to assure that our members get the
best wages, pensions, benefits, working conditions and other protections
covered in the Standard Form of Union Agreement.
THAT DOCUMENT IS EVERY MEMBER’S CONTRACT WITH THEIR EMPLOYER
AND NONE OF ITS PROVISIONS ARE TO BE NEGOTATED AWAY. It has taken
D
uring the past year, I had the distinct
pleasure of a casual discussion
with our General President, Michael
Sullivan. We discussed our present
problems in organized labor as compared
to those in 1940 when I joined the Sheet
Metal Workers’ International Association
(SMWIA). He concluded by asking if
I could speak before this past general
convention and share some of those
thoughts. Unfortunately, that became
impossible when “fate” took over physically.
Regardless, here are a few of the
important facts that must be addressed
as we look to the future with a better
understanding of our history. We cannot
ignore the ominous political indications
that the right wing and their followers
are out to destroy what we have fought
for over years past ~ a decent standard of
living including health insurance coverage
and decent wages.
QUESTION: Did our health
insurance drop out of the sky on a “Silver
Plate?” Did SASMI Pension, the work
week, overtime hours, etc. simply fall out
of the sky?
Absolutely NOT! It came about
because your predecessors fought for
them!
Today, we must ask ourselves, can it be
taken away? Yes it can unless we keep our
guard up!
FACTS: Seventy (70) years ago when
I became a SMWIA member of Local
273, my wages were $12.50 for a 5 ½ day
work week including cleaning shop on
Saturday mornings. Fringe benefits were
the strongest efforts by all those involved in negotiating the Standard
Form to represent the best interests of our members. To do otherwise
weakens our bargaining position and has drastic implications in
maintaining our ability to provide a trained and productive workforce
for our employers to secure work and
grow their businesses. All of us must support a firm stand at the
bargaining table to assure the best possible future for our members
and this great union.
What we do today must continue to build on past experience. If you
are not familiar with the Standard Form of Union Agreement, please
request a copy from your Local or go to the Members Section at
www.smwia.org. – Michael J. Sullivan
non-existent in the construction industry.
Then came WWII when I volunteered
in the US Navy and became an aviation
metal smith patching and repairing shot
up carrier planes in the South Pacific.
(Note: ALL WAGES, commodities
such as food, gasoline, etc. were for the
war’s duration). Those union members
that were not drafted left for the
shipyards or other work to support the
war effort.
At the end of this conflict the
government partially lifted the wage
freeze in the construction industry. They
allowed a 7 ½ cent hourly increase to be
negotiated. However, it was mandatory
that the increase be used for health and
welfare benefits only! As in many areas,
including ours, the contractors collectively
refused to even discuss the issue. Some
said, “I will close my doors first!” We took
a strike vote ~ enough said! Obviously we
won and succeeded in giving birth to the
beginning of the Health & Welfare era
nationwide in the SMWIA. (Note: Past
General President, Edward F. Carlough
then Business Manager of Local 28, New
York, may have had influence over that
arbitrary decision.) Why? Many members
would have opted for a long-awaited hourly
wage increase.
Keep in mind that most of us leaders
had little experience with health insurance
companies, “Umbrella Plans,” or the
government policies and regulations.
Eventually many contractors recognized
the importance of their employees and
jointly supported this endeavor and I am
happy to say that no one “closed their
doors” in my jurisdiction!
Then there came pensions. Why did
that start? Because our International
Union recognized the future needs of
its membership. Social Security was
certainly not going to cover workers’
financial needs for their families. I can
share one anecdote which will underline,
Why pensions?” as told to me by our past
General President, Edward F. Carlough.
He said, “When I became an officer of
Local 28, New York, I set out to locate
the journeyman who had taught me the
trade. I located him living with his niece.
He told me “I have a nice clean room,
get three meals a day and they treat me
very nice but all I am missing is pride. If
I had a bit of pocket money I could buy
a bit of tobakee – I’m too ashamed to ask
for that.” Brother Carlough told me,
“Damn it Bill, a sheet metal worker gives
his life to the industry and he deserves
more than that!”
The point of this essay is: Can we
lose any or all of this progress and
foresight? It’s not likely but it’s always
possible in these days of economic
setback. Thankfully, we have excellent
leadership in Washington, D.C. to
counter those efforts.
Just be reminded, I started 70 years
ago at $12.50 per week (union wages).
I’m going on 89 years of age and have
a comfortable pension and super
health insurance. I just received,
I hope, my last hospital bill in the
amount of $850,000 and I have been
fully covered.
Yes, it could also happen to you. Be
thankful you are a UNION Sheet Metal
Worker. I AM!!
C NTENTS
November/December 2009
A periodic documentation of the traditions and practices of Union Sheet Metal Workers in the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico.
from the General
2 Comments
President – “Jobs Now – A National
Priority”
from the
5 Comments
General Secretary-Treasurer –
“The Trust Factor”
6 the Trade!
9 Canadian Affairs Report
10 Railroad and Shipyard Update
12 Focus on Funds
25 Local Union News
32 Let Us Always Remember
Calling All Women to
Timing is everything and that certainly was the case when the cover for the November/December 2009
issue of The Journal was being planned. The mail delivered to the International on November 6 included
a large envelope with photos of a 3rd Mesa Rainbow Kachina doll, a Nutcracker soldier and other
photos along with a brief letter from Bobby E. Jones, a retired member of Sheet Metal Workers Local
9 in Denver, Colorado with over 46 years of good standing service. Brother Jones, who now lives in
Sun City, Arizona, said he wanted to get back into some kind of sheet metal work and, being in the
land of the American Indian, decided to craft Kachina dolls. Kachina or “Spirit Being” dolls are visual
representations of the invisible spirits that assist in the rigors of life, such as the hawk, clouds, the sun
and the rainbow. His Kachina doll is a full body figure, standing 42 inches high and is made from 24
gauge, paint-lock sheet metal. The 5-foot tall Nutcracker soldier, also of the same metal composition,
was a perfect selection for the cover of this issue and for use on the International’s holiday greeting card.
We have also included a few of his other crafts to show sheet metal art is a timeliness representation of
our members’ craftsmanship.
Vol. 99, No. 6 November/December 2009
MICHAEL J. SULLIVAN, General President
THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE SHEET METAL
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Joseph J. Nigro, Editor
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GENERAL P RESIDENT ’S M ESSAGE
Jobs Now –
A National Priority
J
obs! I cannot think of any more burning issue
than the crisis our nations face in creating more
jobs. It’s unlike any other period because so
many jobs that used to be essential to our economic growth no longer exist. Those jobs have
been shifted to other countries and we have lost
the ripple effect they generated throughout our
economy. By adding an unbalanced economy
along with the debt obligations to other countries
like China and Saudi Arabia, investment in technology and economic growth in every sector of
our economy is stymied.
The U.S. and Canadian unemployment rates are
sky high, with the U.S. rate exceeding 10% in October for the first time in a quarter century. Canada’s
unemployment rate is not much lower, with 8.6
percent of workers in search of new jobs. Puerto
Rico is also facing a crisis. Last month, frustration
boiled over there when tens of thousands of Puerto
Rican citizens took to the streets in a series of continuous protests and marches after the government
attempted to slash services and jobs in the midst of
the economic downturn.
In the United States, nearly 16 million Americans who are able and willing to work cannot find a
job. More than one out of every three unemployed
workers has now been out of a job for six months
or more. The situation facing those in some of the
industries we represent are even bleaker, with unemployment as high as 18 percent in the construction industry.
Joblessness on this scale creates enormous social
and economic problems and threatens future
prosperity by throwing millions more children and
their families into poverty, canceling educational
opportunities for many, limiting the investment
and innovation to fuel future growth, and dimming
long-term job opportunities.
In the United States, President Obama has
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already taken significant steps to stop the economy’s nosedive. These efforts have already created
or saved over a million jobs and led to renewed
economic growth in the third quarter of 2009. But
it’s clear that much more must be done to generate
millions more jobs to assure a robust recovery that
reaches every American.
On November 17th, AFL-CIO President Richard
Trumka joined a coalition of major non-profit organizations representing the interests of millions
of workers in proposing a new five point plan to
set our economy back on track. I strongly support the plan and join President Trumka in urging our political leadership to act immediately
on these efforts.
First, we must extend unemployment benefits,
food assistance and health care for the unemployed families living on the edge. Without immediate action, the federal supplemental program
for unemployed working families will expire at
the end of this year. Without these benefits, the
downward spiral will accelerate as families fall into
bankruptcy, lose their homes and have no health
care protection.
These benefits are critical not only to those
families that have fallen on hard times, but also in
maintaining the personal spending levels that help
save and create jobs throughout the economy.
Second, we need to get back to work on our
broken infrastructure. The United States has a
backlog of at least $3 trillion of pressing infrastructure needs. There are crumbling schools,
roads in disrepair and needed upgrades to our
energy and telecommunications infrastructure.
We’re way behind other countries that have already invested in infrastructure improvement.
Every dollar spent on infrastructure employs
workers throughout the supply chain in construction, manufacturing, design and engineering - and
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we need to be sure these dollars create jobs at home and
develop badly needed industrial capacity here – and not
overseas in places like China.
And we need to invest in good
green jobs – including energyefficient retrofits of public
buildings that will put thousands of union sheet metal
workers back to work.
Third, we have to boost aid
to local governments to maintain vital services and prevent
more layoffs. Local governments and school districts
are experiencing the worst
fiscal crisis in decades. This is
happening just when the vital
services provided by state and
provincial governments are
needed more than ever. Without additional funding, our
public safety, our health needs
and our children’s education
will suffer. The right thing
and the smart thing is to take
action to save services, save
jobs and stop the hemorrhaging from choking off economic recovery.
Fourth, we should create new jobs that put people
directly to work in communities with the most pressing needs. These are
not replacements for existing public jobs. Many
of these projects can be constructed via publicly
funded Project Labor Agreements which will help
promote high paying union jobs at a time they are
sorely needed.
Last, we need the Administration to put already
approved federal recovery funds to work for Main
Street. This is something it can do immediately,
and it would make a crucial difference at a critical
time. Wall Street used its bank bailout, originally
proposed in the fall of 2008, to restore profits
when it should have been helping Main Street create jobs. Banks aren’t lending to small business.
We should establish a fund to lend some of this
recovery money directly to small- and medium-
sized businesses at commercial rates, managed by the
small community banks that
engage in this direct lending.
If small businesses can get
credit, they will create jobs.
And we need those jobs now
more than ever.
We are facing the worst jobs
situation in more than half
a century. This is not a situation working people should
be expected to just “tough it
out.” This is a crisis created
by past, failed policies that
treated regulation and consumer protections as burdens
on Wall Street businesses –
fueling the excess that came
when Depression-era protections were scaled back in the
United States by the previous
administration.
Leadership and bold
action, not words nor roadblocks, are needed now more
than ever. It worked before.
It will work again. I can assure every member that we
are working with our contractors and our Local unions
to go after any work within
our jurisdiction. I am also
calling on every member to
reach out by phone, writing, e-mail, or any other
way to get a message to their local, state and federal
government officials, Independent, Republican or
Democrat, about using their influence to create
real jobs that working families can live on and build
a future. I welcome any thoughts you might have
about our efforts to get our unemployed members
back to work. Just write me or send an e-mail to
info@smwia.org.
In closing, may this holiday season and the coming
year bring health, happiness and prosperity to all.
“Leadership
and bold
action, not
words nor
roadblocks,
are needed
now more
than ever.
It worked
before. It will
work again.”
Yours Fraternally,
Michael J. Sullivan
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GENERAL S ECRETAR Y -TREASURER ’S M ESSAGE
The Trust Factor
Whenever the people are well-informed, they can
be trusted with their own government.
—Thomas Jefferson
A
s we near the end of the
first year of a new president’s administration and
a realigned Congress, both
led by Democrats, it’s been a
rocky ride. For those of us in
the labor movement and the
millions of people who have
been adversely affected by the
downturn in the economy,
our expectations were high.
There was good reason.
During the previous eight
years, many people had lost
faith and trust in our government. The wars in Iraq and
Afghanistan dragged on and
the Congress, as well as the
federal government, dropped
the ball in not being more
on top of a mismanaged and
scandal-ridden economy.
We believed things could be
turned around.
We certainly had to feel for
President Obama stepping
into this situation. But, he’s a take-charge individual who’s a quick study. His has been a transparent
administration which probably accounts for 64%
of the public, based on a very recent Gallup poll,
placing much more trust in the executive branch
of government than they do in the Congress. In
contrast, the legislative branch recorded an all-time
low trust level of 45% against a 76% level for the
judicial branch.
I believe Congress missed an opportunity to
regain public confidence in not moving swiftly to
answer President Obama’s call to give the Ameri-
can people the health care
system that every American
wants for themselves and their
families. Instead, bi-partisanship has been put aside and
the battle lines are clearly
drawn. Republicans are dead
set in not passing anything
that even slightly resembles
what our brothers and sisters
in Canada enjoy with their
health care system which
ensures that a doctor is available whenever anyone needs
one. Even Democrats in the
Senate cannot muster enough
votes to pass a bill unless
special interests’ concerns are
addressed. Shouldn’t all of
us have access to medical care
when someone in the family
gets sick just like the members
in Congress have that we pay
for through our taxes? .
