THETHE BUILDINGBUILDING TRADESMANTRADESMAN Official Publication of the Michigan Building and Construction Trades Council

VOL. 69, NO. 13 Since 1952 • Serving the highly skilled men and women in Michigan’s building trade unions 65 Cents June 26, 2020 SHORT U.S. construction sees CUTS a bounce; Michigan leaps emerging from COVID Executive orders By Marty Mulcahy or in some cases, much higher lose some teeth Editor than they reported prior to The Michigan Court of Aannnd, action! COVID-19.” Claims on June 9 ruled that Gov. Construction activity in 34 Data released on June 18 by Gretchen Whitmer exceeded states has moved past pre- construction technology firm her legal authority in increas- COVID-19 levels, and in Procore and the Associated Gen- ing penalties for workplace vio- Michigan’s case, has surged past eral Contractors show that build- lations during the COVID-19 those dark days when 81 percent ing trades hourly activity in crisis through Executive Order of construction in our state was Michigan, astoundingly, was up 2020-97. deemed “non-essential” for the 24 percent on May 31 vs. March The governor effectively six-week period that ended May 1. That percentage increase was tied the May 21 executive or- 7. second highest in the nation, be- der, titled “Safeguards to pro- “We are living in a time when hind only Georgia and tied with tect Michigan’s workers from change seems to be the new norm, two other states. Michigan’s con- COVID-19,” into penalties but something that will never struction industry was one of the found in the Michigan Occupa- change is the resilience of the top hardest-hit states during the tional Safety and Health Act, construction industry,” said COVID crisis, but now our state which meant that violators Kristopher Lengieza, Procore’s and others seem to be back on would face a felony and penal- Senior Director of Business De- track. But the Associated General ties including fines ranging up velopment. “To date, a majority Contractors is throwing caution to $70,000. UNDER CONSTRUCTION on the grounds of the Erickson Power Station in Delta Twp. is the new of states are experiencing levels flags all over the place. But Court of Claims Judge Delta Energy Park, a natural gas-burning, 250-MWcombined-cycle power plant. The project is of construction activity equal to, (Continued on Page 3) Christopher Murray ruled that managed by the team of Barton Malow and Clark Construction. At right is the signature red and the penalties were unenforce- white striped stack of the coal-burning Erickson plant, slated to be retired in 2025. Photo credits: Working in a COVID-19 world... able, and that Whitmer “ex- Marc Crance ceeded her statutory authority by effectively bootstrapping Trades building cleaner, greener Dems push for into EO 2020-97 penalties that are found in MIOSHA.” The lawsuit challenging power plant for Lansing BWL Whitmer’s executive order worker-friendly By Marty Mulcahy come the BWL’s second natural us to provide reliable and af- came from the conservative Editor gas-fired plant when it comes on fordable energy that doesn’t Mackinac Center Legal Foun- DELTA TWP. – The Lan- line next year. The new plant will depend on the grid,” said BWL dation, on behalf of a private sing Board of Water and Light bring about the retirement of the General Manager Dick Peffley. job protections landscaping firm and the Asso- is in the process of replacing aging Eckert Plant in Lansing this “Delta Energy Park is the next By Marty Mulcahy at work, but also protections if ciated Builders and Contractors two old coal-burning power- year and then the Erickson Power chapter and is the largest Editor they get sick on the job. I encour- of Michigan. The judge ruled houses with a new 250-mega- Station in 2025. project the BWL has ever taken LANSING – A package of 11 age leadership to take up and that the link between Whitmer’s watt plant that will be powered Retiring both plants, the on, allowing us to close our bills are contained in the “Work- pass these bills immediately.” emergency powers and by cleaner burning natural gas. BWL says, will make the utility coal-fired plants.” ers First Reopening Plan,” a Specifically, the plan gives MIOSHA penalties is void. Managing the $500 million the largest in Michigan to gener- Dubbed the Delta Energy scheme sponsored by the Michi- workers the option to leave an Outside of the linkage to project at the site of the utility’s ate coal-free power by 2025, re- Park, the new natural gas-fired gan Legislative Labor Caucus unsafe work environment and still MIOSHA, a violation of a Erickson Power Station are the ducing its carbon emissions by combined cycle generating fa- that aims to provide worker- receive unemployment insurance Michigan governor’s executive “Lansing Power Constructors” 80 percent. cility is expected to be opera- friendly protections as the state if the worksite isn’t taking proper order can bring up to a $500 fine contracting team of Barton “The BWL has a history of tional by June 2021. reopens businesses in the wake safety precautions. In addition, and 90 days in jail – a misde- Malow and Clark Construction. generating its own power for resi- Barton Malow says the of the COVID-19 crisis. (Continued on Page 3) meanor – under the Emergency Utilizing union construction dential, commercial and industrial new Delta Energy Park will be The plan, released June 8, Powers of Governor Act or the workers, the project broke customers throughout the greater home to three Siemens SGT-800 includes measures such as ex- Emergency Management Act, Appeals ground a year ago and will be- Lansing region. This has allowed (Continued on Page 2) panded paid sick leave and work- the judge said. ers compensation, extended haz- The executive order in- ard pay for front-line workers, cludes rules for workplace in- court strict health and safety standards, fection-control practices, scheduling policies, mental health proper use of personal protec- assistance, and safeguards tosses tive equipment, how to report against retaliation against work- unsafe working conditions, and ers. employee distancing. Line 5 “The ‘Workers First Reopen- Labor Day events, ing Plan’ will help mitigate the bridge walk canceled broader health crisis through sick challenge leave and workers compensation LANSING – The Michigan COVID-19 has claimed changes, sustain workers Court of Appeals on June 12 more victims, the annual De- through the crisis with hazard pay unanimously upheld the legality troit and Muskegon Labor Day and scheduling regularity, and of the language permitting con- parades, Grand Rapids Laborfest protect the people who are pro- struction of the Line 5 utility tun- and the annual Mackinac Bridge tecting us with safeguards nel under the Mackinac Straits. walk. Originally scheduled this against retaliation and standards The ruling continues to deny year for Monday, Sept. 7, all are for worksites,” said Michigan an argument against the con- canceled. AFL-CIO President Ron Bieber. struction of the tunnel by state “We can't in good con- “The governor has acted Attorney General Dana Nessel, science continue with an event boldly and decisively throughout, who sees a technical flaw in the we know draws people from taking actions that have saved state law’s language that creates across our state and beyond, many lives. Now the Legislature an authority over the project. and puts them shoulder-to- needs to step up and do right by Planning, design, seeking of shoulder for hours, when medi- working people, to make sure permits, core sampling and all cal advice strenuously advises they are protected as they return manner of preliminary work have against such gatherings,” said to the workplace. The Workers proceeded despite the legal pro- Mackinac Bridge Authority UNLOADING MATERIAL from a trailer at the Lansing Board of Water and Light’s Delta Energy First Reopening Plan provides ceedings over the past two years, Chairman Patrick “Shorty” Park project are Pat Nichols and Josh Redinger of Iron Workers Local 25. They’re employed by workers with the support and se- in preparation for the construc- Gleason, an Iron Workers Local Redinger Steel. curity they need to stay healthy tion of Line 5 Tunnel between 25 member. Mackinaw City and St. Ignace. Have an absentee Then-Gov. Rick Snyder and the Republican legislature in late ballot app? Send it in! AFL-CIO formally backs Biden for president 2018 approved the formation of By now, all of Michigan’s 7.7 By Mark Gruenberg nounced in a 10-minute speech the 2016 presidential election, exit Building Trades Union President an authority to govern construc- million registered voters should PAI Staff Writer May 26 by federation President polling by Edison Research Sean McGarvey specifically tion of the five-mile, $500 million have received their absentee bal- WASHINGTON (PAI) – By Richard Trumka, was expected. It showed that Democrat Hillary pointed out that the trades have tunnel, which would encapsulate lot application, which were vote of its general board, the AFL- followed Biden endorsements by Clinton had a 51-42 percent ad- yet to endorse for president, al- under the Straits a key Enbridge- mailed out about a month ago by CIO, the nation’s largest labor fed- two influential AFL-CIO unions: vantage over Republican Donald though individual member inter- owned petroleum/natural gas the Secretary of State’s office. eration, formally endorsed pre- The Steelworkers on May 20 and Trump in voting among U.S. national unions have endorsed pipeline. The current Line 5 pipe- Thanks to the passage of sumed Democratic presidential the Communications Workers on union households, but that num- the Delaware Democrat. line has been in service atop the a statewide ballot proposal in nominee Joseph Biden for elec- May 22. ber was likely closer to 50 percent The AFL-CIO’s nod clears lakebed since the 1950s. 2018, “all registered voters in tion to the White House in 2020. But not all unions are pub- among building trades union the way for the federation to Nessel, a Democrat, issued a Michigan have the right to The endorsement, an- licly on board with Biden, yet. In households. North American’s (Continued on Page 3) (Continued on Page 2) vote by mail. It's a safe way to vote and protect your health, and the process is secure and accurate,” according to the Trades bring muscle, machinery to help flood victims Michigan Secretary of State’s By Marty Mulcahy have been helpful contributors to descended on the flooded zone, process of creating a path for- makers Local 169 member, lives in office. Editor volunteer relief efforts. doing the hard work of debris re- ward, to the extent possible, for Jerome Twp., and the flooded vil- So fill out your application SANFORD – The massive Over the Memorial Day holi- moval and whatever else was stricken residents. lage of Sanford is within the town and mail it in. And if you flooding resulting from the May day, 60-plus Laborers union-affili- asked of them in order to start the Bill Ricards, a retired Boiler- (Continued on Page 13) haven’t registered to vote, the 19 failures of the Edenville Dam ates volunteered their time to last day to do so for the pri- and Sanford Dam has devastated help, which mainly included clean mary election is July 20. homes and businesses in several up and hauling off of damaged mid-Michigan counties, and property. The volunteer group Quotable forced more than 10,000 residents logged more than 1,400 work to evacuate their homes. hours with 22 pieces of equip- “Those who profess to fa- Disaster relief efforts started ment used in the process. They vor freedom and yet deprecate up quickly, with hundreds of vol- moved in their equipment on Fri- BUILDING TRADES agitation, are men who want unteers on a daily basis descend- day, then worked Saturday, Sun- union volunteers crops without plowing up the ing on the region to help busi- day and Monday that weekend. prepare to go to work to ground.” nesses and homeowners clean up And on May 29 and June 3- help victims of the –Frederick Douglass, 1818- and clear debris. And building 4, another 46 volunteers from a Sanford and Edenville 1895 trades unions and associates host of building trades unions dam failures. 2 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN June 26, 2020 Appeals Viewpoints court Pirates of the pandemic tosses COVID-19 killed at least 115,000 Americans, infected more than two million others and sent the nation’s unemployment rate soaring Line 5 to the highest level since the Great Depression. But the pandemic hasn’t been hard on everyone. For some, it’s been an opportunity to fill their coffers. challenge The crisis made Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, for (Continued from Page 1) example, already the world’s wealthiest person, a whole lot richer. March 2019 opinion that the His fortune increased a whopping $36.2 billion in a mere 11 weeks GOP-backed state law which cre- as shoppers flocked to the online retailer to buy supplies. ated a state authority to govern And Bezos wasn’t alone. the tunnel violates the Michigan As his company fulfilled an avalanche of orders with ware- Constitution’s title object clause house workers who risked their lives in unsafe conditions, other “because its provisions go be- 1-percenters and corporations siphoned off billions in stimulus yond the scope of what was dis- funds – money that working Americans devastated by the COVID- closed in its title.” Nessel argued AN AERIAL VIEW from last month of Lansing Board of Water and Light’s 250 megawatt Delta Energy 19 recession need to survive. the title of Public Act 359 of 2018 Park in Delta Twp. Photo credit: Lansing BWL Instead of sharing ordinary Americans’ pain, these pirates of deals with the Mackinac Bridge the pandemic exploited it. Their plundering worsened the income Authority, but the public act it- inequality that already threatened America as much as any dis- self deals with the construction Trades building cleaner, greener ease and leaves the nation even more vulnerable in the next storm. of a tunnel that’s not under the In March, GOP President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus authority of the MBA. Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided A state Court of Claims power plant for Lansing BWL cash payments of $1,200 to about 150 million households needing judge rejected her argument last (Continued from Page 1) wind energy in the Thumb area. 40 percent clean energy by help with day-to-day expenses. October, and a 3-0 ruling by a gas turbines, two Vogt Heat Re- The BWL is also expand- 2030. Yet that was peanuts compared to the “millionaires’ giveaway” state Court of Appeals panel did covery Steam Generators, and ing and modernizing its electric The Lansing Board of Wa- that Senate Republicans stuck into the legislation. Buried in the the same this month. one Doosan steam turbine. The transmission system, with new ter and Light, Michigan’s largest bill was language giving 43,000 of the nation’s richest people an Enbridge Energy spokesper- combustion turbines are each ca- substations, smart grid invest- municipally-owned facility, has average tax break of $1.6 million each. son Ryan Duffy told the news pable of 57 megawatts and steam ment and a new transmission 97,466 electric customers, 56,549 This corporate charity allows real estate developers, hedge service MIRS that the latest rul- turbine generator is capable of 90 line. BWL is committed to pro- water customers, 170 steam cus- fund owners and other financiers to use business losses from past ing “once again confirms” that megawatts. A new switch yard vide customers 30 percent clean tomers and 19 chilled water cus- years – losses that have nothing to do with COVID-19 and exist Enbridge’s agreements with the and cooling water tower are also energy by the end of 2020 and tomers. largely on paper – to reap huge refunds. state “are valid and enforceable. major components of the project. Millionaires and billionaires, some of whom rode out the pan- We look forward to working with A combined-cycle power demic in the comfort of yachts and secluded island retreats, need the state to make a safe pipeline plant uses both a gas and a steam Why is Trump going Postal? no relief. But they’ll gladly loot the public treasury at the expense even safer.” turbine together to produce up By Jim Hightower of Americans who kept government offices open, worked in Nessel’s office plans to ap- to 50 percent more electricity from One thing we’ve learned for sure this year is that no national factories or did other essential work before losing their jobs in the peal to the state Supreme Court. the same fuel than a traditional crisis is too awful to keep Trump and Company from exploiting it for economic downturn. “While we are disappointed by simple-cycle plant. The waste their plutocratic political purposes. Health care workers put their lives on the line during the pan- the Court of Appeals decision, heat from the gas turbine is COVID-19 is a God-awful crisis, but late one night deep inside demic. But corporations and the ultra-rich stabbed them in the we stand by our position that Act routed to the nearby steam tur- the White House, a dim bulb flickered in our present president’s back. 359 is unconstitutional,” said bine, which generates extra head: “Eureka,” Trump exclaimed, “here’s our chance to kill the U.S. The CARES Act provided $175 billion for health care spokeswoman Courtney power. Post Office!” systems that curtailed elective surgeries and scaled back other Covington. The 375-megawatt Eckert Of all the things a president might focus procedures to slow the spread of COVID-19 in their facilities. Throughout the process of Plant is the BWL’s oldest operat- on during a devastating pandemic, hijacking our Instead of sustaining cash-strapped hospitals, however, legal challenges by the state and ing power plant, with six electric public mail service, bankrupting it, and then priva- much of the money went to big, corporate health systems al- by environmentalists – who want generating units that were in- tizing its profitable functions has become a top ready flush with cash. While padding their coffers with stimu- the petroleum line permanently stalled beginning in the 1950s. priority for this brooding madman. lus funds, these profiteers added insult to injury by laying off shut down – Enbridge has pro- The Erickson Power Station was Bizarrely, Trump has ranted that the post or cutting the pay of the very workers who kept hospitals open ceeded with planning process for completed in 1973 and contains office should charge higher prices for customers during the pandemic. the utility tunnel and expects it a single coal-fired generator ca- to ship packages. He bemoans the fact that postal HCA Healthcare, a hospital chain based in Nashville, Tenn., to be complete in 2024. The pable of producing 160 mega- workers are unionized and earn middle-class made more than $7 billion in profits in the past two years. It re- Michigan Building and Construc- watts of electricity. wages. ceived about $1 billion in stimulus funds. Now, it’s threatening to tion Trades Council is a major ad- In addition to the new natu- So with our economy collapsing under the lay off thousands of nurses if they refuse wage freezes and other vocate of the tunnel’s construc- ral gas plant, the BWL’s is invest- weight of COVID-19, Trump struck. givebacks. tion, seeing it as a safer upgrade ing in other cleaner energy op- Like nearly every business, the Postal Service had suffered a Like many health systems laying off staff or cutting worker to the existing dual pipelines un- tions, such as the Delta Solar Park crushing loss of customers and needs emergency funding to keep pay amid the pandemic, HCA still pays its CEO millions. der the Straits while providing – Michigan’s largest sun-track- America’s mail moving. Congress quickly proposed a bipartisan $13 In the meantime, rising unemployment and pandemic bailouts hundreds of construction jobs ing solar array in Delta Twp. – billion postal lifeline as part of its $2 trillion national rescue package. for the rich are worsening the rampant income inequality that left during the process. and about 100 megawatts of But our personally piqued president said no, threatening to kill America vulnerable to COVID-19 in the first place. The news from the court the whole bill if it included a pandemic grant to save the public post And the growing disparities threaten to put the nation even came before Enbridge on June 18 “Nothing is as irritating as office. further at risk in the next crisis. reported significant damage to an the fellow who chats pleasantly The U.S. mail service, however, is enormously popular, so Trump Over the past 40 years, CEO pay soared by while workers’ anchor support of one of the two while he's overcharging you.” can’t just blatantly choke off its survival funds. Instead, he’s taking wages stagnated. Instead of sharing profits with the workers who pipelines under the Straits. –Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930) the agency hostage, offering to provide a $10 billion “loan” from the generated them, executives and shareholders kept the money for Enbrige voluntarily shut Treasury Department – contingent on the public entity agreeing to themselves. down the pipeline, then re-started “But in this world nothing his draconian demands that it raise postal prices, gut postal unions, Today, the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans average more the line that was undamaged on can be said to be certain, except and cut postal services. than nine times the income of the other 90 percent. More and more June 20. death and taxes.” Trump’s provisos are postal poison pills, for they would destroy Americans struggle to pay for college, save for retirement and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer sent –Benjamin Franklin (1706 - the agency’s morale and service, undermine popular support, and afford health care. a letter to Enbridge CEO Al Mo- 1790), Letter to Jean Baptiste Le clear the political path for profiteering corporations to seize, priva- As COVID-19 showed, the growing concentration of wealth naco on June 20 to urge a full Roy (1789) tize, and plunder this public treasure. does more than threaten Americans’ livelihoods. It puts their very shutdown of the pipeline until (via www.otherwords.org) health at risk. That’s because the rich people who use their money damage can be assessed and pre- “I have never met a man so to monopolize politics can’t be bothered to ensure the masses ventative measures put in place. ignorant that I couldn't learn have health care, paid sick leave and safe working conditions. . something from him.” Many COVID-19 victims had low-wage service- – Galileo Galilei (1564 - 1642) sector positions in places like grocery stores and pharmacies, re- The “Before you contradict an quiring them to risk the virus at work sites while more fortunate old man, my fair friend, you workers did their jobs from home. Building should endeavor to understand These front-line jobs often fail to provide health insurance, him.” so the people doing them were doubly exposed. And these posi- Tradesman –George Santayana (1863 - tions often deny workers paid sick leave, forcing some to go to ISSN-007-3717 1952) work even at the risk of infecting co-workers. But it wasn’t enough to leave Americans at risk. When the is the Official Publication of “Call on God, but row away pandemic hit, the super-rich used their domination of politics not the Michigan Building and from the rocks.” only to pack stimulus bills with spoils for themselves but also to Construction Trades Council –Indian Proverb keep the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration Patrick Devlin (OSHA) from protecting workers. Secretary-Treasurer Instead of implementing an emergency, temporary infectious Steve Claywell disease standard and requiring employers to follow strict safety President protocols, as the United Steelworkers (USW) and other labor unions wanted, OSHA let corporations make their own safety rules. Many did little or nothing. While the wealth Bezos accumulated during the crisis put him on track to become the world’s first trillionaire, Amazon failed to protect its army of warehouse workers from the virus. The Building Tradesman is Some said the company forced them to work at “dizzying published bi-weekly (every speeds,” even if they couldn’t maintain social distancing or take other Friday) by the Michigan time to wash their hands. At least eight Amazon workers died. Building and Construction When workers protested unsafe conditions, the company fired Trades Council, Detroit office. them. 1640 Porter St., Detroit, MI Americans have a right to return to return home safely at the end of their shifts. Instead, the Bezoses of the world treat them as 48216 Printed at Grand Blanc Printing, expendable. a union shop Unless America addresses runaway income inequality and Periodical mail postage paid begins protecting the most vulnerable in society, the next pan- demic will hit the nation even harder. at Detroit, MI and additional That means passing stimulus bills, like a major investment in mailing offices. infrastructure, that jump-start the economy and put Americans POSTMASTER back to work. It means enacting safety laws that keep American send postage returns to: workers healthy and productive. The Building Tradesman And it means ensuring stimulus aid goes to people who need 1640 Porter St. it, not millionaires and billionaires hunting for more treasure. Detroit, MI 48216 By Tom Conway President, United Steelworkers Union Phone: (313) 961-3800 Fax: (313) 961-2467 The Building Tradesman welcomes your letters to the editor. We Union members with address reserve the right to edit for clarity and to shorten them. Please changes are asked to contact sign the letter and include a way to contact you. #1 Michigan Electrical Maintenance Firm their local union. How to contact us – Editor/Photographer By mail: Building Tradesman Editor Marty Mulcahy 1640 Porter St. Detroit, MI 48216 E-mail: e-mail: [email protected] buildingtradesman@ ameritech.net Advertising Director Joe Hoshaw E-mail: [email protected] (734) 558-6955 Follow us Subscription Rate $15 annually (group rate for unions) The Michigan Building and Construction Trades Visit our website: Council www.michiganbuildingtrades.org www.uispowerservices.com Building Michigan: June 26, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 3 Fireproofing AFL-CIO formally backs History in the making By Marty Mulcahy Joe Biden for president (Continued from Page 1) years. One was the former vice Trump by almost 3-to-1. mobilize its unions’ millions of president’s support for so-called Those workers were desper- members, their families and their “free trade” pacts which cost ately looking for a change from allies to not only elect Biden, but workers jobs. The top two were 40 years of anti-worker policies also reject the “pettiness and NAFTA – passed in 1994 with from politicians of both parties negativity” of GOP Oval Office Biden’s support as a senator from and from an economy that occupant Donald Trump, said Delaware – and the Trans-Pacific worked against workers, Trumka AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka. Partnership, which labor opposi- said. Trump promised it, but Trump’s track record on the tion forced Biden’s boss, Barack hasn’t delivered. Biden, Trumka coronavirus, Trumka said, “has Obama, to shelve. “It made sense said, will do so. So, now, Trumka been delinquent, delayed, disor- at the moment,” Biden said a year expects, those workers and oth- ganized and deadly.” And his ago of NAFTA. ers will come back to Biden. track record against workers, es- And when Biden used his “The path to the presidency pecially on health and safety and standard line of “Osama Bin runs through the labor move- collective bargaining rights, has Laden is dead and GM is alive” ment. And with the full force and been dreadful, Trumka added. after the Obama-led recovery unmatched reach of our political “Worse yet, Donald Trump has from the 2008 crash, union lead- program, we are ready to pave used the highest office in the land ers at a closed-door AFL-CIO that road for our friend, Joe to divide America, scapegoating Executive Council meeting in Biden,” Trumka concluded. immigrants, degrading women 2013 erupted. The Iron Workers endorsed and playing on people’s worst They demanded to know Biden back in January, when there HENRY FORD’S new Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit, 1904. The plant was among the last auto fears. That’s our choice this year: why Obama and Biden had was still a full slate of Democrats manufacturing plants to be built using wooden floors on timber framing – but it did have several fire- Between Donald Trump’s petti- stopped pushing the pro-worker running in the primary. “After proofing features, including sprinklers and fire doors. The four edges of each vertical post were also ness and negativity and Joe Employee Free Choice Act, too. thorough vetting and research, chamfered, so that their edges won’t burn so quickly in the event of a fire. Photo credit:The Henry Ford Biden, who is the embodiment of Trumka mentioned none of those we found that Biden has the goodness and decency.” controversies. Instead, he dwelt broadest support amongst union The invention of the fire The same day Trumka an- on how “working people have ironworkers,” said General Presi- suppression systems for build- nounced the AFL-CIO’s endorse- overcome fear and hostility” all dent Eric Dean. “His favorability ings is one of mankind’s great, ment, NABTU’s McGarvey is- the way up to the Trump White is a full 29 points higher than unheralded, technological ad- sued a statement of his