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DECEMBER DEC DE CEMBER CEMB ER 200 2007 07 JOSEPH J. HUNT General President MICHAEL A. FITZPATRICK General Secretary ur general officers and the entire international staff wish you the very best this holiday season. This past year has given us a new sense of direction for our organization. And most important to every ironworking family, indications show we are on the threshold to one of the most prosperous times this great union has ever seen. May this New Year provide you with the greatest gift an ironworker can receive, the opportunity to build your great nation’s infrastructure with pride, dignity and prosperity. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL AND REINFORCING IRON WORKERS WALTER W. WISE General Treasurer Official Publication of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers 1750 New York Ave., N.W. • Suite 400 • Washington, D.C. 20006 • (202)383-4800 www.ironworkers.org INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS JOSEPH J. HUNT General President Suite 400 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Office: (202) 383-4810 Fax: (202) 638-4856 RICHARD WARD Fifth General Vice President 5964 Dayton Boulevard Chattanooga, TN 37415 Office: (423) 870-1982 Fax: (423) 876-0774 Email: rjw1943@comcast.net MICHAEL FITZPATRICK General Secretary Suite 400 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Office: (202) 383-4820 Fax: (202) 347-2319 FRED MARR Sixth General Vice President 1350 L’Heritage Drive Sarnia, Ontario N7S 6H8 Canada Office: (519) 542-1413/1414 Fax: (519) 542-3790 WALTER WISE General Treasurer Suite 400 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Office: (202) 383-4830 Fax: (202) 383-6483 ROBERT J. SPILLER First General Vice President 2106 Washington Road Suite 400 Canonsburg, PA 15317 Office: (724) 745-5893 Fax: (724) 745-5863 GORDON STRUSS Second General Vice President P.O. Box 319, 122 Main Street Luck, WI 54853-0319 Office: (715) 472-4250/4251 Fax: (715) 472-4253 EDWARD C. McHUGH Third General Vice President 2849 Andrea Drive Allentown, PA 18103 Office: (610) 776-1063 Fax: (610) 776-1660 GEORGE E. KRATZER Fourth General Vice President Franklin Square Office Center 8401 Claude Thomas Road Suite 37 Franklin, OH 45005 Office: (937) 746-0854 Fax: (937) 746-0873 EDWARD J. WALSH Seventh General Vice President 505 White Plains Rd. Suite 200 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Office: (914) 332-4430 Fax: (914) 332-4431 Email: ironworkdc@aol.com JAY HURLEY Eighth General Vice President 191 Old Colony Ave. P.O. Box 96 S. Boston, MA 02127 Tel: 617-268-2382 Fax: 617-268-1394 E-mail: Jay7@gis.net JOE STANDLEY Ninth General Vice President 1660 San Pablo Ave., Suite C Pinole, CA 94564 Office: 510-724-9277 Fax: 510-724-1345 RONALD C. GLADNEY General Counsel Bartley, Goffstein, L.L.C. 4399 Laclede Avenue St. Louis, MO 63108 Office: (314) 531-1054 Fax: (314) 531-1131 Headquarters Office: (202) 383-4868 Headquarters Fax: (202) 638-4856 INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS Apprenticeship and Training Tel: (202) 383-4870 Fax: (202) 347-5256 Computer Department Tel: (202) 383-4886 Fax: (202) 383-4895 Davis-Bacon Department Tel: (202) 383-4865 Fax: (202) 347-2318 Department of Ornamental, Architectural & Miscellaneous Metals (DOAMM) Tel: (630) 238-1003 Fax: (630) 238-1006 Department of Reinforcing Ironworkers Tel: (866) 336-9163 Fax: (356) 736-9618 Ironworkers Political Action League Tel: (202) 383-4805 Fax: (202) 347-3569 LU/DC Staff Retirement and Shopmen’s Pension Fund Tel: (202) 383-4874 Fax: (202) 628-6469 Magazine Tel: (202) 383-4864 Fax: (202) 347-2318 Mailroom Tel: (202) 383-4855 Fax: (202) 638-1038 Maintenance and Jurisdiction Tel: (202) 383-4860 Fax: (202) 347-1496 E-mail: iwmagazine@iwintl.org Volume 107 December 2007 Number 11 FEATURES 2 4 14 Tacoma Power Engineering Feat Shop Local 831 Officer News IPAL Political Coordinator Training DEPARTMENTS 5 12 16 17 18 19 26 27 Departmental Reports IMPACT Contractor’s Perspective Officer’s Forum Union Sportsmen Alliance Local News Lifetime Honorary Members Official Monthly Record On The Cover The General Officers and Staff of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Extend to You Our Very Best Wishes During This Holiday Season. Organizing Tel: (202) 383-4851 Fax: (202) 347-1496 Safety Tel: (202) 383-4829 Fax: (202) 347-5256 Shop Department Tel: (202) 383-4846 Fax: (202) 783-3230 EDITOR: Tadas Kicielinski, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR : Nancy Folks THE IRONWORKER ISSN:0021163X Published monthly, except for a combined July-August issue, for $5.00 per year by the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006. Preferred periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional mailing offices. Printed on union-made paper. Postmasters: Send change of address to Ironworker- 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Canada Agreement Number 40009549. Gig Harbor, Wash. crew, left to right: Keith Ridinger, Shane Cooley, Johnny Little, Bret Ioimo, G.F. Danny Kaiser, Joe Cartrette, Jason Timmons, and Russell Dray. Not pictured: superintendent Mike Kirby. Tacoma Power Engineering Feat Seattle Ironworkers Replace Historic Towers I ronworkers from Local 86 in Seattle and Locals 48 (Oklahoma City, Okla.), 584 (Tulsa, Okla.) and 843 (working for National Steel Erectors) are replacing the historic electrical towers spanning the Tacoma Narrows between Tacoma and Gig Harbor in Washington. Considered a marvel when they went into service in 1926 the 6,200-foot span was then the longest electrical span in the world. Eighty years ago, on May 24 1926, President Calvin Coolidge pressed a telegraph key in Washington, D.C. to activate the power station at Cushman Damn No. 1. More than 5,000 people gathered at the base of the towers to celebrate the project that carried power from the Olympic Mountains to Tacoma and Gig Harbor Washington. Newspapers at the time report the event was heralded with fireworks and the world’s first “electric barbecue.” The four 325-foot towers—two in Gig Harbor and two in Tacoma—were built at a cost of $300,000 by Tacoma-based Star Iron & Steel. Ironworkers from Tacoma Local 114 erected 620 tons of steel using a 90-foot gin-pole floating in a basket of cables suspended from the tower itself. As each section of the tower was complete, the gin-pole was jumped to the next position. (The same method of construction is 2 being used on the new towers.) The four historic towers were built in only 80 working days. The last tower was erected in only 13 working days. The four old-towers contain 150,000 rivets. The towers were the tallest structure in the area Artist conception of original towers in 1926. THE IRONWORKER Tacoma, Wash. crew, left to right: G.F. Rory File, Humberto Nicolas, Ron Howeel Jr., Sean Wood, Burgon Peterson, Justin Smith. In the basket: Paul Romero, Derrick Bell, Cal Krause, Alex Calderon and three members of Operators Union 612. until the doomed bridge “Galloping Gertie” opened 14 years later just one mile west of the Cushman Towers. Eight decades of wind and rain have taken its toll on the existing towers. Replacement was determined to be cheaper than continued maintenance and refurbishment of the old towers. A single 500-foot tower on each shore will replace the twin towers in Tacoma and Gig Harbor. National Steel Erectors from Muskogee, Oklahoma was DECEMBER 2007 awarded the $12.1 million contract for the new towers. Construction crews used cranes to erect the first 300 feet of the towers. Once the towers got too high for conventional cranes, gin-poles (sometimes called basket derricks) were assembled atop the towers to continue the erection to its final height. Copy and photos by John Robinson 3 Shop Local 831 Retirement and Installment of New Officers T he monthly meeting of the Shopmen Ironworkers Local 831 (Wayne, Mich.) held on July 10, 2007 signaled the end of the era. Bob Dunn, president of Local 831 for the last 30 years, retired and passed the gavel to President Elect Fred Dilts. Retired General Organizer George Clark administered the oath of office to Fred Dilts, along with all the newly elected officers, as he had 30 years ago with Bob Dunn. Special guests attending the ceremony were Greg Hicks, president of MichiganGreat Lakes and Vicinity Ironworkers District Council, Joe Lyscas, FST/BM of Local 508 (Detroit, Mich.), and George Clark, retired general organizer. From all the current and retired members of Local 831, thank you Bob, for dedicated service. Enjoy your retirement! Left to right: Joe Lyscas, FST/BM, George Clark, retired general organizer, Bob Dunn, president emeritus, and Greg Hicks, president of Ironworkers District Council of Michigan-Great Lakes & Vicinity. Left to right: George Clark, retired general organizer, Bob Dunn, president emeritus, Fred Dilts, president elect, and Greg Hicks, president of Ironworkers District Council of Michigan-Great Lakes & Vicinity. 