The Gallup poll also measured, as it does annually in
this survey, a dramatic drop in the past year from
66% to a record low of 49% in the trust people
hold for those in political life. That’s a telling message to the current elected officials that they better
get their act together if they want to be elected to
office again in 2010.
Then, whom do WE trust? The Gallup results on
this question, while down from a high of 86% in
the mid-seventies, are a credit to our democratic
system in that 73% of those polled have a great
deal or fair amount of trust and confidence in
the American people as a whole when it comes to
Gallup poll
hits record
low in the
trust people
hold for
those in
political life.
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making judgments about the
issues facing our country.
Right now, we have to trust
our instincts on this health
care issue. That’s what most of
us do when we face some difficult decisions. My instinct
tells me that if big business got
us into the economic fix we
are in now, then I am willing
to accept the government’s
help just as Americans did in
the 1930s with government
run programs. Isn’t it time
for politicians to stop running
for or against government and
started running it well?
Fortunately, Sheet Metal
Workers have good instincts
and a great deal of confidence
and trust in their skills and abilities. Many of us have worked
on construction jobs that have
an end date which means we
shift to other work or go back
on the bench to get placed on
other jobs. That’s the nature
of construction work. A lot of it
is seasonal, but now the off-seasons are extended; however, we are seeing a pickup
in work in a number of areas. Our industry has also
been hit hard on the manufacturing side. There,
we have no control over work that gets moved out of
the country or when a plant is relocated to another
state that has a larger non-union, lower-wage workforce. What can our government do to make the job
situation better?
Well, the previous administration pumped our
tax dollars into the economy but that only saved
big businesses’ troubled companies to help those
that got us into this economic mess in the first
place. In terms of stimulus money, the October
report showed that only 80,000 construction jobs
were created or saved and most of those jobs were
in highway and infrastructure work. Even the total
of 640,000 jobs created or saved is not enough.
More has to be done to get us back on track.
Congress cannot use deficits as a barrier to
growth. Democrats did not create that problem.
They left a surplus that the Bush administration
squandered through some
bad policies and bad decisions. It’s common sense that
sometimes you have to spend
money to make some money.
That’s the way new businesses
get off the ground. Congress
can help by encouraging
the financial community to
get more business loans approved; deciding that investments in alternative energy
applications create more jobs
in the U.S. as opposed to
spending dollars on overseas
energy sources that pollute
our environment; and putting
a stop on companies sending
our work out of the country.
We can talk about this until
we’re blue in the face, but we
will get more attention with
the stories of workers who have
their job. We have inserted a
card in the centerfold of this
Journal to capture these stories.
If you or someone in your family, or anyone you know has lost
their job, tell us how long the
person worked in the job, how long have they been
out of work, and what economic effect it has had on
them and their family. You may also send an e-mail
to jobloss@smwia.org to give us that information.
Those who agree will have their stories used on our
web site and made available to members of Congress.
I also encourage every member to contact
their Representative and Senators in Congress
to let them know Americans need jobs to build a
strong economy.
Please accept our gratitude for all you do
to support this great union. May the coming
year fulfill all our wishes and dreams for a
brighter future.
“Right now, we
have to trust
our instincts
on this health
care issue.
That’s what
most of us do
when we face
some difficult
decisions.”
Yours fraternally and in trust,
Joseph J. Nigro
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Calling All Women
To the Trade!
B
eth Szillagyi is a member of SMWIA Local 218 in
Springfield, Illinois. She is also the author of Hey,
Lady! Your Tin Snips are Showing! Her novel started
out as a short version, first published in Tradeswomen, a
California-based women in the trades magazine that is
now defunct. In 1991, she was contacted by Cosmopolitan
magazine to write an article. After her original story was
published, Beth tried for several years to find a publisher
for a full-length version, but no one seemed interested.
According to Beth, she had enough rejection slips to
wallpaper a room.
With the advent of the Internet came her break. In
2000 she broke down and purchased a computer – using
a search engine to find Internet publishers and after
emailing several hundred of them, got a publishing contract with SynergEbooks.com.
The book is available at: http://www.synergebooks.com/
ebook_heylady.html for $18.99 which includes postage. It is
also available as an e-book and on CD-ROM. A check in
that amount can be sent to:
SynergEbooks
205 South Dixie Drive, Box 185
Haines City, Florida, 33844
Beth has also written Cobwebs in the Broiler: Adventures
of a Very Wicked Step Mother and Notes From Rainbow
Bridge, a story about where pets go when their time on
earth is through. These are also available through
SynergEbooks.com.
Beth agreed to do an interview with The Journal
talking about her unique experiences in the trade and
her advice for other women interested in a sheet metal
career. She also discussed her future plans both in her
professional and personal lives.
Why did you get in the trade?
As a child, I had always wanted to be a veterinarian;
however, when the time approached to go to school, I
didn’t have the financial fortitude to go to college for
that length of time, even after joining the Illinois Army
National Guard which would have paid for tuition and
fees. Although I was a good student and on the honor
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roll, it soon became apparent that I needed to find a
job. This was in 1979, and I spent the entire summer perusing the want ads while in the meantime selling insurance. Or perhaps I should say “faking” selling insurance.
Toward the end of summer, there it was, “my” job in
the paper. I don’t know how I knew it was my job, I just
knew it. “Local 84 is taking applications for the apprenticeship. Women and minorities encouraged to apply.”
I went to the union hall as a green and naïve 22-year-old
and survived my first hurdle in the trades: the atypical
cigar-smoking, raspy-voiced business agent. May he rest
in peace, but he scared the bejesus out of me back then.
The year I took the test, there were 200 applicants, 4 of
them women. During the entire waiting period between
taking the test and getting the results back, I somehow
knew that I would make it. Still, I was surprised when I
got the phone call telling me to come to the hall and sign
some papers because “Dolly, you got yourself a job” which
I needed desperately. I had already discovered that I was
not the type to teeter around an office in high heels, so I
had to find some other avenue of self support.
Have you seen a change in attitude over the years?
Yes, most definitely, and at the same time, not really.
Hard to explain and I know it sounds ambivalent. However, I was bound and determined that no one would
stop me, even though I had heard that men at the hall
were actually betting money that I wouldn’t survive the
apprenticeship. Now, I am known well enough around
the area and have a lot of old friends who would stick up
for me should the need arise, but getting to that point
was quite a challenge. You just have to keep showing
up. There were a lot of times that I didn’t want to keep
showing up but, like I mentioned earlier, I needed this
job to pay for my bad habits like needing a roof over my
head and food to eat.
A few examples of what was said to me back then:
“What’s a pretty girl like you doing in a place like this?”
“You are taking a job away from a man with a family
to feed.” (I had a good answer for that one: SO ARE
YOU.) “They oughta draft you!” ( My response: “They
can’t because I’m in the National Guard” which really
got to them.)
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By the way, I have always believed in fighting fire
with fire, and it has worked for me over the years, even
though I have gotten guff for it from women’s groups
and women in construction groups. A big example of
this is my approach to “girlie” pictures. I have been told
over the years that I must file some kind of grievance or
law suit dealing with sexual harassment. My approach,
however, has been to put up pictures of naked men
wherever and whenever I have seen the aforementioned
“girlie” pictures displayed. I firmly believe that if you
want to do a lawsuit, that’s fine, but don’t rain on me
because I use other methods to deal with wayward men.
A good example of how the attitude has changed for
the better is my boss who is now retired and who was
also my shop teacher back then. He had the faith in
me a few years back to hand me prints to two difficult
and need-to-be-done-right-now jobs at two hospitals two
summers in a row (2007 and 2008). I have had several
mentors over the years, and they have meant so much
to me that I really could run to the women’s room and
have a good cry. Without these fellas, the journey would
have been much more difficult.
I have been around long enough now, too, that I feel
like most of these guys are my real brothers, like we have
grown up together over the years. Many of us are baby
boomers, so we can commiserate with each other about
the challenges of older bodies and how to work and not
get injured. My husband is a union electrician (we knew
each other in high school), and he and his friends have
helped me, too.
Do you have advice to other women wanting to
get in the trades?
Put your big girl pants on and never give up the ship.
Get yourself some good sturdy work boots and don’t expect special privileges. Keep showing up and keep your
sense of humor. You have just as much right to be there
as the next guy. If you work hard and don’t put up with
anything, pretty soon you may be surprised at who is in
your corner.
Is there one experience that stands out?
This is a very tough question to answer. Work wise,
two jobs stand out: being able to work on the dome of
the Illinois capitol building in 1982 and being on the
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum job from day
one. On the human side, my fellow workers have stood
out, some good, some bad, some wonderful. I have
learned much from them, not only about the trade and
other trades and life in general, but about myself and
what I am capable of.
What’s next on the horizon?
I really wanted to hang around awhile longer, but
the work situation is pretty dire here in the Midwest
and elsewhere across the country. I signed all my papers
and am 99% sure that I will be retiring on December
31st of this year. I would love to go back to school and
be a veterinary technician, but the nearest school is in
Champaign - several hours away. I have also toyed with
the idea of HVACR classes at the technical institute
here in town. Not really sure about any of it; I have had
enough experience in the lay-off department, though, to
never be bored. I love to fish, read, garden, bird watch,
and volunteer at the no-kill shelter in Springfield. There
might be another book or two in there somewhere, too.
I might also take up the piano again and do something
completely different like taking drawing or painting
classes. We’ll see.
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Pensions – In Review
s 2009 comes to an end, one cannot help but look
back over the year as to where the financial global
markets and pension security issues were at the
time. One might say in “utter ruin”, especially for those
who have done the right thing over the years in trying to
ensure a stable pension income.
The problem is further compounded by those people
who have private savings like RRSPs that have seen their
investments shrivel and shrink as stock values plunge.
This debate has led to a thought provoking discussion
amongst those concerned with this issue to embrace the
idea for the need to focus on improving and expanding our universal public pensions system, namely the
Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Old Age Security (OAS),
and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS).
This involves a two-prong approach:
1. Expand Canada Pension Plan (CPP) coverage
The CPP has the capacity to provide Canadians
with a greater proportion of retirement income
because it’s well-funded and has a superior benefit
design. It’s national in scope and therefore offers
economies of scale with lower administration costs
and investment management fees. It provides
workers with less risk, greater certainty, portability,
inflation protection, and spousal, death and disability benefits. The best way to improve pension
coverage and retirement security is to expand CPP
benefits for workers who don’t have a private workplace pension.
2. Increase public pension benefits
Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed
Income Supplement (GIS) are critical because
they provide a basic level of income security for all
seniors. However, for many seniors these benefits
are their sole source of income and the rates just
aren’t high enough to maintain a decent standard
of living. We must increase GIS benefit rates for the
most vulnerable seniors so they don’t have to live in
poverty and hardship.
Clearly, the private sector has failed to provide Canadians with adequate retirement security. However,
thanks to our universal public pension plan system
(CPP) it would appear by enhancing the current model
that it potentially would provide for a dignified and
secure retirement.
One thing is clear, workplace pension plans must be
protected for the security and dignity of those workers
and their families as they enter their retirement years.
Once again as another year comes to an end I would like to
wish every member of the Sheet Metal Workers’ International
Association and their families a peaceful and festive holiday
season; and best wishes for a healthy and happy New Year.
Fraternally,
Robert Brown
Director of Canadian Affairs
Season’s Greetings
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Railroad and Shipyard Update
DEWEY GARLAND, Director of Railroad and Shipyard Workers
THE RAILWAY LABOR ACT AND
HOW IT WORKS
On January 1, 2010, we will begin bargaining with
our nation’s class one freight railroads as well as
AMTRAK, a railroad passenger carrier. As everyone is
aware this bargaining will be done under the guidelines
of the Railway Labor Act, a federal law that governs all
labor issues in the railroad and airline industry.
The Railway Labor Act is the nation’s oldest labor
law, first established in 1926. This law is a negotiated
agreement between labor and management enacted
into law by congress.
Under the Railway Labor Act, our agreements never
expire; they are amended from agreement to agreement.
After both parties serve each other a notice of wants and
needs and the bargaining process begins, the organization is prohibited by law to strike and the carriers are
prohibited by law to change the terms of the agreement
and are prohibited from locking out our members.
If the carriers or the organization cannot reach an
agreement, either party may invoke the services of the
National Mediation Board. The National Mediation
Board is an independent federal agency designed to assist the parties in reaching an agreement.
If the parties are unable to reach an agreement with
the help of the Mediation Board, the organization has
the right to ask to be released from mediation. If this
request is granted, we are then free to strike after a
number of 30-day cooling off periods required under
the Act.
One can argue the Railway Labor Act is good or bad,
but no one can deny the fact that our members have
had their lives and their families lives improved over the
years with the Act in place.