own. “We House, and said Biden can help Donald Trump in our union and vances. The threat of fire has are aware of the discussion held overcome more, while appealing is considerably higher than other been a constant threat to life and and the action taken today by the to “the better angels” of the U.S. Democrats in the race. By com- property since man began build- AFL-CIO,” he said. “At this time, He also said “I get it,” in dis- mitting to defend our jobs, retire- ing shelters out of sticks and NABTU’s total focus remains on cussing why millions of workers ment and rights as union mem- branches. Blazes have devas- Congress and the Administration and their families turned to bers, Biden offered the strongest tated, for example, ancient Rome passing and providing additional Trump in 2016, especially in the support for union ironworkers of in 64 AD, London in 1666, De- relief measures for our members key swing states of the industrial any candidate.” troit in 1805, Chicago in 1871, and the American people. We Midwest: Ohio, Wisconsin, The IBEW endorsed Biden and Kalamazoo in 1909. need leadership and decisive ac- Michigan and his home state of in early February. “Vice President But being the procrastina- tion from elected officials to get Pennsylvania. Among building Biden has been a longtime friend tors and deniers that we are, hu- LOCAL 704 Sprinkler Fitters replaced the old sprinkler system at people back to work and to en- trades union workers in Ohio, exit of working families and the mans have been slow to adapt to the Piquette Plant, at right, with new pipes and heads, at left. The old sure their health and safety on polls in 2016 said Trump won 52 IBEW,” said IBEW International the use of “fireproof” construc- system was kept in place for display purposes. the job. Political considerations percent of the vote. And symbolic President Lonnie R. Stephenson. tion methods, and fire suppres- will be made by NABTU at a later of the shift was Trumka’s home, “Joe has a long record of stand- sion systems, which in modern date.” in Pennsylvania’s farthest south- ing up for union members, and times usually means the use of Trumka spent more of his western corner. That small coal- we believe it’s in the best inter- overhead sprinklers combined speech praising Biden as a man mining county, including his est of IBEW members to elect him with traditional, proven methods whose word is good, who did not hometown of Nemacolin, went for our next president.” of construction intended to slow and does not forget his humble the spread of a fire. roots in Scranton, Pa., and who The reason for the historic can be trusted to fight for work- LARGE STEEL fire-proof doors U.S. construction sees slow adoption of sprinklers, of ers’ causes. “Just imagine what course, is cost: the thinking was at the Piquette Plant seal off one FORD’S PIQUETTE Street building section from another in plant, built in 1904. working people can accomplish that a fire would probably never with an ally in the White House,” case of fire. a bounce; Michigan leaps happen, and a sprinkler system prime example of this type of Trumka said. isn’t cheap, unless you have a proved upon the Pratt patent and construction that was becoming Trumka omitted several dis- fire, when it would have been created a better sprinkler sys- obsolete – and its “replacement,” agreements with Biden over the emerging from COVID cheap insurance. tem. In 1874, he installed his fire was built only a year later and a (Continued from Page 1) than six months. It’s not clear when the first sprinkler system into the piano few miles away. “Many of the immediate eco- A few other nuggets from the fire suppression sprinkler sys- factory that he owned. Built to house Henry Ford’s Dems push nomic impacts of the coronavirus AGC’s survey, which polled 635 tem was installed in a Michigan “The operation of that sprin- first assembly line, construction have passed and, as a result, ac- construction contractors be- building. The systems were, as kler was heat-actuated, as are of the Piquette plant in Detroit’s for worker- tivity and hiring are up, a bit,” tween June 9-17: we said, expensive, and were gen- fire sprinklers today,” says The New Center area was completed said Ken Simonson, the AGC’s •Fifty-five percent of firms erally placed in factories or Design and Layout of Fire Sprin- by the end of 1904. It is still chief economist. “But while the report they are counting on Con- warehouses in an effort by own- kler Systems. “The sprinkler, standing, and it was an example friendly job immediate crisis appears to have gress and the Trump administra- ers to save property – and lower tied into a system of piping that of a building design at end of the passed, we are just now begin- tion to enact liability reform that insurance costs. The concept of holds water under pressure, con- era for timber-framed manufac- ning to appreciate some of the protects firms that are complying putting them in residential build- tains an operating element that turing buildings. protections longer-term impacts of the pan- with coronavirus safety proto- ings in order to save human life will melt or burst when its tem- “The three-story New En- (Continued from Page 1) demic on the industry.” cols from litigation. would come much later. Michi- perature is raised to a specific gland mill-style building was de- employers couldn’t fire workers The small sample size deliv- •Many firms are also hoping gan, was however, very much a point (usually around 160 de- signed by the Detroit architec- who decline to work either for fear ered by the Procore survey is evi- that Congress will not extend the leader in designing and con- grees F). Water from that sprin- tural firm of Field, Hinchman & of contracting the Coronavirus or dent, just using Michigan as an unemployment supplement that structing “fireproof” factories kler is then released over that Smith, and is constructed of of spreading it to others. example. Michigan’s construc- is currently set to expire at the and commercial buildings heat source.” brick load-bearing walls with The plan would also revise tion hours dropped 76 percent on end of July. Notably, 34 percent through the use of the Kahn sys- Parmelee’s sprinkler sys- timber post-and-beam framing and fix a citizen petition drive in March 29 compared to March 1, of firms that called back employ- tem of reinforced concrete, tem was a success. Between and thick wooden floor,” writes 2018 that provided enhanced sick easily the worst loss in the na- ees who had been furloughed which was invented here. 1878 and 1882 some 200,000 David Traver Adolphus in Ford’s time to workers, but was later tion. But six weeks later, on May report having some personnel “Automatic sprinkler sys- Parmelee sprinklers were in- Piquette: History Saved. “Be- watered down by an amendment 17, Michigan’s construction in- refuse to return to work because tems have been used to protect stalled in mills throughout New cause of his shareholders’ of the Republican-led legislature. dustry activity was up 6 percent of those unemployment supple- lives and property in commercial England. awareness of the Olds Motor The bills are expected to be compared to March 1. That num- ments. “Extending the supple- and industrial buildings for In 1878, says the National Works fire (in Detroit 1901) a introduced in the coming weeks ber dropped to -2 percent on May ment will only make it harder for more than a century,” says Fire Fire Protection Association, few years earlier, Mr. Ford had by Rep. Brian Elder (D-Bay City), 24, before zooming to 24 percent more employers to bring people in the United States, 1989-1998. Frederick Grinnell, who was his building equipped with the and founder of the Michigan on May 31. In such a short time back onto payrolls,” Simonson “Originally introduced to pro- president of Providence Steam latest fire prevention and control Legislative Labor Caucus, Rep. frame, the start-up, or end, of a cautioned. tect property, sprinkler systems and Gas Co. in Providence, technology – three firewalls with Tenisha Yancey (D-Detroit), Rep. single large construction project •Only 10 percent of respon- also have been adopted for life Rhode Island, licensed double steel doors dividing the Sara Cambensy (D-Marquette), has an outsize impact on the dents saw a delay or disruption on safety in hospitals, nursing Parmalee’s sprinkler head and building into four sections, fire Rep. Jim Haadsma (D-Battle numbers, as does the time of year. their project due to the lack of per- homes, hotels and apartment began to manufacture it, paying escapes in each section, an auto- Creek), Rep. John Chirkun (D- “It is important to remember sonal protective equipment, like buildings. royalties to the inventor. In matic sprinkler system, and Roseville), Rep. Ronnie Peterson that construction activity typi- facemasks, which had been hard “Although residential 1881, Grinnell patented and be- fire-resistant frame and floor (D-Ypsilanti), Rep. Terry Sabo (D- cally increases quite a bit be- to come by. The survey found that sprinkler systems are too rare gan manufacturing an improved construction.” Muskegon), Rep. Kara Hope (D- tween March 1 and the end of 25 percent of conractors have re- to have a track record, sprinkler sprinkler head, part of the first Then in 1905, the Kahn sys- Holt), and Rep. Alex Garza (D- May as the weather improves and ported a shortage of materials and systems in public buildings have practical automatic sprinkler tem of reinforced concrete Taylor). They are part of the Leg- more work gets underway,” 24 percent have reported a short- compiled an impressive record system in the United States. Nine changed everything. Used in the islative Labor Caucus, a group of Simonson said. “Getting to age of craftworkers. in preventing fatalities in fires. years later, he invented the glass construction of the Packard lawmakers formed last year to March 1 levels is a sign of •Construction industry According to the National Auto- disc sprinkler, eventually amass- plant on Detroit’s east side, con- specifically address the needs of progress, but it doesn’t mean workers are wary about going to matic Sprinkler and Fire Con- ing 40 patents for improvements structed from 1903 to 1905, re- the state’s working people. things are back to normal.” work in the COVID-19 environ- trol Association, there are no to his devices. inforced concrete as a building The Michigan Chamber of Some states were exceptions ment. And generous federal job- known records of multiple life- In 1892, Grinnell estab- material offered tremendous Commerce said on June 16 it “will and weren’t affected much by the less benefits are a factor. While loss fires in fully-sprinklered lished the General Fire Extin- strength, open floor plans – and be actively monitoring the intro- coronavirus. But overall, the 41 percent of contractors in the public buildings, except for inci- guisher Co. after merging with built-in fireproofing. duction of this bill package and AGC and Procore said the pan- survey said “all employees con- dents involving explosions which two other sprinkler makers, and “Architect Albert Kahn,” soliciting feedback from members demic took a “severe toll” on U.S. tinue to be available,” another 41 knocked out the sprinklers be- the company became the fore- writes Michael Hodges in Albert on the various pieces. However, construction. The firms said 61 percent say “some employees fore they could act.” most sprinkler manufacturer in Kahn in Detroit: Building the we will stand firm in our stance percent of contractors reported refuse to work, citing Like electrical and plumb- the U.S. Modern World, “was known as that the COVID-19 crisis should having had at least one project coronavirus concerns or family ing standards, fire protection By 1895, the fire sprinkler ‘the man who built Detroit.’ Be- not be used as an opportunity to halted or canceled because of the responsibilities.” The survey started to become a part of na- industry had grown tremen- tween 1902 and his death in pass broadly drafted legislation pandemic. One in four firms re- found that 34 percent of firms re- tional construction codes at the dously in the Northeast – but the 1942, his firm, based in the city, that is poorly tailed to the situa- ported that construction materi- sponded affirmatively when turn of the last century. lack of standards for hardware was responsible for some 2,000 tion or increases long-term costs als shortages, caused by lock asked if “recalled laid-off employ- The first “modern” fire and installation was a problem: built projects, including – fa- onto employers.” downs and trade disruptions, are ees have refused to work, citing sprinkler system, as we know it “With the technology’s rising mously– car factories for The Chamber, which has the still causing delays on projects. preference for unemployment today, had its start in 1812. Ar- popularity they were being widely Packard, Ford, Hudson, voice of the state’s Republican The Procore data found that benefits.” chitect William Congreve in- installed, but they were being Studebaker, and Chrysler.” lawmakers, is already wary of the smaller firms experienced more stalled the first one in the The- installed inconsistently, and it Hodges noted that Kahn also bill package, fearful that it would severe declines in construction atre Royal in London, which con- was fast becoming a plumbers designed myriad non-factories - increase long-term costs on em- activity during the pandemic than Just joking sisted of a series of pierced nightmare. Something had to be offices, homes, hospitals. “By ployers “when they are already larger firms. A pirate goes to the doc- pipes, below a large container of done,” said the National Fire 1902, he had founded Albert feeling the pinch” and could Looking ahead, there’s some tor, swings his peg-leg over water that was tapped in the event Protection Association. And in- Kahn Associates, enlisting his negatively impact the people its good news, even though it may the exam table, sits down, of a fire. From 1852 to 1885, per- deed, the NFPA was formed in a brother Julius, by then an engi- supporters are trying to help. be slow to develop. The AGC said takes his blouse forated pipe systems were used coalition of manufacturers and neer, to join him. Julius experi- Elder, who has stood with only 12 percent of firms report and jacket off, in textile mills throughout New insurance company representa- mented with creating stronger the building trades unions for they plan to furlough or lay off and says, “arrghh, England as a means of fire pro- tives to promulgate and set fire reinforced concrete and got a years as a state lawmaker, said staff over the next four weeks doctor, take a tection – but they needed some- sprinkler installation standards. patent on his system, which soon “this crisis has exposed all of the while 17 percent anticipate add- look, I have moles one present to turn them on. But when it comes to fire enabled the firm to build fire- shortcomings inherent in our ing to their headcount during on my back.” The first automatic sprin- suppression in a building, a proof concrete factories with economic system. Working that time span. Yet even as more The doctor kler system was patented by sprinkler system has its best open loft areas, wide spans, and people can no longer afford to construction firms predict they says, “let’s have a look.” He Philip W. Pratt of Massachu- chance to work in the event of a glass walls.” allow economic considerations will expand during the next sev- does, and tells the pirate, setts in 1872. Henry S. fire in conjunction with the use Kahn’s designs were repli- to discourage them from taking eral weeks, 42 percent do not ex- “it’s ok, it appears as if Parmalee of New Haven, Con- of properly installed fireproof cated around the world, and fire- the necessary actions to protect pect demand will recover to nor- they’re benign.” necticut is considered the inven- building materials and effective safe building designs have ad- their health and safety, and the mal levels for at least four The pirate responds, tor of the first practical auto- construction design. vanced considerably over the past health and safety of their fami- months, and most of those firms “arrghh, count ‘em again. I matic sprinkler head, he im- Turns out, Detroit has a century. lies.. The cost is just too high.” expect recovery will take longer think they’re be ten!” 4 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN June 26, 2020 IBEW LOCAL 58 IBEW IBEW 58 DETROIT – The June General Membership Meeting will be held IBEW Local 131 IBEW Local 252 on TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2020. We will be acting on the 2 Bylaw Serving Southwest Michigan ANN ARBOR – LOCAL 252 Changes that were proposed at the February 2020 Membership Meet- IBEW Local 948 Local 445 Since 1916 ANNUAL PICNIC: The Local’s ing. Social Distancing and Masks will be required. FLINT – Our July Union Annual Picnic is cancelled this The Electrical Industry Training Center is offering Continuing Meeting will be held on Monday, IBEW Local 445 IBEW Local 131 year due to Executive Orders re- Education classes. Please check them out at http://www. July 13th, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. at the BATTLE CREEK – The Gen- KALAMAZOO – The July lated to the pandemic. detroiteitc.org/continuing-education/.We will start to cancel classes Union Hall. eral Membership Meeting is the General Membership meeting UNION DUES FOR 2020: if they don’t meet the minimum enrollment requirements, or more hope- Our June Executive Board second Monday of each month will be held on July 6. The next Effective January 1, 2020 union fully we will order books for those of you who’ve signed up. Members Meeting will be held on Monday, and starts at 5:00 p.m. at the Hall. Executive Board Meeting will be dues for “A” members will be on the Storm Book must secure their training through the Continuing June 22nd, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. at the The Local 445 Golf Outing on July 20. Due to the Governor’s $119.25 per quarter. Union dues Education Program offered by the school. If you need assistance in Union Hall. has been canceled. Anyone who loosened restrictions, we will hold for “BA” members will be $61.80 registering for a class call the Training Center, 586-751-6600. The Retiree Club Meeting submitted checks for hole spon- the meeting as scheduled. We will per quarter. Local 58 Dues Information: Pay your Dues with the New APP. will be held on Tuesday, July 7th, sorship, will receive your checks set up the meeting to accommo- TRAINING CLASSES Download at Apple/Google Play Store – IBEW 58. Your dues must be 2020 at 9:00 a.m. at the Union Hall. back. date the suggested 6ft social dis- 2020: ALL CLASSES CAN- current to be able to download the app. You can also call and pay Don’t forget to check our The Executive Board meets tancing space. CELLED UNTIL FURTHER NO- over the phone with credit/debit card or mail in a check. We are not website for new content. Be sure the fourth Monday of each month The LMCC has launched a TICE. accepting cash at this time due to the Covid-19. to log in to see all the new con- starting at 4:30 p.m. new website www.powering CREDIT CARDS: The Lo- Local No. 58 Benevolent Fund: The next Benevolent Fund meet- tent. www.local948.org. The Retiree breakfast is the kalamazoo.com. This website will cal is now accepting credit cards ing will be Tuesday, July 7, 2020 5:00 pm. You can pay over the phone third Thursday at 9:00 a.m. and is be used to highlight local signa- to pay union dues. We accept The Jerry Gaudi Memorial Golf Outing: Due to the current with debit or credit card. You can held at the: Lux Cafe, 2587 Capi- tory contractors and used as an Visa, Master Card, American Ex- environment, we have made the decision to cancel the Benevolent also stop by the Hall during busi- tal Ave SW, Battle Creek. No res- organizing tool. Follow us on press and Discover. There is a fee Fund Poker Run and Gaudi Memorial Golf Outing due to Covid-19. ness hours (7am-noon/ 1-4pm) ervations are needed to attend. Facebook @poweringkalamazoo, of 3.5% to use your card. The health and well-being of our brothers, sisters, and participants and pay by cash, check, debit or PLEASE HELP!! – Please Twitter @PoweringKzoo, M.U.S.T DRUG TESTING: are of uttermost importance to us. We appreciate all the support credit card. Don’t wait till you make sure you have updated the Instagram @powering Please make sure your MUST every year and hope to get continued support next year. A “Cooler of owe a reinstatement fee (4 Hall with your current address kalamazoo, and LinkedIn drug testing is current as you Cheer” Raffle will be scheduled with details to follow at a later date. months behind). and phone number. Also, if you @poweringkalamazoo. Please cannot work on a U of M project Thank you for your understanding. 2020 – Monthly Dues – Jour- have had any life changes such feel free to share the wage calcu- or several other projects in the Members of the Community Service Committee: The next meeting neyman $43.70 a month – Ap- as a marriage/divorce/new child, lator feature of this site. jurisdiction without being cur- will be Tuesday, July 14 at 5 PM. Every member is invited to attend and prentices, CE, Sound Tech $40.70 please contact the Hall to ensure The new website is live; we rent. Local 252 has a zero toler- to bring their ideas about our Local’s involvement in our communities. a month your benefits are correct. are continuing to work some ance for alcohol or drug use. Members of the Entertainment Committee: The next meeting of 2019 – Monthly Dues – Jour- Local Website - Please check through minor issues; we hope ERTS: Please make sure that the Entertainment Committee will be Tuesday, July 14, 2020 immedi- neyman $42.70 a month – Ap- the Local 445 website for the lat- those will all be resolved shortly. you are signed up in the Elec- ately following the Community Service Committee which starts at prentices, CE, Sound Tech $39.70 est information, including job To login to the member’s only tronic Reciprocity Transfer Sys- 5:00 pm. We will be discussing the annual family picnic. a month postings. The Local 445 web ad- section, please use your last tem. You must be signed up in EWMC of SE MICH. – Thank you to everyone who attended the If you are unfamiliar with our dress is IBEW445.com. name and card number. ERTS before working outside of June 15 special presentation from the City of Detroit discussing how referral procedure please refer to Local Food Pantry - Donations If you believe we do not have Local 252’s jurisdiction or your Local 58 members can buy houses in the city for 50% off. We wel- our website @ http:// to help fund the Local 445 Food your email address or correct benefits will not be transferred come the opportunity to work with the city to improve the livelihoods local948.org/job_referrals/ Pantry are still being accepted. cell phone number, please email back. of our members. The next meeting of the chapter will be on Monday, Don’t forget after 3 turn- Christine at Local 252 Website & App: July 20, 2020 at 5:30pm Please make sure your cell phone number and downs on the out of work list you [email protected] The Local’s website www.ibew your email address are up to date. The meeting information will be must come down to the Union Hall Dues pricing – The price of 252.org is up and running. There sent out as soon as available. Please continue to stay safe at work, to resign. dues for 2019 is $39/month. The is also a Local 252 App available home, and in the community. #ibewstrong Gregory Remington price for dues in 2020 will increase to download. Search “IBEW 252” The RENEW Committee meeting will be on Tuesday, July 28, Business Manager to $40/month. If you’re unsure in the app store. You must create 2020 at 5:00 PM. E-mail and Re-signs: If the about your balance, please call a new login and password to ac- The Safety Committee meeting will be on Monday, July 13, 2020 Hall does not have your e-mail the Hall for the exact amount or cess the Members Only section. at 5:30 PM. address it would be a good idea email Christine. If your dues ticket Your login for the old website is The Veterans Committee will now be meeting monthly immedi- to send us an e-mail to reads paid through, April 2020 no longer valid. ately after the Safety committee meeting on the 2nd Monday of each [email protected] so we can your dues are not current; please Aflac Insurance: Aflac has month. add you to the e-mail list. This is call the Hall. teamed up with the IBEW to of- The Political Action Committee (PAC) meetings are held at 5:00 a great way to keep up with the Life events happen, and fer its members Aflac benefits at PM on the 1st Wednesday of each month. latest information on job calls and we’d always like to make sure you a reduced rate. Contact Repre- Local 58’s Women’s Committee – With the union hall being other information sent from the have updated beneficiary forms. sentative Lisa Enerson for infor- closed all in person meetings has been postponed. We will continue Hall. If you’re questioning whether mation about Accident, Cancer, having our regular monthly meetings on ZOOM as needed. Please yours is up to date, stop on down Critical Care, Dental and Vision watch for emails with further updates and hopefully we will be meet- to the Hall to get new forms. insurance from Aflac. Phone ing in person soon. IBEW If you’re interested in receiv- number: (517) 306-0144. ARC AWARDS-ASPIRING REAL CHANGE– The IBEW Local ing updates from the Hall, please AT&T Discount: Union 58 ARC-Aspiring Real Change awards have been created by the LOCAL email Christine at cbohms@ members can save up to 15% on Women’s Committee to recognize the outstanding efforts of Local58 ibew131.com to get your email the monthly service charges of members who inspire, engage and advance growth of the local union. address added. qualified wireless plans, or unlim- It takes a strong group of individuals to keep the vision and the 906 Retirements: Congratula- ited calling for $15/mo. for AT&T mission of Local 58 moving forward and positively impact our mem- tions to the following retiring Wireless Home Phone plans. Visit bership, the community and the greater good for all working men and IBEW LOCAL 906 members: Adrian DiVisser, July UnionPlus.org/ATT with dis- women. The ARC Awards seek to recognize outstanding contribu- UPPER PENINSULA— 2020. Michael Chaddock, May count code 4924966. tions by our members dedicated to embracing the mission of the MEETINGS 2020. John Magnan Jr., May 2020. LOCAL 252 ANNUAL Women’s Committee. All ARC Award recipients are nominated by MARQUETTE UNIT—First Robert S. Davis, June 2020. Roger GOLF OUTING: The Local’s their peers and have positively impacted both the union and the Tuesday Clark, March 2020. Patrick Klocke, Annual George Perros Memorial Brothers & Sisters they work and serve with throughout many areas IRON MOUNTAIN UNIT— May 2020. Keith Moore, April Golf Outing is scheduled for July of our Local. The Women’s Committee at IBEW Local 58 shares a Local 275 Second Tuesday 2020. 18, 2020 at Calderone Farms, 4490 commitment with our members to equality, diversity and personal ESCANABA UNIT—Sec- Condolences: With a heavy Willis Rd., Grass Lake, MI 49240. growth and is proud to establish the ARC Awards as a tradition of IBEW 275 ond Wednesday heart, Local 131 would like to an- 8 a.m. shotgun start, 7 a.m. regis- recognizing outstanding achievements for decades to come. COOPERSVILLE – Dear PLEASE PROTECT YOUR- nounce the following members tration. Cost is $35 per person. The ARC Awards has been postponed until further notice. When Brothers and Sisters: As some of SELF AND OTHERS BY KEEP- passing, Brother Dale Bothwell Retirees and 1st year apprentices everything clears up and we can get back to normal we will be sched- us are slowly returning to work, ING 6 FEET OF PHYSICAL DIS- passed away on April 23, 2020. are free. Call the hall to sign up. uling a new date. We will be choosing the scholarship winners as please make sure the contractor TANCE. FOLLOW THE GUIDE- Brother Charles Krull passed Please call Chad Rodriguez with scheduled and will notify the winners. is supplying you with all the PPE LINES ON HAND WASHING away on May 3, 2020. Brother any questions at (517) 240-6521. Help Wanted - The Women’s Committee will be keeping the bid that is required. This may now in- AND WIPING DOWN SUR- John Ingram passed May 2020. NOTICE TO RETIREES: If process open for caterers, photographers, band/deejay and other clude facemasks, face shields FACES. BE SMART, BE SAFE. All Memorials and full obitu- your 50-year commemorative vendors for the ARC Awards until we have a new date. If you know of and hand sanitizer along with The Building Trades has aries can be viewed on the watch stops working for any rea- vendors interested you can contact Angela Panicucci @ 586-291- other safety precautions spelled set July 25th for the 35th Annual website under the Memorials Tab. son please contact the Union 8014 or Diana Wright @ 734-934-9029 for further information. We are out by the State. As each job site Golf Outing. This event will be FROM THE APPRENTICE- Hall. Do not attempt to have it also looking for a few good sisters to continue on with our newsletter is unique, each situation and re- held at the Highland Golf SHIP: serviced yourself. and articles. If you have any experience or affinity for writing please quirement may be as well. So Course. If you are interested in Drug Test Renewals: Please DUES PAYMENTS – Please reach out. If there are any retirees that need help with getting grocer- please take extra precautions so playing on an IBEW 906 team keep track of your drug test expi- look at your dues receipt. If your ies or other essentials during this pandemic, please reach out, we are that you may stay safe on the job please contact the hall and sign ration date through www.safe2 dues paid through date shows 3/ here for you. You can email us.Email us at: 58Womenscommittee and keep your families safe at up. The golf committee has met work4you.com. It is your respon- 2020, your dues are not current. @ibewlocal58.org, Follow us on Instagram @ibewomen58; Check us home. with the course and it looks like sibility to stay current on your “A” members pay $119.25 per out on Facebook. EWMC is having a can drive. we will be able to have the out- drug test. Please contact Nicole quarter for 2020. “BA” members The Retirees Association Fall motor coach trip: Local 58 Retir- You can drop off your empty ing this year. (269) 388-4434 to get your autho- pay $61.80 per quarter for 2020. ees Association September 2020 bus trip for Charleston, SC. has been cans here at the Union Hall. Also, A reminder to all that the rization form printed for you to Please mail your check to 7920 cancelled. Due to the existing conditions regarding the ongoing pan- EWMC is gearing up for our sum- Health Plan will no longer cover pick up. If you don’t want to Jackson Rd., Ann Arbor, MI demic, and the lack of response for the trip, I feel it is in the best mer picnic, August 1. Contact car accidents. This change was come to the Hall to pick it up, 48103. Your second quarter dues interest of our members to reschedule the same trip for next year. All Geoff Yonkers for volunteering for necessary because the Plan could please email Nicole and request (April through June) are due now. deposits made for the 2020 trip will be returned ASAP. Thank you for this years’ event. become the primary coverage un- your form to be emailed to you. Payments for second quar- your understanding. For now on, all re-sign re- der new insurance regulations. [email protected]. ter dues will be accepted no later IBEW Local 58 Retirees Association: It is essential for anyone quests will be sent to Please make sure you have the Organizing: As much tech- than 11:30 A.M. on Tuesday, June attending any of our activities & luncheons to notify Ray Owen (248) [email protected]. The automotive coverage needed to nology, as we use to track non- 30, 2020. 