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THE IRONWORKER CANADIAN REPORT by Fred Marr O nce again we approach the end of a year and the beginning of a new one. The work outlook in Canada hasn’t changed very much since last year’s report. Project agreements for nickel processing and oil in Newfoundland are very close to being signed and probably will be by the time you read this. The same for the Irving Oil Project in New Brunswick. Electricity is even a bigger issue than it was last year with work either ongoing or in the planning stage, not only in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba, but also Labrador and Alberta. Nuclear, hydro electric and wind farms seem to be the flavor of the day. The resource-based economy has driven the Canadian dollar through the roof and although it has slowed the manufacturing industry, construction in Canada is doing very well. Probably the only major difference between 2007 and 2006 is the fact that we have logged approximately 15 million more man-hours across the country. These hours have fed our families, paid our mortgages, and boosted our pension, welfare, and training funds. The high dollar has hurt our Shop Division somewhat, but with the demand for fabricated steel still rising, our location in relation to the projects and our skills should pull us through. The battles across Canada are still the same as other years. Nonunion is still there; foreign workers are still an issue; the political climate varies from province to province; our aging workforce; the inability of the building trades to work together, and as always, jurisdiction remains a key issue. At the federal level, it looked like we were close to a deal for construction workers to write off expenses when traveling. If this happens, it will help us immensely when trying to man projects in our cities and areas where there are no camps or living allowances. The foreign worker issue has been very frustrating in this office. The applications are usually made by nonunion contractors looking for cheap labour. Every time I have been involved, I have contacted the locals across Canada and been able to come up with a same day result showing that we do have unemployed members who will take the jobs. We have been able to stop several applications. The frustrating part is that other building trades are openly recruiting offshore DECEMBER 2007 workers. My position is and will remain that we have enough ironworkers in Canada to man all projects and enough Canadians willing to join our union. For short-term spikes, we can recruit members of our union from the United States. It is not right that some building trades are unwilling to train and recruit Canadian youth, and would rather bring in temporary permit workers than upset their country club status. The jurisdiction battles seem to remain the same year after year. We fight with the millwrights in the auto industry and just about everyone else over support steel and power rigging. Recently we have been attacked by the “compulsory trades” who are trying to make an argument that their compulsory status entitles them to exclusive jurisdiction over everything. We had this fight with the Steel Metal over industrial furnace installation and we won. We had two or three battles with the IBEW over support steel, which we won in the end, but not before losing man-hours due to stop work orders. The most recent fight was with the UA in Sudbury over a local power rigging agreement. Local 786 won that at the Ontario Labour Relations Board. These battles are not restricted to provinces where we are not a compulsory trade. The same type of tactic has been tried in Alberta. The Ontario District Council is preparing to approach the Ministry of Labour in an effort to solve this issue once and for all. Contract negotiations have been on the front burner this year in most provinces. Wage and benefit increases have been achieved across the country. The Shop Division in Western Canada is averaging about a 5% increase per year with only one strike that lasted about a month. Hats off to Locals 771, 720 & 725. You were able to negotiate in not only a busy market but a market loaded with heavy industrial work. I believe Saskatchewan and Alberta were able to achieve the largest increases in their history. Alberta ironworkers became the highest paid ironworkers in Canada on July 8 and the gap will widen with each upcoming increase in their agreement. Congratulations to the Ontario locals for voting to change from a three-year term of office to a fiveyear term. The membership will be better served by this change. Your elected representatives will be able to spend more time taking care of business and less time on the campaign trail. It also seems to be a trend in Canada with the Boilermakers, Teamsters, Insulators, Operators, and Laborers adopting four and five year terms in some provinces if not all. 5 CANADIAN REPORT, continued The federal government was able to dodge a bullet with the October Throne speech and as I write this, there is no election scheduled. Many provincial elections were held or will have been held by the time you read this. I hope your province was able to elect candidates who will at least not harm our ability to make a living. The Canadian Ironworker Political Action Fund took an active role in the elections in Ontario and Saskatchewan, pledging close to $80,000 to support candidates who support us. The International Apprentice Competition will take place next fall and I hope our district councils have a full slate of competitors ready to go. As always, I want to thank every member of our union for what you do every day. We are the most productive trade in the construction industry and whether the building trades, as we know it continues to exist or not, the future is bright for ironworkers. We have the skills and the leadership to take us anywhere we want to go. On behalf of the Canadian Office and the Ontario District Council, I would like to wish every member of this International Union and your families a very Merry Christmas and a safe, prosperous and Happy New Year. Welcome aboard to the New Brunswick Rodmen, bring your friends! RAPPORT POUR LE Du vice-président général Fred Marr U ne fois de plus, la fin d’une année et le début d’une nouvelle année approchent. Les perspectives d’emploi au Canada n’ont pas beaucoup changées depuis le rapport de l’année dernière. Des accords de projets pour le traitement du nickel et du pétrole à Terre-Neuve sont très près d’être signés et le seront probablement au moment où vous lirez ceci. Il en est de même pour le projet Irving Oil au Nouveau-Brunswick. Avec des travaux en cours ou en stade de planification, l’électricité est une problématique décisionnelle encore plus importante cette année que l’année dernière, non seulement pour l’Ontario, le Québec et la Manitoba, mais aussi pour le Labrador et l’Alberta. L’énergie nucléaire, hydroélectrique et les parcs éoliens semblent être à la saveur du jour. Une économie basée sur ses ressources a fait culminer le dollar canadien et bien que ceci ait ralentit l’industrie manufacturière, l’industrie de la construction au Canada se porte très bien. La différence majeure entre 2007 et 2006 est probablement le fait que nous avons enregistré approximativement 15 millions d’heures de travail de plus à travers le pays. Ces heures ont nourri nos familles, payé nos hypothèques et renforcé nos fonds de pension de retraite, d’avantages sociaux et de formation. Notre division atelier (Shop Division) a légèrement été affectée par le taux élevé du dollar, mais avec la demande d’acier fabriqué toujours à la hausse, notre position en ce qui concerne les projets 6 et nos compétences devraient nous tirer d’affaire. Les batailles à travers le Canada sont toujours les mêmes : la non syndicalisation est toujours présente; les travailleurs étrangers sont toujours un problème; le climat politique varie d’une province à l’autre; le vieillissement de notre main-d’oeuvre; l’incapacité des métiers du bâtiment à travailler ensemble et comme toujours, la juridiction de métier demeure un enjeu majeur. Sur le plan fédéral, il semblait que nous étions proche d’un accord afin que les travailleurs de la construction puissent soumettre leur dépense lorsqu’ils voyagent. Si l’accord se concrétise, il nous aidera énormément lorsque vient le temps d’envoyer la main-d’oeuvre nécessaire pour les projets dans nos villes et secteurs où il n’y a ni camp ni indemnités prévus. La problématique des travailleurs étrangers a été très frustrante dans ce bureau. Les demandes sont généralement effectuées par des entrepreneurs non syndiqués à la recherche d’une main-d’œuvre à bon marché. Chaque fois où j’ai été impliqué, j’ai pris contacte avec les sections locales à travers le Canada et j’ai été en mesure d’arriver à un résultat le jour même, tout en démontrant que nous avons en effet des membres chômeurs prêts à accepter ces emplois. Nous avons été capable d’arrêter plusieurs demandes. Ce qui est frustrant est le fait que d’autres métiers du bâtiment recrutent ouvertement des travailleurs outre-mer. Ma position est et restera que nous avons suffisamment de travailleurs des THE IRONWORKER RAPPORT POUR LE - continued métiers de l’acier au Canada afin de combler tous projets et suffisamment de Canadiens prêts à adhérer à notre syndicat. Pour des besoins à court terme, nous pouvons recruter des membres de nos syndicats des États-Unis. Il n’est pas juste que certains métiers du bâtiment ne soient pas disposés à former et recruter des jeunes Canadiens, et préfèreraient faire appelle à des travailleurs avec permis de travail temporaire plutôt que de bouleverser leur statut de club élitiste. Les batailles de juridiction de métiers semblent demeurer les mêmes d’année en année. Nous nous battons contre les mécaniciens de chantier (Millwrights) de l’industrie automobile et avec pratiquement tous les autres au sujet de l’acier de support et de la manutention mécanisée. Récemment, nous avons été défiés par les « métiers reconnus » (compulsory trade) qui essaient d’argumenter que leur statut obligatoire leur donne droit à la juridiction exclusive sur tout. Nous avons eu cette bataille avec « Steel Metal » au sujet de l’installation de fournaise industrielle et nous avons gagné. Nous avons eu deux ou trois batailles avec « I.B.E.W. » au sujet de l’acier de support dont nous avons gagnées en toute fin, mais non sans avoir perdu des heures de travaille en raison d’ordre de cesser les travaux. Le plus récent conflit a été avec « U.A. », à Sudbury, à l’égard d’une entente