I will keep everyone informed of the progress that is
accomplished in our negotiations. Hopefully, we will
have an agreement ready for ratification by our members
in freight and passenger rails in the not to distant future.
COMMUTER RAILS
Long Island Railroad - We had ten (10) new hires on
August 12, 2009. We will be serving our Section 6 Notice
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on January 1, 2010. We are in the process of trying to
form a bargaining coalition on this property. There is a
meeting scheduled December 7, 2009 that all organizations have been invited to attend.
Metro-North Railroad - We have formed a bargaining coalition that includes all unions except the Teamsters. On November 17, 2009 the subcommittee met to
formulate a Section 6 Notice. The subcommittee will
report to the full coalition on December 11, 2009.The
contract is amendable June 15, 2010.
MBCR Railroad - We served our Section 6 Notice on
this railroad January 18, 2008. The contract was amendable July 1, 2008. We formed a Bargaining Coalition
with all the unions that represent people on MBCR
and are requesting a 7% GWI a year for the term of the
agreement which is five (5) years. On July 20, 2009 we
filed for mediation in accordance with Section 5 of the
Railway Labor Act. We met September 22, 23, 24, 2009
with the Carrier and two mediators. There was no progress made at that time.
SEPTA - On February 10, 2009 we served our Section 6 Notice and are currently in negotiations with
the carrier. We requested a 9% GWI for 2010-2013 and
minimal work rule changes. We have an excellent relationship with the carrier, which has enabled us to fill all
our positions even in this recessed economy.
FREIGHT RAILROADS
Pan Am Railroad (Formerly Springfield Terminal
Railroad) - We recently ratified a new five-year agreement on this property. The GWI are as follows: August 2008 = 3%, August 2009 = 3%, August 2010 = 4%,
August 2011 = 4%, August 2012 = 4%
SHIPYARDS
The North Grumman Shipyards (Ingalls and Avondale) are set to vote on an extension to their current
collective bargaining agreement. Management and
labor explored the idea of a 2-year extension and both
sides recognize that at this particular time an extension
would be beneficial to both parties.
In the Federal Shipyards the unions have been fighting a piece of legislation called the National Security
Personnel System which was introduced early in the
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Bush Administration. The legislation was designed to
strip the bargaining rights of federal employees. If this
legislation had not been defeated, the supervisors of
our members would have been the ones to decide who
would receive pay raises and who would not. Collective
bargaining as we know it would have been destroyed.
Thanks to the hard work of our political team and the
tireless efforts of the Metal Trades Department and
President Ron Ault, the legislation has been defeated.
Thank you Brother Ault from all of our members.
I would like to wish all of our brothers and sisters a
very happy and safe Christmas and a very happy and
prosperous new year for you and your loved ones.
Pictured (left)
is recently retired
Sheet Metal Worker
Tom Henry who was
employed by the
Norfolk Southern
Railroad in Knoxville, TN and was a
member of Local
267. Standing next
to him is his father, Fred, who was employed as a sheet
metal worker on the Norfolk Southern Railroad and a
member of this organization for over 40 years. Fred is
92 years old and has been drawing union negotiated
railroad retirement for over 30 years.
I would like to congratulate Fred on his long retirement and wish Tom and his family many years of the
same. Thanks Fred and Tom for your support of this
great organization.
Rodney Wyatt, Thomas Green, Petra Green, Dewey Garland, Linda Black, Dan
Black, Audra Russell and M.L. Brown
Pictured above is the group that gathered for a retirement party for Rodney Wyatt, FST for Local 167 in Chattanooga, TN. We would like to thank Brother Wyatt for
all of his hard work and dedication to Local 167 and this
International. We wish you and your family a long and
happy retirement.
Roger Neale, John Ham, John Holt, Don Prewitt, Jim Strickland, Gary Donnelly,
John Robertson, Billy Gibbs, Tommy McCormac, Grady Jones and Bill Hasty
The locomotive pictured above was built by Railroad
Local 211 in Nashville, TN. for Operation Lifesaver. The
locomotive traveled across CSX railroad’s entire system
promoting safety awareness at all rail crossings. It was
powered by a small gasoline engine. Good job Local 211!
Wayne Spain, who served as Superintendent for over
20 years at RJ Young Sheet Metal Company in Nashville,
TN recently retired. Wayne is from Building Trades Local 177. When I served as Local Chairman for Railroad
Local 211 in Nashville, Tennessee, all our sheet metal
was purchased from RJ Young. There were several
occasions when Local 211 didn’t have the proper tools,
equipment, or manpower to fabricate certain items and
Wayne went beyond the call of duty to assist our Local
in many ways. I would like to thank Wayne for his help
in past years, and to congratulate both him and his wife,
Betty, and to wish them a long and happy retirement.
I know his three sons and six grandsons are looking
forward to it too!
Jim Forester will assume Wayne’s responsibilities and
Local 211 is looking forward to continuing their strong
relationship with Building Trades Local 177.
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LAWSUITS FILED
September & October 2009
MONTHS REFERRED
ESTIMATED
AMOUNT DUE
FOR MONTHS
REFERRED
LOCAL
EMPLOYER
SUIT
FILED
010
LANDON COMPANY, LLC*
NORTHFIELD, MINNESOTA
10/1/09
8/09-9/09
$4,200.08
012
BISHOP METALS, INC
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA
9/1/09
3/09-6/09
$26,269.41
012
PRO METALS, INC. d/b/a PROMETALS, INC.
MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA
10/28/09
4/09-9/09
$60,104.55
073
B.O.C. HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING CO.
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILLINOIS
10/6/09
5/09-7/09
$16,415.57
105
COMMERCE AIR CONDITIONING COMPANY d/b/a COMMERCE SYSTEMS
and CHARLES R. WALTER, individually**
SAN FERNANDO, CALIFORNIA
9/9/09
3/07-12/07, 6/09
$55,520.43
137
LIBERTY SIGNS NY, INC. d/b/a LIBERTY SIGN
LINDENHURST, NEW YORK
9/16/09
3/09-7/09
$8,824.31
137
MIDTWON NEON SIGN CORP. and RITA MILLER as an individual
LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK
10/19/09
7/08-2/09
$10,756.44
206
EXCEL BUILDING SOLUTIONS, INC. d/b/a EXCEL CUSTOM METALS
LEMON GROVE, CALIFORNIA
10/6/09
11/08-2/09
$3,216.29
359
CALIBER MECHANICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
PEORIA, ARIZONA
10/14/09
10/08-2/09
$4,700.09
* Joint collections with local
** Defaulted Payment Agreement
DIRECTORY OF VARIOUS FUNDS
Sheet Metal Workers National
Health Trust Fund and SMW+
c/o Southern Benefit
Administrators, Inc.
P.O. Box 1449
Goodlettsville, TN 37070-1449
(615) 859-0131
Sheet Metal Workers National
Pension Fund
Edward F. Carlough Plaza
601 N. Fairfax St., Suite 500
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703) 739-7000
1-800-231-4622 (For Plan
Participants Only)
Marc LeBlanc, Funds Administrator
www.smwnpf.org
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National Energy
Management Institute
(703) 739-7100
Anthony Picarazzi
www.nemionline.org
SASMI—Stabilization
Agreement of the Sheet Metal
Industry
(703) 739-7250 1-800-858-0354
Harold W. Bradshaw, Jr., Administrator
International Training Institute
for The Sheet Metal and Air
Conditioning Industry
(703) 739-7200
James Shoulders, Administrator
www.sheetmetal-iti.org
Alcohol, Substance Abuse
Employee Assistance Program
1750 New York Avenue, N.W.
(202) 783-5880
Sheet Metal Occupational
Health Institute
(703) 739-7130
Gary L. Batykefer, Administrator
www.smohit.org
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THE COMBINED NEWSLETTER FOR ITI, SMOHIT AND NEMI
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CCS from
a Contractor’s
Perspective
In this issue...
BIM Academy Closes Out 2009
2009 Safety Matters Awards
NEMI Sees Growth Opportunity
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FUNDS UPdate
Volume 3, Number 3
FUNDS UPdate is the combined
newsletter for the International Training
Institute, Sheet Metal Occupational
Health Institute Trust and the National
Energy Management Institute
Address
601 N. Fairfax St.
Suite 240
Phone
703-739-7200
ITI Quarterly
BIM Academy Closes Out 2009 on Positive Note
St. Louis Program Gets CCS
in Hands of End Users
ITI’s
Building Information Modeling (BIM)
Academy closed out its
first three months of operation in St.
Louis in December, completing two
Fabrication classes and two Draft, or
Detailing, classes. SMWIA Local 36
JATC hosted the program.
In the first series of classes students
in the Draft course learned to create
coordinated shop drawings of various
building systems including HVAC, piping, electrical and structural using the
ITI’s CCS training software. Proficiency in AutoCad is required in order to
take the Draft or Detailing class.
The Fabrication course covers the
section of the training software which
deals with the creation of machine
code and fitting labels directly from a
CCS Draft Drawing, The class is geared
toward individuals who work directly
with downloading and fabrication of
HVAC components using CNC machines. Individuals signing up for this
class should have a basic understanding
of AutoCad before taking the course.
The program will expand in 2010
to include other portions of the CCS
training software.
Each five-day class covers the appro-
priate section of the training software,
concluding with a formal certification
test on the final day. Upon successful
completion of the test, the student
is issued a license to use the corresponding portion of the CCS training
software so that they may utilize it as
the ultimate on-the-job training tool at
a signatory contractor facility.
The BIM Academy is a departure
from ITI’s traditional approach, focusing on delivering the training product
directly to the member instead of
training trainers. It’s a natural outgrowth of the Centers of Excellence
concept that ITI has been developing.
Enrollment is open to any SMWIA
members whose employers have made
contributions to the ITI on their
behalf. Members may sign up for a
course by going online to: www.sheetmetaliti.org, follow the instructions to secure
a username and password and sign up.
Courses will be filled on a first-com,
first-served basis.
Experience and training in the
HVAC field is a prerequisite for all
BIM Academy courses. Contact
Michael Keane at the ITI (e-mail:
mkeane@sheetmetal-iti.org or, by phone:
703-299-5628) for more information. ■
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iTi Quarterly
CCS From a Contractor’s Perspective
Bright Sheet Metal of Indianapolis assembled massive ductwork onsite at the Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts of the NFL. Portions of the project involved rounds of
between 6 and 10 feet, assembled and installed 300 feet in the air. Bright utilized ITI’s CCS Training software on the project.
ITI’s
Construction Coordination Training Software (CCS) is getting
a thorough workout in the offices of
Bright Sheet Metal in Indianapolis.
According to Jim Meyers, the company’s eight detailers use CCS exclusively on projects large and small.
Meyers is not a neutral observer.
He’s part of the task force that created CCS and brought a working
Beta version of the program to Bright
Sheet Metal some two and one-half
years ago.
“Even the first beta version was
almost as good as the old software we
had been using, and it has continued
to improve as we’ve worked out the
kinks,” Meyers says. He credits the
evolution to the quality of the software writers and the members on the
Task Force who have been working
with beta users since the testing got
started.
“These guys are aware of what
the future is bringing, and they are
forward thinking.”
The basic software package, Meyers says, “helps make everything
consistent. When the drawings go
to the field, everything is the same.
Everybody sees the same thing.”
He likes the 3-D feature and the
“collision check” that works out
conflicts before they can become a
problem. “I think a real strong point
of the software is that it was designed
by sheet metal workers for sheet
metal workers,” Meyers says.
On the near horizon, CCS will
soon expand with a downloading
capability so drawings can go straight
to the fabrication machines—eliminating another step in the process.
To date, Bright Sheet Metal has
done two major jobs using Building
Information Modeling, including a
massive project on all the ducting and
sheet metal work for Indianapolis’ Lucas Oil Stadium, home of the Indianapolis Colts. The Stadium project is the
largest the firm has ever done to date.
CCS and BIM enabled crews to
design and lay out large complex duct
runs, ranging from 6 to 10 foot diameter round duct located 300 feet in the
air while avoiding the complex structural members they had to run through.
Meyers is looking forward to the
roll out of the next two features of
CCS—the project management and
estimating modules—which he’s
confident will further enhance the
company’s capacity for coordinating
with building teams as well as enhancing Bright’s bottom line. ■
Another ITI Asset:
Welding Trailer
ITI’s
newest welding trailer will be in Las Vegas
through next Spring, preparing to handle
any overflow of contestants during the
2010 International Apprenticeship Contest. The completely outfitted trailer, boasting both a generator and
shore power hookup, serves as a portable classroom. It is
the most recent and most modern addition to ITI’s mobile
training facilities. In years past, when few JATCs were
equipped with functioning welding labs, trailers like this
one were shuttled around the country to train and certify
welders. Since most JATCs now have permanent weld-
ing labs, mobile facilities are usually
pressed into service for emergency
use, typically to train large numbers of
welders for power plant construction,
or to fill in where permanent facilities might have been damaged by natural disasters. Locals
interested in scheduling a mobile welding lab should
contact their ITI welding assessor. ■
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Combination of CCS-BIM Seen as
Boost to Competitive Edge
ITI’s
long-standing effort to create and
perfect an industry-specific Construction Coordination Training Software
(CCS) is coming on line just as the entire construction
industry embraces the process of creating and using
digital models for design, construction and operations
of projects, or Building Information Modeling (BIM).