348-3626 ahead of time. Make checks for all activities payable to “The procedures are still the same. protect you and your family in the union electricians in our jurisdic- Retirees Association” Ray Owen, 428 Welch Rd., Northville, MI 48167. At the time of this writing, event of an accident. tion, often, our best resources are Board meetings and Luncheons have been cancelled/postponed, until “Purchase not friends by the following Members are three IBEW 906 will begin holding you the members. If you see a further notice due to Covid-19. Board Meeting’s convene in the “Bill gifts; when thou ceasest to give, or more months behind in dues: its regularly scheduled Unit meet- non-signatory in the area work- Rushford Room” located in the lower level of the Union Hall, at 10:00 such will cease to love.” Vern Brink, Doug Budzynski, ings in the month of July. We will ing at a location, please let the AM. Luncheon’s: *Price Increase* Due to rising costs, our lun- –Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661) Ruben Cortez, Robert DeJonge, practice social distancing and the Hall know. cheons will increase from $15.00, to $2000 per person beginning with Ramon Diaz, Chris Hanson, use of a mask will be required. The Local LMCC is working “Do not measure your loss the June 2020 luncheon. Reservations for luncheons NEED to be Nicandro Iannuccilli, Tony A reminder that the monthly towards holding a Virtual Job Fair, by itself; if you do, it will seem confirmed by the Sunday prior to the date of the luncheon please. Kilgo, Avanti Lopez, Steven dues are $40.00. We have received on the HOPIN application. There intolerable; but if you will take Please keep your email address updated with the Union hall and the Mutschler, Eddie Quillen, Eric some at the old rate of $39.00 and may be potential volunteer op- all human affairs into account Retiree Association. Send your email address to 58retirees@ Quinn, Joseph Rich, Kevin a few members are overpaying. portunities running up to the job you will find that some comfort ibewlocal58.org .This will help communicating within the association Scrabis, Andrew Wohlfert, Fred This makes the bookwork diffi- fair for members to participate. If is to be derived from them.” and so you don’t miss out on events. Wohlfert and Kevin Wynn. cult. Please if you have a service you are interested in volunteer- –Saint Basil (329 AD - 379 Be sure to keep the Union Hall updated with any changes to If you are on this list, please that pays your dues monthly in- ing, please contact Scott Bryer or AD) your phone number, address, and email. make any and all attempts to get form them of the correct amount. Fritz Tull. IBEW Pension: Congratulations to the following members who your membership in good stand- “Avoid the crowd. Do your Due to the Government be- Brian O’Donnell have been placed on International Pension: Robert Meadows (June ing. ing under covid-19 restrictions all Business Manager/ own thinking independently. Be 2020). Regular meetings for the the chess player, not the chess expired MSHA certificates will be Financial Secretary Members that have Passed Away: Allen E. Akins, pension mem- EWMC and RENEW committees honored until the restriction has piece.” ber, 53 year IBEW membership; Barbara J. Frank, Mother to JIW are every month on the 4th Tues- – Ralph Charell been lifted. The committee over- Local 906, con’t Daniel Lombardo, Aunt of JIW Richard Aquiline, Sister-in-law to the day @ 6:00pm (except April 2020) seeing the MSHA certification is “Frankly, I’m suspicious of late pension member, former Dispatcher of Local 58 James Malley; at the Union Hall in Coopersville. looking at how we can still pro- changes along with new addi- anyone who has a strong opin- Dale E. Frasier pension member, 52 year IBEW membership; Alexis Both of these are great ways to vide this service and meet the new tions to the families need to be ion on a complicated issue.” Glugla Jr., pension member, 66 year IBEW membership; Charles get involved with the local as well guidelines as set by the state. One passed on to the Hall and the – Scott Adams (1957 - ) Greenthal, pension member, 69 year IBEW membership; Paul Gruchala, as the community. request we have made to the Gov- Pension and Health Plans. pension member, 60 year IBEW membership; Morris H. Hensley, pen- Dues increase for the year ernment is to provide classes by If you have any information “Thank God men cannot as sion member, 53 year IBEW membership; Dale Kaufman, pension 2020 will be $1.00 per month to zoom. We are awaiting their an- you would like to see noted in yet fly and lay waste the sky as member, 62 year IBEW membership; Michael Mahaney, pension mem- $42.90 per month. Please make swer. this article or something you be- well as the earth.” ber, 65 year IBEW membership; Jerome Renard, pension member, 66 adjustments when making pay- Please remember that ad- lieve should be published please –Henry David Thoreau (1817 year IBEW membership; Jeffrey W. Talley, Journeyman Inside Wireman. ments through mail and auto- dress changes and phone email the Hall with your request. - 1862), Jan. 3, 1861 We extend our sincere sympathy to the families on their loss. matic bank payments. (Continued next column) [email protected] June 26, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 5 IBEW Local 498 “Powering Northern Michigan Since 1949” IBEW LOCAL 557 IBEW Local 498 IBEW TRAVERSE CITY – Meetings. Local 169 Local 692 Regular E Board – will be held on Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 at Boilermakers 5:30 pm in person meeting. IBEW Local 692 MEETING – The next regular meeting is scheduled to be held on IBEW Local 557 BAY CITY – Union Meeting. Wednesday, July 8th, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. SAGINAW– COVID-19 is still a real threat to our Nation and the Boilermakers Local 169 The next regular membership JATC First Aid/CPR – The Traverse City JATC will be provid- health and safety of our members remains to be a top priority. With ALLEN PARK – The union meeting will be Monday, July 6, ing First Aid/CPR/AED Training on Monday evenings, June 29, July Governor Whitmer moving Michigan into the “Safe Start” plan, we meeting will be held in Area Two 2020 at 7pm. 13, July 27 at 5:30 P.M. These class sizes are limited based on current should look to return to some normalcy. The new normal will be return- on Friday, July 10, 2020 at 8pm at Executive Board Meeting. Covid 19 rules. Call the hall to sign up. Our cards are good for 2 ing to safer conditions with increased personal protective equipment. IBEW 275 - 140 64th Ave N, The next E-board meeting will be years, so please check your card or call the hall to see if you are due. We need to meet the needs of our contractors while practicing correct Coopersville, Monday, July 20, 2020 at 6pm. Covid 19 office hours – For your information the hall is open to social distancing and take extra precautions. If our contractors do not MI 49404 Message from the Business limited walk in traffic. To follow state guidelines there is a 6-foot feel they can get the necessary manpower in our jurisdiction, they will The union Manager. First and foremost, our distance rule in effect, so if there is more than 1 person at a time in the stop bidding work and we will, in turn, be very thin on work in the future. hall is now thoughts and prayers go out to hallway outside of Caroline’s window the second person should wait Please be ready to answer the calls for manpower in the near future. open for in- all who were affected by the fail- outside or in the meeting room until their turn at the window. Masks UNION HALL OPERATIONS – The Union Hall is back open to person busi- ure of both the Sanford and are available at the hall for personal use as well as hand sanitizer and in person transactions. I urge all that come in for in-person transac- ness. Masks Edenville dams. We had many cleaning supplies to be able to sanitize the restroom after you use it if tions to adhere to social distancing and the utilization of the service must be worn members that were affected in needed. So far Local 498 has not seen any confirmed cases with window in the main entry way. Please try to take care of business at all times, horrific ways. Brother Klele and I members that I know of and it would be nice to keep it that way. For remotely as much as possible to cut down on visitors to the Hall. only one per- saw first-hand the devastation extended stays or business needs at the hall you will be asked to fill James Lamb is continuing organizing duties during at this time as son in the while out trying to lend a helping out a health questionnaire and take a temperature reading just like well and if you have any useful information for him regarding work BOB lobby at a time, hand. Words cannot express the apprentices do for class or applicants do for interviews, again to try please feel free to pass it along. He can be reached at 989-529-5943. HUTSELL and if you are impact that the flooding had on and follow State of MI safety guidelines. BOOK SIGNING – Out of work lists can be signed for other feeling unwell, the surrounding communities of Picnic – this summer the picnic will be on Aug. 29. We need Locals through fax or email. This is keeping with the theme for the do not come to the hall. If you Sanford and Wixom Lakes. some volunteers for the Entertainment Committee. If you are willing State to cut down on as many in-person transactions as possible. can conduct business remotely, On the topic of Covid-19, we and able to help out please get ahold of the hall and get signed up. Contact your home local and request a correspondence to be sent to please continue to do so. are seeing some positive PAYPAL – PAY PAL is now up and running!!! Please look into the Local you are interested in signing. The 2020 Boilermakers Local progress. We are all aware that setting up a personal PayPal account. If you need help with this you EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING – The Local 557 Executive 169 Scholarship application is Governor Whitmer has cancelled can email George Shumar at [email protected] Also keep in Board met on June 16th. With continued guidance from the Interna- now available. If you are inter- the Stay at Home order so we are mind that George is now on a furlough/lay off to address Covid 19 tional Office, the E Board has the power to take any action that would ested, please call the union hall going to make some changes at requirements and is NOT drawing a paycheck, so please be mindful normally be approved at a Local membership meeting. All operations (313)584-8520 to request an ap- the union hall. Effective Monday, of using his time. are still on track at the Hall and they have done a great job helping to plication. Applications will be ac- June 15 the doors will be unlocked Election of Officers – The Following is the results of our local guide the Local through these difficult times while we are unable to cepted for any son, daughter, le- to traffic in and out of the union union election. Thank you to everyone that participated in the pro- have Monthly meetings. gally adopted child, or depen- hall. Covid-19 is still a serious cess including Election Judge- Shannon McMillan, and Tellers Wil- WAGE ALLOCATION – Thanks to all the members that partici- dent (during high school years) threat and we must take all steps liam Lee and Shaine Kuczynski. The July 8th meeting will be installa- pated and voted in this year’s wage allocation. We had a great num- of a member or retiree in good to mitigate the threat to our mem- tion of new officers. ber of members vote on the issue as Option B won very easily. The standing of Boilermakers Local bers. Please only come to the hall President- George Shumar; Vice President- Dylan O’Dwyer; new hourly rate for a JIW is $34.25. This wage was effective on June 169. Applicants must be one of the if you have imminent business to Recording Secretary- Ryan Lautner; Treasurer- Jesse Barnhart; 1st. Please make sure your current rate is correct. following: attend to. Masks will be required Business Manager- David Fashbaugh; Executive Board- Robert NEW WEBSITE - Local 557’s website recently received a re- A student who graduated at all times by anyone coming or Everett, Travis Marks, Eric Miner, Scott Ostlund, Glenn Stein, Todd fresh but is still under construction. There are still some bugs to be high school in 2020 and who will going. There will also be strict Wilkinson; Examining Board- Jayson Cudney, Matthew Ockert, James worked out, so please be patient as we work to make improvements to be entering their first year of a guidelines to adhere to with so- Pierce, Miles Sepke, Joseph Zionskowski; Alternate to the Interna- the Local. two-year or four-year program of cial distancing. tional Convention- Scott Ostlund 2020 ELECTION – The overwhelming majority of Local 557 is academic study at a degree-grant- With the referral procedure, JB Webb East and West- We had our Labor Management meet- registered to vote. If you are not registered you should do so imme- ing, accredited college or univer- we will begin “dinging” or giving ing on June 18, 2020. Upcoming work was discussed, Covid 19 safety, diately. The 2020 Election will impact us in so many aspects of our sity within one year of high “hits” for all calls on or after June and when all employees expect to return to work. The East side has lives. As informed IBEW members we cannot afford to sit out this school graduation 15. already had all employees return. There are a few West side employ- election. I strongly encourage all members to apply to vote via AB- - OR - I believe if we all do our per- ees yet to return, a couple out of every classification. The East side SENTEE BALLOT. Skip the long lines at the precinct in what is ex- A student who has previ- sonal best in adhering to social feeds the West side with jobs and the East side is back logged. As soon pected to be a record year for voter turnout. If you are working on ously graduated high school and distancing and masks, there is a as they get caught up all West side employees will be brought back. the road or the possibility exists you may be working on the road in is currently enrolled and attend- great possibility, we will be able Election year for state and federal elections- This is an impor- November, this is a great way to ensure you get your votes in. Infor- ing a two-year or four-year pro- to hold our July 6 monthly mem- tant year for local, state and national elections as well as our local mation for this is available at the Union Hall as well as online under gram at an accredited college or bership meeting. Please do your union elections, it is important for your voice to be heard in all of the Secretary of State at www.michigan.gov/sos. university who has never applied part brothers and sisters to pro- these elections to support organized labor. The State of MI now has We will no doubt need a great many volunteers to help out with for the Boilermakers Local 169 tect each other. absentee voting for everyone who is a registered voter. Please visit various election related events this year. If you are interested in Scholarship Contest. Work Report. Although the State of MI website or visit your local Secretary of State office to helping out please reach out and offer up your services. We cannot The union hall accepts Visa, summer is here work is breaking get registered to vote in the upcoming primary elections and general afford to be inactive during the election season this year. MasterCard, and Discover. Pay- loose a little later than normal due elections in November. HEALTH CARE-The Michigan Electrical Employee’s Health Plan ments can be made both at the to the Covid-19 outbreak. Work Website – The new website is up and running. Please take a look has taken steps recently to cover 100% of the costs related to testing hall and over the phone. continues at both the Pincanna and let us know what you think. Pay Pal is up and running on the for COVID-19. During this pandemic, remote care is encouraged and OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 project and the Bay City Meijer’s website. There should be no reason for late dues now. Thanks to Blue Cross members can call the 24-Hour Nurse Line at 800-117-BLUE. safety training can now be taken remodel. The new Consumers George for getting this done for the membership!!!! You may also want to inquire if your primary care provider offers online. Please visit our website – Energy Service center in East Email – Please get an email address to the hall so we can get info telemedicine. The plan continues to meet regularly via teleconferences www.boilermakerslocal169.com - Tawas has started back up again out easier and faster, thanks. You can email your address to the hall to stay on top of the pandemic and update coverage as necessary. for more information. along with the Wind Farm project at [email protected] . Please put your name in the subject. Help keep the cost of Health Care down. Schedule your annual Retired member Art Ziemer (grounding and bonding) located Contracts - We have updated Inside Wireman Contracts avail- physical with your doctor today if you have not done so recently. passed away on June 11, 2020. near the Rosebush area. Clements able at the hall. Registering on the Blue Cross/Blue Shield website is highly recom- Our thoughts and prayers go out Electric has returned nearly all the Dues Increase 2020 – The union dues will increase $1.00 a month. mended. Please take the time to visit www.bcbsm.com. Upon regis- to his family and friends during men to work they had out prior to Effective Jan. 2020 the new rate will be $140.10 per quarter. tering you can take the Free Health Assessment test and find instant this difficult time. Covid-19. Work has also begun Resale Items – We have Local 498 Beanie Hats for resale and T- results that can lead to living a healthy lifestyle. on Au Gres Schools and also shirts. Stop in to get yours today! Proud Union Home signs are in BLUE CROSS APP-Download the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michi- Midland Schools. Master Electric and available at the hall. Free to members in good standing. gan app for your smartphone. Search for “BCBSM” on the Google Play has been awarded the new Mid- Meeting Cookouts- cook out and drawings will be suspended app or Apple store. Benefits to utilizing the app include: instant access land Costco. This was a project until further notice. to EOB’s, a virtual ID card on your phone, information on deductibles, that we worked very hard on. Volunteer – We will need people to volunteer for events coming explanations of coverage and other helpful tips related to your Health Buist Electric out of Grand Rap- up. Contact the hall and let George know. Care coverage. EOB’s can be downloaded to smart phones or comput- ids was originally the low bidder. Scholarship – Past charter member Brother Bob Dost has a schol- ers and used to substantiate WEX receipt requests. Countyline Power has arship ‘Robert Paul Dost Scholarship Endowment’ for High School WEX APP- Search for the “TIC HRA” app in Google or Apple picked up a sizeable project in seniors in the 5-county area around Traverse City. To access it go to and download it today. Utilization of this app will give you access to Midland Hospital due to the se- www.gtrcf.org/scholarships/ . Local 498 Union members’ children account balances, receipt reviews and submittals, barcode scanning vere flooding in the Midland get preference to the endowment. A huge thank you in Memory of for covered items, other helpful services. This is a great tool to ac- Area. Please stay safe and look Bob Dost for his generosity and being a great union member. company your Health Care benefits. out for your fellow brothers and Service Pins – Service Pins are still available at the union hall for JOB CALLS- Please stay vigilant checking the Job Line if you sisters. those members who have not received them. Stop by and get yours! are seeking work. All work calls for the day will be available on the Union Dues. Effective Jan. 1, Email Addresses - Any member that would like to have Local 498 Job Line after 4:30 p.m. IF YOU ARE SEEKING WORK don’t forget 2020, dues payments increased to forward communication to them from the International, Local 498, to CALL (989) 781-0516 option 3. $41.20 per month. Please make AFL-CIO or the Building Trades, to help stay informed to current STAY CURRENT ON DUES –Please check to see if you are note of this increase when send- events, politics, contracts, work, etc. Please call or email your current current. The Hall has the ability to accept credit cards. The credit ing in payments. Also, if you have email address to Local 498 at [email protected] Thank you! card service can accept payments for dues, merchandise, apprentice automatic bill pay from your Important numbers for you to write in your address book: book payments and other purchases. There is a convenience fee to bank or credit union, please MEEHP (Health) 1-855-633-4584 or 1-517-321-7502 Fax# 1-517- use this service. Credit card payments to pay dues can also be ac- make sure to notify them of this 321-7508 cepted over the phone to ensure you stay current on your dues. change. MEEPP (MI Pension) 1-517-321-7502 (New address Michigan CONTACT NUMBERS- Michigan Electrical Employee Pension Dues can be paid in person, Pension and Health Plan) fund and Michigan Health Plan (517) 321-7502 or (855) 633- by mail or automatic withdrawal TIC International Corp., 6525 Centurion Drive, Lansing, MI 48917 4584. Fax (517) 321-7508, website mielectricalhealth.org from your bank account. We also NEBF 1-301-556-4300; NEAP 1-301-556-4300; IO Pension 1-202-833- Evan Allardyce, accept payments via credit/debit 7000 Business Manager card. Please note to use the DUES RATES. Jan 1, 2020 - $1.00/month increase New Rate credit card machine to process $140.10/Quarter payments, there will be a 2% Info Updates – Any member with a new address, phone number, charge applied. email address, etc. should contact Local 498 with these changes. NEW: Monthly dues can Remember to check the hall recorder at night after 4:00pm for any now be paid on-line from the 692 jobs that might be available. 231-943-4980 ext. 3# website! Visit ibew692.net and log into the member section. 2020 Dues (Effective January IBEW Local 692, continued 1, 2020): Monthly$41.20; Quar- Hall as well. A copy of your paperwork will need to be submitted to terly $123.60; 6 months $247.20; the Hall for your file. Yearly $494.40 Organizing. Brother Brian Klele has been appointed as the new To avoid a reinstatement Local 692 Organizer. Brother Klele has served the local in a number of fee, please remember to keep different capacities. He has been elected by the membership to serve your dues current. on the executive board four different terms, been involved in two Retirees Lunch. All retirees’ separate contract negotiations, and was also elected as President of lunches have been postponed. the local. Finding a member with more qualifications to be Organizer Golf Outings. The Michigan would have been a difficult task. Wireman’s Golf Outing and the Brother Klele is a second-generation wireman with the IBEW, IBEW 6th District Golf Outing have and to say the IBEW is in his blood would be an understatement. been CANCELLED this year. We as a local have done a tremendous job in making sure the Fringe Benefits. RE- principles that the leadership of Local 692 instilled so long ago are MINDER: if you have recently still followed today. As we continue to visit jobsites both on a daily gotten married, divorced, had and weekly basis, we try to keep these principles in mind while com- children, etc. make sure your ben- municating with the unrepresented worker, making sure they have a eficiaries have been updated ac- voice in the labor movement. If you know of a non-signatory contrac- cordingly. Beneficiary forms can tor doing work in your neighborhood please contact Organizer Brian be obtained from the hall. Klele 989-252-9225. REMINDER: If you contact Ryan Charney the Health Plan Office about go- Business Manager / Financial Secretary ing on short term disability, it is Important links & numbers. IBEW Local 692, 989-684-4510 important for you to notify the www.ibew692.org. Health Plan 517-321-7502 (Continued next column) www.mielectricalhealth.org; Michigan Pension Fund 517-321-7502 6 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN June 26, 2020 Local 292 Local 80 Local 7 Sheet Metal Workers Sheet Metal Workers Sheet Metal Workers Sheet Metal Workers Local 292 TROY – MEETING NOTICE: Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 Sheet Metal Workers Local 7 The next general membership meeting will be held on Wednes- SOUTHFIELD – This paper serves as official notice for all meet- LANSING – NOTICE. This Newspaper Article shall serve as day, July 8, 2020. This meeting is extremely important for all to at- ings and elections. Official Notice of ALL meetings for Local 7! tend as there will be a Special Order of Business regarding Division **REMINDER** Meetings are no longer held at the Plumbers *Zone 1- July 9th -6:00 p.m. (Wage Disbursement) of money, as well as Election nominations taking place. The meeting Hall and are now held at Local 80’s Union Hall. *Zone 2 -July 21st -6:00 p.m. will start at 6:00 p.m. sharp. All members are encouraged to attend. MEMBERSHIP MEETING: The next general membership meet- *Zone 3- (Saginaw) - July 8th -6:00 p.m. (Wage Disbursement) Member meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday of the month at ing is scheduled for July 28, 2020 at 5:30 pm. Meetings are held at the *Zone 3- (TCity) September 17th- 6:00 p.m. The Knights of Columbus in Clawson. Check out the calendar tab at union hall. 17100 W. 12 Mile Rd. Southfield, 48076 *Zone 4- July 14th - 6:00 p.m. (Wage Disbursement) www.sheetmetal292.com for the location and date. