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VOL. 69, NO. 19 Since 1952 • Serving the highly skilled men and women in Michigan’s building trade unions 65 Cents September 18, 2020 SHORT ABC’s Trump endorsement points union path to Biden By Marty Mulcahy “A man is known by the company he keeps.” President ability for workers to pursue in- CUTS Editor Trump dependent contracting opportu- WASHINGTON, D.C. – The –Aesop (d. 564 BC) has been nities, assures us you will protect Associated Builders and Contrac- endorsed the merit shop construction in- tors, which represents the inter- its announcement on Aug. 28 in a and expanded workforce devel- by the dustry and small businesses, Jobless benefits get ests of nonunion construction letter to the president from ABC opment initiatives during your ABC which are the backbone of our firms nationwide and aggres- President and CEO Michael D. first term in office have helped endorsed Democrat Joe Biden for economy.” $300/week boost sively works to undermine the ef- Bellaman and ABC 2020 National ABC members grow their busi- president. To anyone unfamiliar with LANSING – Gov. Gretchen forts of building trades unions Chair Tim Keating, owner and nesses, upskill their workforce “In addition,” their letter to the ABC, they are an organization Whitmer on Sept. 8 signed Sen- and their contractors to uplift the president of R. C. Stevens Con- and create career enhancing Trump continued, “your promise founded in 1950 on a “merit shop” ate Bill 745, which provides an pay, safety, and training stan- struction Co., Winter Garden, jobs.” to veto the Protecting the Right philosophy, which the group it- enhanced $300 per week federal dards of all building trades work- Florida. Then the ABC leaders help- to Organize (PRO) Act, legislation self says is based “on the shared benefit for eligible Michigan ers, has endorsed President In their letter to the president, fully provided the justification for that will overturn freedom of belief that construction projects workers receiving unemploy- Donald Trump for another four they wrote: “Your continued sup- why 11 building trades interna- choice in all existing right-to work should be awarded on merit to the ment benefits. years in office. port for fair and open competition, tional unions have declined to states, take away a worker’s right most qualified and responsible The money comes from $2.8 The anti-union group made job creation, small businesses back Trump and instead have to a secret ballot and eliminate the (Continued on Page 2) billion in supplemental funding from the federal government, awarded by the Federal Emer- Labor’s view on Biden vs. Trump gency Management Agency. The governor’s office said Trump’s Secretary as part of the FEMA program, the additional $300 per week in of Labor Eugene unemployment benefits will continue until the federal emer- ‘Biden has stood Scalia ‘has gency disaster relief funding made available for this program with workers systematically has been exhausted. At this time, the governor said it is un- time and time dismantled union known how many weeks may be covered by existing funds. again as a rights and “This is good news for the thousands of Michiganders true ally’ protections...’ who are still without work as a The United Association of dorsement earlier this year. result of the COVID-19 pan- Pipe Trades, as well as 11 other Following is the UA’s break- demic, but it’s still a short term building trades unions to date, down of the band aid that falls short of have endorsed candidates’ what’s needed,” said Whitmer. Joe Biden for stances on “We need the president, Mitch president. some of the is- McConnell, and Congress to put Labor Day, anyway That’s in addi- sues that apply partisanship aside and pass a bi- tion to a Biden to building partisan recovery package that HANDING OUT UNION-THEMED items on Labor Day in a drive-through line in IBEW Local 58’s Detroit parking lot are Local 58 volunteers Jacob Charlebois, Paul Castelli and his wife Lori. endorsement trades union will help us save lives and get by the AFL- members, con- people back on their feet. Michi- Under the tents, volunteers handed out coffee, donuts, political signs, and union-themed shirts, stickers, pencils and face masks. Detroit’s annual Labor Day Parade was canceled due to the CIO, represent- densed for gan families, frontline workers, ing 55 unions space. and small business owners are COVID-19 pandemic, so Local 58 made the most of the situation. So did Roofers Local 149 mem- Donald Trump bers, who held their annual post-Labor Day Parade cookout in their Detroit parking lot – but Joe Biden and 12.5 million President counting on the federal govern- workers. Donald Trump vs. former Vice ment to do the right thing and without the parade. The grillmaster, at left is 149 retiree Mike Chilcott and at right is food wrapper Kristin Zsembery, wife of Local 149 member Joe. Between them are Local 149 officers Adrian What follows