ITI staffers attended the SMACNA convention in
October where the assessment was overwhelmingly positive about how CCS and BIM figure into future trends
in the industry.
“I realized that getting CCS out to the field right now
puts us right where we need to be,” said ITI Administrator
James Shoulders.
Industry Study Buttresses
Need for CCS
Industry trends support that assessment. A market
study by McGraw Hill, entitled: The Business Value of
BIM, notes that almost 50 percent of the construction
industry is now using BIM and virtually all BIM users
plan significant increases in their use of the technique.
Moreover, the study says, the vast majority of users are
“experiencing real business benefits directly attributable to BIM.”
While BIM earned wide praise by virtually all users, the McGraw Hill survey noted that firms that use
data-driven assessments gave it higher marks than those
who simply base their opinion on perception. In other
words, measurable results prove that the process yields
real profits.
BIM users “gain bankable benefits that enhance
productivity, improve their ability to integrate teams
and an edge on the competition,” the McGraw Hill
study found.
Among the key findings of that report:
• 87 percent of expert users are experiencing positive
ROI with BIM.
• 93 percent of BIM users believe there is potential to
gain more value from BIM in the future.
Shoulders sees those trends as a wide-open opportunity
to accelerate CCS usage across the sheet metal spectrum
because CCS is designed to blend sheet metal technology
with BIM principles.
Significant Conclusion from
McGraw Hill Study:
“Many BIM users working in a team environment
have already discovered that a lack of interoperability between software applications can limit success.
Most also recognize that BIM can showcase its potential on complex jobs.”
CCS Advantages Extend
Beyond Production
While the economics of expediting production, more
efficient use of resources and less waste are measurable
and real outcomes from CCS, Shoulders notes that the
benefits to other stakeholders—including end users such
as building owners—should also be factored.
“Every CCS drawing includes a data base of invaluable information for the end user. When we turn over those drawings to
the building engineer, the document has a complete picture of
every element of the system, the location of every component
and all the details they need to know about how the building
operates,” Shoulders says. That knowledge takes the guesswork
out of maintenance and repairs and saves considerable money
for the building owner in the long run, he adds.
Value for BIM Users Will Grow
Exponentially
The McGraw Hill study, based on a survey of industry users,
points to rapid expansion for the system as BIM usage spreads.
Between 2007 and 2009, the number of BIM users grew by
20 percent—to almost half of the entire construction industry, approximately 48 percent. Most importantly, from the
investment side, 20 percent of BIM users estimate a return on
investment of above 50 percent; some 9 percent of users who
formally measure ROI see returns of more than 100 percent.
Although the perception of the value of BIM is different for the various constituencies in the industry, the
majority of contractors (52 percent) already see value and
predict more to come; 70 percent of building owners see
a positive ROI now, and more than six of 10 (61 percent)
believe they are only “scratching the surface now.” Six
in 10 architects see a positive ROI on BIM. Three of five
engineers expect much greater yields in the future. ■
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2009 Safety Matters Awards
Every year, SMOHIT recognizes local safety initiatives with “Safety Matters” awards to honor those
that exemplify SMOHIT’s core values. Here are the 2009 winners.
safety matters
safety matters
NY Members Gain From OSHA-10 Training
N
early 150 members of SMWIA
Local 83 took SMOHIT’s OSHA
10 training in the last year and
that training has paid off.
With the difficult economy, this
kind of attention to safety not only
benefits Local 83’s members and
their families but also benefits their
signatory contractors. The New York
(Left to right) Mark Landau, Rick Monahan, Bill Warburton, Jon Barnes
and Larry Warzek of SMWIA Local 83 proudly display their recent “Safety
Matters” award.
A Cultural Change Promotes
Injury Prevention
(Left to right): Robert Hester, Limbach’s sheetmetal supervisor and Tom Savage,
Limbach shop foreman, stand with Limbach employees Eric Damon, John Denk, Al
Gerthoffer, shop steward, Dave Kremmel, and Jim Blose, Limbach’s safety manager
and 38-year sheetmetal worker, proudly displaying their Safety Matters Award.
W
hen Limbach LLC, a mechanical contractor based
in Pittsburgh, created an Incident and Injury Free
Program (IIF) in 2004, it was described by another
general contractor as “the Cadillac” of safety training.
“Limbach deserves the accolades because they’ve
clearly created a cultural change within their company,”
said SMOHIT Administrator Gary Batykefer.
“We set the bar higher,” said Jim Blose, Limbach’s
safety manager.
“It starts with Charlie Bacon, our CEO,” said Blose.
“He sits in on every [national] safety meeting and takes
great concern for the safety of not only our employees
and subcontractors, but also the safety of their families.”
Limbach makes certain that every meeting begins
with a safety component. The company trains all
of their forepersons and project managers in CPR,
AED and first aid, along with OSHA-30. They reward
employees for going the extra mile for safety. Apprentices are required to complete a form monthly noting a
safety observation, idea or alert.
“We set the tone,” said Blose, “on how important
safety is and how careless actions can affect loved ones.”
Dept. of Labor made OSHA-10 training mandatory for employees working on prevailing wage rate contracts
over $250,000.
“Our contractors are more competitive, now,” said Mark Landau,
president of Local 83. “We had 146
members earn OSHA cards thanks
to the training tools from SMOHIT.”
Fostering Partnership, Diligence and
Creativity, Local 10 Sees Safety as a Value
A
partnership between SMWIA
Local 10 (Minnesota, North and
South Dakota, and counties in
Northern Wisconsin) and its local
SMACNA chapter encourages safe
workplaces using SMOHIT’s training
materials. The local’s JATC requires all
apprentices to obtain OSHA 30 cards
in their first year of training.
Diligence about safety training
carries over into the local’s work with
journeypersons. Journey-level classes
include a combined OSHA-10/30
class. Members who want to obtain
their OSHA-10 cards can attend
the first three class sessions. Participants are encouraged to continue
on and earn their OSHA-30 card by
attending the last five sessions. The
combined classes have helped the local increase the number of members
receiving their cards.
“The members find the class is
interesting,” said Buck Paulsrud, JATC
coordinator for Local 10, “and they
are almost halfway there. Once they
have put in the first three sessions, the
next five sessions look more doable.”
Roy Brown, SMARCA Safety Director, (left) stands
with Marty Strub, SMWIA Local 10 Business Manager and Buck Paulsrud, Metro Area JATC Training
Coordinator (right), showing off their 2009 Safety
Matters Award.
Working with the local Building
Trades, a local committee created an
“Individual Risk Management” program. Its theme focuses on making
safety a “value” for individuals, not
just a “priority.”
“Priorities can slip,” said
Paulsrud, “values never do.”
The safety director for the
SMACNA chapter, Roy Brown,
played a key role in developing the
content of the risk management
program.
Proper Protocol and Training Benefit Bay
Area Members
S
heet Metal Workers Local 104
and the Bay Area Industry Training Fund use SMOHIT training
materials to raise awareness of the
importance of safety in the work
environment. They go beyond the
textbooks to bring safety to the shop
floors and prepare apprentices and
journeypersons for the safest workplaces. ■
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New Leader Tapped for OSHA
Correction:
I
n late July, President Obama nominated David Michaels to
become Assistant Secretary of the Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Michaels is an
epidemiologist and research professor at the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington
University School of Public Health and Health Services.
Michaels has broad experience in occupational health and
safety issues. He has researched the effects of occupational exposure to toxic chemicals, including asbestos, metals and solvents,
and has written extensively on science and regulatory policy.
From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Michaels served as Assistant Secretary
of Energy for Environment, Safety and Health, responsible for
protecting the health and safety of workers, neighboring communities and the environment surrounding the nation’s nuclear
weapons facilities. In that position, he was the chief architect of
the historic initiative to compensate nuclear weapons workers
who developed occupational illnesses as a result of exposure to
radiation, beryllium and other hazards. Michaels has received
numerous awards for his work. ■
In the last issue of Funds Update, the article
entitled OSHA -10 Refresher Released to
Industry erroneously stated that “sheet
metal workers are required to take an
OSHA-10 course every five years.” It is not
required, but is recommended to satisfy the
increasing demand of SMWIA signatory
contractors for current, updated training.
The federal government and OSHA may
soon require OSHA-10 refresher training
on all Davis-Bacon projects. ■
OSHA Issues Final
PPE Rule
OSHA
issued a final rule on
Personal Protective Equipment that requires that
filter lenses and plates in eye-protective
equipment meet a test for transmission of
radiant energy such as light or infrared.
The rule became effective October 9, 2009.
“Workers exposed to occupational hazards requiring head, foot, or eye and face
protection will now be provided protection
based on a standard that reflects state-ofthe-art technology and materials,” said acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA
Jordan Barab. “This final rule is another
step in OSHA’s efforts to update or remove
references to outdated national consensus
and industry standards.”
To review the rule, visit: http://www.
gpoaccess.gov/fr/ and search for PPE. ■
Michael J. Sullivan
SMWIA
Washington, DC
David E. Norris
Dean E. Norris, Inc.
Wiichita, KS
David Zimmermann
SMOHIT Trustee
Leonard Otero
SMOHIT Trustee
Ralph Blessing
SMOHIT Trustee
Business Manager
Local Union 36
St. Louis, MO
Safety Manager
J.B. Construction, Co.
Albuquerque, NM
Safety Director
McKenney, Inc.
Atlanta, GA
Robert Payne
SMOHIT Trustee
Business Manager
Local Union 441
Mobile, AL
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F
or nearly 40 years the Occupational Safety and Health
Act has been in place to provide workplace protections
for America’s workforce. Unfortunately, it still fails to
protect too many members of the workforce. The AFLCIO, along with SMWIA, is lobbying for changes to the
current Act.
The push is to return OSHA’s programs to their intended goals – regulation and enforcement of worker safety,
health and training laws.
“Current OSHA laws are inadequate, and need to
be strengthened,” says Gary Batykefer, SMOHIT’s
administrator. “While we’ve seen improvements since
the new administration has come in, they could be
more effective if the law had sharper teeth. We’ll
continue to push until we feel America’s workers are
adequately protected.”
The Obama Administration has made some changes in
overturning some of the previous administration’s antiworker, pro business rules and those changes have been
promising: A new, working-family friendly Secretary of
Labor in Hilda Solis and an OSHA acting director who really cares about workplace safety in Jordan Barab, but the
changes that really need to be made are in the law itself,
Batykefer points out.
Some of the changes advocated by SMWIA are:
• Full coverage for all workers. Nearly 9 million
workers—including state and local public employees
and flight attendants—still aren’t covered by OSHA.
• Stronger criminal and civil penalties for violations.
Current penalties average only $960 for a violation.
Criminal penalties are inadequate, as well. A willful violation that results in a worker death is only
charged as a misdemeanor.
safety matters
OSHA Authority Still Falls Short in
Protecting American Workplaces
• New standards for health and safety. In its 38-year
history, OSHA has developed new regulations governing 29 toxic substances. Many existing standards
are out of date or inadequate in their protections.
There is still a backlog of standards waiting for release and review, including rules on silica, cranes and
derricks, diacetyl and combustible dust.
When Barab addressed the United Steelworkers in late
August, he reported other changes in the works.
“We’re moving forward with the regulatory agenda
— particularly cranes and derricks, confined spaces and
silica,” said Barab. “We’re also progressing on harmonizing our standards with the Globally Harmonized System
of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. Secretary
Solis has also announced new rulemaking on combustible dust.” ■
H1N1 Resources for SMWIA Members
T
he U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and
Health Administration (OSHA) has issued commonsense
fact sheets that employers and workers can use to promote safety during the current H1N1 influenza outbreak.
The fact sheets inform employers and workers about
ways to reduce the risk of exposure to the 2009 H1N1 virus
at work.
OSHA’s “Workplace Safety and H1N1” website (available
through www.osha.gov) provides easy to understand information appropriate for all workplaces and more extensive
guidance for those involved in higher risk health care
activities. The fact sheets are advisory in nature and informational in content.
As new information about the 2009 H1N1 virus becomes
available, these workplace fact sheets will be updated. Employers and workers should review OSHA’s website at osha.gov often to ensure they have the most up-to-date information when
making decisions about their operations and planning.
The Canadian Government has also been out front in
preventing the spread of the H1N1 flu. It has launched
a website at fightflu.ca where citizens can view updates on
the spread of the flu and also access a number of resources
including an H1N1 preparedness guide. ■
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safety matters
Q&A
Corner
By Charles Austin,
SMOHIT Industrial Hygienist
Lead Hazards in the Workplace: Permissible
Exposure Limits
Q. Why should I be concerned about lead
exposure, aren’t there safeguards in place?