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: The next ex- *Zone 5 -August 6, 2020 – 6:00 p.m. Meeting- There will be a The E-Board/Stewards meeting for July 28, 2020 ecutive board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Zone 5 Meeting, August 6th at 6:00 pm. At this time, at 6:00 pm at the Union Hall. July 21, 2020 at 5:00 pm. Executive Board meet- we are not sure if this will be a Zoom meeting or in **Per the CDC guidelines, masks must we worn ings are held at the Local 80 Hall, 17100 W. 12 person. Will update at a later time. and social distancing must be followed during all Mile, 2nd Floor, Southfield, MI Please register on our website at sheetmetal7.org meetings. UNION HALL REGULAR HOURS Monday for the most up to date information on meeting NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS: Per Article 12 through Friday 7:30 – 4:00, unless otherwise indi- schedules for 2020. Once you are registered it must Section 4 of the Constitution and Ritual of the In- cated in holiday hours. be approved in order to be able to log on. Please ternational Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and RETIREE MEETING SCHEDULE: 2020 Meet- contact your representative if you are having is- Transportation Workers, this is to serve as timely ing Schedule: Aug. 17, Oct. 19, and Dec. 21. The sues registering. PAUL notice that nominations for Local 292 Union offic- meetings begin at 12:30 pm and are held at the NEWS from the Business Manager, Samual J. GUALDONI ers will be held July 8, 2020 at the Regular Mem- TIM Royal Oak Elks Club located at 2401 E. Fourth St. Fuller: bership Meeting (Knights of Columbus Hall, 870 MULLIGAN Royal Oak. Any questions regarding joining the SAM Please register for our website for the most cur- N.Main Street Clawson, MI) beginning at 6:00 p.m. Retirees Association please contact Steve Murzen FULLER rent information. Dues can be paid on the Local 7 The term of office will run from the Regular Membership Meet- at 248-652-0593. We also have applications at the Hall if you would website or by mail. Thank you for your patients dur- ing, Sept. 9, 2020, to the first Regular Membership Meeting in June like to apply and we will forward it on to Mr. Murzen. ing these trying times. Please stay safe. Happy 4th of 2023. Candidates may be nominated by any member in good stand- SUB CHANGES: Effective immediately, start sending your un- July! ing. A second is not necessary. No member may be nominated for or employment proof to [email protected] or fax it to 248- Local 7, Zone 1 JATC, is currently accepting Letter of Interest elected to more than one office or position in any local union. Any 557-0297. Your unemployment proof needs to be in by 2pm on Tues- for an Trustee Position. member who is nominated for a Local 292 office and who is not present days to be paid on that Friday. Local 80 will be handling all of your Letters must be received in no later than June 30 2020, Local 7 at the nominations meeting shall be dropped from the list of nomi- proof now. If you have any questions please call us at 248-557-7575. Zone 1 JATC, Attn: James Callahan, 1473 N. 30th St., Galesburg MI nees unless within five days after such nominations (close of office THANK YOU TO MEMBERS WHO HAVE PAID THEIR DUES 49053; or E-mail letters to: [email protected] or at 4:00 pm on July 13, 2020) he or she notifies the Recording Secretary A YEAR IN ADVANCE: Steven Rock, Larry Danforth, William P. [email protected] in writing of his or her willingness to run for such office. Harding Jr., Tim Robins, Paul Gareau, Gary Miller, Theodore Koppen, **Attention Certified Welders from Zones 2, 3, 4 and 5** Members who are nominated for a Local 292 office, must comply Frank Baran, Lawrence Narkiewicz, Josh Holmes, Anthony Pichette Starting April 1st, 2020 all welding certification renewals will change with the eligibility requirements as described in the Sheet Metal & James Thornton. to a twice a year schedule. The new renewal deadlines for all Certified Workers International Association Constitution and Ritual. If you do CANCELLED EVENTS: Unfortunately the golf outing and pic- Welders will be April 1st and October 1st. In order to keep your certifi- not have a copy of the Constitution, please request a mailed copy. nic are cancelled for 2020. We hope to resume back to normal for 2021. cation from expiring you will be required to submit a Welder Mainte- To be eligible for nominations to Local Union office on July 8, DUES PAYMENTS: YOUR DUES PAYMENTS ARE DUE PRIOR nance Form to the Training Center dated no more than 5 days prior 2020, dues for the month of July must be paid in advance, that is, on TO THE FIRST OF THE MONTH. The books will close at the end of to April 1st or October 1st. You will no longer be required to submit a or before June 30, 2020. the business day on the last day of the month. Payments made on $10 Filing Fee with your renewal paperwork. If needed, you can To be eligible for election on August 21, 2020, dues for the month the 1st of the month are considered late for that month. There will be request a maintenance form from the Training Center. *IF YOU FAIL of August must be paid in advance, that is, on or before July 31, 2020. no exception, once the books are closed it cannot be undone. Mem- TO SUBMIT YOUR FORM BY THE DEADLINE YOUR CERTIFI- Please take time to participate in this important process. bers will receive a text message dues reminder prior to the end of the CATION WILL EXPIRE. Feel free to contact Training Coordinator 2020 ANNUAL CHARITY GOLF OUTING: Due to the COVID- month. If you are not receiving our text messaging please call the Darek Scarlavai @ (231)288-6325 if you have any questions. 19 pandemic and restrictions placed by the golf course, the Local 292 hall. REMINDER: We ONLY take Visa, Master Card & Discover and SMART Union Labels: Make the union label work for you! The Charity committee has decided to cancel the outing for this year. We do not accept American Express. new and modernized SMART Labels are an essential part to wage look forward to 2021 when we can resume this wonderful event. BENEFICIARY REMINDER: Please remember to designate or equalization, which means more money and work for you. Make sure RETIREES NOTICE: The retirees’ luncheon will be held Thurs- update your beneficiary choice on all of your Local 80 and interna- that you are scanning labels in order to equalize pay and eliminate days at: Tavern on the Main, 235 S Main, Clawson MI 48017. (248) tional benefits. The law requires that in the event of an untimely the incentive to subcontract outside of your area. For more informa- 588-1696. It is located 3 blocks south of 14 Mile on the east side of the death your benefits go to your spouse first and if there is no spouse tion visit the official website at www.labelitscanitreport.com and down- street. Next meeting: August 6, 2020 at 12:30 pm to your children UNLESS you designate otherwise in writing with load the official app by texting “SMART” to 90975. 2020 meeting dates are as follows: Aug. 6, Oct. 1 and Dec. 3. each specific benefit. Depending on your classification you could ZONE 1 Info: Any Zone 1 apprentice that is laid off should no- Please contact Fred Engelman at [email protected] if you have benefits due to your heirs from Local 80 pension, insurance, tify Kevin at the school. Any Zone 1 Journeyman that is out of work would like to be added to the retiree email list. annuity and from international and SASMI. Each individual benefit should contact your agent. There is travel work available, so if you CONSTITUTION AND RITUAL: The Constitution and Ritual needs to have a designated beneficiary unless you want it to go to are interested please contact James or Eric. If you are experiencing of the 2nd SMART General Convention is now available online. Go to your spouse or children. As always seek the advice of an attorney. any trouble with your insurance, please contact your agent or www.sheetmetal292.com, click on the Constitution/Ritual tab located ACCIDENTAL DEATH and DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE BeneSys at (866) 288-7037. If you are experiencing issues with unem- at the top of the home page. The Union Hall will also have hard FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION: Members who ployment, contact your agent. The retiree meetings are currently on copies when they become available. have their dues paid in advance (prior to the month of the accident) hold as the meeting places are shut down until further notice. Ap- SAFETY MODS AND DRUG TESTS: To access your MUST are eligible for accidental death and dismemberment benefits up to prentices should be in contact with Instructors to make sure you account, please go to www.mustonline.org or access it through the $7,500.00. This benefit comes as a dues paying member of SMART don’t fall behind. If you are interested in Fire Life Safety Training “links” tab at www.sheetmetal292.com. Members please note that if International. and Certification, CAD or Welding, please contact the Zone 1 Train- you cannot access the MUST site to complete your safety mods you WEEKEND WORK ASSIGNMENTS: Saturday and Sunday work ing Coordinator Kevin Dowdy at (269) 781-7183 or by email need to contact Laura or Lee Ann at the Union Hall. With the amount assignments. Please remember that when performing work on a Sat- at [email protected]. of upcoming in-town work, all current Journeymen and Apprentices urday or Sunday the steward must report it to the hall, give each “Now that the construction industry has resumed, if you have should ensure they have 18 safety mods completed and drug test members name and obtain a form for signatures. Each member must any questions and/or concerns about returning to work, job-site should be current. sign the form along with the number of hours they worked. The safety or sanitary conditions please contact James Callahan or Eric ***The NMA addendum for most of the upcoming projects completed form must be sent back to by hall by the end of the day on Farrington.” – In Solidarity, James Callahan and Eric Farrington. states: 1) Prior to, but within 30 days of referral for employment to the the following Monday. Weekend work assignments must be called ZONE 2 Info: Work in Zone 2 is picking back up slowly, if you project site, all craft persons will: A) Attend a Project Specific Orien- or emailed into the hall prior to 3:00 pm on Friday. are not working and have not called in you should make sure I have tation facilitated by the Contractor at mutually agreed upon times WORK ASSIGNMENTS: Everyone must obtain a work assign- your info. Our next meeting is July 21, 2020 in Grand Rapids at 6pm and locations; B) Before being admitted to the job site, all contrac- ment prior to starting work. If you fail to do so you could be written Thank you, Dave Rutz tors and subcontractor employees having active involvement in job up on charges. ZONE 3 Info: (Saginaw) Zone 3 is slowly returning everyone to site construction activity, must be current and maintain a current LAYOFFS: All members must report to the Union Hall immedi- work, following all CDC guidelines as close as possible. Looks like MUST or equivalent status regarding the Substance Abuse Program. ately upon layoff, even if you only work one day. These are the By- the rest of the year is going to be busy, there is a big job that will start Prior to the start of work on the project the employee must provide Law rules for the Out-of-Work List. Your name will be removed from this fall in Alpena, and we will be needing man power to go up there confirmation of negative results to a MUST Substance Abuse Test or the list 14 days after receiving an assignment. It is very important to to work. Hopefully everyone is recovering well from the pandemic. equivalent test within the last 30 days. report to the union hall immediately after your layoff. Members get Thank you, Wayne Stover MEMBER ASSISTANCE: Local 292 is now partnering with confused because the S.U.B. Fund allows you a period of up to seven Zone 3 Info: (TCity) Our next meeting will be Thursday Septem- Ulliance, an employee assistance program designed to assist active days to apply for S.U.B. benefits after lay-off. ber 17th. As of now, we plan on this being a “normal” in person members and their eligible family members who may be struggling LAYOFF SLIPS/TERMINATION NOTICES: Layoff slips must meeting. We are also planning to start the Retiree Breakfast back up with emotional, domestic or substance abuse issues, as well as legal accompany all applications for sub pay. Without lay off slips you Friday, September 4th. (More info to come) We missed seeing ev- and financial referrals. If you and/or a family member feel this may cannot collect sub pay. It is the member’s responsibility to make eryone at the picnic and Cherry Festival Parade. If your employment benefit you, contact Ulliance at 1-800-448-8326 or sure they get one from the contractor when laid off. Your application status changes please let me know. Also please remember to keep www.LifeAdvisorEAP.com for completely confidential assistance. cannot be submitted without one. It is the contractor’s responsibil- your contact info current with the Lansing office. Have a safe and Ulliance is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Services are of ity to issue one in accordance with our contract. Happy Independence Day! no cost to active members and their dependents. S.U.B. BENEFITS: Report to the hall promptly upon layoff. You Thank You, Travis Eastman SUBSTANTIATION REQUEST: Many members have been re- must complete a S.U.B. Application within seven days from your ZONE 4 Info Work in the area is good with everyone working, ceiving Substantiation Request letters from the Local 292 Benefit layoff date or you will forfeit S.U.B. benefits. Lay-off slips must anyone that is not please call me ASAP. We have a wage Fund office. IRS regulations require that every use of the Benny accompany the application to be eligible. Proof of UIA benefit pay- disbursement meeting on July 14th please try and be there. I know it Card be substantiated or validated as an eligible covered expense ments must be submitted within 21 days of when you were paid in feels great to be back to work but please be safe and take the under the Plan. This validation is required by the IRS, the Fund order to receive SUB benefits. Do not submit your sub applications necessary precautions to keep yourself safe and your family. cannot make exceptions. It is the member’s responsibility to ensure directly to the fund office. Your application must be signed by the Your Brother, Larry Kinzie all requested documentation be returned to the Fund office in a timely hall or you will not collect benefits. ZONE 5 Info If you are having issues with your unemployment manner. By not responding to the Substantiation Request letter, OUT-OF-WORK LIST: You must be on the out-of-work list to or the SASMI emergency relief benefit, please give me a call. There is your Benny Card may be suspended until all requested documenta- collect S.U.B. benefits or SASMI. Members must re-register bi-annu- lots of work waiting to start across the UP. To keep up on the latest tion has been received. If you have any questions, contact BeneSys ally: March 1 through March 20 and September 1 through September information as to what is happening, check the Local’s website. If at 248.641.4992 or the Union Hall. 20. If you fail to re-register you will be removed from the list. you are not signed up on the Local 7 website yet you can do so at DUES: Membership dues are required to be paid in advance of SHORT WORK WEEK SUB PAY: If you work 16 hours or less Sheetmetal7.org. If your MSHA 5000-23 Safety Training has, or is the month for which they are due. The union hall is not open on in a week or have a short work week due to weather you may collect about to expire, please contact me. MSHA has some new updates on Saturday or Sunday, therefore, if you pay dues on either of those sub for that week but only if it is at the beginning or the end of a this matter. Respectfully, Greg Faust days, it will not be processed until Monday. If you are on suspen- layoff. You may NOT collect if you are not laid off. You must com- RETIREE MEETINGS: Canceled until further notice sion warning, your dues are 60 days late. To avoid suspension, dues plete a sub application at the hall, provide a pay stub for that week Dues Department: *Online dues payment is now available* Dues must be paid online or at the union hall by 4:00 p.m. on the last and the hall will submit it to the fund office. If you are not laid off and of all members of local unions shall be paid monthly or quarterly, but business day of the month. Payments received after 4:00 p.m. on the it is due to weather the company MUST provide written documenta- always in advance. To better serve our membership, we accept Credit last business day of the month will not be processed and you WILL tion that it was weather related. Card Payments in lieu of your monthly dues. If you would like to take go suspended. All members are responsible for making sure any MEMBERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: If you are experiencing advantage of the Credit Card Service, a finance charge will be applied required fees, i.e. late fees or service fees, are included if paying problems in your family, marriage or relationships, stress or emo- – Please call the Lansing office during regular business hours at 517- online (sheetmetal292.com). tional difficulties, grief or loss issues or problems with alcohol and 882-4064 to make your payment. UNION HALL HOURS: Hall office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 drug use please contact our assistance program. Ulliance is there to Address/Telephone Changes: Article 8, Section 1 of Local 7 p.m. Monday through Friday. help you with your needs. They can also help you with legal issues, Work Rules: Address Changes: All members are required to keep the OUT OF WORK: If you become laid off, you must complete an financial concerns, elder care referrals and child care resources. Con- Financial Secretary informed of their correct address. A noticed mailed Out of Work List Registration /SUB form. SUB forms are available at tact them at 1-800-448-8326 or www.LifeAdvisor EAP.com. Make sure to the last address shall be sufficient and legal. If you have moved or the Union Hall and also through all shop stewards. This is the only you mention Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 when calling and not changed your telephone number, please contact the union hall to way your name will be added to the Out of Work List. the contractor you are working for. update your records. TEXT BLAST NOTIFICATION. We have recently updated the NOTARY: We have a notary public available at the hall at no BENEFITS: For Benefit questions please contact the area of- text blast contact list. All members have been added. If you haven’t charge. Please call to confirm availability. fice. Zone 1 – BeneSys 866-822-7037, Zone 2 – TIC 866-887-4338, been receiving texts and would like to be added or wish to opt out of Training Center News: Please be advised that apprenticeship Zone 3 – BeneSys 800-451-5733, Zone 4 – BeneSys 800-842-2690 and text blast, please contact the Union hall and we will make the change. classes have started and the updated schedule is available on the Zone 5 – Wisconsin H & B Fund 800-654-2329. FACEBOOK & TWITTER: Be sure to check our website – school website at http://www.smw80jac.org/_assets/Schedules/build- DEATH CERTIFICATES: Please submit to the Union Hall a www.sheetmetal292.com; Facebook page - Sheet Metal Workers Lo- ing-trades-schedules. copy of a Death Certificate for deceased members. Additional ben- cal 292 and Twitter - @SMW292, for updates and information. efits from the International may be available. NOTARY PUBLIC. For your convenience, we now have a No- CONTACT US: 4931 Contec Drive/Lansing, MI 48910 – 517- tary Public on site at the union hall. Notary services are free of 882-4064 charge to our members. Local 7 Officers: THE 4 PLUS MEMBER PROGRAM: The “4-plus” member pro- Samual Fuller (Business Manager/Financial Secretary-Treasurer) gram is for any Local 292 member who has achieved four (or more) 517-882-4064 welding certifications. These certifications can be in any welding pro- Eric Farrington (Agent-Lansing/Jackson) 517-242-3223 cess. Members who qualify will receive a shirt (one shirt for every four James Callahan (Agent-Battle Creek/Kalamazoo) 269-342-8842 certs) with the 4 Plus logo, along with hard hat stickers and bragging David Rutz (Agent-Grand Rapids/Muskegon) 616-458-2313 rights. If you would like to be a “4-plus” member contact your Local 292 Wayne Stover (Saginaw) 989-692-0002 Training Center at: 313-623-9390 (Dave) or Quintin 248.495.6764. Travis Eastman (Traverse City) 231-943-5150 Attention all Welders! We are looking for any member inter- mcnicholsscrap.com detroitironandmetal.com Larry Kinzie (Agent-Flint) 810-785-6831 ested in a Saturday welding class July 11 and 25. (313) 365-6100 (313) 841-5100 Greg Faust (Agent-Upper Peninsula): 906-372-9288 (Continued on Page 9) June 26, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 7 Local 47 Heat and Frost Insulators Local 149 Local 36 Roofers & Elevator Heat and Frost Insulators & Al- Office and we will double check lied Workers Local 47 to make sure we have the correct Waterproofers Constructors LANSING – To combat and number in the system or if you limit the spread of Covid-19, Lo- may have blocked the number. Heat and Roofers Local 149 Elevator Constructors Local 36 cal 47 encourages all members to Local 47 has been receiving Frost DETROIT – Main Office – DETROIT – ALL MEMBERS continue to work safe, and if you a lot of returned mail from our Abatement Southeastern Lower Michigan ARE INFORMED that our next feel sick contact a doctor imme- members. We ask that if you have Insulators – The next regular membership regular Membership Meeting was diately. a change of address or phone Workers meeting is Tues., July 7, 2020 at planned for Monday, July 27th, Any retirees wanting to number to please call the Local 7 p.m. The next Executive Board 2020, will not be held due to lack work, please call the office. Union Office right away so we Regional Local 25 meeting is scheduled for Tues., of venue to maintain restrictions The Funds Trustees have can update your information June 30, 2020 at 5 p.m. on social distancing for gather- waived the 79-hour rule. throughout our system, TIC’s, Local 207 Follow us on Facebook for ings of multiple people. We are Remember that all Union and the with the International. It Heat & Frost Insulators Local 25 announcement updates. @ working on a venue for our Au- Meetings have been suspended is very important to make sure Abatement Workers Local 207 SOUTHFIELD – RE- United Union of Roofers, gust 24th, 2020 meeting. Any until further notice. your contact information is al- TAYLOR – Hope all dads had MINDER: We are still under the Waterproofers, and Allied Work- changes in this schedule or venue The International Union is ways update with Local 47. a great Father’s Day with their direction of the International ers Local 149 will be included in future Building requesting all the names of past Anyone interested in joining families. The weather cooperated Union. Pursuant to their direc- Vacation Checks. The De- Tradesman articles and emails. and present members that are Vet- the newly formed Breath Of Life in most areas for the day making tive, the JUNE 2020 UNION troit Union Hall will open at 5 The Local requests your email so erans of the Armed Forces. This Committee is asked to please call outdoor plans possible consid- MEETING has been cancelled. am, Friday, July 10, 2020 to dis- we may inform you on any last- list will be going back to our char- the Local Union Office. ering our most recent lockdowns. Unfortunately, due to the tribute vacation checks. The Hall minute changes or the possibility ter in 1937. We need the name, Pension and Health Welfare: Work contin- ongoing direc- will also be open from 8 until of virtual meetings. registration number, military Larry Tolbert (269-345-8944) ues to improve tive and the un- Noon, Saturday, July 11, for any- All members are reminded branch and dates served. Please Allied Workers’ Local 47 Fringe as more restric- certainty of one who cannot make it down that we are working under the call the office for more informa- Benefit Funds, 6525 Centurion tions are lifted. when it will be Friday. Detroit Members will MOU-NEBA final 3-23-20. This tion. Drive, Lansing, MI 48917-9275 When you do lifted, Local need to contact the Union Hall temporary agreement will be ter- Local 47 regrets to inform our Toll Free Number: (800) return to work, #25’s AN- if you what the check mailed. minated on June 30th, 2020. Any members that the 2020 Annual 323-8079 follow all re- NUAL PICNIC Are you interested in sit- questions pertaining to this Golf Outing has been cancelled Telephone Number: (517) quired Covid has been can- ting on the Pension or the agreement should be directed to due to the Covid-19 pandemic. 321-7502 guidelines that celled as well. Health and Welfare Committee? the Hall. We look forward to seeing every- may be in place Continue to Fax Number: (517) 321-7508 DAN CURT The search for a Pension, and If you are asked to go into one for next year’s Annual Golf Larry Tolbert will be avail- for certain sites. monitor the Health and Welfare Trustee is another Local’s jurisdiction by Outing. able via phone to answer any SOMENAUER Remember to McGLONE Facebook page coming. Nominations are being your company, make sure you All members should have questions regarding Pension, call in if you are for updates. taken Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at notify the Hall and the Local received a letter from our Inter- Welfare and Vacation Funds. unemployed for help with future APRIL PER CAPITA: The the Membership Meeting. where you are heading into. Their national regarding the Asbestos Larry is the Secretary for the Pen- placement. Updated, working required Per Capita payment for Are you a strong advocate work situation will be different Exposure Scientific Study. For sion, Welfare, Vacation and Spe- telephone numbers are neces- any member working less than for yourself and your fellow 149 than ours. All members are re- more information on how to par- cial Benefits and can be reached sary to help you with work 32 hours in the month of April members? Have you ever con- minded to inform the Hall of any ticipate in this study, please con- by phone at (269) 345-8944, or by placement. 2020 has been waived. Any pay- sidered being a part of your changes in your work status and tact Business Manager Patrick mail at: P.O. Box 19541, Do not get caught without ments already made to the Union Union’s Pension or Health and where you are working. These are Welch at the main Local 47 Office Kalamazoo, MI 49019. the necessary current job site cre- Office will be returned. Welfare Committee? your responsibilities as a member number: 517-708-0665 To all active members, if you dentials, although several state APPAREL: New Local 25 In order to stand for elec- of the IUEC. Per the Rules and Proce- have not sent in your Coordina- agencies have relaxed renewal re- apparel is available at the Union tion, you need to be a Attention All Apprentices, dures: tion of Benefits Form, your Spou- quirements due to the pandemic. Hall. New items include: knit hats Journeyworker in good standing your classes are now online at the Members must notify the sal Form, or your Birth Certifi- The General Office has and beanies, new hi-vis short and you must be nominated by NEIEP website, all homework and office within 24 hours of being cates for your Children, no one banned all Union Meetings and and long sleeved t-shirts and hi- another member in good stand- unit exams must be done by June laid off or charges may be placed. will be covered on our insurance Elections until further notice. Our vis hoodies. Apparel can be ing at the general membership 26th, 2020 the deadline has been Members must notify the until these items are sent to TIC. current election process has been viewed on the Facebook page. meeting on Tuesday, July 7, 2020 extended from May 29th. Your fi- office before ANY overtime is Please call TIC immediately at put on hold until an ok is given ALL EMPLOYMENT or in writing via a nomination ac- nal exams will be the starting worked. (800) 323-8079 and get the above- to proceed. There has been no CHANGES – hire, lay off, fire, ceptance letter addressed to the June 29th and ending July 3rd. Contracts are available at the mentioned forms into the fund word yet on when meetings can shop change, disability, etc. – Recording Secretary Gary To maintain enrollment and Union Office or at the Union ASAP and you will be reinstated resume. All members will be noti- must be called into the Union Johnsen by Monday, July 6, get credit for this semester is your Meeting upon request. retroactively fied by mail when the election can Hall. The only way to guaran- 2020, at 5:00 pm. responsibility. Remember, your OSHA 10: Local 47 will be Remember that Auto and resume. tee you are on the out of work Detroit Training Center progression in the program and offering OSHA 10 to any Active Motorcycle accidents are not UPCOMING ASBESTOS list and your employment Information your raises are based upon you Member who is not current with covered by our plan. Auto and TRAINING CLASSES: records remains current and cor- The next term for all Detroit passing your classes. Failure also the program. The course is done Motorcycle accidents should be Asbestos Supervisor Re- rect is to call the Office – (248) Apprentices will be as follows: results in repeating the class and online, so if you wish to take the covered by your personal Auto fresher - Saturday, July 11th, 2020 352-1850. Apprentice 2 & Single Ply an appearance in front of the Lo- course please contact the Local Insurance policy. Asbestos Supervisor Re- BENESYS: When calling 1- Monday, July 20 cal JAC. Union office with your email ad- Members having questions fresher, Saturday, August 29th, the Fund Office, Benesys, Apprentice 1 & Single Ply Monthly OJT Forms are still dress and we will be more than regarding Pension and Welfare 2020 please be sure to get the name 2- Tuesday, July 21 required of ALL APPRENTICES! happy to set it up for you. If you Fund please contact TIC Interna- Check with the Office to of the person providing you in- BUR 1 & Steep Slope 1- You can drop these forms at the do not have a computer at home, tional at the numbers below or log ensure the classes will occur as formation. Lately, we have been Wednesday July 22 hall. This is a requirement of the you are welcome to come to the onto their Website: www. scheduled. experiencing some incorrect in- BUR 2 & Steep Slope 2- Department of Labor. Do not put Local Union Office to take the heatfrostlocal47benefits.org: –All classes will be held at formation being provided to our Thursday, July 23 your apprenticeship in jeopardy course. Please complete and return Local 207’s office @ 26453 members. In order to make sure Apprentice 7 & 8 Safety & by failing to fulfill this responsi- To ensure all Active