is Part 2 President Joe Biden. work together on their behalf.” (Part 1 was in our last edition) On union rights The $44 billion in federal Bonds, Bob Doyle, Brian Gregg and Joe Gilliam. “There’s no parade this year, but the members and retirees always appreciate this opportunity to get together, and they told us they still wanted to do of an effort by the United Asso- Joe Biden money, available under an ex- ciation to fully explain its en- • Biden has stated time after ecutive order by President the cookout this year,” said Gregg, Local 149’s business manager. “So here we are, it’s always a great event and it’s good to see everyone.” dorsement of Biden. time a strong belief that there is a Trump, will replace a $600 per As we pointed out, compared war on organizing, collective bar- week Pandemic Unemployment to the other unions, the United gaining, unions, and workers. Assistance program that ex- Association on Aug. 17 issued Since he first became involved in pired at the end of July. the most extensive defense we’ve serving government, Biden has The bill also provides $6 seen justifying its decision to stood with workers time and time million for disaster flood endorse Biden, rather than again as a true ally. cleanup in Midland and Gladwin Trump, or remaining neutral. And • As president, Biden pledges counties, as well as funding to issues that effect the UA nearly to form a “cabinet-level working cover costs for flood response universally line up with those of group” with representatives from and mitigation efforts in the City other building trades unions. UA labor unions that would, in the of Detroit.The money will be General President Mark first 100 days of his administra- used for cleanup grant match- McManus said the UA’s general tion, deliver a plan to “dramati- ing funds, debris removal and officers and Political Engage- cally increase union density and emergency response measures. ment Committee (PEC) – com- address economic inequality.” “A little more than three prised of business managers, • As president, Biden has months ago, communities in business agents, journeymen pledged to appoint a pro-labor Gladwin and Midland counties and journeywomen, and appren- Secretary of Labor, a pro-labor saw tremendous flooding and tices from across the country – Secretary of Energy, and pro-la- the damage is still impossible to met frequently over the last two bor individuals to boards and com- fully comprehend,” State Sen. years and began discussions missions such as PHSMA (Pipe- Jim Stamas (R-Midland). “We for a possible presidential en- line and Hazardous Materials are in this together, and this Safety Administration) and FERC state funding will assist our By Marty Mulcahy as the Interna- Revard said. “As I assume the (Federal Energy Regulatory Com- communities recover and re- Michigan native Editor tional Union’s role of general president, I’ll never mission), who will not bow to cor- build in the aftermath of unimag- Michigan native Greg general secre- forget all that I learned and the porate interests or Wall Street. inable flooding.” Greg Revard Revard has unanimously been tary for the past people that I met while I worked • In addition, Biden said he Don’t miss your elected to serve as general presi- five years. He at Local 47, and all the good would appoint labor-friendly right to vote of Insulators dent by the General Executive joined the Inter- people from the Michigan State judges to the federal bench, If you don’t want to wait Board of the International Asso- national Union in Building Trades. Whenever I which will help prevent decisions in line at your polling place to Local 47 picked ciation of Heat and Frost Insula- 2003 as its direc- have represented the Insulators like Janus vs. AFSCME, which vote on Election Day, Tuesday, tors and Allied Workers. tor of organizing. Union in Washington D.C. or allows employees to benefit from Nov. 3, you have options. as International He assumed his new leader- Greg “I’m very wherever I have gone, I have al- union representation without Local clerks offices in ship role on Labor Day, Sept. 7, Revard proud to be from ways had them in the back of my paying their fair share. Michigan will begin mailing out replacing James McCourt, who Michigan and to mind.” • Biden has pledged to work absentee ballots to those who general president retired. Revard had been serving be able to be in this position,” (Continued on Page 14) (Continued on Page 4) have requested them, and will have them available at their of- fices, on Sept. 24. With the Postal Service notoriously ex- Elevator Constructors periencing service difficulties, it’s best to mail your ballot back to your clerk weeks in advance of the election, or better yet, provide ‘Lift for a Vet’ hand-deliver it to your clerk’s In mid-July the office of In- Union and the Elevator Industry In this instance, their home local office or place your ballot in a ternational Union of Elevator Work Preservation Fund. does