A. In our Spring issue, we commented on lead exposure
and its harmful side effects. What we didn’t talk about
was the Permissible Exposure Limits (PELs) and how
they need to change.
Dr. Philip Landrigan, an expert on lead toxicity at New
York’s Mount Sinai School of Medicine, said, “The
continuing overexposure of American workers to lead
and the persistent occurrence of occupational lead
poisoning is a national scandal.”
Q. What about lead PELs need to change?
A. Current PELs were set in 1978 and revised slightly in
1993. According to recent studies, current standards
do not protect workers. Many occupational health
experts say that OSHA’s lead standards are outdated. At
today’s levels, a worker whose blood lead level exceeds
50 or 60 μg/dL should be removed from exposure. The
current consensus among occupational health experts is
that harmful effects can occur at much lower levels. For
women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, for
example, experts recommend that women whose lead
levels fall between 5-9 μ/dL immediately reduce risk by
separating themselves from the situation. There is no
safe level for women who are pregnant.
Q. What are some of the other problems the
current permissible exposure levels?
A. There’s a problem with OSHA standards also, because
there’s no margin of safety between PELs and the level
that causes harm. The lack of this margin means that
discovery of exposure is the trigger for testing. That’s too
late for the harmed worker.
Q. When does testing for exposure occur?
A. With existing standards, workers need to get tested if
level. But, as we’ve noted before, lead exposure
doesn’t necessarily occur just through air. Workers can
become exposed by accidental ingestion. Also, not all
workplaces conduct necessary air monitoring.
In workplaces where lead exposure is possible,
employees should have periodic testing of their blood
lead levels.
Q. What are the recommendations for changes
in OSHA standards?
A. The UC Berkeley School of Public Health’s Health
Research for Action (HRA) recommends reducing the
threshold for removing a worker from all exposure,
reducing the permissible exposure limit, eliminating air
monitoring as the trigger for testing blood lead levels and
preventing take-home lead.
HRA notes that “revised standards that reduce lead
exposure may save employers money by eliminating the
need for some components of medical monitoring.”
Q. What are some other changes that can
protect workers?
A. HRA suggests that employers who comply with current
and revised standards should be rewarded. We agree.
Employers who make an investment in protecting
workplace safety and health should get favorable
treatment, like preferential status when bidding on public
works contracts and projects.
Q. What can I do now?
A. Educate yourself and protect yourself. SMOHIT offers
one-hour CD-ROM-based lead-exposure training. To
find out more, visit http://www.smohit.org/. In addition,
advocate change in OSHA’s standards by contacting
your local representatives. ■
the lead in the workplace air measures above a certain
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NEMI Sees Growing Opportunity
As Recovery Funds Spin Into Play
SMWIA
-signatory contractors are sharpening their pencils for bids on a
multitude of projects generated
under the federal stimulus program. Four federal agencies will direct the flow of some $10 billion in stimulus
funds. GSA got the biggest chunk, $5.5 billion. Most of
that money—$4.5 billion—is intended to improve energy
efficiency in federal buildings and facilities. Another $3.8
billion will be used to repair and modernize facilities of
the Department of Defense. The Department of the Interior and the Veterans Administration will receive about
$1 billion each that can be applied to energy efficiency or
energy projects.
NEMI’s review of the effects of the stimulus money on
the sheet metal industry estimates that some 3,600 SMWIA
union members will be employed in stimulus projects over
the three calendar years that it will take for the govern-
ment to spend the funds. Direct employment resulting
from the program will include mechanics/installers and
sheet metal workers conducting energy refits. The majority will be engaged in direct HVAC installs and duct work.
An additional 260 building commissioning agents or
TAB technicians are expected to play an important role
in energy efficiency projects generated by the stimulus
expenditures.
The study, prepared by the construction industry
research firm, FMI, was issued by NEMI last July. It notes
that more than $45 billion in the stimulus package is
focused on energy programs, mainly for efficiency and renewable energy. Most of the funding must be obligated by
the end of FY 2010, and some three quarters of the funds
will be spent by September 2010.
More than $21 billion of the stimulus money is required to be used for energy tax incentives, primarily for
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ARRA Energy Efficiency Project Locations by Count for GSA, DoD, VA and DOI
WA (21)
VT (9)
ME (5)
ND (12)
MT (3)
MN (15)
OR (5)
CA (54)
AZ (15)
IL (17)
CO (33)
NM (10)
IN (5)
RI (3)
OH (9)
CT (12)
WV (6)
KS (8)
OK (10)
MA (21)
PA (28)
IA (6)
NE (6)
UT (6)
NH (2)
MI (11)
WY (8)
NV (8)
NY (34)
WI (6)
SD (8)
ID (2)
MO (15)
NJ (7)
VA (40)
KY (27)
DE (6)
MD (43)
NC (33)
TN (7)
DC (22)
SC (16)
AR (37)
MS (4)
TX (44)
LA (20)
AL (11)
GA (45)
FL (27)
Puerto Rico (2)
USVI (1)
AK (31)
HI (11)
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FOCUS on NEMI
SMWIA National Labor College Class of 2009
Front Row (from left): Richard Flood, James Bagniefski, Thomas Schmidt, NLC President William Scheuerman, SMWIA General President Michael Sullivan, Leah Rambo, Michael Kelley and Chris
Carlough (SMWIA Director of Education). Second Row: Mark Norberg (Assistant to the General President), Rodney Graff, John Daniel, Samuel Schaffer, Robert Taylor, Vernon Shaffer and Jeff
Rowe. Top Row: Rich McClees (1st Assistant the General President), Steven Korsh, Michael Keane, Neil Furlong, Fred Scafidi, James Hamilton, Gerard Callahan, Terry Grimshaw, James Ross and
Anthony Easley. Five graduates were not available when the photo was taken, including: Armando Aguirre, Andrew Gilliland, Anthony Scott, Ryan VanHook and William Wroblewski.
NEMI Sees Growing
Opportunity (cont’d.)
energy efficiency and renewable energy—prompting private industry to perform energy audits and retrofits. The
SMWIA employment estimate does not include figures for
projects growing out of the tax incentives.
The government has specified that commissioning
agents are to be used for all full and partial building
modernization projects undertaken by GSA to verify the
performance of the delivered systems and projects. According to the report, GSA had more than 200 projects
to select from for high performance green buildings as
defined in the Energy Independence Security Act (EISA).
The agency used two criteria to make the final cuts:
1) Ability of the project to put people back to work
quickly, and 2) transforming federal buildings into high
performance green buildings. All GSA projects will be
awarded by October 2011.
NEMI notes that out of the $10 billion allocated for the
four agencies, almost half includes HVAC work. It is estimated that 90 percent of the project work will be obligated
by September 30, 2010, so bidding and awards will be happening fast, the study says.
The median project value is estimated at between
$600,000 and $700,000. Most of the projects are slated for
areas where SMACNA and SMWIA are heavily represented,
that is in the Mid-Atlantic and Midwest states. GSA and the
Defense Department will account for some 80 percent of
the planned activity.
In addition to the purchase of new equipment, energy
efficiency and retrofit projects will include expenditures
for energy audits, commissioning and building retrofit
expenditures. For a full copy of the report, go to:
www.nemionline.org. ■
NATE Honors NEMI’s Gary
Andis, Cites Industry
Advocacy, Certification
V
eteran NEMI staffer Gary
Andis was recently presented
with the Golden Toolbox
Award to mark his contributions
to HVAC industry efforts in the
area of technician certification.
The award is jointly conferred
by North American Technical
Excellence (NATE) and Contracting Business to recognize an
individual in the industry who
demonstrates exemplary service,
support and advocacy for technician certification.
NATE President Rex Boynton described Andis as “an
outstanding professional devoted to the success and future
of the HVACR industry.” He said Andis embodies the
“goals and vision of NATE certification.”
“It’s always been my belief that excellence is achieved
through education and a true sense of responsibility for
quality and professionalism,” commented Andis. “I’ve
done my best throughout my career to uphold and share
these beliefs, and it’s a great honor to be recognized by
NATE and my industry peers with this award.”
As director of certification for NEMI, Andis has 32 years
of industry experience. He has worked in various aspects
of installation, service and design. He has also helped to
advance the industry’s reputation for quality by serving
as an instructor and completing numerous instructor
training programs. Andis holds five NATE certifications
and serves on the NATE Technical Committee. He has
completed the OSHA 500 Safety Course, and holds certifications from the EPA as well as Certifications 608 and 609
Refrigerant Recovery and Recycling. ■
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TABB Supervisor
HVAC Fire Life Safety
April 5-7, 2010 — Albuquerque, NM
July 12-14, 2010 — Cleveland, OH
Supervisor, Level 1
TABB Supervisor — This class focuses on the skills and knowledge needed
to be a TABB Certified Supervisor. The TABB Certified Supervisor’s project
goal should be that contract obligations, as set forth in the drawings and
specifications, would be fulfilled to the highest level of quality. A TABB
Certified Supervisor should work directly with testing, adjusting and balancing
technicians on a project. The TABB Certified Supervisor ensures the use of
balance procedures that impose minimum restrictions on the HVAC systems.
Commissioning
development of the Building Commissioning Task Force which funded a study
on the effects of commissioning/retro commissioning. The findings were
astounding. Building commissioning professionals will be needed in increasing
numbers in the years to come.
IAQ Technician
IAQ Technicians have a big role in Indoor Air Quality (IAQ). The science of IAQ control
is quite complicated, but it all starts with an IAQ technician who regularly peers into
an HVAC system and explores ducts, mechanical rooms, crawl spaces, outdoor
intakes and basements, probing for flaws that lead to IAQ problems.
January 19-20, 2010 — Cedar Rapids, IA
HVAC Fire Life Safety — Suppression and control of fire and smoke has served
as the underpinnings of building codes in the United States for over 100 years.
Nearly all buildings intended for human occupancy are required by today’s
building codes to be designed with an assurance that, over the life of the
building, occupants will be reasonably safe from fire and smoke. Professionals
who properly install, inspect, and maintain fire dampers and related systems
make an important contribution to the execution of the fire protection design
and overall building performance in the event of a fire.
Commissioning — NEMI was first involved in commissioning with the
Technician, Level 1
December 14-17, 2009 — Carol Stream, IL
February 4-5, 2010 — Casper, WY
Sound & Vibration Supervisor
April 10, 2010 — Albuquerque, NM
July 17, 2010 — Cleveland, OH
HVAC Fire Life Safety
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NEMI/TABB COURSE GUIDE
FOCUS on NEMI
Sound & Vibration — Complete knowledge of an HVAC system is essential for
sound and vibration work. When an air handler comes on in a building, it should
run smoothly and with little noise. However, some “kick in” with vibrations
and a loud rolling noise. These noises and vibrations can occur when sound
travels along ductwork from the air handler to mixing boxes in the ceiling.
The sound and vibration professional is essential in creating a solution to this
problem using techniques of measurement and analysis. Sound and Vibration
(S&V) professionals are the eyes and ears on a construction project—and a vital
member of an environmental technology test team.
(Dates are subject to change.
Contact NEMI for the most
up-to-date schedule.)
www.nemionline.org
www.tabbcertified.org
Drop in Apprentice Numbers Sets Off Alarms
ITI
is issuing another reminder to JATCs to gin
up recruiting efforts in
the wake of sharp drops in apprenticeship enrollment over the first
eight months of 2009. In percentage
terms, U.S. enrollment dropped by
6.1 percent between January and
August 2009; Canadian enrollment
declined by 14 percent, although the
Canadian base is roughly 75 percent
smaller than that of the U.S.
“Everything is more difficult in a
recession. That goes for recruiting
and training,” notes ITI Adminis-
trator James Shoulders. “But these
numbers indicate that our JATCs in
general have slackened off in their
efforts to fill our training pipeline.
We need to break out of the mindset
that links training to current employment. Remember, we’re training
for the future, not for today.”
ITI’s apprentice to journeyman
ratios differ according to local
contracts. However, while those
agreements cover allowable ratios
on the job, they should not limit
the number of training slots a local JATC fills. Shoulders concedes
there are areas where the available
work may not be able to absorb all
of the apprentices enrolled, but
because of attrition, retirements
and other factors, very often the
number of apprentices is winnowed
down over the course of a four-year
training program.
“Right now, in the U.S. and
Canada, the ratio is roughly 10 to
1, journeymen to apprentices. That
means, we barely have a sufficient
number of enrolled apprentices to
stay even with natural attrition in
the industry,” he said. ■
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MAKE PLANS NOW TO ATTEND THE
9th Annual TABB Conference
MAY 2-8, 2010 SAN JOSE, CA
Planning is underway for the 9th Annual TABB Conference,
slated for San Jose, CA, May 2nd through the 8th. Although time
and topics for the conference are still tentative, current plans are to
convene with a Sunday, 7 a.m. breakfast followed by the first of a
series of training programs that are expected to include a three-day
formal training session for ICB/TABB supervisor, capped off with a
four-hour certification test on the afternoon of the third day.