Mem- the working spousal forms to Northline in Taylor. the correct information is pro- Health - Thursday, July 23 bility. This will also result in your bers and Retirees are receiving TIC. –Classes begin promptly at vided, it helps to have a name All classes begin at 6:30pm. appearance before the Local JAC their Robo calls please make sure JATC Coordinator Phil 8AM and end at 4PM, followed so the Union Office can call Journeyworkers upgrade Committee. you have not blocked the follow- Wilson (616-466-8736) by a Lead Awareness Update. Benesys, correct the person classes to improve your skills, Attention All Apprentices, ing number: (804) 441-8365. There Applications are open for If you are due to expire and providing incorrect information your worth, and our Brother- Temporary Mechanic Agreements are several members who have the Apprenticeship Program. Call need one of these refreshers now, and find out why they are pro- hood/Sisterhood is available at are through the Hall. This agree- the number blocked and therefore the Union Office. please call the Taylor Office (1- viding our members with incor- no cost to all Detroit LU 149 ment is between You, Your Com- are not receiving the Robo Calls. Good and Welfare: 800-207-5622) to register. rect information. members. pany and the Hall and is to be re- These calls are only used for Im- Our Condolences go out to –Class sizes are being limited SUB FUND: In order to re- Dues must be current in or- newed monthly. With the current portant Notifications from the the family and friends of Daniel due to state guidelines currently ceive a SUB Fund check on Fri- der to enter the Training Center. MOU expiring your Company will Local Union Business Manager Black who passed away on June in place. day, all paperwork must be sub- If you are interested in any still have to provide proof of your and Funeral Notifications. If you 18, 2020. BE SAFE, STAY HEALTHY, mitted to the Office no later than of these classes, contact Tho- eligibility. Do not put yourself at are not receiving these calls, Get well to all our sick or in- & FOLLOW THE SOCIAL DIS- 2 p.m. on Thursday. mas Jaranowski at the Training risk of possible charges. please contact the Local Union jured members. TANCING GUIDELINES! LAY OFF/HIRE: Please be Center, 248-543-3847, or Brothers and Sisters, due to reminded, all members shall no- [email protected] recent conditions, ALL are re- tify the Business Manager within to make arrangements. quested to follow guidelines put to our agreement and follows July falls on a Saturday per Ar- 48 hours after accepting a job or Reminder. Members please out by the CDC, building’s and Local 36 cont’d your company’s safety policy. A ticle VI par 6, it shall be observed upon termination of employ- call the Hall when you see a roof- your companies. Common sense email. licensed journeyperson must also on Friday the 3rd . Work per- ment. Failure to report will re- ing project whether it is one of and personal health practices We are STILL requesting be onsite while any work is per- formed on July 4th per Article VI sult in an automatic $50 fine. our signatory companies or not. should always be followed. ALL your email addresses. If you are formed. If you are asked or told par 8 shall be paid as overtime SUB FUND TIME LIMITA- The Hall needs this information safety policies must always be fol- not receiving emails, please con- differently call the hall immedi- applicable to job. TION: Please be reminded, per Members are reminded to lowed. firm your address with the Hall. ately. Also, all jobs are to be re- The Hall would like to pass the Plan Document: Each time a call the Hall (313) 961-6093 to put The Local picnic was sched- During our recent situation we ported to the HALL, this does in- our condolences on to Honorary participant receives a State Un- their name on the out of work list. uled for Saturday, July 25, 2020. have received updates daily and clude all unloads, crane picks and Brother Bob Hansen as his wife employment check, he/she must CLEARANCE CARDS. Currently the Picnic Committee we want this information at your cab modernizations. This is our Janice passed on, she is also the mail or deliver the receipt, check Are you scheduled to go out of and the Local Officers agree that disposal as soon as possible. work and SHALL be performed mother of Steve Hansen and stub, or a copy of the check to town for work in another Local’s for the safety and health of all All members are reminded by ELEVATOR CONSTRUC- grandmother of Wyatt Hansen the Administrator’s office within territory? Clearance cards are members, retirees and families we that your company is responsible TORS! out of Local 93. thirty (30) days of receipt of said needed when you are sent out have canceled our picnic for July to deliver material to the jobsite. All members be reminded Get well wishes are extended State Unemployment check. of town to work. Get a clearance 2020. Use of personal vehicles for de- your 3rd quarter working cards to all our Brothers and Sisters Any request for a benefit pay- card from the Hall and call the The City of Detroit is open- livery of material is for only emer- shall be paid before July 1. When who are on our sick list. Keep safe ment past the thirty (30) days will Local in that area to avoid fines ing for license renewal on the 29th gency situations. There are no paying dues include $5 for the and healthy. Be a Brother to a be denied per the Plan Document. against you. of June, be advised they would emergencies in modernization or International death assessment Brother, regardless of what Local SICK AND INJURED: Retirees Association. If like it done online. Send emails construction. All construction, for the loss of our brother Taylor they might belong too. We are all Please keep all our sick and in- you are a retired 149 member and to [email protected] with pho- modernization and cab work is Lewis from Local 63 April 27 2020. in this and will get through this, jured members in your thoughts are interested in joining the tos of current driver license and TEAMWORK. This is according As a reminder the Fourth of together! and prayers. Roofers & Waterproofers Local current city of Detroit Elevator li- 149 Retiree’s Association, cense and your phone number at- please contact Business Man- tached. They have said all li- ager Brian Gregg at 313-961-6093. censes expiration dates have MID-MICHIGAN AREA – been extended during the shut- Clio Office. The next Mid- down. The Coleman Young build- Michigan regular membership ing is opening but only by ap- meeting is scheduled for Tue, pointment. These instructions July 14, 2020 at 6 p.m. at 810 have been sent to you through Tacoma Ct. Clio MI, 48420. (Continued next column) Vacation Checks. The Mid- Michigan vacation checks will Local 149 cont’d be mailed on July 8, 2020 your worth, and our Brotherhood/ Raise Notice. The Mid- Sisterhood is available at no cost Michigan members have spoken to all Mid-Michigan LU 149 mem- loud and clear by voting for pro- bers. posal 1. $1.05 on the check, $0.40 Dues must be current in or- to the Pension, and $0.40 to the der to enter the Training Center. Health & Welfare. If you are interested in any of Mid-Michigan Training these classes, contact Rick Baird Center Information. The Mid- at the Training Center, 810-687- Michigan Apprentices will be as 1368, or [email protected] follows: to make arrangements. Apprentice 1, thru 3- are on When contractors call the Mondays Union Hall for help, we need to Apprentice 4, thru 8- are on know who is available, and have Wednesdays an up to date phone number. All All classes begin at 6:00pm Mid-Michigan Area members who Journeyworkers upgrade are out of work need to call the classes to improve your skills, Hall at (810) 687-1368 to be put on (Continued next column) the out of work list. 8 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN June 26, 2020 Local 111 Any member violating this By- Law shall be brought before the Plumbers, Pipe Fitters & HVAC Service Executive Board for a trial and be subject to a fine. Plumbers, PipeFitters and Service Local 111 JATC has can- forms are available on our NFPA All Access is available Trades celled all Apprenticeship classes website under Training or at the Local 357 for all 704 members. Please con- UPPER PENINSULA –Both including open welding at the hall. Certifications expire every 6 tact the Local 704 Training Cen- the Escanaba and Marquette training center until further no- months and it is YOUR responsi- Plumbers, ter for username and password. halls have been closed to walk-in tice, with the exception of Med bility to get your welding forms Pipe Fitters & Phone numbers to remem- members until further notice. Gas and Backflow, they are on as turned in on time. ber: NASI is 1-800-638-2603 for Please call either hall for any scheduled. Please contact Train- 2020 Upgrade Certification HVAC Service Sprinkler Fitters Local 704 information regarding Health and assistance you may need. ing Coordinator, Jesse Harvala Class Schedule has been posted SOUTHFIELD – The next Welfare or Pension fund ques- Notice: The wage allocation with any questions you may to Local 111 web-site (lu111.com). Plumbers, Pipefitters & HVAC regular meeting will be July 8, tions. for the June 1st raise is as follows have. Please update all Non-UA Service Local 357 2020 at the local union hall at 5:30 Continuing education - $1.85 increase. $.60 defined ben- Condolences: To Jack certifications (Plumbing License, KALAMAZOO – UNION P.M. The Executive Board will classes are being formed. Please efit pension; $.25 health & Wel- Peterson on the passing of his MUST, OSHA-30 etc.) by send- MEETING: All Union Meetings meet the same night at 4:30 P.M. reach out to the training center fare; $1.00 on the check. wife Yvonne, on June 16, 2020. ing a copy of your certification Are CANCELED Indefinitely. There will be a vote for allo- for further information or future Due to the covid-19 and the Reminder: It is your respon- to the Union Hall With the cancellation of cation of monies held July 8, 2020 classes you would like to see unavailability of meetings, this sibility to call the hall as soon as 2020 BTA Class Schedule June’s membership meeting, Lo- at the Local Union Hall. The polls added. allocation was discussed and you get laid off, the day you call has been posted to Local 111 cal 357 conducted its Finance and will be open from 12:00 P.M. until On behalf of the Officer of approved unanimously by all 17 in is the date that you are placed web-site (lu111.com). Executive board meetings via 5:30 P.M. Local 704, we wish everybody a Local 111 elected positions based on the Out of Work List, if you Check your dues records! video and conference call. The Reminder: Article V, Section safe and happy 4th of July. on the input of the fund trustees do not call in you will not be re- You are assessed a $50 reinstate- Finance Committee reviewed and 13 of Local 704’s Constitution, Remember to keep your in- as to what was needed for the ferred to work. ment once you become 3 months approved May’s expenditures. By-Laws and Rules of Order. Any formation updated with the Lo- maintenance of the funds. Important Information: behind. You are automatically The Executive Board met and dis- project that falls into the jurisdic- cal Union Hall. The next possible member- Contact the hall with any expelled once you are over 6 cussed the following topics: Gov- tion of Local 704 shall be manned A speedy recovery to all of ship meeting (to be announced changes with any of the follow- months behind. ernor Whitmer’s Executive Orders by not less than two members. our sick and injured members. ASAP) will be a special called ing: E-Mail, address, phone num- Safety Training on Local 111 and Wage Allocation. HOLIDAY WORK - CLOS- meeting to ratify this allocation. ber, a new birth, marriage, divorce, Web Site: When taking the on- th Thank you to the member- or death. For those of you, who line safety training, go to our web ING: Since the 4 of July falls on Plumbers, ship for your patience during this have an email address that we do site ua111.com and click on Safety a Saturday, the observed day per process due the current situation not yet have on record, please Links. Members must take these the Post Office on Miller Road is Pipe Fitters, of the COVID-19 mandates of call and give it to April or Ann. safety trainings for each site to Friday, July 3. Wages should be paid at 1½ times base rate when Service Technicians, gatherings. Any questions Reminder to Welders/Weld- work at each mill. Please take note please call Business Manager, ing Forms: The UA Welder they are valid for 1 year. working on July 3. Also, the Union Local 190 Gas Distribution Dean Gutzman and stay safe. Qualification Continuity Report MSHA Training: The 2020 Hall will be closed on Friday, July 3 MSHA schedule is on our web in observance of the Holiday. Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 190 site & our Facebook page. Call WAGE ALLOCATION RE- ANN ARBOR – UNION MEETING: The next regular union meet- Cindy at (906) 228-6450 to regis- SULTS: The wage allocation vote ing is scheduled for Monday, July 13th at 6:00 p.m. at 7920 Jackson Local 370 ter. MSHA expires in one year. was held on Tuesday, June 16. Road, Ann Arbor, MI. Members are urged to attend and take an The results from that vote are active part in the proceedings. Plumbers & $0.75 to Health & Welfare; $0.25 UNION HALL CLOSING FOR AN UP COMING HOLIDAY: Our Pipe Fitters to Pension and the remainder on office will be closed Friday, July 3rd to observe Independence Day. the check. The new package is Wishing you and your family a happy and safe holiday. Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Local 370 effective JULY 1, 2020. GOLF OUTING: Our annual golf outing is cancelled for this FLINT – The next Membership Meeting is scheduled for Tues- GOLF OUTING: Anyone year, due to the current COVID-19 pandemic. day, July 14, 2020 at 7:00 pm and has been designated a Special interested in helping with the Golf MICHIGAN GAS DISTRIBUTION - E-Mail address: Please con- called meeting for wage increase allocation. Please note that this Outing – Please call Elliot Wilcox tact the union hall 734-424-0962 or Pat Duffy 734-368-4423 to make meeting will be at the new Training Center/Union Hall, located at – Ph # (269) 270-8584 – Event will sure we have a current e-mail address. 2151 W. Thompson Rd. Fenton MI. This will also be a refreshment be held on Saturday, July 18, 2020 SCHOLARSHIPS: Local 190 Scholarship is now available at meeting. at Pine View Golf Club in Three the union hall for distribution to members and their families. Local The Union Hall will be open for business as usual starting on Rivers with the price remaining 190 application, due back no later than July 10th. You can contact the Monday June 15th. Apprentice day classes will also resume the week at $300 per foursome. Registra- union office at (734) 424-0962 for further information. of Monday June 15th. tion with a Hot Breakfast begins OFFICE HOURS: Effective Monday, February 3rd, the Union Scholarship Applications for the 2020-2021 school year are now Local 671 at 7:30 am with a Shotgun start at Hall office hours are as follows: Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. until available online at our website UALOCAL370.ORG. The applicant 8:45 am. A Chicken / Steak dinner 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. until 4:30 p.m. must be a son or daughter of a member in good standing of UA Local Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 671 and Door Prizes will be provided The office will be closed daily from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. Union 370. Complete lists of qualifications are available at Local 370 MONROE – The next Regu- after golf. Call the Union Hall to 2020 - MICHIGAN LICENSE RENEWAL: Plumbing license re- lar Union meeting is scheduled register and pay by credit card. Hall. nd newals are done online ONLY!!! For detailed instructions and re- Local 370 2020 Golf outing will be held Saturday, August 22nd for July 2 at 7pm at the Union MEDICAL CLAIMS IS- quirements, please visit: www.michigan.gov/bcc. Feel free to stop hall. The next Executive Board SUES: As a member, TIC Interna- at Flushing Valley Golf course in Flushing. 9:00 am Shotgun Start. nd into the Union hall and pick up a copy of the instructions. The price is $70 a man. $280 per team. Price includes 18 holes with meeting is scheduled for July 2 tional provides a dedicated team UA LOCAL 190 WEBSITE: www.ua190.org Current members cart, lunch at the turn, Refreshments, Door prizes and Dinner. Stop by at 5pm at the Union hall. I will of member advocates to assist will be able to log into the “Members Only” section using your last the hall and get the signup sheet with all the information. We are get out a notice to all members if with the resolution of any and all name and UA card number. **** NEW ON THE WEBSITE***: Mem- limited to 38 teams so sign up early if you want to play we feel that it is still unsafe to medical claims issues. If at any time bers can now view and sign up for job calls. The same procedure will Sub Pay. Remember to qualify for sub pay when you are laid off, meet. We are asking that only you experience an issue with your be used as the call-in line. If you are laid off or go back to work, there you must sign the out of work list. You can also collect when you are voting members attend the Union claims being processed and paid are forms available to fill out on the website that will inform the hall. on Jury Duty and miss work. If you are traveling, call Karla to see if meetings until further notice. correctly, please contact TIC in- CREDIT CARD MACHINE: You now have the ability to pay you need to make sub-fund self-payments. All members were sent a Please be prepared to social dis- ternational at 1-888-281-3461. If your union dues or purchase merchandise by credit card or debit Sub-Pay manual in 2018. If you did not receive one, please call TIC at tance and wear a mask during the you are not satisfied with the ser- card. We accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover. A surcharge of (517) 321-7502 and ask for the 370 Sub Pay Fund Summary Plan De- meeting. There will be masks vice you have received, please call 3.99% is added to your card on the transaction amount. We will then scription (SPD) available at the door. me, Ken Willcutt, (269) 569-3492. mail you your dues receipt and credit charge slip. Raise Allocation: We met as WEBSITE INFORMATION Upcoming Night Classes: TBD th LAID OFF OR BACK TO WORK – IMPORTANT REMINDER Committee and Board meetings are as follows: a body on June 18 and all social – FRINGES – TIC: Check out the TO ALL MEMBERS: All members who get laid off or report back to Examining Board – Tuesday, July 14, 2020 at 4:00pm distancing rules were obeyed. website at www.ualocal357.com work please immediately contact Karen (734) 424-0962 Ext. #210, FMR Committee – Tuesday July 14, 2020 at 4:00pm We voted to split our $1.65 raise and the FACEBOOK Page @ to report the last day in which you worked or to report the day you PAC committee – Tuesday July 14, 2020 at 5:00pm as follows: $0.80 in the Health and www.facebook.com/UALocal went back to work. PLEASE NOTE: Members can now go to the Executive Board –Tuesday July 14, 2020 at 5:00pm Welfare and $0.85 on the check. I 357/. You should sign up for ac- website under “members only” and fill out a “back to work” form or Building Committee – Tuesday July 14, 2020 at 6:00pm would like to thank everyone that cess to your fringe reporting done “laid off” form. Finance Committee -Tuesday July 14, 2020 at 6:15pm came out to vote and get this raise by TIC via the Union website. To INFORMATION - FRINGE BENEFIT OFFICE: JATC Committee – TBD allocated. gain access, click on the Members VISION PROGRAM – EYEMED – IMPORTANT INFORMA- Local 370 office hours 7:30am – 4:30pm. Notice: The Local 671 fam- Access Your Information Here, TION: EyeMed benefit cards are not necessary to access benefits, Sub/Sick checks will be processed 8:00am – 11:30 am and 1:30pm – ily picnic is cancelled due to the then click on TIC International however, you may print a card from the EyeMed website. Vision 4:15pm daily. covid-19 pandemic. I know we Corp. and then Register. This is providers should be provided the following information at the time of Attendance award drawing for membership meeting information. all enjoy our picnic but I am not where you will type in your Name, the appointment; 1) Carrier Name -(EyeMed), 2) Member Name 3) Members present must have dues paid to date to claim award. Monthly willing to risk anyone’s health Email Address, UA Card # and cre- Member Birthdate award is150 dollars. over it. I know this announce- ate your own password. EyeMed Customer Service Call: 888-581-3648 Attention All Active Members in Good Standing The Joint Ap- ment is disappointing to many but Once you have completed all In Network Provider Listings Call: 866-804-0982 prentice and Training Committee voted to reimburse any active mem- please understand that we must the information – click on the EyeMed Website: www.eyemed.com ber of Local 370 that takes and passes any training, testing or certifi- stay diligent at combatting this LARGE REGISTER button that is NEW BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD APP FOR YOUR SMART cation that may be required to perform their work. This includes Rig- horrific disease by social distanc- surrounded by a Blue Box. Your DEVICE: Attention all members you can download the free Blue ging, Med-Gas, Back flow or any work-related training or certification ing. User Access will be granted the Cross Blue Shield APP on your smart device. This will allow you to expense. Members will be reimbursed after successful completion Congratulations: I would next business day. To access see a copy of your BCBS card, review your claims, explanation of and verification of the cost. Lost wages will not be covered by the like to congratulate Brother Eric your account, once it is set up, benefits and much more. Download: BCBSM JATC. Plumbing license renewal is still the responsibility of the mem- Torrance and his wife Kaylee on all you need to do is access the REPRESENTATIVE FROM FRINGE BENEFIT OFFICE: the birth of their twins Abigail Membership Button again – type ber. If you have any questions, please contact local 370 JATC. th Bernadette will be available by phone call only. 1-888-390-7473 Mobile App. Our mobile app is now available for download on and Evelyn on June 9 . We wish in your email address and pass- MEDICARE: When you become eligible for Medicare, please your cell phone. Go to the app store and search UA Local 370. Down- Mom and babies well and enjoy word – and all your information contact Bernadette Maus at our Fringe Benefit office 1-888-390-7473. load the app and sign in. You can read the latest Building Trades your new additions to your fam- will be presented. As a member CLASS INFORMATION – TRAINING CENTER- OFFICE article, see upcoming meeting dates, or pay your dues. This is a work ily. via the website, you will be able PHONE: 734-426-3700 in progress, and we will add more content to the site as we move Condolences: We extend our to keep track of all your hours and TRAINING CENTER IS OPENED BACK UP TO MEMBERS forward. condolences to Brother Jim receive an e-mail when hours are WISHING TO UPDATE ANY CERTIFICATIONS, LICENSES OR ALL GM Work requires Must Safety and Drug Testing: MUST House and his wife Mary on the posted to your account. This is QUALITIFACTIONS. passing of their son Terry House very important as it is up to you safety modules are only valid for 4 years. Call the hall to sign up for th PLEASE NOTE: You must call the training center before arriving. the MUSTBSAFE.com website and complete all 18 safety modules. on June 11 . Please keep Jim and to keep up to date on the hours We are following the State and CDC guidelines. You must wear a face Members will not be eligible to work at any GM site until all 18 mod- Mary in your thoughts and being paid on your behalf by ANY mask inside the building. ules are complete and are current on their drug test. If your drug test prayers and help them through CONTRACTORS. Lead/Asbestos/Bloodborne Pathogens Training (4 hours): is expired you must take one before you can be dispatched to any this difficult time. CHANGE OF STATUS: If Monday July 6th at 5:00p.m. and Monday, October 5th at 5:00 p.m. GM work. Drug tests are only valid for 1 year. Call The hall and we Mobile App: Our Mobile you have a change of status for CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED TO EIGHT (8) will print you a drug test authorization form. App titled “UA Local 671” is example: married, divorced, re- First Aid/CPR Training (4 hours): Monday, July 20th at 5:00 Our web site is up and running. Check it out at ualocal370.org. available in the App Store for I married, birth, death, workers p.m. and Monday, October 19th at 5:00 p.m. CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED We are now able to accept Visa, Master Card, Discover and phone or Android. The comp, address change, etc., TO EIGHT (8) American Express for window dues. If you want to take advantage of Username for Local 671 Mem- please call TIC at the phone num- WELDING LAB: Will start back up by appointment only. It will this service there will be a $1.00 per month charge added to the monthly bers is your last name and your ber above and Lori at the Union run Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, starting June 2nd. Times are window dues fee and a 3% fee for all other transactions. book number (UA Card Num- Hall. It is very important that we 4:30 p.m. until 8:30 p.m. LIMITED TO SEVEN (7) PARTICIPANTS. Plumbing, Mechanical and Residential Code Books are now avail- ber). The Password is your keep all our records up to date. Call Andy Fielder, at the Training Center to be added to the list. able at the hall. The books are $75.00 each. book number. Please download There seems to be a continu- ASSE 12000 ICRA (16 hours): This class begins Tuesday, Remember to keep your dues current. Any member failing to pay this app so you can keep up on ing problem regarding notifica- June 23rd at 5:00 p.m. and will take place every Tuesday until July 14th. for 3 months shall stand suspended, unable to vote for a period of 1 current information that the tion of divorces. Note that you, the CLASS SIZE IS LIMITED TO EIGHT (8). Will be in-person at the year or run for office for a period of 2 years and subject to a $50.00 hall needs to get out. member, will be responsible for Training Center. reinstatement fee. Dues must be paid in 3-month increments accord- In Closing: As we progress any bills incurred and paid on APPRENTICES PLEASE NOTE: Make sure your e-mail and phone ing to our bylaws. Dues will be accepted up to 6:45 on union meeting through this pandemic and busi- claims of an ex-spouse or depen- number are updated at the training center. Please call and dial EXT. 2 nights. nesses and restaurants are dents. (See Pages 6 & 27 in the CONDOLENCES: Our lifetime member Philip Bowerman passed Members wishing to take the U.A. welding certification test con- opening up; Please stay diligent Summary Plan Description Book- away on June 11th. Philip initiated on May 24, 1954 and became a tact business agent, Dan Gaudet for application and testing dates. with your social distancing and let for clarification) Time limits ap- lifetime member May 24, 2004. To our member James Manor we send Local 370 ball caps and winter fleece caps are available at the personal hygiene. We cannot ply for reporting status changes so our heartfelt condolences in the loss of your father-in-law. To all union offices. Ball caps $10.00 and fleece caps $5.00. Pocket Tee afford to get sloppy and com- let the hall know ASAP! family members and friends may the care of love of those around you shirts are available for $10 dollars each. Hooded sweat shirts and placent with our virus control MISCELLANEOUS: Con- provide comfort and peace to get through the days ahead. long sleeve pocket tee shirts are available. The sweat shirts are $30 tactics. We are not out of the gratulations to Scott Crook on his RETIREE MEETINGS – **SPADES and BREAKFAST MEET- and the long sleeve tee shirts are $15. Golf polo and golf wind shirts woods yet but if we continue to recent retirement. INGS HAVE BEEN CANCELED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. These are available for $25. keep up the good work, we can We would like to extend a meetings will resume in July. If you shop on the internet, SHOP UNION MADE, log on to start enjoying our picnics and SPEEDY recovery to Ryan NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE BUILDING TRADESMAN PA- www.shopunionmade.com. social gatherings again real Farnham …. Get Well Soon! PER: Please contact Karen Spearin at the union hall, (734) 424- T.I.C. fringe administrators’ toll free number is 1-888-797-5862. soon. Stay safe and stay CONDOLENCES: 0962 Ext #210, if you would like to put a special notification in the healthy. Condolences to the family of paper. Mike Jewell cell 419-262-8503 Rob Griffioen on the passing of “The scientific name for an animal that doesn't either run from email [email protected] his father, John. “Use, do not abuse; neither abstinence nor excess ever renders or fight its enemies is lunch.” Vinnie Fenech cell 734-693- Condolences to the family of man happy.” – Michael Friedman 4082 email vinnie@ualocal a lifetime brother, Richard –Voltaire (1694 - 1778) 671.com Beaudette, on his recent passing. June 26, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 9 Local 174 Plumbers, Pipe Fitters & Service Trades