locale d’acier de support. Le Local 786 l’a remporté auprès de la Commission des relations de travail de l’Ontario. Ces batailles ne sont pas limitées qu’aux provinces où nous ne sommes pas un métier reconnu. On a tenté le même type de tactique en Alberta. Le Conseil de district de l’Ontario se prépare à entamer une démarche auprès du ministère du Travail afin de régler ce problème définitivement. Cette année, les négociations de contrats on été à l’avant plan dans la plupart des provinces. Les augmentations de salaires et d’avantages sociaux ont été atteintes dans l’ensemble du pays. La division atelier (Shop Division) dans l’Ouest canadien moyenne une augmentation de 5 % par année avec qu’une seule grève qui a durée seulement un mois. Chapeau aux sections locales 771, 720 & 725. Vous avez été en mesure de négocier non seulement dans un marché animé, mais dans un marché chargé de travail industriel lourd. Je crois que la Saskatchewan et l’Alberta ont été en mesure d’atteindre les plus fortes augmentations de leur histoire. Les travailleurs des métiers de l’acier de l’Alberta sont devenus les travailleurs des métiers de l’acier les mieux payés au Canada le 8 juillet et l’écart s’agrandira avec chaque prochaine augmentation prévue dans leur DECEMBER 2007 convention. Fé l i c i t a t i o n aux sections locales de l’Ontario pour avoir voter de passer d’un mandat de trois ans à un mandat de cinq ans. Les associations seront mieux servies de cette façon. Vos représentants élus seront en mesure d’accorder plus de temps à la gestion des affaires et passeront moins de temps à faire la campagne. Au Canada, on voit cette même tendance à adopter des mandats de quatre ou cinq ans auprès des chaudronniers, des camionneurs, des calorifugeurs, des opérateurs et des manoeuvres dans quelques provinces sinon toutes. Le gouvernement fédéral a pu s’esquiver d’une élection suite au discours du trône du mois d’octobre, et au moment ou j’écris, il n’y en a pas de prévu. Plusieurs élections provinciales ont été tenues ou auront été tenues par le temps où vous lirez ceci. J’espère que votre province a été en mesure d’élire des candidats qui permettront au moins de ne pas nuire à notre capacité de gagner notre vie. Le Fond canadien d’action politique des travailleurs des métiers de l’acier a participé de façon active aux élections en Ontario et en Saskatchewan, en contribuant près de 80 000 $ pour appuyer les candidats qui nous appuis. La Compétition internationale d’apprentis aura lieu l’automne qui vient et j’espère que nos Conseil de districts on une foule de concurrents prêts à participer. Comme toujours, je tiens à remercier tous les membres de notre syndicat pour ce que vous faites quotidiennement. Nous constituons le métier le plus productif de l’industrie de la construction et que les métiers du bâtiment, tels que nous les connaissons, continuent d’exister ou non, l’avenir est prometteur pour les travailleurs des métiers de l’acier. Nous possédons les compétences et le leadership afin de nous amener peu importe là où on veut aller. Au nom du Bureau Canadien et du Conseil de district de l’Ontario, je voudrais souhaiter à chaque membre de cette Association internationale ainsi qu’à vos familles un très joyeux Noël et une bonne et prospère année, en toute sécurité. Aux ferrailleurs du Nouveau-Brunswick, bienvenue abord et amenez vos amis! 7 SAFETY AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT by Frank Migliaccio The Holiday Season H ere it is December already, and another year is coming to an end. Work has been good around the country, and we should be adding to our membership and making gains in job density. This is also a time to reflect on those members who are no longer with us. Whether it was due to a workrelated accident or natural causes, we all know someone who has passed away in the last year. This time of year should be a joyous one, spent with family and friends and looking forward to a future that should bring joy into our lives. Unfortunately, for many it is a sad time, for a loved one is no longer with them. It is also a time to remember the troops serving around the world, putting themselves in harms way to protect the freedoms we count on each day. Men and women are giving up their lives to protect those freedoms. Many of those same men and women are members of our International Union. We must never forget them. In the year 2003--our lowest year ever--we lost 15 ironworkers to job related accidents. As I write this article on October 31, we have already experienced 23 ironworker job site fatalities in 2007. We still have 2 months to go in this year, so let’s all hope it does not go any higher. Remember that with 23 fatalities, there are 23 families that have lost a loved one to a job related accident, and countless others who have lost a loved one to natural causes. Each year I reproduce a poem entitled, “I Chose To Look the Other Way.” I would once again like to remind each of you what it says, and I hope you live with this idea for another year. 8 I CHOSE TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY I Chose to Look the Other Way I could have saved a life that day, But I chose to look the other way. It wasn’t that I didn’t care, I had the time, and I was there. But I didn’t want to seem a fool, Or argue over a safety rule. I knew he’d done the job before, If I called it wrong, he might get sore. The chances didn’t seem that bad. I’ve done the same, he knew I had. So I shook my head and walked on by, He knew the risks as well as I. He took the chance, I closed an eye, And with that act, I let him die. I could have saved a life that day, But I chose to look the other way. Now every time I see his wife, I’ll know I should have saved his life. That guilt is something I must bear, But it isn’t something you need share. If you see a risk that others take, That puts their health or life at stake. The question asked, or thing you say, Could help them live another day. If you see a risk and walk away, Then hope you never have to say, I could have saved a life that day, But I chose to look the other way. For the new members who have not read this poem before, I hope it makes you stop, think, and do the right thing. For all you old timers, I hope this poem will sink in and help you make the right choices. We are all responsible for our Union Brothers and Sisters. With that said, let’s keep safety on our minds at all times and, no matter what, choose to Save A Life. My secretary, Susan Avery, and I would like to take this time to wish all members, young and old, and their families a joyous, healthy, prosperous, and safe holiday season, and a brighter outlook for 2008. THE IRONWORKER APPRENTICESHIP DEPARTMENT REPORT by Mike White Evolution and History of Rigging Technology T h e following is a brief history of rigging technology. Rigging is a job task each ironworker performs regardless of the area of the trade in which the ironworker works. It is, therefore, essential that every ironworker has a full knowledge of rigging. As an introduction to rigging, this article will cover the use of the following devices: the inclined plane, lever, screw, wedge, pulley, and wheel. The Inclined Plane The inclined plane was used to build the ancient Egyptian pyramids. The great pyramid of Cheops is 481 feet [146.7 meters] high and has a base that covers 131 acres [53.06 hectares]. The pyramid has approximately 2,300,000 blocks of stone that weigh about 2Vi tons [2.27 metric tons] each. The Cheops project took 100,000 men twenty years to quarry and assemble. It is believed that they constructed a series of inclined planes or ramps to allow each stone to be moved upward manually into its final position. The evolution of the inclined plane is evident in today’s rigging operations. The Lever On Salisbury Plain in England, there is a series of giant stone slabs that weigh 40 to 50 tons [36.3 to 45.4 metric tons] each. The site is known as Stonehenge. The gray sandstone slabs were quarried approximately 24 miles [38.62 kilometers] from the site and are believed to have been transported by means of rollers and ropes some 4,000 years ago. Mounting the huge stone to an upright position was accomplished by means of a series of levers and fulcrums. The evolution of the lever is evident in the modern-day use of ratchet-type jack handles, pry bars, and gearshift levers on trucks, tractors, and other equipment. Cranes that use hydraulic and electric power to lift heavy weights use reverse-levering action and can reduce the force transmitted because of the wide angle in which the boom can be moved. The Screw Early Romans built bridges and aqueducts of outstanding design and construction. One DECEMBER 2007 such aqueduct was constructed of granite blocks laid without mortar in Segovia, Spain, in 98 A.D. The structure was built using the principal of the screw. A windlass activated a vertical screw, which enabled the worm gear of a cable-wound drum. The evolution of the screw is applied in today’s screw jack. The screw jack is used for a variety of jobs. The screw is turned manually to elevate and support the load with a steel lever. The Wedge Polynesian workers erected the 50-ton stone monoliths that stand 30 feet high on Easter Island 1500 years ago. In the construction of the statues, it is thought that the workers made use of a basic and useful tool, the wedge. The wedge is still a valuable tool in today’s construction sites. An expansion-type hydraulic wedge can be carried easily, yet it applies more force than could be exerted by two workers, each swinging a 25-pound [11.25kilo-grams] sledgehammer simultaneously. The expansion-type hydraulic wedge is a good example of today’s equipment, which saves the rigger’s time by making work easier. The Pulley In 1586, the Italian architect