The program is also expected to feature an Energy Audit
Seminar.
Classes will run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., with an hour
for lunch.
Other training programs are slated to start on Wednesday,
tentatively including a class on Fume Hoods/ ASHRAE 110, and
Fire Life Safety training for Levels 1 and 2, with separate programs for technicians and supervisors. Fire Life Safety programs
provide for a two-hour certification test after the final instruction.
SMWIA Local 104, which services the regions around
San Francisco, San Jose and northern California, will present a reception, tour of the local’s training facilities and a
tradeshow in what has become one of the highlights of TABB
conferences.
Saturday sessions will feature the ICB Conference, the
traditional awards luncheon and Hall of Fame induction. Sessions will close out with the popular Open Forum that enables
attendees to discuss industry topics directly with individual
members of the ICB. ■
FOR REGISTRATION QUESTIONS:
Charlett Henson
(703) 299-5646 ext. 670
FOR CONFERENCE/CLASS DETAILS:
Kevin Casey
(703) 299-5646 ext. 671
Conference planners have negotiated special room rates
with the San Jose Hilton—$149 for single or double
rooms, $169 for triples and $189 for quads. Make
reservations directly with the San Jose Hilton. Phone
(408) 287-2100.
For more information, go online to
www.tabbcertified.org
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WEST GATE SHEET METAL, INC. BUILDS FIRST NEW DESIGN OF U.S. NAVY WET TRAINER
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est Gate Sheet Metal, Inc., Local Union 32’s Industrial Fabrication Shop in Rivera Beach, Florida was
chosen as the preferred contractor to construct the
first prototype model of the $2.5 million surface damage control trainer (SDCT) for the U.S. Navy’s Center
of Naval Engineering (CNE) Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The
CNE Learning Site oened October 23, 2009.
The trainer was originally designed and built to simulate the conditions aboard the USS Samuel B. Roberts
(FFG 58) when the ship struck a mine in the Persian
Gulf on April 14, 1988.
This state of the art facility is two stories high, finishing 28 feet long by 28 feet wide. The new design is
construction from 30,000 lbs. of aluminum including
68 sheets of 3/8” thick 6061 T-6 aluminum, and various
shapesand sizes of extruded aluminum angles, beams,
and support brackets.
Any of the eight different damage control scenarioius can be implemented individually or all at once in series. Training exercises include leading students
through flooded compartments which need shoring and plugging in order to
advance to the next level. For example, a sailor may have to run up stairs to
retrieve the shoring patches and then back down to address the leads and
then try to escape through one of the many installed hatches (above).
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The trainer consists of eight separate damage control compartments with
battle damage scenarios, such as a ruptured bulkhead, broken pipes, and a
flooded hatch. Several considerations were made with the design to make all
training conditions look and feel like any modern U.S. Navy ship including battle
lanterns, locker rooms, non-skid flooring, and emergency sirens to replicate
the 1MC and general alarm conditions. In addition, various visual effects were
included, such as the missile breach below (left).
The trainer holds approximately 20,000 gallons of
treated water that can be
used to flood compartment
on both levels. This is also
environmentally friendly by
recycling its own water which
greatly reduces the impact
on the local sewage system.
Every seam and joint on this
project was welded by union
sheet metal worker journeymen referred from Local 32’s
West Palm Beach office. Each
certified welder was required to
pass the GMAW D 1.2 structural
aluminum 1/8” to 3/4” AWS-ITI
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SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL UNION 55
N
ewly formed Sheet Metal Workers Local 55 held
its first apprentice Youth to Youth orientation
class at its main Pasco, Washington, training facility October 12-16, 2009. The class covered organizing basics and the constant effort to expand union
sheet metal market share. Other topics included
labor history, union structure, and responsibility as
union trades people.
Region 4 Director of Organizing, Sean Mahoney,
assisted Local 55 during the week. Spokane and Pasco
area 3rd year apprentices who attended included:
Tom Black, Austin Kenyon, Brandon Brower, Callan
Johnson, Casey Hall, Chris Eubanks, Derek Foeringer,
Dustin Shepard, Justin Carter, Richard Giles, Shannon
Pennock, Shawn Sather, Travis Brasker, Walter “Seth”
Cox, Wes O’Brien, John Fagan and Jim Cowan.
Also attending from Local 55 were Business Representative/ Organizing Director Kolby Hanson, Organizer Carlos Arroyo, Organizer Jeremy Utley, Business
Representative Mike McClain, and Business Manager
Shannon Mcentire.
Special guest SMWIA Director of Organizing James
White attended the class and spoke on the importance
of organizing. On Thursday October 15th he accompanied the class and Local 55 staff to handbill Packaging
Plus, Inc. Local 55 has a current organizing drive at this
production facility located in Yakima, Washington, with
an NLRB election scheduled for October 30, 2009.
LOCAL 66 PRESENTS SERVICE AWARDS, BIDS RETIRING OFFICE MANAGER FAREWELL
Retired Local 66 office manager Jan Janzen with her
plaque and accompanied by
her husband, retired sheet
metal worker Ed Janzen.
Seated, left to right, 50-year honorees Raymond LaPlante, Gary
Spillman, Willis Sykes, Jr., and Ray Ball, Jr. Standing, left to right,
Financial Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Katsel, 40-year honorees
Richard Newton, William Kaplan, and Dave Leishman, and Business
Manager Eric J. Martinson.
A
fter 20 years of dedicated service to Local 66, Office
Manager Jan Janzen retired, effective July 1, 2009. Jan has
been a constant with Local 66 since she started working
for the local in 1989. She was presented with a plaque honoring and thanking her for her service to the local at the union
meeting in July. We wish her and her husband and retired
sheet metal worker, Ed Janzen, all the best in retirement.
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Kneeling, left to right, Business Manager and 25-year honoree
Eric J. Martinson, President and 25-year honoree Kal Rohde, and
25-year honoree Dale Davis. Standing is 40-year honoree Gary
Anderson.
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LOCAL 66 YOUTH TO YOUTH
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ocal 66, which services most of the state of Washington, established a Youth to Youth program initially
in 1989; however, the program that exists today
started officially in 1996. Since that time, Local 66 has
hosted approximately 1000 apprentices through its
bi-annual orientations. Of those that have attended the
orientation, we have taken on 159 active staff Youth to
Youth Organizers to date. Our orientations are run in
week long formats during the first week of April and
the first week of October, to coincide with the Local’s
regular membership meeting in Everett. Attendance at
the union meeting shows the apprentices how the business of the union takes place.
The Local also requires attendance at a banquet on
Thursday night during the orientation week to give the
apprentices an opportunity to socialize not only with
each other, but also to engage with former Youth to
Youth Organizers, allowing them to hear directly from
participants in the salting program.
During the week long orientation, the apprentices
learn about the heritage of our union, along with the
importance of many other factors that affect our ability
to earn a fair and livable wage. We explore how important politics are to a labor union like ours. We examine
our roles as building tradespeople in our community,
and how this involvement goes further than just building structures. Our members have an impact on many
aspects of our community, from how they portray our
union to the public to how they choose to spend their
hard-earned dollars. They learn about the Employee
Free Choice Act and other legislation affecting our industry. The Youth to Youth orientation also allows the
apprentices to understand better how we organize as a
Local, and how third year apprentices can choose to be
an integral part of our organizing efforts.
Local 66 has benefitted immensely from its Youth
to Youth program which got its start originally through
the efforts of retired Business Manager Ken Petersen,
the local organizer, and the SMWIA organizing staff.
The program’s value has grown in importance as evidenced by one measure, an increase in the organizing
assessment from 10 cents an hour in 1999 to 40 cents
currently. We have also moved in the time period from
one organizer to an active department with four organizers, supplemented by 10 Youth to Youth Apprentice
Organizers.
Today, we have a very supportive membership, eager
to get involved. Some 300+ names are on a volunteers
list that is growing every time a Youth to Youth orientation takes place. Another benefit of the Youth to Youth
orientation is that it creates better union members who
understand that getting involved doesn’t mean coming
on staff for six months as an organizer. The organizing department and the agents regularly get calls from
apprentices who have attended the orientation. They
understand our organizing objectives, and they also see
how they can participate on varying levels as a member.
Organizing is so much more effective when you have
hundreds of other members keeping their eyes peeled
for organizing opportunities. The apprentices who
attend the orientation learn that they can do their part
as apprentices and also long into their career as active
journeypersons. At this time, Local 66’s staff includes
four former Youth to Youth apprentices.
In closing, Youth to Youth is an incredibly valuable
tool that Local 66 has used to have a direct effect on
its organizing efforts by creating better, more active
union members. I was a Youth to Youth apprentice
myself, and my past experience with the program, as
well as my day to day work with our Youth to Youth
apprentices, has profoundly affected my work as a
Business Representative for Local 66. Local 66 is
very proud of what our program has become.
Aaron Bailey
Business Representative
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REGION 1 HOLDS FIRE LIFE SAFETY CLASS
T
he Fire Life Safety class recently held at the Woodlands
Hotel in Wilkes Barre, PA, was attended by 57 members and organizers, with 51 passing the test. In another class held in Chicago, over 55 members and organizers
took the class, with 51 taking the test and 44 passing.
These SMWIA members will be the only certified
HVAC Fire Life Safety Level 1 Technicians in the country. Nationally, the ICB/TABB (International Certification Board/Testing, Adjusting, and Balancing Bureau)
have certified over 1,000 members. These certifications
will not only help provide jobs for our members but will
also service local communities by ensuring that HVAC
systems work correctly to minimize the risk to people
and property in case of a fire.
Organizers will use what they learn in the class to urge
communities to hold contractors responsible for ensuring that HVAC systems work and are up to code. Using
the Fire Life Safety Certification standard, union HVAC
contractors will have a better opportunity to win bids for
this type of work.
LOCAL 15 RETIREE TRAVELS BACK IN TIME
The power shear in the 1940s (left), and VanScoy in front of the same working power shear today.
L
ary VanScoy has spent 55 years as a union sheet
metal worker. He retired from Local 15 (Central
Florida) and currently lives in Dillard, Georgia.
However, while on vacation this past July, he visited
Omaha, Nebraska, where he served his apprenticeship
back in the 1950s with Local 3.
The shop where he used to work, Olson Bros. Sheet
Metal and Roofing, has been purchased by a new
owner, Don Gundlach, and renamed Norlock Metal
Products, but the more things change, the more they
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Norlock Metal Products owner Don Gundlach (left)
and Van Scoy.
stay the same. The shop “had not changed at all” and
is still a union shop that employs 15 union members.
“Looking around,” said Brother VanScoy, “I noticed a
power shear and power brake that I had worked with
in the 50s and that were still being used and in good
working order.”
It just goes to show that the proper use and maintenance of equipment is one of the many ways that union
sheet metal workers prove their worth to contractors
every day!
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LOCAL 105 HOLDS RETIREE RECOGNITION DINNER AND DANCE
60-year honorees. Seated, Kenneth B. Smith (left) and
Ray V. Fiebiger. 2nd row, left to right, Norman D. Skorheim,
Richard A. Ortiz, Salvatore T. Pipitone, Daniel Lujan, Gary
Lichtenstein, and Business Manager and President Roy A.
Ringwood. Back row, left to right, Walter Kohlhepp, Robert
S. Motto, Robert Bock, Bernard P. Fortunato, Richard D.
Scott, Jack Yablan, Retired International Organizer Paul
F. Masi, William F. Van Loenen, and General SecretaryTreasurer Joseph Nigro.
40-year honorees: Henry D. Adams, Antonio M. Aguilar, Albert Alvarez, Alfred Arguello, Joseph
Barresi, Thomas Bede, Robert D. Bitters, Retired Local 108 Business Manager William Bouffard, Garry L. Burkett, William E. Bushey, Stephen Calderon, Thomas Carter, Clement P. Cobo,
Gordon W. Cody, John Curry, Robert A. Dawald, Bruno Decrescentis, Lynn A. Dickson, Rodger
Dubbs, David H. Duckwald, Lawrence O. Duckwald, George W. Dunlap, Richard D. Edelen, George
Forrest, Jean Guy Fradette, Kenneth Frederick, Armando Gallego, Jeffery George Jr., Charles Gorgano, Ronald B. Green, Darrall C. Jackson, Arthur Jauregui, Richard Johnson, James E. Kritzer,
Thomas R. Lavey, Manuel E. Lee, Donald E. Mackin, Donovan Madsen, James B. Meldrum,
Bob J. Moshenko, Edward Oberlander, Salvatore J. Oliveri, Thomas T. Oshima, Richard Owens,
Joseph L. Price, Alexander Ramirez, Ronald C. Ringwood, Business Manager and President Roy
A. Ringwood, Carlos Sanchez, John R. Selby, Leslie K. Skeen, Roy L. Sparks, Gerald A. St. Martin,
Eugene E. Sully, Robert Taylor, Robert B. Townsend, Carlos Uribe, and Kenneth T. Witt.