West Michigan Plumbers, Fit- ships, this particular distribution you are no longer eligible to at- ters & Service Trades Local 174 only requires that the member tend Local Union events, such as Local 333 COOPERSVILLE – Meeting self-certify the need. The Fund meetings, picnics, awards ban- Notice: THE JULY MEETING IS is not required to independently quets and Christmas parties. Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 333 CANCELLED. After consulting corroborate the participant’s Jurisdiction: Remember to LANSING – July’s union with the executive board we have certification with medical docu- always call into the local you are meeting is CANCELLED. decided to cancel the July meet- mentation or other types of docu- traveling to. Don’t rely on any- Local 333 June 1, 2020 ing. Even if we move into the next mentation. The distribution is a one else to call in for you. They Wage Allocation: $1 per hour will phase of reopening by meeting one-time event only and must be will not get into trouble. It’s the be put on the check, $.65 per hour night, July 7, we will be limited taken in 2020. This program ap- member who is working in another as approved last year will go the to indoor gatherings of 50 or plies to only the employer contri- local who has not checked in that Pension to lower the retirement less. If we attempt to hold the bution 401k and will begin April gets into trouble. Please contact age and $.10 per hour will go to meeting outdoors we run the 20th, 2020. You will receive an Ryan Bennett if you see another the JATC as our Apprentice num- risk of bad weather and will have official notice in the mail soon. local’s contractors/members bers are at record levels to offset limited parking space. We will Sub-Pay: The board of trust- working in our jurisdiction. forecasted retirements. Due to the hold another virtual meeting on ees voted to temporarily raise the Contact Info: Please make current situation and Executive the members Facebook Group on maximum sub pay credit from $130 sure we have your updated con- Orders we will not be able to vote Tuesday, July 7 at 7pm. THE to $260 from March 23rd until the tact information. Check your info at this time. However, we will con- JULY RETIREE BREAKFAST IS end of April. To file for sub-pay, on the website or by calling Cami vene as soon as it is safe and legal ALSO CANCELLED. fill out a sub-pay form. You can at the Union office. to review and vote at that time. The Attention: This paper is to find a form on the members only Retiree Breakfast: The sta- allocation will go into effect on serve as the official notice to the section of the website under the tus of the July Retiree Breakfast June 1, 2020. membership. “forms” tab on the left hand side, is CANCELLED. If you are a re- The Local 333 scholarship COVID-19: We recently had or you can call the Union office tiree and in need of assistance application process for the 2020- an apprentice test positive for and we’ll mail or email you some. please contact the Local Union 2021 school year was delayed one COVID-19. The apprentice has Mail or fax the completed form Office. month this year due to the Covid mild symptoms and is recovering along with verification that you Metal Trades, Helpers, and 19 outbreak. Applications will be at home. It is believed that the received an unemployment pay- Trainees: Please remember that available May 1, 2020. The dead- virus was contracted on the ment to TIC. If you prefer to email if you are working as a Metal line to apply has been extended. jobsite. Please be safe while at the forms, please email them to Trades, Helper, or Trainee your Applications must be postmarked work. Remember that even Cami at [email protected] and raises are based on the day you by July 28, 2020 and in the Jack- though things are beginning to she will submit them to TIC. were first dispatched to work at son office by July 31, 2020. Mem- become more normal, the virus is PAC Cards: Since the elimi- that classification. If you are not bers may request an application still out there. nation of prevailing wage, the sure of your dispatch date, please my emailing Joni at jthomas It’s up to us to keep our- race to the bottom on wages and contact the Union office. It is up @local333.com or calling 517-784- IRON WORKERS from Local 25 and Redinger Steel set iron at the selves and each other safe. If benefits for publicly funded to you to let the Union office 1106 ext. #4 and leaving a mes- Delta Energy Center project for the Lansing Board of Water and you’re not being provided proper projects has begun. Our political know. sage. Applications will also be PPE or have any issues on your focus over the years to come will Labor Councils: - Kent Ionia available at all three offices when Light. Photo credit: Marc Crance jobsite please contact the Union be electing people who support - 3rd Wednesday of the month / offices reopen. Hall. prevailing wage and wage stan- Labor Temple 918 Benjamin / LOCAL 333 RETIREE’S Sheeet Metal Workers Condolences: Local #174 dards in general. In order to do 5:30pm GOLF OUTING HELD IN JUNE would like to offer our sincere that we need to raise our PAC Lakeshore – 3rd Thursday of IS CANCELED. Local 292, continued condolences to the family of John card participation. We currently the month / CIO Hall 490 West- LOCAL 333 PLUMBERS & (Continued from Page 6) Raap who recently passed away. have less than half of the local ern / 6pm PIPEFITTERS GOLF OUTING These classes would be for members that are ready to try and Brother Raap was initiated in contributing to our PAC. Your All members are encouraged HELD IN AUGUST IS CAN- obtain a AWS welding certification, learn how to weld, or just need to November of 1954. We would also PAC contribution DOES NOT to become active in our area La- CELED. practice welding. like to offer condolences to the COME OFF YOUR CHECK. bor Councils. Please contact a If you’re interested in taking Note: Anyone that signs up for a class, must pay a $40.00 regis- family of Jim Witte who recently When you sign the PAC card it Union Officer for details. any classes please sign up tration fee that will be refunded on the completion of the class. These passed away. Brother Witte was allows us to move money from FRINGE PLAN THIRD at www.ua333.org or call Trent or deposits are NON-Refundable if you do not show up for the classes. initiated in November of 1977. your working dues over to our PARTY ADMINISTRATOR: Diana at 517-323-0333. You can drop off the deposit between the hours of 7:00 and 3:00 at the May they both rest in peace. PAC. Please call Cami today and (TIC) PLEASE NOTE FOR ALL Apprentice school. Dave Reynolds Memorial find out if you have current PAC West Michigan Plumbers, CERTIFICATIONS: Per the UA, Call the Apprentice School at 248-589-3237, Dave’s cell 313-623- Golf Outing: The golf outing will card on file. Fitters and Service Trades Local as of January 2019, all Braze and 9390 or Quintin’s cell 248-495-6764 to reserve a spot. Remember we take place on Saturday, August Save the Dates: Union Pic- No.174 Fringe Benefit Funds Weld Certifications shall be up- must have the deposit before you scheduled in the class. 1st at The Falls at Barber Creek nic, CANCELLED; 6525 Centurion Drive dated within 120 days of their ex- Apprentice Application Notice, Sheet Metal Workers Local 292 Golf Course. Registration starts Dave Reynolds Memorial Lansing, MI 48917-9275 piration date, or you will lose your Apprentice Trust Fund. 64 Park St. Troy, Mi 48083-2752 at 8am with a shotgun start at 8:30 Golf Outing is Saturday, Aug. 1, (517) 321-7502 certifications. Check the date(s) Www.Smwl292jatc.Org am. The cost is $65 per player 8:30am Shotgun, Falls at Barber (855) 40-PLUMB, Toll Free of your Certifications, if they NOTICE OF NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY. The Appren- and MUST be paid by check or Creek; (517) 321-7508 Fax have expired please contact Diana tice Training Program operated by Sheet Metal Workers Local 292 cash at the Union Hall by July 27. November Union Meeting: BENEFITS WEBSITE: at 517.323.0333. Though we send Joint Apprenticeship and Training Committee (JATC) admits quali- Each group must have at least MONDAY Nov. 2, at 7pm westmichiganplumbers.org is out everyone’s continuities to be fied applicants without discrimination because of race, color, reli- two UA members. Medicare Retirees: Effec- the TIC website where you can renewed; between contractors, gion, national or ethnic origin, age, sex, disability (except to the ex- Local #174 Golf League: tive January 1st you are now en- check your contributions and changes in addresses and the tent that such disability actually affects the applicant’s ability to The golf league has begun, but rolled in a Humana Medicare Ad- benefit information. Click on ben- Post Office, there is plenty of work at the trade or craft), marital status, or other classification pro- you can still join. The league vantage Plan administered by efit inquiry. Your username is room for error. Ultimately it is the tected by federal, state or local law or ordinance. (You must be 18 takes place at Hickory Knoll Golf Labor First. If you have any your social security number. The member’s responsibility to make years old at the time of application.) Course in Whitehall at 5pm on questions about premium pay- password for first time users is sure their certification(s) are cur- Application must be made in person. No faxes or emailed appli- Wednesdays. The format is 2 ments contact TIC. All other K4GHB39 (case sensitive). You rent and updated. cations will be accepted!! Applications for Apprenticeship are ac- person teams. No need to RSVP, questions should be directed to will then be prompted to create a Weld Test (Second Tuesday cepted all year every business day. just bring a partner and show up Labor First. permanent password. of the Month) Weld Test are All applications must be filed in person at the Training Center the first night. If you have any Short Term Disability: The Forms: The forms for Dollar scheduled each month. (Unless and a copy of your High School diploma, or GED certificate, along questions contact Ryan Bennett. Local #174 Board of Trustees re- Bank Reimbursement and Sub lack of participants) with a picture ID must be submitted with the application or it will not Labor Day Events Can- cently voted to increase the Pay are on the www.ua174.org If your Med-Gas Installer is be accepted. At the time of filing you will be registered for a written celled: Unfortunately, as we navi- short-term disability amount from website under the Members Only going to expire within the next few test at Macomb Community College, at a cost of $60 (Non-Members gate these uncertain times the LPC $300 per week to $400 per week. section and Forms and Links tab. months please sign up on our Only) which you must pay at time of testing. Cash only will be ac- has decided to cancel the Wild This increase will be effective Contract Requirements: website to take the renewal class. cepted. If you have any questions, call Dave at (313) 623-9390 or visit Game Dinner and the Labor Day September 30th, 2019. Please remember Section 5.7 of Med-Gas new certification: www.smwl292jatc.org for more information. Parade for 2020. This was not Local #174 Gear: We have our collective bargaining agree- Please sign up online on our an easy decision, but with the un- setup an online store with apparel ment states, “Persons called from website or contact the training certainty of COVID-19 we as a through Trophy House in the unemployed list will report to center. SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY committee feel it is the respon- Muskegon. You can order and work with a UA/WMMCA issued Adopt-A-Highway sible thing to do. Labor Fest in pay online and either pick up the drug card.” Section 18.5 states, Battle Creek: July 18, 2020 REPRESENTING BUILDING TRADES Grand Rapids is also canceled. merchandise or pay to have it “…employees…shall be required Volunteers will meet at 9am, at the Family Picnic Canceled: shipped. There is a link on our to maintain the following Safety Quality Inn, 11081 Michigan Ave. The Picnic Committee has recom- website, ua174.org. You can also Training Certifications: First Aid/ E, Battle Creek. Please contact BROTHERS & SISTERS OVER 25 YEARS mended cancellation of this go to www.trophyhouse- CPR, Bloodborne Pathogens and Todd Scarbrough at (616) 893- year’s family picnic. It is unlikely brands.com/online-stores/local- OSHA 10.” Please make sure you 5354 to sign up. BIESKE & ASSOCIATES that a gathering of that size will 174/ to order. You can also find a are in compliance with our agree- Jackson: Road construction be allowed by July. We want to link in the members Facebook ment. will cancel Adopt-A-Highway Many people are wrongly make sure to protect the health group. They will print the ap- Out of work list: Please re- this summer. rejected when they apply for of our members and especially parel once they receive twenty member to call extension 17 when Lansing Adopt-A-High- Social Security Disability our retirees. orders and contact you once your you are laid off. You must call way: July 18, 2020, Volunteers benefits. Money was taken out Dues: The UA and Local order is ready. line 17 to be put on the avail- will meet at 8 am, at the Crowne of their paychecks for Social #174 are providing monthly dues Dispatch: We will be split- able-to-work list. When you Plaza Lansing West, 925 South Security taxes to ensure that relief to those members not work- ting up the dispatch responsibili- leave a message, please speak Creyts Road, Lansing, MI they would receive disability ing due to COVID-19. ties between the business agent clearly. Any member who goes 48917. Please contact Jordon benefits if they could no longer •Beginning in April any mem- and the assistant business man- to work without a referral is in Grove at (517) 896-9434 to sign- work full-time. Sadly, the ber working in the trade who ager positions. Each person will violation of our Collective Bar- up or if you have questions. government denies approxi- works 40 hours or less in the prior be on dispatch for 2 weeks. There gaining Agreement and Article Sincere condolences to the mately 60% of those who apply month will be given credit for one is a dispatch email: dispatch@- XXXI of our Constitution and family and friends of Lansing for disability benefits. month’s dues. ua174.org which both offices By-Laws. Please contact the member, Dieter Born who passed Attorneys J.B. Bieske • Eligibility will be determined have access to. There is a dis- Union Hall to find out your po- away May 19, 2020. and Jennifer Alfonsi have off the previous month’s em- patch phone extension that will sition on the out of work list. Our deepest sympathy to 42 years combined experience representing only Social Security disability clients. And they personally meet ployer contribution list. switch between the two offices Union Hall extension num- Sandy Freeman wife of Battle with all clients and appear themself at all court hearings. Many large firms •Each month you are eligible, depending on who is on dis- bers: Ryan Bennett Business Creek member Don Freeman, who assign inexperienced attorneys to your case. And some of these firms are one month’s dues credit will be patch. The dispatch schedule for Manager ext:12, Nathan Phillips passed away June 20, 2020. Don located thousands of miles away and only fly the attorney in the day of the added to your account. There the next month will be as follows: Assistant Business Manager ext. was a pipefitter for the local and court hearing. Attorneys Bieske and Alfonsi have vast experience before local will also be no reinstatement fees retired April 1, 2010. Our thoughts Nathan Phillips (616) 916- 13, Jason Finch Business Agent Michigan judges. assessed. 0667: 6/29/2020 to 7/12/2020 ext.14, Chris Pelton Organizer and prayer are with you and your Attorneys Bieske and Alfonsi can often make a winning difference at the • This program will continue Jason Finch (231) 670-4482: ext.15, Lisa Johnson Accounting family during this sorrowful time. application stage. And, if an appeal is necessary they have won several on a month by month basis as 7/12/2020 to 7/26/2020 Manager 11, Cami Burris Admin- hundred cases before a court date is even set. determined by the UA. New insurance carriers: istrative Assistant ext. 10, Train- Local 174 cont’d Those denied can appeal on their own but statistics for many years reveal • You will still be expelled if Active and NON Medicare Retir- ing Dept: Jeff Rumsey ext. 16, months and have questions re- that those represented by attorneys win a much higher percentage of appeals. you are more than 6 months in ees: Nicole Shumaker ext. 30. garding recertification, please And attorneys who specialize in Social Security Disability cases win a much arrears. Aetna: (888) 290-7241 Training News: contact the Training Office. higher percentage yet. 401K Withdrawal: The re- Save-Rx: (800) 228-3108 ANNOUNCEMENT: Con- Many certifications have ex- In addition to practicing only Social Security disability law attorney cently enacted CARES Act allows Medicare Retirees Labor First: gratulations to Chris White on tended grace periods on expira- Bieske has written a book for attorneys about the subject and has been the 401k Plan to adopt a special (616) 345-0788 fulfilling his apprenticeship obli- tion dates. interviewed on various television programs. Both attorney Bieske and Alfonsi in-service distribution for partici- Organizing Update: Please gations and becoming Local 174’s FIRST AID: First Aid/CPR/ have also been interviewed on radio programs and have given speeches to pants who are diagnosed with contact Chris Pelton if you know most recent journeyman! BBP class will be the second many groups. COVID-19, whose spouse or of any jobsites with a non-union We are happy to announce Thursday of the month, from 5-9 Attorneys Bieske and Alfonsi offer free phone or office consultation. If child is diagnosed with COVID - plumbing or mechanical contrac- that the Training Center will re- p.m. The next classes will be held they represent you, there will be no fee charged until after the case is 19, or who are experiencing eco- tor or if you are interested in ac- open to daytime as well as night- on Thursday, July 9 and Thurs- wonwon. The fee is a percentage of retroactive benefits. nomic hardship as a result of the tively assisting with our organiz- time training on Monday, June 15. day, August 13, 2020. Bieske and Alfonsi represent clients from all over the state of Michigan. pandemic. This distribution can ing efforts. There are plenty of If you were enrolled in a night Due to the current indoor They maintains offices in Sterling Heights, Livonia, Southgate and Novi. Call be up to $100k, is not subject to opportunities available, ranging class at the time the Training Cen- social distancing restrictions, we them at 1-800-331-3530 for a free consultation if you have been denied, or the ordinary 10% excise tax, and from a one-day ride-along with a ter was required to shut down, are unable to start open welding. if you are thinking of possibly applying for Social Security benefits. the income tax from the distribu- Business Agent or Organizer all you will be contacted with infor- Please contact Jeff or Nicole tion can be spread out over a 3- the way up to full blown salting. mation on completing the class to sign up for classes or if you •ONLY SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CASES year period. Individuals receiv- Dues: Please keep your you were enrolled in. Additional have questions. Call the training ing such a distribution may also monthly window dues current. night classes will be added in to office •WE WILL PERSONALLY REPRESENT YOU repay the distribution over 3-year You can find your dues balance the schedule slowly. @(616)837-0222 x16 (Jeff) / •OUR FEE PAID AFTER YOU WIN period, in which case they will not on the website or by calling the If you have a certification Nicole @(616)837-0222 x30. be subject to income tax on what Union office. Remember that if that has expired in the last few Or via text Jeff (231)923-8140 they repay. Unlike other hard- you are expelled from the UA that (Continued next column) / Nicole (231)206-4213. www.ssdfighter.com 10 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN June 26, 2020 Local 85 Local 636 Plumbers Pipe Fitters, Plumbers & Steam Fitters, Local 98 Steamfitters Refrigeration & pay your 2020 Union dues, these Air Conditioning Plumbers 98 cards are good for 2020, 2021 and Service DETROIT - Membership of 2022. Plumbers Local 98, Don’t miss out on our agree- Brothers and Sisters, your ment with the Detroit Land Bank Plumbers and Steamfitters 85 Pipe Fitters 636 officers and myself are in hope Authority. Local 98 members can BAY CITY – All Union Meetings are postponed until further DETROIT – It has not been determined yet if there will be a this letter find you and your fam- purchase home or building in the notice. Currently we have canceled June Meeting. We will make July Union Meeting. A decision will be made by the next reporting ily well. Land Banks Holdings for half the decisions on all future meetings including July as we get closer. article. SPECIAL CALLED MEET- list cost. Go to www. We encourage members to do as much of their business as they The Hall will be Re-Opening on July 13, 2020 to all foot traffic. ING: July 16th at 7pm for the pur- buildingdetroit.org to see what can by phone, email and fax. We will adhere to social distancing Masks are REQUIRED. Dues payments or SUB transactions can still pose of wage allocation and ap- this is about or contact the hall practices. SUB checks will continue to be mailed ONLY. We will be be done via email or by phone. SUB email is [email protected] proval will be held at the UFCW for details. available by phone and email anytime for your convenience. Please The Union Hall will be closed Friday July 3, 2020 to recognize the 876 (Food Workers next door). It -In Brotherhood, Carlo utilize the phone numbers and email addresses listed below. July 4th Holiday. may not look like a normal meet- Castiglione Business Manager ALL NON-CRITICAL INTERACTIONS is cancelled until fur- The “early start 5 week boot camp” Apprentice class has re- ing but we will do our best to sup- Plumbers Local 98 ther notice. Please utilize email and phone calls whenever possible. sumed as of June 1, 2020. They have 2 weeks remaining to complete ply you with current information Condolences to the friends Below is a list of main contacts for the hall: their 5 week program, then they will be ready to be dispatched to and allow you to regain some and family of the following who Justin Pomerville, Business Manager (989) 799-5261 x 13 work. The Training Center will be open for all classes as of June sense of normality. You will need have passed away: Romaine Har- [email protected] 15th 2020. to wear masks and keep social ris, Thomas Doyle, Donald Jamie Badour, Business Agent (989) 799-5261 x 15 The Leadership of Local 636 is doing their best to balance the distancing to attend. I do not rec- Doyan, Charles Doyle, Rick [email protected] concerns of our members in regards to their health with the concerns ommend any one with a possible Schoenherr, Dennis Dolan, Don Tim Danielak, Business Agent (989) 799-5261 x 14 of the health of our Union, Trust Funds and Industry. We encourage compromised immune system or Williams, Larry Zinberg [email protected] everyone to fill calls we are receiving for jobs where all the OSHA older members to attempt to at- Hanging Up Their Bibs: Clint Steele, Business Agent (231) 499-7330 regulations working safely are being followed. These jobs must be tend Berrnie Kulka, Mitch Conn, [email protected] filled. If the hours are not worked by our members they will be worked The job site return to work Preston Banks, Don Baloh, Bobby Anderson, Organizer (989) 799-5261 x 12 by travelers, which doesn’t help our Union or our Trust Funds as the guidelines are published on the Randy Johnson, Dan Chaffin, Tim [email protected] money is sent to the traveler’s home local. In situations where a Mi. Department of Labor and McCabe, Frank McMahon, Paul Kristin Tuthill, Office Professional (989) 799-5261 x 11 member doesn’t have COVID, isn’t caring for someone with COVID Economic opportunity web site Earforth. We thank you for your [email protected] or eligible under any of the other relaxed rules of the State of MI for the State of Michigan. Please hard work and Commitment to our Feather Reige, Office Professional (989) 799-5261 x 10 regarding unemployment benefits; we ask that you to take available take some time to review these local, we wish you the best in [email protected] work, and it is your choice if you do not, but please understand SUB before returning to work. your future. The next Northern Meeting is postponed until further notice. benefits will not be paid in these instances where traveler fitters are Due to our compliance with All Retiree Meetings: Can- I truly and sincerely hope all of our UA Local 85 families are dispatched. Mayor Duggan’s STEP program, celled. healthy and staying well. God Bless Organized Labor. Also it is your responsibility as a member to report when you we have been given access to free Detroit Plumbers Local 98 Please check the ualocal85.org or our Facebook page for the return to work, not the contractors. So please call the Hall and Covi-19 testing to all Local 98 Scholarship Fund Golf outing will most up-to-date information. speak to the Business Agent on dispatch to report your return to members at the old State Fair be held Saturday August 8th at The new website is up and running. Please check out work date. Grounds on Woodward and 8 mile Oakridge/Marsh Oaks Golf Club. www.ualocal85.org. Click on Local 85 Members to access members Worker Assistance Program: Work Life Strategies, LLC are avail- in Detroit. Prior to going you must For tickets or sponsorship infor- only information. Login information is username: first initial with full able to our members and their families to provide personal counsel- call for an appointment at 313- mation call Jon DeRoo at the hall. last name. Password is 00 with your UA Card Number. If you should ing services and when needed, referral to other professionals. Call 230-0505. No doctor’s note is Workers Assistance Pro- have any difficulties logging in, please call Kristin or Feather at (989) 313-580-6887 to talk with a counselor for issues relating to grief, alco- needed, they will ask you for a gram: I personally can’t tell you 799-5261 ext. 11 or 10. hol or drug addiction, anxiety, depression and marital/relationship code and ours is 289488PL. This how lucky we are to have Work The new Facebook page is live. If you are currently on the Local issues. is free and zero co-pay. life Strategies, LLC, they are Eighty-Five Facebook account, invites were sent to have you join Work Life also provides referrals for attorneys who specialize in Our auto plants as well as available to our members and the new site. UA Local 85 page is our public Facebook account. UA bankruptcy, divorce, child custody and criminal defense. In addition construction sites are up and run- their families to provide personal Local 85 Members Group is our new members only Facebook. On this to this, Work Life can help you access governmental resource when ning again. If you are asked to do counseling services and when page, we will have important messages and reminders specific to our there are issues of consumer rights, child disability educational rights any pre-hire safety of any type needed referrals to profession- membership. Please like both and let us know what you think. and credit/debtor rights. Consultations with Work Life Strategies are prior to entering the plant on your als in Recovery and Relation- GOD BLESS ORGANIZED LABOR AND THE LABOR MOVE- a service paid for by the Insurance Fund. Referrals to outside profes- own time that is not acceptable, ship/Divorce Support Groups/ MENT! sionals, if needed, will be paid for according to the current health care you must be reimbursed for your Child Custody/Criminal De- Training Center News: UA Local Union 85’s day school is back plan benefits. time. fense. This program is not only to business as usual staring June 15, 2020. We will continue to moni- CJ Harrison would like all our members to know that she is still If you are not supplied any for medical and/or personal is- tor COVID-19, with any spike in positive cases in our jurisdiction, the available by phone during these uncertain times, she is working from PPE or feel the job is not address- sues, they also can steer you thru schooling will be postponed. Night classes will be still on hold until home doing phone conferences which is still beneficial to all our ing these issues you have the governmental resources with any further notice. Please contact Feather at (989) 799-5261 ext. 10 with members and their families. You can contact her @ 313-580-6887. right to call your agent and leave consumer rights or child disabil- any JATC questions, comments or concerns. Safety and wellbeing of The 14th Annual UA Retiree Golf Outing will be held on Monday the job. We have established an ity and much more. Please don’t our members will always be our first priority. July 20, 2020 at Sanctuary Lake Golf Club in Troy, MI. We will begin anonymous safety hotline call in hesitate and call C.J. Harrison at Congratulations to our newest Journeymen Thomas Westphal with an 8:00am shotgun start, 4 man scramble. Still only $50.00 per number for our locals 98, 636 Work Life Strategies at 313-580- and Eric Schmidt. person for 18 holes of golf with cart, snack at the turn and buffet members and our Contractors to 6887 for an appointment. SUB Fund: dinner. Prizes to be dispersed immediately following dinner. It is lim- investigate any lack of protection Out of Work List Changes/ Print Unemployment Payment History located underneath the ited to 72 players so be aware that it is on a first come, first serve or wrong doing by the owners we SUB Pay. All working members Certification Tab when logged into your MiWAM account. Deadline basis. To purchase tickets, please contact Frank Grammatico @ all work for, the number is 313- will be required to complete a SUB for submittals is noon on Thursday in order to receive a check that 586-913-7145. 