Dominico Fontana was commissioned to move the famed Egyptian Obelisk to a new location, where it still stands today, in front of St. Peter’s Cathedral. Moving the massive stone obelisk a distance of 275 yards [251.46 meters] by means of pulleys and rigging was accomplished with the help of 800 men and 140 horses. A series of pulleys and riggings were hung from an erecting tower and attached to bands on the faces of the obelisks shaft. When all were ready, Fontana mounted a command tower and signaled with trumpets and bells to the men and horses that operated windlasses. In 52 pulls and with pauses for inspection and adjustments, the crew raised the giant stone to an upright position. Final positioning required seventeen more days 9 APPRENTICESHIP DEPARTMENT REPORT, continued of labor and involved the use of levers, blocks, and wedges in a complex series of operational steps. In modern rigging methodology, the pulley is one of the most versatile pieces of equipment. The pulley’s two chief functions are to change the direction of a transmitted force and to shorten the distance through which a force is transmitted, thereby multiplying its effectiveness. Pulleys are essential parts of the rigger’s equipment. The wide flexibility in planning permits the rigger to use ingenuity in surmounting many of the difficulties encountered. move machinery from shop to job site. Sometimes ironworkers would remove the cart’s wheels, lower the bed, position the load, raise the bed, and reinstall the wheels. This procedure greatly reduced the effort required for the loading operation. This ingenuity simplified the effort required to move large and heavy objects with roller bars and hand rigging. Wheels greatly assist the rigging operation by increasing mobility, converting motion to torque, and changing power direction. This is especially the case for devices like the modern-day truck crane. The Wheel The wheel has long been the most primary of machine principles used by rigging companies in their rigging operations. In the late 1800s and early 1900s, ironworkers used massive lowslung flatbed carts powered by mules or horses to The basic principles of rigging have been developed and applied for many years. The principles related to the lever, screw, wedge, pulley, and wheel can be found in modern rigging equipment and applications. This Union American Made jacket is made from a camoflage heavy cotton twill outer shell with a squared collar, butted zipper with wind flap & snaps. It has two lower and two upper front patch pockets with Velcro closure flaps. The jacket has elastic cuff closures with Velcro and a stain repellant lining. It is a rugged addition to your outdoor gear... And you’ll be showing your support at the same time. Mail Order to: Iron Workers Jacket, C/O American Products • 1600 N. Clinton Ave. • Rochester, NY 14621 Size: M Qty: ____ L Qty: ____ XL Qty: ____ 2X Qty: ____ 3X Qty: ____ 4X Qty: ____ $135.00 ea. sizes M thru XL x _____ = $ _______ ALL PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE $138.00 ea. sizes 2X thru 4X x _____ = $ _______ Canadian members must designate on checks or credit cards that amount being paid is in US funds. + $7.95 ea. S&H = $ _______ NYS Sales Tax (your county rate- New York residents only) $ _______ Total (in US funds) $ _______ Order for jacket MUST be accompanied by payment. Make checks payable to: American Products. We accept VISA, MASTERCARD, DISCOVER & AMERICAN EXPRESS only. Allow 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. Name ________________________________________________________________________________________________ (Please Print) Street Address ________________________________________________________________________________________ (Do not use PO box) City _____________________ State/Province: ________ ZIP/Postal Code _________ Phone ( _____ ) ________________ Check/Credit Card Amount (see Total above): __________ Credit Card# _______/______/_______/_______ Exp. Date ____/____ Included in your purchase will be an Iron Workers patch and a American Flag patch which you can attach to the jacket if you choose. V# ___ ___ ___ Authorizing Signature: __________________________________ PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF IRON WORKERS PRODUCTS BENEFIT THE JOHN H. LYONS, SR., SCHOLARSHIP FUND PROGRAM. The John H. Lyons, Sr., Scholarship program honors the memory of the late Iron Workers General President John H. Lyons, Sr., and helps sons and daughters of Iron Workers to attend college. 10 THE IRONWORKER DAVIS-BACON / WAGE COMPLIANCE as provided through IMPACT by Chris Burger Wage Compliance Administarator Department of Labor Hosts 2008 Prevailing Wage Conference in New Orleans IRS Joins States in Combating Misclassification F Officials from the Internal Revenue Service and more than two dozen state workforce agencies last month announced that they have entered into agreements to share the results of employment tax examinations. The agreements, part of the Questionable Employment Tax Practice (QETP) initiative, provide a centralized, uniform means for the IRS and state employment officials to exchange data, thereby leveraging resources and encouraging businesses to comply with federal and state employment tax requirements. A spokesman stated “combining resources will help IRS and the states reduce fraudulent filings, uncover employment tax avoidance schemes and ensure proper worker classification.” or the first time in a few years, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment Standards Administration, Wage and Hour Division will conduct its Prevailing Wage Conference on January 8-10, 2008, in New Orleans, Louisiana. According to the DOL, conference participants will learn about the Davis-Bacon Act, the McNamara O’Hara Service Contract Act, and Fair Labor Standards Act Compliance Principles. Also covered will be the process of obtaining wage determinations and adding classifications; compliance assistance and enforcement processes and the process for appealing wage rates, coverage, and compliance determinations. If you are interested in attending, please e-mail your name, title, organization, e-mail address, and telephone number to pwc2008@dol.gov. There is no fee for attending this conference, however, the DOL cautions that space is limited. Upon receipt of this information, the DOL will advise you whether your request can be accommodated. Please call me in the event that you do not use e-mail and would like to see if any space remains. For additional information, the Wage and Hour Division of the DOL invites you to visit their website at www.wagehour.dol.gov or call their toll-free information helpline at 1-866-4-USWAGE (1-866-487-9243). Public Works Forecast 2008 McGraw Hill Construction notes positive national trends in the public works sector, in spite of an overall decline in the industry related to the sub-prime mortgage market. For 2008, a 3% gain to $120.95 billion is expected for public works. Infrastructure improvements are a renewed priority after the Minneapolis bridge collapse last August, with highways and bridges leading the way in terms of the growth. Public-private partnerships have been a promising source of growth, expecting a 5% increase in construction starts in this sector to $56.9 billion. McGraw Hill also reports that while square footage will be flat, the values of institutional building will also rise 4% to $118.7 billion in 2008. School construction, they write, will fuel the growth as well, rising 7% to $56.3 billion next year. Fair Contracting Summit in Chicago I was happy to attend the 9th annual National Alliance for Fair Contracting (NAFC) in Chicago recently. On the whole, a strength of the organization is its ability to bring together fair contracting labormanagement organizations (more or less across trades) with a focus on prevailing wage compliance, fighting phony independent contractors, establishing responsible bidder requirements and public works issues in general. The event featured its legal counsel and directors meeting on the first day, followed by two days of informative workshops and an impressive line-up of speakers, including Marc Poulos of the Indiana, Illinois, Iowa Foundation for Fair Contracting; New York State’s new Commissioner of Labor, Patricia Smith; and a fired-up Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. For more information, check out www.faircontracting.org. Also on hand were the folks behind Public Works Compliance Network. This subscription-only web site can be invaluable tool. Please call me if you are interested, as access is limited. Check it out first at: publicworkscompliance.com. Finally, a reminder that this office will provide assistance in public records requests and filing prevailing wage complaints, as well as our usual task of making sure your rates are up-to-date in your locality. Call (202) 383-4865 for more information. Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas, and a Happy, Healthy, and Prosperous New Year. Sources: IRS, DOL, Engineering News-Record. DECEMBER 2007 11 IMPACT Conducts and Survival of the G eneral President Joseph Hunt recently wrote, “We need to band together as never before and prove we take pride in being the very best at what we do, and we will not tolerate anything less from every member of our great union.” This was written as part of the roll out of the Ironworker’s Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) – directly related to KPI #11 which states that local unions will provide contractors with a work force with positive work attitudes and behavior. In order to provide workers with positive work attitudes and behaviors, the Iron Workers are implementing their Standards of Excellence, which by action of the General Executive Board are now part of all local union bylaws. To help local unions implement the Standards of Excellence, they are being asked to teach Survival of the Fittest to all apprentices and, if possible, to journeymen. IMPACT designed and is now conducting one-day orientations within district councils for local union business managers, organizers, officers, and apprenticeship coordinators. The focus of this orientation is on how to implement the Standards of Excellence and teach the Survival of the Fittest. In the first part of the orientation, participants review the Standards of Excellence and discuss how to implement these at their local union. Participants receive a copy of the Standards of Excellence in both English and Spanish, along with copies of various International membership applications with new language related to the Standards of Excellence. 