not matter, we were there for dropbox, if one is available. Constructors Local 36 in Detroit Through the last two contacts, he our brother. If you aren’t registered to received a call from one of its re- was led to IUEC Organizer Ed I extend a note of thanks to vote, you can do so online at tirees. He was experiencing some Loomis of Local 5 Philadelphia, all involved from Detroit Eleva- www.michigan.gov/vote by medical issues, which were PA. Ed works with “Lift for a Vet” tor and Elevator Solutions Inc., Oct. 19. prompting changes in his and was able through them to the State of Michigan- Elevator Once ballots are available, lifestyle. One of the changes was procure a stair lift for our cause. and Ski/Amusement Division (to you can also register and vote in a change in residence, and his The unit was shipped to our verify that the installation was person on the same day at your new home would require him to local union hall and Sean ar- compliant), as well as to the In- clerk’s office, including until clos- access the basement – placing an ranged to transport and install it ternational Union of Elevator ing time on Election Day. extra strain on him and his health. on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2020 for Constructors, Elevator Industry He asked if we knew if we had Honorary Member Geoff Hughes Work Preservation Fund and Or- Quotable any means for him to get assis- in Vanderbilt, MI. ganizer Ed Loomis/ Lift for a Vet “The vote is the most pow- tance and possibly a stair lift in- The volunteer installation for supplying the stair lift. Your erful instrument ever devised stalled. crew was made up of licensed assistance, brothers, in making by man for breaking down in- Local 36 Business Agent IUEC mechanics from Michigan. (Continued on Page 7) justice and destroying the ter- Sean Walker contacted IUEC Lo- rible walls which imprison men cal 85, Lansing, MI, as well as INSTALLING A CHAIR LIFT on a stairwell at the home of because they are different from contractors Detroit Elevator and Elevator Constructors Local 36 retiree Geoffrey R. Hughes are other men.” Elevator Services to check any IUEC Brothers Dominic Price, Steve “Opie” Stark, Jeff Patti, –Lyndon B. Johnson, 1908- available options. Sean also Sean Walker and Michael Vandervennet with the completed unit. 1973 reached out to our International Not pictured is Brother Kevin Paquin. 2 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN Sepstember 18, 2020 ABC’s Donald Trump endorsement (Continued from Page 1) gives the employer a tax advan- which they live and work.” port for Trump’s reelection,” he Viewpoints low bidders.” What that philoso- tage while taking rights away from Kris LaGrange, writing for continued. “In this statement, phy has morphed into is essen- employees. The PRO Act would the Union Communications ABC isn’t even trying to hide the tially direct opposition to any- also make it easier for workers to Blog, said “ABC routinely lob- fact that the single biggest rea- Unions ridin’ with Biden thing unions hold dear: strong organize, and would ban right- bies for weaker standards on son they are endorsing Trump is The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades apprenticeship training stan- too-work laws. construction sites, lowering that he is non-union. They have (IUPAT), has officially endorsed Joe Biden for President of the dards; fair, collectively bargained “ABC looks forward to con- wages, and weakening safety one goal, build cheaper and they United States. The union represents tens of thousands of workers wages for workers; the use of tinuing our work with your ad- protections. They were part of know that four more years of who work with paint, glass, drywall, and other key materials on worker pensions vs. 401k plans, ministration on the issues criti- the Trump taskforce that Trump will make that a reality, no construction sites from coast to coast. and the preference for using lo- cal to our industry,” the ABC let- sought to weaken apprentice- matter how many lives it might The union’s endorsement and its pledge to double down on election cal contractors for locally funded ter concluded, “including estab- ship standards and one of their put at risk.” mobilization this year in key battleground states puts yet another road- projects. lishing fair and open competition contractors was responsible for LaGrange said far in 2020, block between the Trump administration and a second term. Specifically, the ABC were and creating the conditions for the Hard Rock Hotel collapse in ABC’s PAC has donated In recent years, IUPAT members have been fighting against strong backers of Michigan’s every individual to be safe and New Orleans. $492,500 to Republicans and cur- the Trump administration’s anti-worker policies on a range of right-to-work law which was healthy and achieve their career “With a record like this, it rently has over $636,000 on hand. fronts, ranging from apprenticeship standards to