340-7339. application within 48 hours of Friday. Checks will be mailed out on Friday. No in person pickups Due to COVID-19 Pipefitters 636 is sad to announce that the The Union Hall will be open their lay-off on-line or in person allowed. If a holiday falls on a Friday, checks will be issued on Thurs- Pipefitters 47th Annual Golf Outing has been cancelled. Anyone only to essential foot traffic on to ensure placement on the Out day and deadline will be moved up to Wednesday by noon. looking for information regarding a Refund please contact Lance Pesci July 13. Please use the West en- of Work List. If you are out of Where to submit documents: Address: UA Local Union 85 SUB, at 248-939-3421 trance until further notice, masks work due to Disability or Work- P.O. Box 6547, Saginaw, MI 48608 Fax: (989) 791-3468 Email: Pipefitters 636 would like to extend our deepest condolences to and gloves are required. ers Compensation, please contact [email protected] the family of Brother Retiree Donald Moore who passed away June Until further notice E-Board Jon DeRoo first at 248-762-9238 SUB Application for Benefits: Must be on file in order to receive 16, 2020. Brother Donald was the father of Brother Christopher Moore meetings are slowly getting un- than BeneSys at 248-813-9800 to SUB Check. Available at the Hall. and was the son of Retiree Brother Hershel Moore. And to the family derway, if you need to contact or verify your continued Insurance 90 Day Rule: The weeks you are claiming must be submitted of Brother James Coleman whose mother Ruth passed away June 14, see the board please call V.P. Jim eligibility. within 90 days of the first Monday following the week in which you 2020. Cools at 734-307-9841. Retiree TRAINING CENTER are eligible to receive a State benefit per the Plan Documents. The Retiree Association meeting for the month of June has meetings are still cancelled. NEWS. Phone # 248-585-1435 Taxes: There are no taxes taken out of SUB Fund Checks, how- been cancelled. The election has been postponed until further no- I repeat The Union Hall and Check out The Training ever they are taxable wages and you will receive a W-2 at the end of tice. our Training Center have been Center’s website www.Plumbers the year. If you want taxes withheld from your SUB Fund Check, Any member who is Retiring contact Benesys @ 248-813-9800 shut down to all unnecessary 98tc.org. please indicate the dollar amount for Federal and State on each SUB for your Retirement paperwork or if you want to meet with the Fi- foot traffic, that does not mean The Apprenticeship Appli- submittal. nancial Secretary Treasurer, please give him a 7 to 10 day notice so the officers cannot be reached or cation process is closed until fur- NOTE TO ALL MEMBERS: that he can get all of your paperwork in order. center can’t be used. ther notice. Address & Phone Update: Please call the Union Hall to update New Quarterly ending June 30, 2020 UA Password is: USA In the meantime, any perti- As the COVID-19 restric- any address or phone number changes at (989) 799-5261 ext. 10. Canada Strong nent information can be found on tions begin to relax the Training Beneficiary Cards: Please call the Union Hall for any changes in Dues: If you do not pay your Dues by the end of each quarter. our new web page, a whole list of Center is open and slowly return- beneficiary information at (989) 799-5261 ext. 10. After 2 quarters go unpaid you will then be Expelled and have to be information is now available to ing to normal operations. We will Email Addresses: Please email [email protected] to update Re-Initiated and pay a $200 Re-Initiation fee. you under the member only sec- begin journey plumber upgrade email addresses. Defined Contribution Pension Plan: For those members who tion. https://ualocal98.com classes as soon as we are able. Website Address: Please visit www.ualocal85.org. use the Voice Response Unit, VRU to obtain balance information and You now can fill out sub Please call Paul Baker at 248-585- Insurance: When you are working out of another Local’s juris- transfers funds in your Defined Contribution Pension, the number apps electronically, this now can 1435 ext. 123 if you have any diction it may take up to 90 days for your Insurance and Pension to has changed. The new number for the VRU is 877-410-9984. Plan be found on the web page. questions. be reciprocated back to Local 85, which may cause problems with provider number is 7526. The new Out of work list ASSE Backflow Repairer your Health Insurance. ALWAYS SAVE YOUR CHECK STUBS and You can now login to your Defined Contribution account on the available to access there as well, Certification - ** Prerequisite: fax them in to the hall at 989-791-3468 with the local you are working Local’s website. Just click on the “Defined Contribution login here just follow the instructions on the Must hold a current ASSE 5110 out of indicated. We will fax them down to BeneSys to keep your tab” and it will take you to the BeneSys login page. The Defined top of the web page. Backflow Tester Certification. Insurance up to date. Contribution website is www.yourplanaccess.com/benesys. All in- If you’re still having unem- Class begins 8/18/2020. Call RETIREE LUNCHEON: All retirees’ luncheons are postponed quiries. ployment issues call BA’s Gary Training Center for full schedule. until further notice. Please check the ualocal85.org or Facebook for Are you “Work Ready”? Have any of your safety modules ex- Glaser or Tom McWilliams. Pre-pay by check only to hold all up to date information. pired? Is your Drug Test current? Check your report card at If you’re looking to retire or your spot before the deadline 7/ CONDOLENCES: We extend our condolences to the family of mustbsafe.org and if it is time for renewal call the Training Center need help with Benesys call Jon 31/2020. Richard Schram who passed away on June 9, 2020. 248-585-0636 and they will register you. Be “ready” when the calls DeRoo or myself, the union hall ASSE Backflow Tester Re- We extend our condolences to the family of Steven Stemkowski come in. Safety modules and drug tests are paid for by the Contrac- phone # of 248-307-9800 will di- Certification exams are sched- who passed away on June 13, 2020. tors Association. WHEN YOU STAY CURRENT WITH YOUR rect dial our cells, agents Larry uled quarterly. Please be sure to Remember you all are essential to me. SAFETY MODULES, DRUG TEST AND FIRST AID, YOU WILL Delehant and Wade Kovach are check your expiration date, it is Justin M. Pomerville QUALIFY FOR FUTURE BONUS PAYMENTS. there to help as well. now required that you complete Business Manager/Financial Secretary Financial Planning: Call Jason May at Morgan Stanley 248- Any Must/Most, upgrades, your update class prior to your Local Union 85 258-1750 for assistance and consultation relating to your Defined continuities or letters of certifi- expiration. For those who are eli- Contribution Investments. He will help with a total financial plan if cations will still be taken care of gible, please call the Training requested. Services are paid for by the Defined Contribution Pen- by Paul Baker 248-585-1435, our Center to register and pre-pay by Plumbers Local 98, continued sion Fund. Officers at 248-307-9800. check only before the deadline January 1 - December 31, 2020 to **Be sure to take the Construc- Recovery Support Group: Pipe Dreamers, a Peer Support Recov- It’s that time again for your June 19, 2020. The next scheduled be eligible for the $80.00 reim- tion Safety courses; not the ery group for ongoing recovery from substance abuse and addiction 2020 Plumbing License Re- recertification class is July 21 & bursement. General Industry courses. meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 4:30pm at the newal, it can be done ONLINE 22, 2020. OSHA Training - OSHA 10, It is each member’s indi- office of “Work Life Strategies” 26789 Woodward Avenue, Suite 3105, ONLY! For detailed instructions If your brazing or welding available as on an online class vidual responsibility to keep all Huntington Woods 48070. Call 248-545-8301 for details or any ques- and requirements, please visit certs are ready to expire, call to for $25 at www.careersafe their Certifications current. tions you may have. www.michigan.gov/bcc. Or call schedule an appointment. The online.com. This OSHA 10 class If the person you are trying Also, a Relations/Divorce Support Group meet on the second 98’s training Center and they will next is not affiliated with the UA or to reach at the Training Center is and fourth Thursday of the month at 6pm. assist you. We have currently WELDING Tests will be Sat- our Training Center. OSHA 10 unavailable, please leave a mes- Worker Assistance Program: Work Life Strategies, LLC are frozen taking applications for our urday, July 11, 2020. You must call and 30 Hour Training is also sage to ensure we can return your available to our members and their families to provide personal coun- apprenticeship classes until fur- to schedule your welding tests offered online through the call. We attempt to return all mes- seling services and when needed, referral to other professionals. Call ther notice. at least 3 days prior to the class. MUST website. sages by the end of the business 248-545-8301 to talk to a counselor for issues relating to grief, alcohol We are looking for Residen- The next BRAZING Cert Ses- Go to www.mustonline.org. day. and or drug addiction, bankruptcy, financial management, marital, tial and Service Plumbers at this sions will be Friday, July 10, 2020. depression, legal and family counseling. Consultations with Work time, it will be a great chance to Please note: All members must be “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a Life Strategies are a service paid for by the Insurance Fund. Referrals expand and grow again as many dressed appropriately to be in the man's character, give him power.” to outside professionals, if needed, will be paid for according to the members are looking to retire. So, shop area. –Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) current health care plan benefits. if you know anyone working non- 2020 Course Hour reim- Training Center News. Call Kim at the training center for first union or is a past member that bursement forms are now avail- “The truth does not change according to our ability to stom- aid online class. may be interested in us. Have able at the Training Center. You ach it.” Please send all emails and weld continuity’s to them call 98’s Organizer Rob must have 8 hours (approved –Flannery O'Connor (1925 - 1964) [email protected] Moses on his cell phone 248-763- hours credited may vary from ac- WELDING – 4pm to 8pm. Regular night welding will begin July “He who learns but does not think, is lost! He who thinks but 2187. tual hours attended) of verifiable 6th from 4 pm to 8 pm on Mondays, and Thursdays. Cost is $50 for 40 does not learn is in great danger.” The new U.A. Union cards approved classes/training from hours. –Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC) are available at the hall when you (Continued next column) June 26, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 11

Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

Local 514 credit for 12 months. An entire Cement Masons BAC Local 2 year for half the price!! WARREN/LANSING – We UPDATE - BAC LOCAL 2’S & Plasterers take the COVID-19 outbreak seri- TRAINING CENTERS. Both Lo- ously and recognize the impor- cal 2 Training Centers have re- Operative Plasterers and Cement tance of minimizing the spread of opened to our members but vis- Masons Local 514 the virus. So, its to our offices should be sched- DETROIT – The monthly while we con- uled by appointment. Please con- membership meeting for June is tinue to provide tact our Training Centers at the cancelled. The Apprenticeship services to our numbers listed below for an ap- training center is closed until fur- members, any pointment for annual RESPIRA- ther notice. The Local continues visits to our of- TOR FIT TESTS and other ser- to be closed to foot traffic, how- IN FRONT OF ELMER’S Country Market are supporters of the lunch for Elmer’s Country Market fices should be vices. ever we are still providing ser- employees. Pictured are (l-r) Upper Peninsula Construction Council Executive Director Tony scheduled by DETROIT IMI TRAINING vices to our members during Retaskie, Plumbers and Pipe Fitters Local 111 Business Manager Dean Gutzman, MBCTC Busi- appointment. If CENTER: To make your appoint- these times. Please call the office ness Rep. Ryan Stern, Michigan Painters District Council 1M Business Rep. Travis Carey, Elmer’s you have any ment for your annual RESPIRA- (248) 548-0800 or any agent with owner Mike Dagenias, Carpenters Local 1510 Business Rep. Mike Parrett, Local 111 Business CHUCK questions, TOR FIT TEST or for other your questions or concerns. Stay Agent, Scott Pendergraft, and Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2 Business Rep. John KUKAWKA please contact scheduled appointments at the safe!! Kleiber. either the War- Metro Detroit Training Center, Lance Ryan is now the new ren office at (586) 754-0888 or the please contact Tom Ward directly Plasterer Business Agent, if you Buying lunch for some important workers Lansing office at (517) 886-9781. at (734) 552-7066. have any questions for him please The health and well-being of TMT RELATED TRAINING call (586) 615-1564. DURING THE COVID-19 crisis not all workers who have been deemed “essential” toil in the health our members and their families CLASSES. STAY TUNED FOR 2020 is a very important elec- care industry. The Upper Peninsula Building Trades as well as the Upper Peninsula Construction and continuity of service to our THE SOON TO BE RELEASED tion year! We are encouraging Council teamed up, again, to recognize employees of a vital store in Escanaba, Elmer’s Country members is our highest priority. SCHEDULE FOR TMT RTI every member who has not regis- Market, by buying lunch for their 150 employees on June 18. The store, the largest grocery outside Please visit our website for up- CLASSES. tered to vote to do so. You can of the local Walmart, has stayed open 24 hours a day during the pandemic and kept its people dates: www.bricklayers.org METRO DETROIT AP- register at any Secretary of State working while serving the community. Michigan Building Trades Council U.P. Business Rep. Ryan JULY 2020 CHAPTER PRENTICE WORKSHEETS office. Stern said Elmer’s has also allowed UP building trades gatherings in its parking lot, and has MEETINGS AVAILABLE FOR DOWN- It is important for all mem- consistently hired local construction contractors. “For the community it’s a very important store, METRO DETROIT CHAP- LOAD: Turning in monthly bers to keep the Local updated and their people work hard at what they do, so this is our way of expressing our appreciation,” Stern TER: Tuesday, July 07, 2020 at worksheets is a requirement of on addresses, email and phone said. 7:00 PM, 21031 Ryan Road, War- your apprenticeship. Metro De- numbers. If you need to change ren, MI 48091 troit Apprentice Worksheets are an address or add an email and ANN ARBOR CHAPTER: available for download at http:// phone number please call the Tuesday, July 07, 2020 at 7:30 PM, bit.ly/Apprentice_Worksheets. Local at (248) 548-0800. 8225 Dexter-Chelsea Road, Dex- If you do not have a printer you Lawrence Nemeth is now the ter, MI 48130 can pick them up during our new Apprenticeship Coordina- FLINT CHAPTER: Wednes- monthly meeting or contact Tom tor; he can be reached at (313) day, July 01, 2020 at 7:30 PM, 1701 Ward at (586) 757-6668 to request 350-0389. W Genesee Street, Lapeer, MI them by mail. For more informa- Attention all Apprentices 48446 tion on the Detroit Training Cen- now you will need to go to the HOUGHTON CHAPTER: ter visit: detroittroweltrades.org website: www.micementplasterer Thursday, July 16, 2020 at 7:30 LANSING TRAINING CEN- training.com to enter your work PM, 37737 Highway 26, Toivola, TER: To make your appointment hours. When you get to the MI 49965 for your annual RESPIRATOR website click the link “About” and KALAMAZOO CHAPTER: FIT TEST or for other scheduled then click on “Apprentice Thursday, July 09, 2020at 6:00 appointments at the Lansing monthly work form instructions”. PM, 11847 Shaver Road, Training Center, please contact You will be able to put in your Schoolcraft, MI 49087 Howard Hipes directly at (517) hours so Larry can keep track for LANSING CHAPTER: 749-1102. your raises. Any questions Monday, July 13, 2020 at 6:00 PM, Go to https://www. please feel free to contact Larry 3321 Remy Drive, Lansing, MI michiganbricklayers.org to view with any questions you might 48906 the Lansing Apprenticeship and have. MARQUETTE CHAPTER: Training website and register fu- Effective September, 2018 Monday, July 20, 2020 at 7:00 PM, ture 2020 online training classes. every member in Good Standing READY TO SERVE: Shown in a back room at Elmer’s Country Market (l-r) are owner Mike 119 S Front Street, Marquette, MI MEMBERSHIP ASSIS- will only be allowed to use the Dagenais, MBCTC Business Rep. Ryan Stern, Upper Peninsula Construction Council Executive 49855 TANCE: During this COVID-19 Hall twice per year, also effective Director Tony Retaskie and store general manager Rod Stende. SAGINAW CHAPTER: pandemic, the IUBAC Member January, 2019 there will be a Tuesday, July 28, 2020 at 7:00 PM, Assistance Program has a num- $100.00 refundable deposit re- Cement Masons 514, continued 1300 W. Thomas Street, Bay City, ber of services available for free quired for any cleaning and/or MI 48706 or at a discounted rate to BAC damages that may incur. your annuity fund status at the 645-6550 with any related ques- cerning your pension benefits, TRAVERSE CITY CHAP- members and their families. These Miller Cohen PLC is extend- Wells Fargo website. You may tions. ROAD BUILDERS can call: Toll TER: Wednesday, July 15, 2020 confidential services can be seen ing an invitation to our members do so by logging on to: PLASTERERS AND CE- Free at 1-877-876-9357 or (517) at 7:00 PM at the American Le- at http://bit.ly/MAP-BAC and are to participate in free Estate Plan- www.retirement.wellsfargo.com MENT MASONS It is your re- 321-7502. PLASTERERS’ AND gion Post #35, 1231 Hastings also available via telephone at ning Seminar. Learn about Wills, or call (866) 640-5138, you can sponsibility to fill out reciproc- COMMERCIAL CEMENT MA- Street, Traverse City, MI 49686 (888) 880-8222 and ask for mem- Trust, Durable Power of Attor- also call the fund office at (248) ity forms if you plan on work- SONS can call: (248) 645-6550 for CRAFTWORKERS bership assistance Monday - Fri- ney, and Medical Power of Attor- (Continued next column) ing out of the local 514 area. pension and annuity, and Toll NEEDED: If you are available for day 8 am-8 pm. These services ney, and Guardian Designation. This will insure that your hours Free 1-877-876-9357. work, it is important to contact were established and are intended Contact the Union Hall if inter- ‘Unionize’ a dirty are sent back to your home All Plasterers and Cement your Field Representative on their to help get us through difficult ested and a date will be sched- fund. If you have any ques- Masons can contact (517) 321- cell phone. We are looking for life situations. uled for the free Seminar. word on Facebook tions, or need any forms, please 7502 for health & welfare infor- experienced Craftworkers in all of FACEBOOK: “Like” Local If you are a Military Veteran contact the Local. mation now through Outstate our trades: Bricklayers, Caulkers, #2 on Facebook “Bricklayers & please contact the Local so we app, AFL-CIO Please make sure your benefi- Michigan Trowel Trades Blue Masonry Restoration Workers, Allied Craftworkers Union, Local can update our records. Please ciary information is up to date. Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan. Cement Masons, Tile, Marble and 2 of Michigan.” call (248) 548-0800. demands change Any changes to your beneficia- For the INTERNATIONAL PEN- Terrazzo Workers. Those who are E-MAIL ADDRESS: Local The Local’s new website is ries can be made at the Local. SION Call 1-888-880-8222 Toll interested should contact either #2 wants to use every means pos- now up and running!! Please go SAN JOSE, Calif. (PAI) – If you have questions con- Free or (202) 638-1996. the Warren office (586) 754-0888 sible to communicate with you. to www.opcmiami.org. Facebook has apparently backed or the Lansing office (517) 886- In an effort to accomplish this O.P.C.M.I.A. Local 514 has a down from encouraging firms 9781. Tell anyone who is doing please submit your address by satellite office in Flint, Michigan. using its office management app, $2,000 Signing Bonus for our work, that we are looking for sending an e-mail to information We welcome Member and Con- Facebook Workplace, to ban the craftworkers! @bricklayers.org and in the sub- tractors in the Flint area to handle word “unionize.” SIGNING BONUS FOR ject line place “Local #2 e-mail their business transactions at: The ban was used as an ex- Skilled BAC Craftworkers! SKILLED CRAFTWORKERS: address” then type your name, 2630 Grand Traverse, Flint, MI ample in an internal company Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2 MI is offering Local 2 will pay up to $2,000 as a phone number and e-mail ad- 48503. Appointments may be memo telling customers such as up to a $2,000 Signing Bonus for Skilled Craftworkers. Our Signing Bonus for skilled dress in the body of the commu- made by contacting Business Walmart – which is notorious for Members who refer them will get the same bonus if they stay craftworkers who come to work nication. Agent Mike Stanfield at (517) its hatred of unions and workers working for our contractors! for one of our Union Contractors PENSION AND HEALTH 719-2316, or the Business Man- rights – Discovery Communica- Our Contractors have immediate opening for Skilled Brick- for at least a month. Also, Local INSURANCE INFORMATION: ager Henry Williams at (313) 215- tions, Starbucks and the layers, Masonry Restoration Workers, Caulkers, Cement Fin- 2 members working with the tools Bricklayers Metro Detroit Local 5063. Singapore government how to ishers, Tile, Marble and Terrazzo Workers! and non-supervisory members Pension Fund (248) 641-4954 Members working for non- use the app. For more information about our Signing Bonus Program can get a Finders Referral Bo- Detroit & Vicinity Health In- signatory commercial contractors The Intercept found out and our need for Skilled Craftworkers, go to: nus for each new skilled surance (Brick, Cement and TMT) are having a negative impact on about the memo, since the app www.bricklayers.org and click on the Signing Bonus page! craftworker who they refer, if they (800) 435-4080 or (248) 828-6000 our market share. The work fore- includes Facebook features like work for at least a month for our (dvtt.org) cast this year looks better than its newsfeed, its groups and its Union Contractors. For more de- MI BAC Health & Welfare last. Members working non- chat. That led the AFL-CIO to tails and information, call your and MI BAC Pension (800) 531- union will be brought up on demand Facebook back down. Apprentices Needed! Field Representative or either the 2244 (outstate funds, michigan charges and fines will be en- Facebook CEO Mark Free Training for Warren office (586) 754-0888 or bac.org) forced. Let’s work together to Zuckerberg reportedly did so...in the Lansing office (517) 886-9781, Cement Pension Fund (248) secure our future!! a statement to GOP President Bricklayers – New Work and Restoration or go to https://bit.ly/BAC-2-MI- 645-6550 (detroitcement We must stay vigilant in our Donald Trump’s favorite mega- Tile and Cement Masons 2000-Signing-Bonus. masons.org) effort to promote our trade. If you phone, Fox. *IMPORTANT CHANGE CALL-A-DOC (800) 835- are working in a crew of 5 or more Facebook “discussed the 12 Week Pre-Apprentice Class Regarding Union Dues* All Lo- 2362 (D&V Health Fund) an Apprentice must be on the ‘benefits’ of ‘content control,’” Based on Skill Level and Demand cal 2 Members are now eligible International Pension/Annu- crew. Help out! Call the Local at in its memo, AFL-CIO President In preparation for the re-opening our training centers, we are en- for a Union Dues discount, re- ity Fund (Brick, Cement and (248) 548-0800. Training is the Richard Trumka said. “One ex- couraging anyone interested in a Trowel Trades Apprenticeship gardless of what month you are TMT) (888) 880-8222 or (202) 638- key to our future!! ample given as a topic employers and able to meet the physical demands of the work to complete the paid through currently. This of- 1996 (dvtt.org) Please make sure your mod- might like to blacklist? The word application process. fer is a great way to catch up on ules and drug test are up to date, ‘unionize.”” BUILDERS LICENSE TRAINING your monthly window dues by MIDDLETON there are some plant jobs that do “Blacklisting is illegal. Em- If you live in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe or St. Clair County, taking advantage of this annual MIDDLETON require the MUST modules. You Real Estate Training Inc. ployers censoring their employ- go to detroittroweltrades.org to download the application. If you dues discount. We are making 901 Tower Drive, Suite 120 can go online at: www. ees’ speech about unionizing is live outside the above-mentioned counties (outstate), go to available to ALL Local 2 members Troy, MI 48098 mustonline.org. Call the Local if illegal,” said Trumka, a law school www.middletontraining.com michiganbricklayers.org to apply online. Read and follow instruc- the opportunity to pay for 6 248-885-8311 you need a drug form sent out. graduate. “Facebook relentlessly tions carefully and completely. months of union dues and receive Please make sure that we presents itself as a champion of have all of your current contact free speech, yet here it is market- Veterans are given highest priority as a thank you for their service. information, address and phone ing itself as a way for corpora- $$$ Top Prices Paid $$$ number so we can keep the fund tions to suppress the speech of Metro Detroit and the Outstate programs differ slightly, below are ALL TYPES of NONFERROUS and FERROUS SCRAP METAL offices updated for your health their employees. common minimum requirements for both programs. You will find • ALUMINUM • BRASS • COPPER • STAINLESS STEEL care and pension and also if you “The AFL-CIO demands the complete list of instructions online. • EXOTIC ALLOYS • CATALYTIC CONVERTERS are having your vacation checks Mark Zuckerberg personally • CARBIDE • HIGH SPEED STEEL • AUTO RADIATORS apologize to working people, pull mailed out. If you have moved Applicants Must: CONTAINERIZED this tool immediately and conduct COMMERCIAL please contact the Local and we •Remain drug and marijuana free, applicants must pass initial RESIDENTIAL SERVICE a board-level investigation into will change your addresses with and random testing if accepted into program. INDUSTRIAL all of the fund offices. how this product came into exist- PICKUPS •Shall be physically cable of performing the essential func- MONDAY-FRIDAY 8 A.M.-5 P.M. AVAILABLE IMPORTANT NOTICE ence in the first place.” SATURDAY 8A.M.-NOON Zuckerberg told Fox on June tions of the Apprenticeship program without posing a direct threat FOR PLASTERERS AND DE- to the health or safety of the individual or others. TROIT COMMERCIAL CE- 12 the app is in “early develop- (248) 960-1200 ment” and said Facebook should •Have a valid Michigan driver’s license. MENT MASONS: You can track •Pass physical evaluation. (Continued next column) never have used “unionize” as an MANN METALS CORP. example of words to censor. •High School Graduate or GED, higher education a plus. 1011 DECKER ROAD • P.O. BOX 711 • WALLED LAKE 48390 12 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN June 26, 2020

Iron Workers Local 8

Iron Workers Local Union #8 Safe Start Class will be held on Marquette Hall, 119 South Front Tim Roman, Business Rep. Tuesday, July 28th, 2020, 5:00 p.m., Street. Please contact Rich UPPER PENINSULA - at the Marquette Hall, 119 South Hanson to sign up for the class. WELD CERTIFICATIONS: Front Street. Please contact Rich 414-476-9362. Weld certifications are being held Hanson to sign up for this class. MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS: on an as-needed basis. Please 414-476-9362. Membership Meetings will soon contact Rich Hanson at the Ap- FORKLIFT/AERAIL LIFT: be broadcasted via Zoom. To prenticeship office for more infor- Forklift/Aerial Lift Recertification participate, please contact the mation. 414-476-9372. Class will be held on Wednesday, Milwaukee office to submit your SAFE START CLASS: A July 29th, 2020, 5:00 p.m., at the email address.

PAINTERS DISTRICT COUNCIL 1M volunteers recently donated their time to help flood victims in Sanford MI, including working at the home of Local 1803 member Tina Sanchez. Shown here (l-r) are DC1M Organizer Ed Bracamontes, Local 1803 Bus. Rep. Josh Ovalle, homeowner Leo Sanchez, Bus. Rep. Fred Frederickson, Bus. Rep. Rocky Ackerman, DC 1M Bus. Mgr. Robert Gonzalez, and Bus. Rep. Jake Fluty.