12 Participants work on a small-group activity. During the Survival of the Fittest portion of the orientation, participants receive copies of the following: • Survival of the Fittest • Survival of the Fittest Instructor Guide • Survival of the Fittest Student Workbook • Survival of the Fittest Facilitator Guide • Orientation Notebook that includes a variety of handouts and a CD-ROM The Survival of the Fittest Facilitator Guide describes in detail how to integrate this content into existing apprenticeship courses. The Survival of the Fittest course uses a great deal of interactive training methods including discussions, case studies and role plays. Participants find these methods bring a great deal of energy into the classroom and encourage discussion and debate related to positive work attitudes and behaviors. THE IRONWORKER Standards of Excellence Fittest Orientations Orientations scheduled as of the writing of this article include the following district councils: • Eastern OH, Western PA, and Northern WV • Mid-Atlantic States • Philadelphia & Vicinity • Canada (Regina) • State of California and Vicinity Participants in a role play. Participants in a discussion. Participant reporting after a small-group activity. DECEMBER 2007 When asked for comments regarding the orientation, one participant commented that the best part was, “Pushing for a better relationship between the union, rank and file, and the contractor.” Another commented that, “All local union officers, coordinators, and organizers should take this orientation.” We are confident that these orientations will help local unions provide our signatory contractors with workers with positive work attitudes and behaviors. To schedule a Standards of Excellence and Survival of the Fittest orientation for your area, contact your district council president. If you have specific questions regarding the orientation, contact IMPACT’s Director of the Eastern Region Robert Banks at rbanks@impact-net.org. Survival Workshop - Regina, Saskatchewan, 9 Nov 2007. 13 IPAL Local L Union Political Coordinator Training Held Fifty people attended the Local Union Political Coordinator Training in Louisville. Over the Republican h past ffour years, R bli Governor Ernie Fletcher has put workers’ rights on the chopping block in the Bluegrass state. Now, it looks like pro-labor Democrat Steve Beshear is poised to take back the Governor’s office for working Kentuckians. Of the fifty in attendance, the Iron Workers were well represented by seven members and staffers. Representatives from the International and the Southern Ohio District Council were in attendance, as well as members from Locals 44, 70, 372, 769, 103 and 782. The attendees were: David Kolbe, Political and Legislative Representative Leroy Oberding, Southern Ohio District Council Larry Oberding, Local 44 (Cincinnati) Ron Lynch, Local 70 (Louisville, Kent.) John Joseph, Local 70 (Louisville, Kent.) Rick Harlow, Local 372 (Cincinnati) Russ Montgomery, Local 769 (Ashland, Kent.) Keith Wiggins, Local 103 (Evansville, Ind.) Bill Garrett, Local 103 (Evansville, Ind.) John Davis, Local 782 (Paducah, Kent.) Members went out to leaflet leaflet for Steve Beshear during the Local Union Political Coordinator Training in Louisville this past August. Front row: Bill Garrett, Rick Harlow, Dave Kolbe, Ron Lynch, and John Joseph. Second row: Russ Montgomery, John Davis, Leslie Wiggins, and Larry Oberding. Ironworkers Walk for Steve Beshear 14 I ronworkers walked a recent weekend for Steve Beshear, candidate in Kentucky for governor. The Iron Workers had the largest turnout. THE IRONWORKER DECEMBER 2007 15 CONTRACTOR’S PERSPECTIVE 12 October 2007 Dear Officers and Members: For years, the ironworking trade has been subject to the integration of the “six foot fall rule,” and as you know, in some instances the rule can be found appropriate; however, for connecting and decking operations, it is not. We are firm believers that during the course of these particular operations that a six-foot fall rule only creates additional safety hazards for the ironworker. We have all witnessed instances, in which an ironworker or maybe even you have experienced a close call, and had you been tied off at above 6 feet, it may have been detrimental to your safety. Many of you have been working solely on six-foot fall jobs for the majority of your careers and we want to know how your local is handling these situations. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU! Controlling contractors throughout the country are jumping on the OCIP Project bandwagon and in turn, allowing the insurance companies to make the rules on your jobsites because IT SAVES THEM MONEY. The insurance agent has never connected steel at significant heights, or any height for that matter! He or she has never decked a bay with forty pounds of tools and a retractable lifeline tied to their back. In my personal experiences, neither the insurance companies nor the controlling contractors have any interest or personal stake in assisting steel erectors in setting up a fall protection system that would actually protect the ironworkers from a fall that may only be eight or ten feet. Their concern is that their management sees the ironworker tied off, NOT that the logistics of the fall protection system is both correct and safe. We believe that Subpart R (Steel Erection) was passed in 2002 to accommodate the nature of the labor-intensive work associated with ironworking. Whether you are a connector, decker, bolter-upper, etc. the trade of ironworking is a dangerous one, which requires enormous skill and concentration. We believe that if the insurance companies and the controlling contractors continue to drive the six-foot fall rule on our jobs that we are putting the safety of all ironworkers at a greater risk. Our goal is to collect data and information from the men and women in the field who perform ironwork; we want your opinions, stories, and examples as to what you think of the six-foot fall rule. The future of ironworking safety will depend on the trade getting this information out to those who don’t understand the business. Please send your information via e-mail to mpaxton@ grossisteel.com. Sincerely, Michele L. Paxton M.S. Corporate Safety Director E&R Erectors, Inc. Bensalem, PA 16 Susan Dachowski President Northwest Erectors, Inc. Ambler, PA THE IRONWORKER OFFICER’S FORUM Responsibility and Construction Work I was sitting in my office at the Ironworkers Hall recently, and I got to thinking. Down the corridor an OSHA safety trainer was conducting a class for about 20 men. They probably would rather have gone out for a fish fry with their wife on Friday night or watched a ball game and could have slept in and maybe mowed their lawn on Saturday, but they were here. I thought back a few weeks when, as chance would have it, I was on the scene of a fatal construction accident. It’s an eerie scene when the normal noise and activity of a construction site suddenly freezes and is replaced by cops putting tape around the scene. Firemen and EMTs do their thing and stunned workers and bystanders come to grips with what has happened. It brought back memories and emotions that are usually repressed. I can’t help seeing Fritz Carpenter who fell at the Energy From Waste plant or my buddy Steve Wojcik who fell at Somerset. Louie DiSarno didn’t fall that far at the Outlet Mall. Like August Corviso of North Carolina, they went to work one day and didn’t go home. I never met Corviso. He was a non-union guy from out of town. By all accounts, he was a nice guy, a hard worker. I don’t know if his friends called him Auggie, if he had a wife and kids or what his hobbies were. But I do know a few things. He worked for a company that hired men “off the books” to avoid paying taxes, insurance and benefits. Even though they had already been written up by OSHA, there was not even the pretense of having “fall” protection or safe work practices. Because of this, the other man who fell, doesn’t have the “safety net” of workers compensation. They were hired to construct a hotel by a developer who probably wanted to get his job done within a budget. Who wants to pay more than they have to for a hotel room? Not me. But if you stop to think, there’s more to it than the next dollar. DECEMBER 2007 There is the concept of a “responsible” contractor, as in lowest responsible bidder for public works projects. What would be the definition of a responsible contractor? Do they invest in training and provide a safe work site? Do they pay into the workers comp and the unemployment system? Do they pay taxes, Social Security and Medicare? Do they provide a living wage and benefits to their employees? Do we care? Time was when us ironworkers talked safety and then took chances anyway — thought we were clever when we could give the appearance of tying off but didn’t. Some accidents may be unavoidable, construction is inherently dangerous. Most