50-year honorees: Albert Alvarez, Eleazar Amador, Darrell Ashcraft, Frank J. Ballardo, Paul
Bandas Jr., Donald J. Barbato, Jim H. Beam, Sydney A. Berrard, Robert G. Bradley, Glen
W. Bryant, Daniel M. Bustos, Jesus J. Campa, Cesar Cantu, Michael S. Carlson, Oscar P.
Carrillo, Rudolph Cerfogli, Samuel R. Chavez, Edward K. Chrisman, Manuel Cordova, John
Couts, Henry De La Mora, Frederick G. Desilva, Richard G. Enriquez, Santiego Estrada, Walter R. Findlay, Raymond C. Garcia, James Granger, Richard D. Granger, Rhinehart Helzer,
Anastacio R. Hernandez, Robert H. Hoff, Don Howard, Robert E. Johnson, Roy A. Jones,
Charles M. Lawson, Harry M. Lindsey, Robert S. Lopez, John D. Love, William Martin, Gil
Martinez, Hector Martinez, Robert B. May, James A. McMahan, Thomas L. Mestaz, Carl
Moore, Bob J. Moshenko, General Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Nigro, Tsugio Nishimura,
Richard Ochoa, Armando Ortega, Alfonso Padilla, Kenneth D. Park, Phillip A. Pecora,
Manuel Ramirez, Business Manager and President Roy A. Ringwood, Daniel Rodriguez,
Juventino Rodriguez, Jr., Larrie D. Schnorr, Donald L. Straley, Earl A. Sylvester, Victor M.
Teran, Morris Troch, Robert J. Uballez, James E. Watson, Roy Williams, James R. Windle,
Ralph L. Wyckoff, Eugene G. Yeomans, and Lawrence W. Zeni.
Retired International Organizer Coy Amador (2nd
from right) celebrates
his 70th birthday at the
Retiree Recognition
Dinner and Dance, in the
company of his family
and Business Manager
and President Roy A.
Ringwood (2nd from left).
25-year honorees. Seated, left to right, Oscar Rowland, Robert
L. Teran, Timmothy Carlton, and Charles Singer. 2nd row, left
to right, General Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Nigro, Dennis G.
Cole, David Walker, Philip Cohan, and Business Manager and
President Roy A. Ringwood. Back row, left to right, Cipriano
Garcia, John H. Shaver, and Jerome Bernal Foster.
90-year-old Benny Fortunato (a 60-year pin recipient) dances
the night away with his wife.
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LOCAL 441 RECOGNIZES SERVICE—ACROSS YEARS AND ACROSS GENERATIONS
Left to right, Director of Railroad and Shipyard Workers
Dewey Garland, International Representative and 50-year
honoree Jackie Hester with his son, member Tony Hester.
President Chris Cook (left) shakes the hand of
40-year honoree Buddy Martin.
Business Manager Robert Payne (right) shakes the hand of 25year honoree John LeMaster, Jr.
President Chris Cook (left) shakes the hand
of 25-year honoree Robert “Bob” Warren.
Three generations of Local 441 members, left to right, Thomas Fisher, II, his father International Representative Thomas Fisher, and his grandfather Billy Fisher.
LOCAL 41 JATC RECEIVES LICENSE
L
ocal 41 (Puerto Rico) has completed the
lengthy process of registering the Local’s
JATC school with the Commonwealth government as a provider of post-secondary vocation-technical education. The process, used
for schools throughout Puerto Rico, took two
years to complete. Meeting the requirements
of the Commonwealth Department of Education ensures to students, parents, and the
public that the education offered at the JATC
is “effective and efficient,” as well as “high
quality and appropriate,” to “promote a better
future” for the people of Puerto Rico. As of
September 18, 2009, Local 41’s JATC became
the only licensed school providing hands-on
training and certifications in TABB, Welding, Service, OSHA 10 & 30 and NATE. This
licensed certification will enhance organizing
efforts and help secure future work for the
membership.
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The Journal
NOTICE REGARDING UNION MEMBERSHIP AND AGENCY FEES UNDER UNION SECURITY AGREEMENTS
As a member of the Sheet Metal Workers’
International Association, AFL-CIO, you belong
to one of the oldest and most respected craft
unions in North America. It includes a staff
of professional field representatives who are
always available to lend assistance to local union
affiliates, and it has the financial resources to
enable it to deal effectively with a host of various
problems whenever and wherever they arise.
Nationally, the SMWIA has developed unparalleled
workplace safety, apprenticeship, pension and
welfare programs.
Your local union is dedicated to the purpose of
advancing your collective and individual interests
in the workplace. The labor contract, which is
negotiated by the local union with your employer,
determines virtually everything of importance
to you: your wages and hours of employment,
your pension, health and welfare benefits, and the
grievance procedure which protects you against
arbitrary and unfair treatment by management.
The provisions of the labor contract cannot be
changed by your employer during the term of
the contract without the local union’s expressed
consent.
All members are encouraged to participate
in their local union and in the International
Association. Local unions hold monthly or
quarterly membership meetings, and members are
entitled to raise a wide variety of matters at these
meetings. Issues of importance generally are
approved by a majority vote of the membership
before action is taken. Your voice on all important
matters, and there are many, should and will
be heard if you attend membership meetings
regularly. Additionally, local union officers and
representatives are elected by secret ballot vote
of the membership every three years. Only union
members can participate in these activities.
For employees working under labor contracts
containing union security clauses, you are
required, as a condition of employment, to
pay dues or fees to your local union, which in
turn pays per capita dues to the International
Association. This is your only obligation under
such union security clauses. Individuals who
choose to be union members pay dues, while
individuals who are non-members pay an
equivalent fee, known as an “agency fee.” While
the wording of these union security clauses is not
perfectly uniform, none requires more than the
payment of this agency fee to retain employment.
This agency fee, which is authorized by law,
is the equivalent of membership dues. The
SMWIA agency fee policy has been designed to
meet the union’s legal obligations to employees
covered by union security clauses and to
effectuate those employees’ legal rights as stated
in applicable decisions of the U.S. Supreme
Court. If you should choose to become a nonmember, however, you would not have the right
to participate in the development of contract
proposals, the right to nominate and vote for
officers of the local union, the right to participate
in strike votes, the right to attend union meetings,
or the right to numerous other benefits available to
members only.
The most important job-related right you can
have is the right to collective bargaining. Because
all employees negotiate together through their
local unions, those represented by the union
receive higher wages and better benefits than
non-union workers doing similar jobs. Strength in
numbers makes this possible. The stronger your
local union is, the better your contract. Do not
take yourself out of this most important process
and weaken your local union at the bargaining
table. We urge you to be and remain a union
member so that your union will be strong and you
will have access to the full range of rights and
benefits that only union members enjoy.
Under the SMWIA agency fee policy, employees
who are not members of the union but who
pay agency fees pursuant to a union security
clause are entitled to object to paying for their
share of certain kinds of union expenditures
that are not germane to the collective bargaining
process. Those non-members who do so in a
timely manner become fee “objectors” and pay
a reduced fee. The SMWIA refers to them as
“financial core payers.” For the per capita dues
paid to the International Association, the reduced
fee is set as a percentage of the union’s full per
capita dues paid by members, corresponding to
the percentage of the International Association’s
chargeable expenditures to its total expenditures
in the most recently audited calendar year.
Chargeable expenditures relate to activities
or projects germane to collective bargaining,
contract administration, organizing, and grievance
adjustment within the meaning of applicable U.S.
Supreme Court and NLRB decisions (including
Beck v. CWA). Among these chargeable
expenditures are those related to negotiations with
employers, administering and enforcing collective
bargaining agreements, informal meetings
with employer representatives, discussion of
work-related issues with employees, handling
employees’ work-related problems through the
grievance procedure, administrative agencies
or informal meetings, and union governance.
An independent auditor has determined that
during 2008 (the most recently audited calendar
year), 82% of the International Association’s
expenditures was spent on such chargeable
activities. The percentage of local union
expenditures on such chargeable activities has
historically and traditionally been much higher,
usually more than 90%.
On the other hand, there are other expenditures
referred to as “nonchargeable” expenditures. Such
nonchargeable expenditures include the cost of
legislative activity, affiliation with non-SMWIA
organizations, support of political candidates,
participation in political events, and members-only
benefits, such as strike benefits. During 2008,
18% of the International Association’s expenditures
was spent on such nonchargeable activities. The
percentage of local union expenditures on such
chargeable activities has historically and traditionally
been much lower, usually less than 10%.
Thus, non-members who take no action
in response to this notice will be charged the
full agency fee equivalent to full membership
dues during calendar year 2010. If those nonmembers submit a timely objection to paying for
nonchargeable expenses, such non-members
will pay a financial core fee to the International
Association of 82% of per capita dues during
calendar year 2010.
Financial core payers are entitled, upon
request, to additional information providing a
more detailed explanation of the basis for the fee
charged to them, in order to decide whether or
not to exercise their legal rights to challenge the
union’s calculation of the fee. If you request such
additional information, it will include a statement
of the International Association’s expenditures for
calendar year 2008 broken down between those
categories deemed to be chargeable and those
deemed to be nonchargeable and the independent
auditor’s report on the fee calculation. After
receiving such additional information, a financial
core payer may challenge the International
Association’s calculation of the fee, which could
culminate in a reasonably prompt resolution by
an impartial, third-party arbitrator if not settled.
All such challenges may be consolidated in a
single arbitration proceeding. If you submit such
a challenge, the portion of the fee reasonably in
dispute will be held in an interest-bearing escrow
account pending the outcome of the challenge.
The arbitrator will have authority to determine if
the union’s calculation of the agency fee is correct,
to order any downward adjustments to the fee if
warranted, and to order that the funds being held in
the interest-bearing escrow account be distributed
in accordance with his or her opinion.
If you are a financial core payer and wish to
receive the additional information referred to
above, you must submit a letter requesting such
information postmarked no later than January
29, 2010. You will then have 30 days after the
additional information is sent to you to submit a
challenge to the union’s calculation of the fee. If
you are a union member and wish to become
an agency fee payer, you may resign your union
membership at any time, after which point you will
be charged the then-applicable agency fee instead
of union dues. New bargaining unit members are
expected to receive this notice prior to a demand for
the payment of union dues or fees.
All requests for the additional information
referred to above, as well as any objections to
paying for nonchargeable expenditures and
challenges to the union’s calculation of the agency
fee, must be submitted in writing and include
the employee’s name, address, social security
number, SMWIA membership number, local
union number, and employer. A challenge should
identify the basis for the challenge to the union’s
calculation of the financial core fee in order to
assist in determining whether the challenge can be
accommodated without further proceedings. All
requests for the additional information referred to
above, as well as objections and challenges, must
be sent to the Director of Membership Records,
SMWIA, 6th Floor, 1750 New York Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20006, and also to the financial
secretary-treasurer of the local union which
represents you.