Michigan Painters District Council

Painters DC 1M WARREN – Dear Members, As our great state of Michi- gan reopens and our Members return to work, please use best practices to stay safe on the job. Wear your Local 357 LOCAL 25 IRON WORKERS employed by Redinger Steel start to set a 140-foot truss while working masks, maintain at the Lansing Board of Water and Light’s new Delta Energy Park. Photo credit: Marc Crance social distanc- Glaziers & ing whenever District Council 1M Glassworkers Local 25 possible, wash Business Manager: Robert your hands, Gonzalez Glaziers & Glassworkers 357 most of all use Meeting date: 2nd Tuesday of WARREN – Our next regu- Iron Workers common sense every month at 6:30 p.m., with the lar scheduled union meeting will submit electronically. that all REGISTERED voters in ROBERT while on the job. Executive Board meeting at 6 p.m. be Monday August 3rd at 6pm. Iron Workers 25 Please also note, you must Michigan will receive an applica- GONZALEZ Please take Place: 14587 Barber Ave, Warren Unfortunately, brother Dan All Union Halls will close for check your email on a regular tion to vote by mail in the Au- care of yourself MI 48088 & 419 S. Washington Diehl passed away on May 26th the Fourth of July Holiday on Fri- basis; we now email your annual gust and November elections. By and each other. Ave, Lansing MI 48933 in a fatal car accident. day July 3, 2020. We wish every- MUST drug screen paperwork mailing applications, the Secre- DC1M WEBSITE: www.iupat Dan was a member of Local one a safe Holiday & please con- and your pay raise slips. tary of State will ensure that no dc1michigan.org Local Union 312 357 since 1999 and was a father tinue to practice social distanc- June Union Meeting: We will “Michigander has to choose be- DC1M FACEBOOK: www. Business Rep: Tim Schwerin to three young girls. ing as needed. have another “Zoom” union meet- tween their health and their right facebook.com/iupat1m Meeting date: 2nd Wednesday of Please keep Dan and his fam- Work is Available! We are in ing on Monday June 29, at to vote,” said Benson. “Voting by DC 1M UNION CARDS* every month at 6:30 p.m. ily in your thoughts and prayers. need of manpower. If you or some- 7:00pm. To participate in the mail is easy, convenient, safe, and Any questions regarding a lost, Place: 1473 N. 30th St., Galesburg, He was our brother, and our one you know is off, please call Zoom union meeting just be sure secure, and every voter in Michi- damaged Union cards, or have MI 49053 friend. Mike Pheney is gathering Dispatch or a Business Agent. you have downloaded our APP gan has the right to do it.” The dues inquiries or have not re- Local Union 514 donations currently for Dan’s We must fill our jobs in order to or signed up for our emails. application is also available for ceived a card please contact the Business Rep: Scott Mikulen family. If you wish to contribute protect them! Steward Meetings are still download at Michigan.gov/Vote. DC1M offices at: Meeting dates: 1st Wednesday something please get the money Dispatch is OPEN. Please cancelled until further notice. At the same website, voters can Warren Office: (586)552- of every month at 7:30 p.m. to Mike, or you can send the call 248-305-9282: Monday Classes at the Local 25 Ap- also register and join the perma- 4474 extension 100 Place: 7920 Jackson Road, Ann money to the union hall, atten- through Friday 7 am to 10 am. if prenticeship School are starting nent absent voter list so they al- Freeland Office: (989) 695- Arbor, MI. tion Dan Diehl, or Don Stepp and you happen to get voicemail, just up again; we are practicing so- ways have the option to vote by 6888 Web site: www.iupat- we will get the money into Mike’s leave your name, book number cial distancing protocols, etc. mail. Check your voter registra- ALL LOCAL UNION AND local514.org. hands. We are going to take con- and phone number. Local 25 Ac- New Apprentice Applications will tion at Michigan Voter Informa- DISTRICT COUNCIL 1M MEET- tributions thru to the August 3rd tive Members, Apprentices and be accepted BUT you MUST tion Center Michigan.gov/Vote INGS RESUME IN JULY. All Lo- union meeting. Probationary should call each phone the school for an appoint- “If you do not take an inter- cal Union Meetings and the Dis- Local Union 826 The Governor has let con- day you are out of work. OR use ment; no walk-in foot traffic. The est in the affairs of your govern- trict Council 1M meeting will re- Business Rep: Rocky Ackerman struction resume. This being said, our website to sign up for the out Wixom Training Center – Phone: ment, then you are doomed to live sume in July 2020. Any questions Meeting date: 2nd Thursday of please follow the specific guide- of work list: www.ironworkers 248-960-2130 - under the rule of fools.” regarding these meeting call your every month at 5:30 p.m. lines required on each project. It 25.org The following events are –PLATO Business Representative. Place: 3115 Joyce St. will take some get used to, the PLEASE WEAR A FACE cancelled: Ironworker Picnic, The International Associa- FTI OF THE GREAT LAKES Burton, MI 48529 new ppe required, but it is neces- MASK IF YOU VISIT ANY OF June Apprentice Competition, tion (IABSORIW) has endorsed MICHIGAN APPRENTICESHIP sary to keep each other safe, and THE UNION OFFICES OR Dennis O’Dowd Golf Outing (we Joe Biden for president of the RESUMES. The Apprenticeship Local Union 845 our families safe. UNION HALLS. may try to hold it in the fall how- United States of America. will resume classes starting Mon- Business Rep – Fred Frederickson Keep your working status FRINGE BENEFIT OFFICE: ever), Detroit Labor Day Parade, ATTENTION RETIREES: day June 8th. The Apprenticeship Meeting date: 1st Thursday of current; this helps protect your 800-572-8553 or 248-347-3100, and the Labor Day Bridge Walk The Novi Retirees Board of Di- School has sent letters to all Ap- every month at 7 p.m. benefits. If you have a mailing press 1 for Member access to this in Mackinaw. We’ve recently rectors meets “in person” July 7, prentices regarding their sched- Place: 419 S. Washington Av- address and/or telephone num- menu: learned that the Annual Iron- 2020 and the Novi Retirees regu- ule. enue, Lansing, MI 48933 ber change, please notify the QUESTION: Vacation Pay- worker Festival in Mackinaw is lar meeting is “in person” July 21, Painter, Drywall Finisher and Union and Fund Offices of the out or Balance Inquiry: Option 1. CANCELLED. 2020. Social distancing, face Glazier Apprentices should you Local Union 1052 changes. th QUESTION: Loss of Time, At this time, the 5 Annual masks and good hygiene will be have any questions, please con- Business Rep – Jake Fluty Dues payments may be Disability or Death Inquiries or Ironworker Benefit Dinner is be- observed. There will be no lun- tact Director of Training Shawn Meeting date: The Fourth mailed to the Union Office at Claims: Option 2. ing planned for Saturday Sept. 5, cheons in the near future, coffee O’Neill at (517)304-4425 or by Wednesday of every month at 14587 Barber Avenue, Warren, MI QUESTION: Health & Wel- 2020. More information to follow. and cake will be provided. The email [email protected]. 6:30 p.m 48088. Make checks payable to: fare such as Add or Remove a De- Stewards’ Notes: 1) The Elec- Retirees’ Scholarship Fund Golf PAINTERS DISTRICT Place: 3115 Joyce St., Burton MI DISTRICT COUNCIL 1M in care pendent, Self-Payment, Enroll- tronic Steward Reporting forms COUNCIL 1M SMART PHONE Outing is scheduled for Septem- 48529 of Glassworkers #357. ment forms, Prescription cover- are online www.ironworkers ber 10, 2020. The Bay City Retir- APP When traveling to work out age, Monthly Status, Eligibility, 25.org. Log in with your book ees meeting for July 16th is can- Painters District Council 1M Local Union 1803 of town, all members are reminded ADDRESS Changes: Option 3. number, and the password is the is pleased to announce its’ all new celled, however a regular meet- Business Rep: Josh Ovalle that they must check in with the QUESTION: To find the sta- last 4 of your social. 2) PLEASE APP. ing for October 15, 2020 is Meeting date: 4th Tuesday of ev- local that you are working in as tus of employer contributions re- be sure to check dues for mem- For IPHONE go to IOS store, planned. ery month at 5:30 p.m. per the International Constitution mitted on your behalf: Option 4. bers and boomers too AND BE For ANDROID got to Google Watch for updates at Place: 7677 Midland Road, and our local C.B.A. QUESTION: To update reci- SURE ALL BOOMERS HAVE Playstore (www.ironworkers25.org) or the Freeland, MI 48623. The Fund Office address is procity information or find the SIGNED BOTH THE RECIPRO- Local 25 app that you can down- Search for “Painters and Al- Michigan Glass and Glazing Joint status of reciprocity contribu- CAL AND THE ASSESSMENT- lied Trades” download APP load by searching “Iron Workers Local Union 2352 Funds, P.O. Box 966, Troy, MI tions: Option 4. TARGETING. 3) All members Local 25” to stay informed on Username: your member id# Business Rep: John Sape 48098-066; phone number: 248- QUESTION: Pension or De- please be sure to keep your Union union matters. Password: painters Meeting Date: 3rd Tuesday of 641-4957; fax 248-813-9898. fined Contributions Information dues paid up to date as it is crite- Diversified Members Credit With this APP you can ac- every month at 6:30 p.m. If you are in need of safety such as Request an application ria for working. You can be asked Union: Located at 25880 Novi Rd. cess training classes, Local Union Place: District Council 1M, 14587 modules, please contact your for retirement or an application for to leave the jobsite if your dues Phone: 248-344-2560 - CALL meeting times and dates, receive Barber Ave., Warren, MI. employer if you are employed or a D.C. distribution. Direct De- are not current. FOR HOURS. Services available: alerts, and communications from the union office @ 586-552-4478, posit or tax withholding changes. Pay union dues with credit- debit or credit cards, interest bear- your Union, etc. Local Union 2353 if you’re not. Any questions call Request a Pension Verification debit card 24/7 by calling 888- ing checking accounts, IRAs, GET INVOLVED AND PAR- the hall or call the Council @ 586- Business Rep: Keith Anderson Letter or you haven’t received 386-8173 and follow the CDs, Benefits Plus program, TICIPATE IN YOUR UNION! 552-4474. Participation is very Meeting date: 3rd Thursday of your pension check: Option 5. prompts. OR PAY at www. HOME MORTGAGES, low OUT OF WORK/ BACK TO important to keep your union every month at 6:30 p.m. QUESTION: Blue Cross ironworkers25.org. Any mem- interest loans and part of Co-Op WORK: To keep work placement strong, so try to make it to a meet- Place: District Council 1M, 14587 Health Claims / Customer Service ber payment for multiple mem- Shared Branching. We have other efficient, please notify the office ing. Barber Ave, Warren, MI. 877-790-2583. bers, fines, suspensions, with- branch locations in Detroit and when you are laid off or going –Business Rep. Don Stepp QUESTION: Delta Dental drawal deposits, SHOULD NOT Clawson. back to work. Claims / Customer Service 800- use this process. Whenever pos- Those who have passed: Warren office# is 586-552- Local 591 482-8915. Benesys office hours sible we are emailing you, your Alex Peet #975828 passed away 4474 or Freeland office# is 810- Sign, Pictorial & 7:30am to 4:30pm. The mailing dues receipt. on June 7, 2020 at the age of 65. 232-0005. address for member BENEFIT re- Pay union dues with per- He had been a member for 43 New job starts should be re- Display lated matters is: Iron Workers sonal check or money order and years. Luis “Louis” Villarreal ported to the Union office, please Local 25 Fringe Benefit Funds, PO mail to: Iron Workers Local 25 – #1121411 passed away June 10, do so Sign Pictorial & Display 591 Box 99219, Troy MI 48099-9219. P.O. Box 965 – Novi, MI 48376- 2020 at the age of 55. He was a Get involved. Work smart. WARREN – The next General Membership Meeting will be held BENEFIT FOR NEW 0965. PLEASE include your book 34-year member. Walter Peevy Work safe. on July 7,2020 at 6:30p.m. Trustees and union stewards meet at 6:20 CHILD: Any member who has a number on the face of the check/ #1124844 lifetime member from p.m. new born child, or a new depen- money order. Pay union dues in Grand Rapids passed away June “A sailor without a destina- Anyone possessing a union membership and willingly works at dent child through marriage person at the Novi Union Hall (M- 5, 2020 at the age of 71. He was a tion cannot hope for a favorable a nonunion shop doing union work can have charges preferred against MUST NOTIFY the Fringe Ben- F) from 8 am to 3 pm (NO Cash). 34-year member. He is survived wind.” them under Sec. 16.4,and 19.8 of the District Council By-laws. efit Office of your new dependent After-hours use the outdoor- by his ironworker son Brett Peevy –Leon Tec Any questions on local union issues, please call John Sape at within 31 days. dues-collection box. #1445446. Our condolences to 586-899-8082,or Keith Anderson at 586-899-7958,your Business Rep- Apprentices: Fill out your Pay a year’s dues or more all of the family and friends as “The worst crime against resentatives. monthlies online at the website ($429 Journeyman) ($426 Appren- you mourn the loss of your dear working people is a company Questions pertaining to Local 591 Pension Fund issues call 248- or mobile app located under the tice) and you will get a (1) one- loved one(s)! which fails to operate at a 645-6550 and/or Health Care issues call 248-358-3340 or 800-482-8736 apprenticeship tab “Monthly Re- month dues paid for by Local 25. To all Union Members: We profit.” which will then be answered directly through fund office. port Sign-In” this gives you the (Get the 13th month free). This is hope you and your family are –Samuel Gompers, 1908 OUT OF WORK: BACK TO WORK: procedure for out of and back to work: When laid off or going back to work, call the office. 586- ability to electronically submit intended to encourage members safe and healthy. Thank you for “The business of America is 552-4474 your monthlies. Also located to pay their dues in a timely man- all you continue to do to sup- not business. Neither is it war. under the apprenticeship tab you ner. The one month will be cred- port each other during this pan- The business of America is jus- “Good manners are just a way of showing other people that we will find “Evaluation Form” Jour- ited in the month AFTER your demic. tice and securing the blessings neyman/Supervision can use this actual 12-month payment. This information is as of have respect for them.” of liberty.” –Bill Kelly to submit apprentice evaluations Secretary of State Jocelyn Submission Time for this Article –George F. Will (1941 - ) using computer/cell phone and Benson announced last month (6/22/2020 12:00 pm E.S.T.). June 26, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 13

Trades bring muscle, machinery Local 1191 to help Sanford flood victims Laborers vation, AIS Equipment, Briggs Laborers 1191 Contracting, Tri-City Ground DETROIT - NOTICE THE JULY MEMBERSIP MEETING IS Breakers and Champagne & Marx CANCELED. Excavating, Inc. for supplying la- Due to COVID-19, Laborers’ Local 1191 is making every effort to bor, tools, staging areas, and keep our members and staff safe during this time by limiting person- equipment. The Drew Foundation to-person contact at the Local Union Hall. The Office is now Open. provided lunch. Thanking you in advance for complying with the above condi- “The people were all just tions and please follow the COVID-19 recommendations to stay safe very grateful to get the help, they and healthy. had these big piles of debris and Check out our website at www.laborerslocal1191.org .Important nothing to move it with,” Coleman information about the Attack on our Wages & Benefits is now on line! said, adding that the Laborers Dues: Beginning Jan. 1, 2020 regular monthly dues are $35.00 were planning another effort in for active members. Retiree monthly dues will remain the same $ 8.00. the near future to help the com- NOTICE: The Uniform Local Union Constitution Article VIII sec. munity. 4. The monthly dues are due on the first day of the month and unless Ricards said he his daugh- paid on or before the last day of the following month, the member shall ters Martina and Emily, and Mike be deemed suspended by the International Union without notice. We Wiggins of Local 169 are among urge members to make their payments timely to avoid additional costs! those who helped out area resi- Retirees: Retiree Council’s meetings are the last Friday of the dents. He suggested people who month. The meetings are held 11:00 a.m. at the Local Union Hall lo- want to help go to a Facebook cated at 2161 West Grand Boulevard in Detroit. THE AFTERMATH OF the collapse of the Sanford Dam. Photo credit: Michigan Laborers page, Sanford Strong. More in- MUST Safety Awareness Training: Please check the MUST formation and opportunities to website at www.mustonline.org to see how many modules you have. (Continued from Page 1) donate time and money can be ship. He said his home is on an Members are reminded to get your 18 modules and keep them up to found at www.findthehelpers.us/ date also a current Drug Test. You can schedule an appointment to elevated peninsula of Sanford michigan-flood-relief. Lake and remained dry during the take your modules at our training school by calling (734) 729-7005 or On June 15, Gov. Gretchen 517-625-4919 website www.mltai.org. flood. Whitmer sent a letter to President “It’s really bad, you can’t Also, check out the training classes available to you at no cost. Trump requesting that the af- Note: classes & certifications contractors have been asking imagine,” he said. “I watched a fected area in Arenac, Gladwin, whole house float by. Some for are, OSHA 30, Asbestos & Lead Awareness, Hoisting & Rigging, Iosco, Midland and Saginaw Pipeline Safety,Class A Cdl License , Asbestos Removal Supervisors people are going to be lucky if counties be declared a disaster they’re ever going to able to re- Licence, Confined Space Permit Required , Grade Checking Blue- area. She said the flooding has print Reading & Measuring Tools, all are available at the training build. People are gutting their resulted in more than $190 million properties, getting the mold out. center. It could mean the difference of being sent to work or not! FYI: in losses for residents and over By taking the OSHA 30 your 18 MUST Safety modules are updated Some of them are living in cars. If $42 million in damages to public anyone in the building trades can as well. If you are not able to go to the Training Center for MUST buildings and infrastructure. Safety Modules contact the Local, we will help make arrangements donate their time to clear debris BUILDING TRADES volunteers helped clean up after the Sanford Last month she declared a for you to complete them. or give money, it is really needed flood. State of Emergency for the coun- here.” Referral List: Every member who is looking for work must call, ties affected by the dam failures or come to the Local Union Office on Mondays between 1:00 pm and Travis Fick, a former Sheet access to repairing their home – work hours with 22 pieces of and requested and received a fed- 4:00 pm and put their name on the out-of-work list. You must have an Metal Workers Local 7 member, or access to the home itself. For equipment used in the process. eral Emergency Declaration for out-of-work skills sheet filled out and on file in order to be referred had taken a leave of absence from homes that can be rehabilitated, They moved in their equipment Midland and Gladwin counties, out for work by this Local Union. (Be sure to Check & Update your his current job at General Motors, everything that has been wet – on Friday, then worked Saturday, which unlocked limited federal Skills.) Also please be advised: Per the out of work list rules, all mem- and on a daily basis made a 100- flooring cabinets, drywall – is re- Sunday and Monday. assistance. bers on the list must re-register your availability for work every quar- mile drive to the flooded site to moved. Once debris is removed, He said the entire village of Among the building trades st help stricken residents. Fick is the ter and do so within the first (1 ) five (5) days of the following months cleaning supplies are needed. Sanford had been under water, unions that provided volun- March, June, September and December(Roll Call). Your failure to director of advocacy for Mold takes over unless it is and a 300-yard wall of debris had teers were Boilermakers Local do so will result in your name being removed from the referral list. Findthehelpers.us, whose mis- remediated. been moved by the rushing wa- 169, IBEW 692, IBEW 557, Iron Save Time & Money: no more checks or money orders to mail no sion is “to provide resources, “There was a 20-foot wall of ter to the village’s park. The vol- Workers 25, Operating Engi- more worry if it gets here on time, monthly dues can be deducted from networking, and logistic support water that went through here, it unteers used mini-excavators, neers Local 324, Painters Dis- your vacation check and sent direct to the Local. Please stop by the to grassroots groups and volun- leveled houses, forced people skid loaders and dump trucks to trict Council 1M/ and affiliate office to get one of the forms or you may call the office (313-894- teers helping their communities in out of their homes, the destruc- clear the streets and the park. localunions 726, 826, 845, 1052, 2241) to have one mailed to you. We have forms for both Michigan crisis.” Providing Sanford flood tion was intense,” Fick said. “There was some standing 1803, Roofers 149 and Sheet Laborers and Metropolitan Detroit Laborers. Also, be sure to keep relief is a primary objective of the “And there are going to be long- water, but we were working in Metal Workers 7. your current address and phone numbers up to date with Local. group – and they can use plenty lasting effects. So with the mostly just mud,” Coleman said. Fick was present when the Current E- mail address is also very important! Also, we are now of help. findthehelpers group, we’re just “At the end of the day you’d look convoy of building trades accepting CREDIT & DEBIT payments. “I think maybe what’s almost a group of concerned community around at the next area over and pickup trucks came to town to as important as the debris removal helpers, who see a need, and still feel defeated. There was so help. “It was so impressive is that we leave the residents with none of us gets a paycheck. much to do. And then there were when they came down the ESPER AIELLO LAW GROUP, PLLC a little hope, absolutely,” Fick We’ve gotten to a point in soci- areas where there was nothing road,” he said. “The residents said. “When volunteers come by ety where people are discon- left, just foundations.” were so thankful and couldn’t and help, for many of these resi- nected from each other, and it’s Contractors who donated be happier to see them. It was Construction Injury dents who are left with nothing kind of an idealistic thing, but labor, tools, staging areas and phenomenal how they all came it’s the first time they have felt we’re trying to build an organi- equipment included Kaltz Exca- together to help.” Specialists the warm embrace of the commu- zation where you care for your Representing Building nity. So it’s a privilege to be a part neighbors, you look out for each Trades Workers since 1988 of this.” other and try to restore people’s Fick said there are a number faith in each other.” WORKERS’ COMP of stages and facets to providing Michigan Laborers Training Tim Esper Mark Aiello relief efforts in the Sanford area. and Apprenticeship Institute SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY Among the first is identifying vic- Training Director Lynn Coleman CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT LITIGATION tims, and figuring out what help organized a volunteer group over they need. There’s debris removal, the extended Memorial Day week- ESTATE PLANNING - ELDER LAW which is a huge part of the pro- end to go to Sanford to clear de- Our associates also handle: cess, allowing residents to gain bris and help the devastated lo- UNEMPLOYMENT • ANY INJURY CASE cal population. “Experience is what you get Coleman said 60-plus Labor- ASBESTOS/TOXIC EXPOSURES • DRIVERS LICENSE RESTORATION when you don't get what you ers union members, apprentices, want.” training staff, contractor part- 3031 W. Grand Blvd, Suite 440, Detroit 48202 –Dan Stanford ners, friends and family partici- pated in the effort, which in- VOLUNTEERS affiliated with the Michigan Laborers Training and (313) 964-4900 - (800) 881-8896 “The smaller the mind the cluded clean up and hauling off Apprenticeship Institute brought in much-needed heavy equipment www.esperaiellolawgroup.com greater the conceit.” of damaged property. The volun- on Memorial Day weekend to help clear debris in the Sanford area –Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC) teer group logged more than 1,400 following the flood. FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION • VALIDATED PARKING 14 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN June 26, 2020 Mountains is a place of waterfalls by 1948 an extensive trail system and forest lakes surrounded with had been created, including 10 evidence of an active geologic trailside cabins designed by Outdoors past, including an escarpment Ernest Hartwick,” the history that separates a high, rocky pla- stated. teau from the Big Carp River and The park gained the “wilder- Saving, celebrating the Porkies Lake of the Clouds below. ness” part of its title in 1972, after Other evocative place names passage of the Wilderness and By John Pepin lending credence to the rugged Natural Areas Act. Michigan Department of and deep forest mountain char- The 133-acre Lake of the Natural Resources acter of this area known well to Clouds is the park’s signature at- In the early 1940s, a move- the American Indians of the re- traction, with other highlights in- ment was underway to save from gion include Miscowawbic Peak, cluding Summit Peak, a series of the woodsman’s ax the intact Manabezho Falls, Mirror Lake, waterfalls on the Presque Isle hemlock-hardwood stands in the Lost Creek Outpost and Green River, Union Bay and the park’s western Upper Peninsula – in par- Mountain Peak. extensive pathways and back- ticular, those trees located in what “Michigan’s most significant woods trails. was to become Porcupine Moun- post-war parks development was Celebrating this year’s 75th tains Wilderness State Park. the establishment of Porcupine birthday of the park’s creation has In October 1941, an article in Mountains Wilderness State Park been hampered by the novel the Detroit Free Press predicted in the northwestern Upper Pen- coronavirus pandemic. Several a dire future for those timberlands insula,” according to “A Quick planned activities have been can- if they were not saved. History of Michigan’s State Park celed. However, a spirit of com- “At the present rate of cut- System.” “In 1944, to counteract memoration will be enjoyed and ting, the largest single stand of a proposal to commercially mine promoted by park staffers virgin hardwood in the United and log the land, the state allo- throughout the year. States, covering 250 square miles cated $1 million for the purchase “Porcupine Mountains Wil- of rugged country in Gogebic and of 64,000 acres in the Porcupine derness State Park is a crown Ontonagon counties, known as Mountains.” jewel in Michigan’s system of 103 the Porcupine Mountains, will be THE LAKE OF THE CLOUDS, as seen from a visitors’ overlook at “the Porkies,” Porcupine Mountains Porcupine Mountains Wil- magnificent state parks,” said Ron reduced to a tree-less stump-cov- Wilderness State Park in Ontonagon County. Photo credit: Kathryn Mulcahy derness State Park – Michigan’s Olson, chief of the DNR’s Parks ered waste in less than 10 years,” largest state park at roughly and Recreation Division. “Visi- the paper reported. in Michigan.” port read. “Almost every phase These rugged mountains of- 60,000 acres – was established in tors come to the park to enjoy its According to an article from The newspaper outlined the of this type is present, varying fer many places where hemlock 1945. The park extends over por- beauty from all over the state, 1943 in the Escanaba Daily Press, aims of those conservation- from almost pure hardwoods, cathedrals provide inspiring tions of Ontonagon and Gogebic across the nation and from other the Porcupine Mountains “had minded people organized to help maple, birch and basswood on the places for peace and reflection – counties. countries too. Celebrating the been under consideration as a preserve the area. upper slopes through varying nature’s beautiful churches – “Designated as Michigan’s park’s diamond anniversary is public park since 1923, when (P.J.) “A vacation-ground whose degrees of hemlock mixtures, to open to all. first wilderness state park, the truly a great milestone for Michi- Hoffmaster, as superintendent of delights are just beginning to be the stands on the lower flats In addition to its tremendous majority of the peak’s interior has gan.” state parks, surveyed the area and discovered will lose much of its where hemlock predominates.” forest resources, the Porcupine been left undeveloped. However, In 1944, Michigan Gov. Harry recommended that the state ac- appeal,” the newspaper said. F. Kelly returned from a trip to the quire at least one township for “This is the dread prospect—un- Porcupine Mountains reportedly public use and to preserve the less this great area of privately- “enthusiastic” and “very happy” natural scenic beauty. In recent owned land can be brought into in having visited the wilderness years, agitation has been grow- government ownership so that purchase area that would estab- ing to preserve the virgin timber the timber may be harvested on a lish the park, according to the Iron- with which the mountains are cov- selective basis.” wood Daily Globe. ered.” A 1943 Michigan Department The newspaper reported that In those days following of Conservation (precursor to the Kelly, along with his wife and World War II, the Porcupine Michigan Department of Natural aides, visited the east end of the Mountains – the highest range Resources) proposal urging land park in February 1944, “going up between New York’s Adirondacks purchases for preservation as a into the mountains on the road to and the Black Hills of Dakota – park described the hemlock-hard- the old Carp Lake mine and also still were attracting thousands of woods of the Porcupine Moun- visiting a logging operation in the tourists, despite limited access. tains. vicinity of the Nonesuch (Mine). “A road now runs along Lake “Except for an area immedi- His visit to the Presque Isle River Superior from Silver City to the ately adjacent to Lake Superior, valley today was for the purpose bottom of the range, and a short, the slopes are covered with vir- of seeing the proposed purchase stiff climb brings sightseers to the gin forest growth of the hard- area from the west.” top of the escarpment which over- wood-hemlock type, with small In those days, the park at the looks the lake,” the Free Press scattered patches of old-growth mouth of the Presque Isle River story said. “Besides the road to white pine interspersed,” the re- was a county park. Lake of the Clouds, there is only Kelly said the area, which one other access to the roadless A VIEW LOOKING upstream today attracts about 300,000 visi- wilderness area of the Porcupines. on the Presque Isle River is tors each year, was not only of That is the country highway that shown from the west end of interest to the state, but of na- leads to the mouth of the Black Porcupine Mountains Wilder- tional importance. River and Black River Park, one ness State Park in Gogebic “The area is everything that of the outstanding scenic spots Photo credit: MDNR County. I have been told it is,” he said.