are the result of unsafe practices and conditions and that has become increasingly unacceptable to the unions, union contractors and responsible construction managers, developers and their customers. There are those in non-union construction who treat their employees with respect and do the right thing. But there are many that do not, and their unorganized workers are in no position to challenge them. I’m a union guy and it would be nice if all construction was done union. We can’t force workers or employers to organize. But all of us are the ultimate customer, the consumer, if you will. We all drive over the bridges, send our kids to the school, shop in the mall and eat in the burger joints. We can have a say in who builds them and how they go about it. We can insist on certain standards. Will we insist on “responsibility?” For the sake of those guys in the classroom down the hall and thousands like them, I hope so. Thomas G. Pryce FST/BM, Local 9 (Niagara Falls, N.Y.) 17 UNION SPORTSMEN TELEVISION ESCAPE TO THE WILD SEASON 2 PREMIER Its open season for union sportsmen as Escape to the Wild returns for Season 2. Host Tom Ackerman We’d like to welcome to VERSUS Country seasoned outdoorsman Tom Ackerman as the new host for Season 2 of Escape to the Wild. “It’s truly an honor to host Season 2 of Escape to the Wild. There is just something right about this show. The winners…and they are winners in every sense of the word…are hardworking Americans that share a love of the outdoors and have gone the extra mile in their community, at home or on the job.” In this groundbreaking original series, VERSUS, the TRCP and its union partners honor hardworking American outdoorsmen and women by giving 10 good-standing members of AFL-CIO affiliated unions their dream trips to world-class hunting and fishing destinations. Join host Tom Ackerman as he surprises the lucky winners and takes them on a new set of adventures making ordinary sportsmen’s extraordinary dreams come true. Escape to the Wild premieres Friday, January 4th at 7pm as part of Friday nights in VERSUS Country. Ackerman is passionate about sharing his outdoors experience. He is a registered fishing guide in Maine, an accomplished fly fisherman, wing shooter and big game hunter, with a natural curiosity about people and doing his part to make their outdoor experience a memorable adventure. He has guided celebrities such as NFL great Tony Gonzales, Hank Williams, Jr. and Boston Red Sox Josh Beckett. This season VERSUS Country takes viewers on a vast array of outdoor adventures to locations such as the jungles of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula in search of the elusive ocellated turkey, the beautiful game-rich South African plains, the Canadian Wilderness, the Northwest Territory and many more. There are also a host of exciting fishing episodes including…a tangle with Pacific sailfish near Costa Rica, a mako shark chase off San Diego and spectacular fly-fishing in some of the most pristine waters in the country. Watch Escape to the Wild exclusively as part of Friday night’s in VERSUS Country, starting Friday, January 4th at 7pm (ET) with encore airings each Sunday morning at 10am (ET). With over 17 years of hands-on experience working at L.L. Bean, Ackerman developed one of the most prestigious and successful fly fishing schools in the country. When not filming episodes of Escape to the Wild, Ackerman enjoys spending time with his family in the outdoors – hiking, camping, hunting and fishing. Everyday sportsmen… once in a lifetime adventures. ESCAPE TO THE WILD UNION SWEEPSTAKES WIN A 42” PLASMA HDTV If you can’t be outdoors, watch Escape to the Wild in the comfort of your own home in style with a 42” Plasma TV package. Watch the premier on January 4th and tell us what union winner was selected and what trip they went on. Go to www.versus.com / ETTWsweepstakes and enter for your chance to win. TRCP's Escape to the Wild is sponsored in part by labor unions and contractor associations including: IBEW, IAFF, UA, IAMAW, SMWIA, IUPAT, BAC, NECA, MCAA. ESCAPE TO THE WILD SEASON 2 PREMIERES FRIDAY, JAN 4 AT 7PM ET ENCORE AIRING SUNDAYS AT 10AM ET Watch VERSUS on Cable, DirecTV Channel 603 or Dish Network Channel 151. Check TV listings or VERSUS.COM. ©VERSUS 2007 18 THE IRONWORKER Twenty-Year Member Third generation ironworker of Local 17 (Cleveland) Vince Padavick stands atop of West 3rd Street Lift Bridge with the city of Cleveland in the background. Vince has 20 years with Local 17. Championship Trap Shooter Retired member of Local 444 (Joliet, Ill.), Sam Persico enjoys trapshooting at the Wisconsin State Shoot. He won two out of state handicaps and broke 199 x 200 for the out of state singles class A championship. The daughter of Boyd Underwood, a retired ironworker of Local (member # 687149), reports her father was always proud of his profession and ironworkers have a special place in her heart. Her father has been in the hospital and is very ill. Boyd worked in ironworking all his life and would love to hear from the ironworkers who have worked with him over the years. Oldest Living Member of Local 373 The Star-Ledger of Middlesex County ran a story regarding John Wade, book #127926, the oldest living member of Local 373 (Perth Amboy, N.J.). John was one of the ironworkers who connected the light bulb at the Edison Memorial Tower in Edison, New Jersey. John also has the distinction of having the oldest book in our International. Stained Glass Hobbyist Annual Breakfast Local 433 (Los Angeles) retired ironworkers held their annual pancake and sausage breakfast. The ironworkers enjoyed eating good food and sharing good work stories. DECEMBER 2007 Charlie Neilio, Local 401 (Philadelphia), has taken on a new hobby since retiring. He has excelled at stained glass. He is holding a beautiful stained glass picture of One Liberty Place, a 945-foot office building on which he was the general foreman. Charlie really enjoys his new hobby especially in the colder months. 19 50th Birthday Wishes Fifty Wonderful Years Local 7 (Boston) ironworker Jimmie Sarno, who is a 21year member, celebrated his 50th birthday on May 21, 2007. His family thanks him for his dedication and hard work! For Eugene Hunnie, fifty comes in threes. His Local 786 (Sudbury, Ontario) is talking about their 50th anniversary; Gene has been a member for 50 years; and Gene and his wife Janet celebrated their 50th anniversary. Gene’s family continues to grow, and now includes great-grandchildren. In Recognition of Fallen Ironworker Madera Community College honored Brother Samuel Fidler, Local 155 (Fresno, Calif.), age 28, who fell to his death January 31, 2003, while erecting the two story Madera Center Academic Village One building. On the fourth anniversary of his death,Vice Chancellor Terry Kershay commented on how a young man lost his life doing something he loved, hanging iron, so other young people can further their education was monumental. Placing a small plaque, just feet from where Sam lost his life, is just a small token of the gratitude that the community will continue to receive from the college for decades to come. Business Agent from Local 433 (Los Angeles) Robby Hunter, who had worked with Sam on previous jobs, commented on how this young man was one of the great ones who had not yet reached his potential. He also commended the college for taking the initiative to do something like this. Also speaking were Desiree Ortega, vice president of the Associated Student Body North Centers, Brother Paul Fidler, Brother Jason Crook, and Local 155 President Michael Lehmann. 20 THE IRONWORKER The Cornell Brothers Bull Champion Four Cornell brothers, along with their father Horace Cornell, are now retired, but have a history with ironworking. Butch Cornell, Local 416 (Los Angeles), Bill Cornell, Local 29 (Portland, Ore.), Richard Cornell, Local 416, and George Cornell, Local 416, shared the love of ironworking. The picture of the four brothers was taken two months before Richard passed away. Michael Hanes, Local 704 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) is proud of his award winning bull. DKM Mr. Charmer, 29F 626 bull, won the junior class champion bull and reserve champion at the 2007 Williamson County Fair in Franklin, Tenn. Dosch Family Proud of Their Three Generations Hanger Door Company, a family run business founded in Wichita, Kansas, is owned by Tony Dosch Sr. and Tony Dosch Jr. Tony Sr. joined Local 24 (Denver) in 1956 and Tony Jr. joined in 1978. The two Tony’s, along with Tony Jr.’s son Michael, and Joey Dosch, have 100 years of ironworking experience between the four of them. The quilt is made of ironworker handkerchiefs made by Becky Dosch, wife of Tony Dosch Jr. Clowning Around Duane McClaren, retired member of Local 433 (Los Angeles), has found his new passion. He performs as “Bathtub the Clown” and dedicates his time to entertaining children. DECEMBER 2007 Youth Service Award Recipient Dan Gagich, retired member of Local 549 (Wheeling, W.V.), was inducted into the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. He received the Youth Service Award for all the work he has done over the years with the youth of Washington, Penn. in football, baseball, and boy scouts. 21 60th Anniversary Ironworker Louis Wachter, Local 16 (Baltimore) and his wife Pearl celebrated their 60th anniversary on March 12, 2007. Two sons, Joseph and Louis Jr., are also ironworkers. Louis Sr. brothers’ William (deceased) and Andrew are retired from Local 16. Louis and Pearl are great, great, great grandparents. Louis Sr. is 84 years young and his wife is 81 years young. Three Generations of Ironworkers The Harlows, George Harlow, 50 year-member, Ricky Harlow Sr., 25-year member, and Ricky Harlow Jr., 2-year member, have made a career out of Local 372 (Cincinnati). DADs Day Motorcycle Ride The Iron Workers District Council of St. Louis and the Missouri Mules Motorcycle Club sponsored the third annual DADs Day Motorcycle Ride to benefit Dollars Against Diabetes. 