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Let Us Always Remember…
Local Union
& Address
1-Peoria, IL
2-Kansas City, MO
2-Kansas City, MO
3-Omaha, NE
3-Omaha, NE
7-Lansing, MI
7-Lansing, MI
9-Denver, CO
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
10-Maplewood, MN
12-Southwestern, PA
12-Southwestern, PA
12-Southwestern, PA
12-Southwestern, PA
12-Southwestern, PA
12-Southwestern, PA
12-Southwestern, PA
12-Southwestern, PA
16-Portland, OR
16-Portland, OR
16-Portland, OR
17-Eastern, MA
17-Eastern, MA
17-Eastern, MA
17-Eastern, MA
18-State of WI
18-State of WI
18-State of WI
18-State of WI
18-State of WI
18-State of WI
18-State of WI
19-Southeastern, PA
20-Indianapolis, IN
20-Indianapolis, IN
20-Indianapolis, IN
20-Indianapolis, IN
20-Indianapolis, IN
20-Indianapolis, IN
20-Indianapolis, IN
23-Anchorage, AK
23-Anchorage, AK
24-Southern, OH
24-Southern, OH
24-Southern, OH
24-Southern, OH
25-Northern, NJ
25-Northern, NJ
25-Northern, NJ
27-South, NJ
27-South, NJ
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Name
Martin, Michael L
Bass, Floyd H
Still, Harry F
Brooks, Thomas L
Westbrook, David
Hull, Paul W
Shappee, Ralph G
Weiss, Robert H
Backora, James H
Brass, William A
Daniels, Troy S
Field, Clarence A
Gordon, Richard M
Raatsi, Melvin C
Sawatzky, Charles H
Schammel, Ralph L
Schmitz, Kenneth C
Schultz, Kenneth J
Taschuk, Allen S
Vanderplaats, Robert J
Boehm, Ralph J
Fazio, Albert C
Finley, Eugene
House, Robert D
Kirin, Peter J
Martin, Earl E
Slogaski, Leo
Teeter, Jonathan E
Ryan, James
Williams, Jon
Wulff, Charles J
Armao, Robert J
Blouin, Charles J
Jope, Frank L
Yankowski, Donald F
Chipman, Wayne W
Demshar, William P
Geckler, John G
Manfrin, Jeffrey D
Mehnert, Fred K
Thomforde, Loren
Withbroe, Byron
Anderson, John G
Frederick, Carl G
Junkersfeld, Doug M
Martino, Dominic J
Reese Jr., John A
Sammons, Sylvia A
Strickland, William A
Trunnell, Charles H
Kitchens Jr., Warren
Nyborg, Williard
Branscome, Donald
Marsh, Robert
Pickrell, Jonathon L
Retherford, Timothy W
Dito, Philip
Lentz, Chris A
Spiesbach, Joseph H
Meucci, Emanuel
Williams, Arthur
Age
62
89
90
77
56
65
62
74
81
88
88
76
69
68
65
75
85
91
51
61
65
80
52
75
94
89
78
28
70
70
87
69
81
89
72
70
81
84
59
82
89
88
66
68
55
77
66
54
43
73
58
75
67
51
60
49
89
45
70
89
98
Date of Death
6/6/09
10/19/09
9/19/09
10/29/09
10/17/09
9/18/09
9/23/09
7/19/07
8/16/09
8/18/09
8/4/09
8/4/09
10/29/09
10/25/09
10/14/09
9/28/09
8/22/09
10/11/09
10/1/09
8/17/09
9/18/09
9/24/09
9/15/09
10/6/09
9/25/09
9/2/09
9/7/09
9/20/09
10/31/09
10/21/09
7/29/09
9/9/09
9/4/09
9/20/09
9/12/09
9/19/09
10/1/09
10/15/09
8/25/09
9/10/09
9/26/09
8/29/09
8/15/09
9/18/09
9/27/09
9/13/09
9/17/09
9/8/09
9/4/09
6/17/09
6/28/09
10/28/07
9/1/09
10/6/09
10/3/09
9/2/09
9/18/09
10/30/09
9/13/09
9/6/09
6/9/09
Local Union
& Address
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
28-New York, NY
30-Toronto, Ont. Canada
32-Southern, FL
32-Southern, FL
33-OH & WV
33-OH & WV
33-OH & WV
33-OH & WV
33-OH & WV
33-OH & WV
33-OH & WV
33-OH & WV
36-St. Louis, MO
38-S.E., NY & Western, CT
46-Rochester, NY
47-Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
54-Houston, TX
54-Houston, TX
55-Pacso, WA
58-Syracuse, NY
58-Syracuse, NY
63-Western, MA
63-Western, MA
66-Western, WA
66-Western, WA
66-Western, WA
66-Western, WA
66-Western, WA
66-Western, WA
66-Western, WA
71-Buffalo, NY
71-Buffalo, NY
71-Buffalo, NY
73-Chicago/Cook Cos., IL
85-Atlanta, GA
85-Atlanta, GA
Name
Hallerna, Kenneth
Lacorte, George
Landsnes, Robert
Lane, Gerald
Ligarzewski, Robert
Raimondi, Eugene
Ranaldo, Michael
Rinaldi, Joseph
Schwabe, Frederick
Sessa, Henry
Pell, Vernon P
Rawlings, Lionel
Shortt, Mervin W
Faust, Wellington W
Sherba, Thedore
Andrews, Louis W
Armitage, Lester
Beckett, William G
Elliott, William C
Halsey, Robert G
Lakatos, Steve J
Oldaker, William M
Parker Jr., Marvin H
Graeser, Donald E
DeAngelis, Peter
Heiple, Emmett O
Torresi Sr., William
Liberati, Louis T
Patry, Vincent
Edwards, Leo
Koval, Edwin J
Compton, Raymond E
Walter, Donald J
Whalen, Kevin
Christopher, Walter A
Laporte, Robert R
Anderson, David
Beck, David J
Bowen, Ronald J
Gorynski, Ray B
Guckian, Thomas W
Lee, Stanley A
Oakley, Jack W
Arber, Alfred C
Arnett, Charles W
Black, Warren
Cinatl, Earl F
Ernst, John
Frantz Jr., Donald K
Krashoc, Martin F
Marquardt, Raymond
McIvor, William F
Miller, Bruce
Pardol, Edward
Pindel, Joseph
Saban, Michael
Smeja, Vernon G
Wagner, Daniel A
Wilson, James P
Anderson, Lewis E
Fleming, Jimmy L
Age
72
82
77
69
61
78
87
72
85
92
75
65
76
85
59
75
83
76
89
92
60
74
78
70
79
85
76
65
59
77
87
69
62
26
84
77
67
58
63
89
57
91
88
82
80
75
80
83
56
81
70
81
65
84
86
72
68
49
69
64
68
Date of Death
8/26/09
7/23/09
8/2/09
8/26/09
5/11/09
9/4/09
9/5/09
8/27/09
9/3/09
7/21/09
9/18/09
4/15/09
8/25/09
8/2/09
7/2/09
9/13/09
9/9/09
9/1/09
8/24/09
8/7/09
9/10/09
9/29/09
8/18/09
9/10/09
9/11/09
11/10/08
10/22/09
9/24/09
7/29/09
6/3/09
6/7/09
8/8/09
8/1/09
9/13/09
7/1/09
9/11/09
9/22/09
9/16/09
5/14/08
9/20/09
7/21/09
10/23/09
10/8/09
9/10/09
9/20/09
9/10/09
9/9/09
8/20/09
9/14/09
9/9/09
9/14/09
9/9/09
8/10/09
8/4/09
7/16/09
8/29/09
9/19/09
8/6/09
9/11/09
7/13/09
10/8/09
The Journal
Let Us Always Remember…
Local Union
& Address
88-Las Vegas, NV
88-Las Vegas, NV
88-Las Vegas, NV
88-Las Vegas, NV
88-Las Vegas, NV
100-Washington, DC & Vicinity
104-San Francisco, CA
105-Los Angeles, CA
105-Los Angeles, CA
105-Los Angeles, CA
105-Los Angeles, CA
112-Elmira, NY
124-Oklahoma City, OK
162-Sacramento, CA
Name
Botelho, Wilford
Glidden, Daniel
Hoffman, Paul
Phillips, David E
Riddick, Joseph
Myles Jr., Bernard
Scearce, James
Schanken, Charles
Smith, Joe W
Aguayo, Sergio
Babb, Rudy W
Bowen, John
Caton, Brian A
Kaisi, Robert
Koeppe, Mark L
Lefevre, Robert R
Nipper, Don
Ohnstad, Donald
Pierce, Bradley
Sheppard, William
Vasquez, Daniel
Boyar Jr., Willie
Mueller, Herbert
Rubert, Milton H
Schneider, Albert M
Beardsley, William D
Strickler, Fred B
Boyer, Norman L
Age
66
55
67
51
33
88
89
61
70
49
55
30
21
84
48
84
66
78
46
62
51
53
94
74
83
49
71
82
Date of Death
12/23/08
4/24/09
1/27/09
2/11/09
6/11/09
7/13/09
9/26/09
7/4/09
9/23/09
8/12/09
9/21/09
9/26/09
9/23/09
8/26/09
9/22/09
10/20/09
9/20/09
9/19/09
8/29/09
10/5/09
9/12/09
9/13/09
9/8/09
7/21/09
9/11/09
9/7/09
4/30/09
4/29/09
Local Union
& Address
162-Sacramento, CA
162-Sacramento, CA
162-Sacramento, CA
162-Sacramento, CA
162-Sacramento, CA
162-Sacramento, CA
162-Sacramento, CA
218-Springfield, IL
219-Rockford, IL
219-Rockford, IL
219-Rockford, IL
263-Cedar Rapids, IA
280-Vancouver, BC, Canada
292-Detroit, MI
292-Detroit, MI
312-Salt Lake City, UT
337-Tyler, TX
359-Arizona
359-Arizona
361-Shreveport, LA
397-Thunder Bay, Ont. Canada
397-Thunder Bay, Ont. Canada
473-London, Ontario, Canada
Name
Graham, Aaron M
Howard, Frank L
Lovato, Philip W
Nogleberg, Stephen L
Rife, Robert F
Spears, Thomas J
Wieder, Kenneth
Yarnell, James F
Borgersen, Olav
Glidden, Robert D
Vance, Lester
Petersen, Axel
Felchle, Norman
Freshwater, Edwin
Schofield, Edmund
Mirowski, Daniel
Wrobleski, Richard
Hanger, Eric T
Jorgensen, Alan L
Ricks, Charles E
Shewmake, Walter T
Dean, Robi G
Kulina, Joseph A
Walkner, Milo F
McGill, Benjamin F
Heritage, Laurie
Reid, James
Pearson, Paul
Age
42
67
46
61
64
59
48
62
92
82
65
83
75
84
56
78
36
56
86
72
34
85
81
87
86
70
70
Date of Death
10/13/09
9/9/09
8/23/09
8/26/09
9/23/09
8/25/09
8/10/09
10/11/09
9/27/09
8/12/09
9/16/09
9/5/09
9/4/09
9/23/09
9/4/09
9/19/09
10/30/09
9/7/09
9/19/09
9/4/09
9/15/09
8/30/09
9/6/09
10/10/09
10/25/09
2/16/09
6/3/09
10/2/09
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SHEET METAL WORKERS’
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION
1750 New York Ave., N.W.
Washington, D. C. 20006–5386
DRIVE UNION
A guide to 2009 cars, trucks, SUVs
and vans made by union members
UAW cars
UAW SUVs/CUVs
Buick Lucerne
Cadillac CTS
Cadillac DTS
Cadillac STS
Cadillac XLR
Chevrolet Cobalt
Chevrolet Corvette
Chevrolet Malibu/Hybrid
Chrysler Sebring Convertible
Chrysler Sebring Sedan
Dodge Avenger
Dodge Caliber
Dodge Viper
Ford Focus
Ford Mustang
Ford Taurus
Lincoln MKS
Mazda6
Mercury Sable
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Mitsubishi Eclipse Spyder
Mitsubishi Galant
Pontiac G5
Pontiac G6
Pontiac Solstice
Pontiac Vibe
Saturn Aura/Hybrid
Saturn Sky
Toyota Corolla*
Buick Enclave
Cadillac Escalade/Hybrid
Cadillac Escalade ESV
Cadillac SRX
Chevrolet Suburban*
Chevrolet Tahoe*/Hybrid
Chevrolet Traverse
Chrysler Aspen/Hybrid
Dodge Durango/Hybrid
Dodge Nitro
Ford Escape/Hybrid
Ford Expedition
Ford Explorer
Ford Explorer Sport Trac
Ford Taurus X
GMC Acadia
GMC Yukon*/Hybrid
H2 Hummer
H3 Hummer
Jeep Commander
Jeep Compass
Jeep Grand Cherokee
Jeep Liberty
Jeep Patriot
Jeep Wrangler
Lincoln Navigator
Mazda Tribute/Hybrid
Mercury Mariner/Hybrid
Mercury Mountaineer
Mitsubishi Endeavor
Saturn Outlook
UAW vans
Chevrolet Express
Dodge Caravan
Ford Econoline
GMC Savana
UAW trucks
Chevrolet Colorado
Chevrolet Silverado*
Dodge Dakota
Dodge Ram Pickup
Ford F Series*
Ford Ranger
GMC Canyon
GMC Sierra*
Mazda B-Series
Toyota Tacoma*
CAW trucks
Chevrolet Silverado*/Hybrid
GMC Sierra*/Hybrid
All these vehicles are made in
the United States or Canada by
members of the United Auto
Workers (UAW), Canadian Auto
Workers (CAW) or International
Union of Electrical WorkersCommunications Workers of
America (IUE).
Because of the integration of
U.S. and Canadian vehicle production, all these vehicles include significant UAW-made content and
2009
2009built by
Vehicles
Vehicles
by
unionbuilt
members
union
members
in the U.S. and
in the U.S. and
Canada
Canada
CAW cars
Buick Lacrosse
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Impala
Chrysler 300
Dodge Challenger
Dodge Charger
Ford Crown Victoria
Lincoln Town Car
Mercury Grand Marquis
CAW vans
Chrysler Town & Country
Dodge Caravan
Volkswagen Routan
CAW SUVs/CUVs
Chevrolet Equinox
Ford Edge
Ford Flex
Lincoln MKT
Lincoln MKX
Pontiac Torrent
Suzuki XL7
IUE SUVs/CUVs
Chevrolet Trailblazer
GMC Envoy
support the jobs of UAW members.
However, those marked with an
asterisk (*) are sourced from the
United States and another country.
When purchasing one of these
models, check the Vehicle
Identification Number (VIN). A VIN
beginning with 1, 4 or 5 identifies a
U.S.-made vehicle; 2 identifies a
Canadian-made vehicle.
Not all vehicles made in the
United States or Canada are built
by union-represented workers. The
Toyota Corolla, for example, is
made in the United States by UAW
members, but the Canadian model
is made in a nonunion plant and
other models are imported from a
third country.
To order copies of the 2009 union
vehicle buying guide, contact the
UAW Purchasing Department, 8000
E. Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48214,
(313) 926-5221.

November/December 2009 Journal

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