125 riders participated in this year’s events raising almost two thousand dollars for the worthy cause. St. Patrick’s Day March Local 6 (Buffalo) members marched in the St. Patrick’s Day parade down Delaware Avenue in front of 150,000 spectators. Over 250 members and their families participated in the parade. The local won the first place trophy for having the best float in the parade. General Secretary Mike Fitzpatrick was the proud grand marshal. 22 THE IRONWORKER Local 401 Pensioners’ Club Traveling in Colorado Brother Frank Burberry, retired member of Local 70 (Louisville, Kent.), spent some time in the Maroon Bells near Aspen doing trail work. He also biked, camped, kayaked, and hiked in scenic areas of Colorado Local 401 (Philadelphia) recently celebrated the fourth anniversary of their Pensioners’ Club. Left to right, seated, are William Hemmerle Sr., William Mahoney Sr., Sidney Brooks, Raymond Logan Sr., Denis Allessandrine, Craig Unger, Robert Langley, Charles Bendel, and Rondal Couser. Left to right, standing, are: James Fitzpatrick, Robert Turner, John Walsh, Roddy Davis, William Wade, Michael Whalen, Richard Seiss, Joseph Whelan, Fred Velez, Francis Joyce, James Dugan, Clark “Gator” Coulston, William Wagner, Fitzgerald Christie, Joseph Lee, James Gehringer, John Heffernan, Robert Segeske, Wharton “Ted” Bear, John O’Brien, Raymond Derickson, Samuel Messina Sr., Daniel Lewis, Nathaniel Terrell, and Dennis Treude. Retired Ironworker Steve Suho, age 89, retired in 1980 after 42 years of ironworking in the Pittsburgh area. He is a member of Local 3 (Pittsburgh). In the 60s, Steve built the model for a trade show, which was on display with the union, and then sold to the union. Steve’s family would love to know the current whereabouts of the model. The model, made of metal and mounted on a 4x8 sheet of plywood, was used for training purposes at the union. Tomato Contest Winner Anthony Miletello, Local 623 (Baton Rouge, La.), has been a member 41 years. Anthony and his wife won the tomato contest at White Oak Landing in Baton Rouge, hosted by Chef John Folse. They won first place in three different categories. DECEMBER 2007 Restored Model A Ford Swearingen, age 80, Local 29 (Portland, Ore.), restored a 1928 Model A Ford. He wants one of Steve Swearingen’s daughters to drive it in a parade. 85th Birthday Celebration Retired ironworker Jack Priest celebrates his 85th birthday with Clyde “Arkie” Threet, Paul Georges and Dwayne Potter, who all worked together in the past and had a lot of stories to share. 23 NARSC’s 2007 Reinforcing Steel Industry Award The World is Upside Down Kevin McVeigh, business manager, Local 201 (Washington, D.C.), Albert Frattali, former business manager, Local 405 (Philadelphia) and Robert Ledwith, business manager, Local 46 (New York), were awarded the NARSC’s 2007 Reinforcing Steel Industry award for their commitment to the industry at the NARSC’s winter meeting. Charles Alder Sr., Local 103 (Evansville, Ind.) says, “The world is upside down, why not my tomato and peppers?” Volunteer Member Cowboy Hall of Fame Inductee While vacationing in Florida, Brother David Colwell, Local 736 (Hamilton, Ontario), volunteered at the Sunshine Foundation Dream Village. He received the Golden Hammer award from Director of the Village Judy Kahler, for his help in resurfacing the playground equipment. Buddy Hughes, retired member of Local 732 (Pocatello, Ida.), received his 45-year membership pin and was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame. Buddy was a part of Local 732’s apprenticeship program for many years, teaching rebar to MSHA. Celebrating Anniversary Perry and Ruth Whittaker celebrated their 67th anniversary on October 8, 2006. Perry, Local 361 (Brooklyn) member, has received his 50-year pin. Article Information If you would like to have an article published in The Ironworker Magazine, please send in any photo, along with information you would like included to: Ironworker magazine 1750 New York Ave., Suite 400, Washington, DC 20006 or email to: iwmagazine@iwintl.org We will publish all photos on a first-received, first printed basis. 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LIFETIME HONORARY MEMBERS -SEPTEMBER 2007 1 BODNAR, JOHN R 55 OTTNEY, CHARLES 112 WILLIAMS, JAMES D 492 WALKER, WILLIAM J 3 CANCILLA, JOSEPH J 58 HUGHES, RAYMOND A 135 LANGSTON, GERALD L 492 WEBB, JACK T 3 QUAILL, ALBERT T 58 WAGUESPACK, JOSEPH B 136 LESTER, KENNETH L 495 CHAVEZ, LOUIS 3 THOMAS, LARRY D 60 PRATT, NELSON L 155 LEWIS, RITCHIE G 498 WARE, DONALD D 5 HOLMES, JOHN S 60 WISE, BERNARD I 167 MONK, ALBERT G 512 GREW, MARK A 5 LUCKS, DAVID J 63 BEDNAREK, EDWARD J 172 COY, WILLARD L 512 NELSON, GARY L 5 WALKER, JAMES T 63 BREWER, JOHN R 172 MAC DONALD, LAWRENCE E 550 CLARK, JAMES W 6 GOODBERRY, ALBERT A 63 BRIGHT, MONTE I 172 SELLARS, THOMAS J 550 FITZGERALD, DAVID R 7 CALLAHAN, PAUL F 63 BYRD, JOHN W 172 WEAKLEY, CARLTON H 550 NEFF, THOMAS M 7 DOHERTY, WILLIAM D 63 COWGER, WILLIAM D 197 AMUNDSEN, WALTER R 580 VILIM, GEORGE 7 HALPIN, JOSEPH H 63 DAVIS, LANCE G 197 CUSICK, DANIEL J 584 LUNA, VERNIE S 7 MC CORMACK, RICHARD M 63 DE VITO, VINCENT G 207 JUBAK, JOSEPH M 584 TURNER, PHILIP L 7 TROUT, GEORGE R 63 EATON, ROBERT L 207 ROBINSON, DANNY L 591 GRUBBS, CLARENCE W 8 BEDELL, LESLIE D 63 GARVY, THOMAS 229 PRICE, MICHAEL A 591 MONEY, SAMUEL H 8 CARLSON, RAYMOND P 63 GUTZMER, VERNON 340 TRAEGER, WILLIAM J 591 RASH, BOBBY G 8 MONTGOMERY, CHARLES E 63 KOSINSKI, MICHAEL 373 MARSH, FRANK L 625 ISA, ROY N 8 PERRY, VERNON F 63 LEYBA, RICHARD G 377 STARRY, FRANK K 625 NAKAMURA, ROY K 8 PETERS, GERALD A 63 MATULIS, JOHN 377 SVEE, JAMES B 625 YOSHIMURA, FRED K 8 YOGERST, DONALD 63 MESLER, HUGH M 377 TREVINO, RAUL S 700 COURTEMANCHE, WILLIAM O 12 PETERS, RICHARD 63 MINARD, MARVIN M 377 VION, JOHN J 704 BRYANT, JAMES W 15 KALLENBACH, JOHN H 63 RUBINO, DAVID J 378 MEYERS, JOHN F 704 DAVIS, LARRY G 15 LAJOIE, ROBERT A 63 SCHMEDER, MALLORY 379 LYNCH, THOMAS J 704 EIGELSBACH, ROBERT E 15 MARTIN, JAMES J 63 SIEMERS, EDWIN G 383 PANTER, MICHAEL P 704 MARSHALL, BILLY J 16 CHARNEY, GEORGE A 63 SMITH, TERRY L 387 LYNCH, JAMES O 704 WYNNE, RICKY M 17 HARRIGAN, JOSEPH 63 SORICE, WILLIAM J 392 BISHOP, GLENN L 709 BRIGGS, HENRY W 17 HOUSHOLDER, WILLIAM J 63 SROUFEK, JAMES T 392 WOEHRL, HARTMUT M 709 FULLER, JOHN F 17 KUSTRA, STANLEY T 63 TRAVER, RICHARD W 393 KLEMA, LAWRENCE H 709 LANIER, WAYMAN L 22 JONES, PAUL L 67 DYER, DOUGLAS E 393 THODE, ALLEN J 709 TANT, LESTER S 22 SHIMROCK, JOSEPH 68 BETSY, JOSEPH 395 JOHNSTON, DAVID A 710 ROBINSON, LESLIE L 24 ADAMS, CALVIN 68 GUADAGNO, JOHN T 396 FEARS, JAMES L 711 CAISSY, JEAN P 24 CASSADY, SAMMIE L 68 SCHENCK, ROBERT G 396 THOMAS, DAVID E 711 JOBIN, MICHEL 24 VOSS, ARTHUR J 79 ODOM, ROBERT C 396 WRIGHT, LEROY M 720 MENTANKO, WILLIE 25 COOK, FREDRICK F 84 DENNY, ALLEN R 397 PRATT, WALTER C 721 BECKER, ALTON 25 EDGAR, ROGER L 86 BRAHS, DANNY L 399 DOWNS, JOSEPH W 721 KENNEDY, NORMAN J 25 HAMILTON, WILLIAM S 86 HOUGARDY, MICHAEL O 401 HENON, THOMAS C 728 SCHMIDT, JOHN W 25 KENNEDY, ARCHIE H 86 PETERSEN, DENNIS A 401 HIGGINS, THOMAS P 736 JACOBS, JOHN 25 LLOYD, ELMER L 86 PETERSON, ROBIN 405 DI SANTI, ROBERT J 736 LEITCH, JOHN D 25 SMAIL, CRAIG A 86 SUTTON, RODNEY L 416 GYSIN, LEROY L 751 PORTER, ROBERT W 25 STROIA, DAVID R 86 WALLACE, CHARLES W 416 HILL, DAVID W 769 FRAZIER, DONALD R 25 WEST, FRANKLIN A 89 EMDE, JOEL 416 SCOGGINS, DON M 786 CHRETIEN, LEON 28 CHAPMAN, JAMES L 103 GRAY, ROBERT R 424 MILLER, JEFFREY L 787 BRYAN, WILLIAM J 33 TARBELL, ROY 103 MC CONNELL, JAMES I 424 NIMMONS, WAYNE 787 MILLER, FREDERICK R 37 GRANT, T PETER 103 SWAIN, LELAND O 424 ZASTAURY, BRUCE M 848 BROWDER, DREYFUS O 37 MILLER, RICHARD J 103 SWEARER, LARRY E 444 BARBIC, DAVID A 848 CROSBY, MIKE U 40 FENNELL, MICHAEL J 111 KING, EDWARD E 451 TODD, CLARENCE W 848 RHEW, WAYNE D 46 HARRUFF, EMERSON E 111 SCHOONOVER, BERNARD J 477 HENSON, JOHNNY W 848 STEEN, WILLIAM M 48 BENNETT, HERMAN L 112 SCHIERER, FRANCIS D 489 GOHEEN, HOWARD M 55 LA FOUNTAIN, RICHARD W 112 STANLEY, VERDIE C 492 BUCHANAN, JOHN P 26 THE IRONWORKER OFFICIAL MONTHLY RECORD APPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR AUGUST 2007 1 129490 BURNER, EDISON 95168 2,200.00 147 1259012 HARTISCH III, KARL H. 95231 1,750.00 512 581842 MATHESON, RALPH R. 95147 2,200.00 1 530567 LESLIE, EDWARD F. 95182 2,200.00 207 803832 95232 2,000.00 512 762100 SOUKKALA, MELVIN R. 95245 2,200.00 3 466219 SOBECK, JOSEPH T. 95195 2,200.00 263 1189876 BAKER, BARRY C. 95233 1,750.00 516 147120 PAVLICH, GEORGE M. 95148 2,000.00 5 206757 KEENER, HOLLIS G. 95196 2,200.00 263 619240 CARTER, EARNEST G. 95140 2,200.00 522 512627 PHILPOTT, ROBERT B. 95212 2,000.00 5 556259 YOUNG, JOHN F. 95128 2,200.00 263 509895 HARRIS, TRUMAN R. 95234 2,200.00 522 572494 WISEMAN, LESTER R. 95213 2,000.00 6 565412 TSAKOS, NICK S. 95154 2,000.00 263 526909 HILL, CLINTON J. 95235 2,200.00 550 968410 BELL, RONALD L. 95214 2,000.00 7 764680 CHICK, THOMAS J. 95169 2,200.00 263 770737 RUIZ, DOLORES H. 95236 2,200.00 568 727366 BUSSARD, ATLEE H. 95246 2,200.00 7 535080 SETTERLUND, THEODORE O. 95197 2,200.00 263 1340251 STEWART, GORDON B. 95237 800.00 576 496917 DRANKA, DMYTRO 95215 2,000.00 8 887907 CHIPMAN, DONALD A. 95198 2,000.00 290 506241 FARRELL, STEPHEN A. 95172 2,000.00 577 622402 GITTINGS, LARRY C. 95216 2,000.00 8 425564 MC DONALD, THOMAS R. 95199 2,200.00 301 845397 ROGERS, CEBERT R. 95159 2,200.00 580 859710 JOHNSON, FREDDIE L. 95217 2,200.00 8 616444 NUTT, MELVIN L. 95183 2,200.00 340 1070775 DAWE, THOMAS C. 95238 2,200.00 580 642243 MC GETTIGAN, JOHN P. 95218 2,200.00 8 668276 SPRANGERS, HILARY J. 95170 2,200.00 378 1238813 HALE, GARY R. 95186 1,750.00 580 592738 O SULLIVAN, BERNARD 95149 2,200.00 8 380119 TRAPP, RUSSELL 95200 2,200.00 378 696801 NUNES, JAMES M. 95141 2,000.00 580 646947 PETERSON, RONALD 95247 2,000.00 8 947438 WILDE, GALE W. 95201 1,750.00 378 684380 PITTS, BORDEN E. 95160 2,000.00 580 1347936 RAMIREZ, ALFREDO 95225 500.00 8 576280 ZEILHOFER, JOHN JACOBS, PAOLO S. 95202 2,200.00 384 467750 WATTENBARGER, WILLIAM J. 95142 2,200.00 584 207479 RUSSELL, JESS W. 95248 2,200.00 10 1360617 SIMS, PHILLIP D. 95226 500.00 392 673769 TATE, JAMES 95209 2,200.00 584 763839 TULL, JESSIE M. 95165 2,200.00 11 422057 MILLER, LLOYD C. 95171 2,200.00 395 503017 BICE, JAMES E. 95161 2,200.00 623 431509 STONE, GEORGE E. 95219 2,200.00 16 376263 FARLEY, SAMUEL C. 95129 2,200.00 395 471702 DARNELL, ARTHUR S. 95239 2,200.00 625 624980 AKO, ELMER A. 95150 2,200.00 17 490060 CONTE, SAM A. 95155 2,200.00 395 404290 GRIFFIN, ROBERT W. 95210 2,200.00 665 1170597 WETHERALL, STEVEN M. 95249 1,750.00 17 221410 FERGUSON, GEORGE H. 95130 2,200.00 396 444899 ANDRESEN, JOHN K. 95162 2,200.00 711 1178847 ALLAIN, RAYMOND 95180 1,750.00 17 274802 HIDEY, CHARLES W. 95131 2,200.00 396 227725 CERNICH, THEODORE W. 95240 2,200.00 712 1245138 BAZALKA, MICHAEL M. 95221 1,750.00 17 467534 HOLLAN, CHARLES 95132 2,000.00 396 583724 WETZEL, PAUL F. 95187 2,200.00 721 872467 MAASLAND, WILLIAM 95222 2,000.00 17 405889 MC DONALD, JAMES H. 95204 2,200.00 417 536602 BOUCHARD, NORMAN P. 95143 2,200.00 721 603931 RICHENS, BERNARD 95223 2,200.00 24 243584 KEENUM, JAMES H. 95227 2,200.00 424 634845 TESTA, VINCENT 95188 2,200.00 736 550079 ELLIS, JOHN 95254 2,200.00 29 427187 WATTS, DOUGLAS A. 95156 2,200.00 433 1168504 BOONE, GEORGE W. 95189 1,750.00 736 491523 NORTHRUP, KENNETH 95153 2,200.00 40 1328654 SEALY, JENOL D. 95205 1,150.00 433 557196 95173 2,200.00 751 496280 BENSON, EARL L. 95151 2,200.00 46 994569 BOOTH, PAUL A. 95228 8,000.00 433 1332273 RIVERA, CHE 95190 4,600.00 764 1209493 HAWCO, BRIAN J. 95255 1,750.00 55 402243 HARRIS, OSCAR R. 95133 2,200.00 433 680929 STEWART, BERNARD J. 95163 2,000.00 771 703785 WYTOSKY, NICHOLAS 95224 2,200.00 55 1213804 MINARIK, WALTER J. 95134 7,000.00 433 917658 TOLOUDIS, JERALD C. 95174 2,000.00 782 471892 KOLB, CHARLES 95250 2,200.00 58 602733 GREGG, WILLIAM H. 95157 2,000.00 433 262727 WILKINS, ONIE 95191 2,000.00 786 601691 OUELLETTE, ARMAND P. 95181 2,200.00 58 418075 PARKER, GORDON A. 95158 2,200.00 439 864666 RAPIER, PAUL N. 95175 2,200.00 786 687563 ZULAK, ALVIN S. 95166 1,750.00 60 639309 LA CLAIR, JOSEPH E. 95229 2,200.00 444 622488 JANOVSKY, NORMAN 95176 2,200.00 790 1039245 WAHLEN, SPRAGUE A. 95220 2,000.00 FORBES, JACK G. 63 1073291 BARAN, RONALD J. 95230 2,000.00 444 511196 MC GINNIS, THOMAS D. 95177 2,200.00 808 511017 95251 2,200.00 67 411205 YAMEN, JOFFER J. 95135 2,200.00 444 768744 PIERCE, ALAN M. 95211 2,200.00 822 1085799 STANK, CHARLES 95194 1,750.00 79 370805 HOLLIFIELD, CLARENCE E. 95206 2,200.00 477 216215 MCMURTREY, THOMAS C. 95178 2,200.00 834 1363582 KOWALSKI, W 95167 500.00 84 662829 MOSTEIT, D M. 95184 2,000.00 480 1051331 STIRES, GEORGE E. 95192 2,000.00 86 247313 BERG, ALF R. 95136 2,200.00 492 240064 ATWELL, ROY J. 95179 2,200.00 86 182567 HACHTEL, ROLAND H. 95137 2,200.00 498 907134 AKINS, DONALD G. 95243 2,200.00 86 169003 SIPHER, MERLE H. 95138 2,200.00 498 460520 SNYDER, WARREN 95193 2,200.00 DISAPPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR 97 782120 WALL, THOMAS C. 95152 2,000.00 502 353522 BROWN, JOHN M. 95244 2,000.00 AUGUST 2007 103 672289 HILL, RICHARD E. 95207 2,000.00 502 753191 WILLIAMS, GEORGE F. 95144 2,000.00 118 556162 THIEL, CHARLES F. 95208 2,200.00 512 546856 BUTTS, DUANE 95145 2,200.00 118 832923 VAN SLOOTEN, WILLIAM 95139 2,000.00 512 679732 CHASE, LOUIS L. 95164 2,200.00 136 580169 INABNIT, RONALD D. 95185 2,200.00 512 180230 HOLMAN, ELMER A. 95146 2,200.00 DECEMBER 2007 BAKER, CECIL R. TOTAL DEATH BENEFITS PAID:..................265,500.00 10 1363925 JENSON, JASON A. 95252 NOT 12 MOS MEMBER 433 1369334 TSOSIE, NORVIN 95253 NOT 12 MOS MEMBER 27 OFFICIAL MONTHLY RECORD APPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 7 8 8 8 10 10 11 12 16 16 17 17 17 17 24 25 25 25 25 25 25 36 45 58 58 60 63 63 75 75 75 84 84 477380 705340 782481 507975 415906 1026059 361815 1093608 578657 792920 223347 900485 880809 1354639 492938 546363 487524 386039 368922 720677 486781 1177873 390113 986072 416674 669690 1253633 622451 1112258 1304089 688395 483345 534908 430826 197616 592644 437098 672262 548393 653458 603612 PAETSCH, KENNETH A. ROCK, ROBERT W. FEE, DEAN E. HAREZA, FRANK JOHNSON, GEORGE F. KNAUS, THOMAS A. PARRISH, LEO S. STEPHENS, BRIAN TENOVSKY, NORMAN P. OLSON, LARRY J. PREUSS, EDWARD K. WARDESKY, EUGENE CASE, JERRY A. KEELING, KEVIN KEARSING, CLAYTON J. AUGUSTINE, VINCENT L. GOY, ZENOWIY M. HOUCK, GEORGE H. BROWN, EDWARD W. BUKKY, GARY B. LITTLE, WALTER T. TESLER, ROBERT H. NIQUETTE, WILLIS H. BELL, DENNIS L. DAVENPORT, HALBERT HEMBREE, WALTER D. KANGAS, MICHAEL J. KOTT, RICHARD R. LAHTI, MARTIN K. REBER, ROBERT CARROLL, DANIEL J. HOOVER, DENNIS G. LEONARD, ALBERT C. COMBS, JOHN W. HOFMANN, OTTO SCHAEFER, WILLIAM RALSTON, CHARLES M. SACKETT, EARNEST J. WEAVER, MARK F. BAUGHMAN, EDWARD C. GUYNES, MAX W. 95289 95290 95315 95316 95317 95318 95319 95320 95256 95321 95322 95323 95203 95324 95257 95325 95326 95327 95328 95329 95330 95362 95331 95258 95259 95263 95260 95261 95262 95291 95332 95333 95334 95292 95265 95293 95296 95294 95295 95335 95297 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 8,000.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 8,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 1,750.00 1,750.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 84 92 97 97 97 112 118 155 167 263 263 340 361 361 361 372 372 372 373 377 377 377 378 384 387 387 395 396 397 401 405 405 433 433 433 433 433 433 439 440 440 947101 585612 1111757 367318 707497 355021 1034037 1105748 184794 745471 363381 1073349 565430 361233 687139 1007669 482075 364634 679433 1350156 409142 1120223 938079 398012 394658 460634 354546 1209538 964431 468862 467627 1332695 847918 609183 735014 971880 1282364 387419 514275 468922 970919 HAVARD, BERNARD K. MC GUIRE, ALFORD E. DUPUIS, DAN W. MARAZZO, JOE C. MCLEAN, DAVID W. DAVIS, JAMES HAMLETT, BASIL T. HERRERA, WILLIAM POOLE, WILBURN C. ROLLINS, BILLY J. WALKER, BILLY B. TAYLOR, DAVID DE COSTA, THEODORE E. MILLER, WALTER K. O CONNOR, WILLIAM J. DILTS, GERALD O. STOKES, EDWARD C. WILLIAMS, LEROY LADAY, GEORGE JACOBS, ROBERT J. MILLER, DENNY L. NIELSEN, GREGORY NIVINS, MATHEW H. COGGINS, FATE V. BRANDON, JAMES L. STILLWELL, WALLACE O. AUGUSTYN, LEO J. JOHNSON, RONALD J. HICKSON, BYRON K. DENARDO, DOMINIC JORDAN, ROBERT J. MC FADDEN, FRANCIS ALTMAN, KENNETH L. BUTLER, CHARLES L. GARMAN, ROBERT D. TATE, MICHAEL G. VALDEZ, JUAN M. WALLENDER, HERMAN A. SMITH, WILLIAM CAREY, GEORGE E. O’NEILL, KEVIN A. 95298 95336 95285 95286 95287 95299 95264 95266 95267 95337 95338 95300 95301 95302 95339 95268 95269 95270 95271 95340 95341 95342 95343 95344 95272 95273 95345 95303 95346 95274 95347 95348 95241 95304 95349 95242 95350 95305 95351 95275 95276 2,000.00 2,200.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 1,150.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 451 451 473 473 477 482 502 506 512 516 521 522 527 527 580 580 584 591 591 643 704 709 711 721 721 759 769 822 862414 348096 142676 678863 213366 1204214 690236 640079 503293 577990 652034 715918 626611 698901 488866 615433 459529 665745 215730 924671 896995 1356268 907463 703748 617756 935554 483285 929063 DEERY, CHARLES B. MURPHY, WILLIAM J. SCHAUBACH, HUGO SCHENDEL, JOHN LEGG, CLARENCE W. FELDER, THOMAS J. NACE, PAUL R. CARSON, KENNETH A. WHITE, DAVID WOHL, HELMUTH ESGRO, JOHN GRIPP, DONALD L. BERTOVICH, PAUL FESH, MICHAEL MANDELBAUM, HAROLD TODD, ALAN P. COBLE, MARLIN A. RUSSELL, LOWELL A. TAYLOR, WILLARD H. DONALDSON, PAUL DAVIS, WILLIAM C. WILCOX, RONNIE L. CHABOT, BENOIT MADEIRA, AMANDIO RASMUSSEN, PAUL F. RICHMOND, JAMES A. BUCKLEY, HARRY L. HANSELMAN, CHARLES 95277 95352 95353 95306 95354 95278 95355 95279 95280 95281 95307 95284 95356 95308 95357 95282 95283 95358 95359 95313 95360 95309 95288 95365 95366 95314 95361 95310 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 7,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 2,200.00 500.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 2,200.00 1,750.00 2,200.00 2,000.00 TOTAL DEATH BENEFITS PAID:..................245,100.00 DISAPPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR SEPTEMBER 2007 28 1378314 VESSELS, TRAVARES L. 36 515405 MORRIS, RICHARD G. 399 811844 LONGCOR, BRUCE S. 451 1192718 HYLAND, JAMES W. 95364 NOT 12 MOS MEMBER 95311 IN ARREARS 95312 IN ARREARS 95363 IN ARREARS “IRONWORKERS’ JOB LINE” is now available on the web please visit www.ironworkers.org to find out which locals need workers, type of work, and who to contact. 28 THE IRONWORKER 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20006 s ’ n o s SGeraeetings The General Officers and Staff of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers Extend to You Our Very Best Wishes During This Holiday Season JOSEPH JJ. HUNT Generall Pres General Genera P President reside ident nt Suite Sui te 400 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 MICHAEL FITZPATRICK General Secretary Suite 400 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 WALTER WISE General Treasurer Suite 400 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 ROBERT JJ. SPILLER GEORGE EE. KRATZER EDWARD JJ. WALSH RONALD C C. GLADNEY First General First Genera Gen erall Vice Vice Pr Presi President esiden dentt 21066 Wash 210 W ashing ington ton Rd. Rd. 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