immigration adopted in 2012. In a nation that dreams in the construction in- should come as no surprise that They have made no donations to policy, and many others. was founded in part on the dustry and the communities in ABC has announced their sup- Democrats. “Joe Biden has dedicated his career to helping working people. premise of “no taxation without He has been a champion in protecting the right of workers to form representation,” right-to-work unions — and to have a safe, fair workplace,” said IUPAT General outrageously allows workers President Ken Rigmaiden. “We’ll be fighting to make Joe Biden (“free riders”) to enjoy the ben- the next President of the United States, because he fights for work- efits of a union contract- without ing families. The administration has attempted to orchestrate a paying dues. systematic destruction of worker protections — and has tried to The Michigan ABC also veil these efforts with hateful rhetoric that seeks to pit us against went to the extraordinary time and each other. As working families everywhere grapple with the ef- expense of underwriting two fects of a global pandemic, we need a strong leader like Joe Biden separate petition efforts to elimi- who will unite everyday Americans and who will fight for the orga- nate the state’s Prevailing Wage nized labor movement. We see that future with Joe Biden and we Act – the second petition being will make it a reality.” successful in 2018 and prompt- The IUPAT has been at odds with the Trump administration ing a related legislative repeal of since the inauguration. Last summer, over 17,000 IUPAT members the law. Prevailing wage main- spoke out against the Department of Labor’s “Industry-Recog- tains a wage standard for con- nized Apprenticeship Program” proposal, which was designed to struction workers, and helps pre- undercut existing union apprenticeships, and to downgrade safety vent out-of-area contractors from and wage standards across the construction industry. under-bidding local contractors Despite Trump’s promises to focus on rebuilding American on the basis of bringing in lower infrastructure, the President walked away from infrastructure ne- wage workers. Long-term, states gotiations in 2019, angering union members, and leaving the in- where prevailing wage laws have dustry more vulnerable to the economic downturn that has coin- been repealed invariably have cided with the administration’s total failure to respond effectively seen declines in worker wages to the outbreak of COVID-19. and apprenticeship training ex- As thousands of IUPAT workers lost their jobs due to COVID- penditures. Stevens for Congress 19, the IUPAT criticized the President for stalling relief, allowing mil- In recent years, the ABC has STOPPING BY the IBEW Local 58 parking lot for the union’s drive-through Labor Day celebra- lions of Americans to face lapses in health coverage and pushing for been a supporter of the Trump tion is Congresswoman Haley Stevens, second from right. Endorsed by the Michigan Building and job site reopenings even when conditions were not safe for workers. Administration’s IRAP (Indus- Construction Trades Council, Democrat Stevens is running for re-election in the 11th Congres- “I need to see a real leader in the White House – someone who try-Recognized Apprenticeship sional District, in northwest Wayne and part of Oakland County. With her (l-r) is Local 58 tells it like it is but who actually knows what he’s talking about, and Programs). Extensive lobbying registrar Jeannette Bradshaw, Local 58 journeyman Mike Curran and apprentice Brian Simpson. works to get things done,” said Vaughn Simmons from Wisconsin, a and petitioning by building Stevens has been a big supporter of building trades issues. painter with the IUPAT. “I realize that many of my co-workers voted trades unions last year success- for Trump because of the tough-guy image, but enough is enough. fully brought a halt to including We know smoke and mirrors when we see it. Joe Biden is the guy.” construction in the IRAPs, where International Union Painters and Allied Trades inclusion would have created a “Life is either a daring ad- ESPER AIELLO LAW GROUP, PLLC Hanover, Maryland “wild west” scenario for con- venture or nothing. Security struction apprenticeship train- does not exist in nature, nor do After discussions with our leaders and members, the General ing, allowing contractors to cre- the children of men as a whole Construction Injury Executive Board of the Laborers’ International Union of North ate their own standards for experience it. Avoiding danger America (LIUNA) unanimously, enthusiastically, and proudly en- coursework, on- the-job training is no safer in the long run than Specialists dorses Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Kamala Harris for and program completion. Unions exposure.” Representing Building President and Vice President of the United States of America. saw IRAPs as an existential –Helen Keller (1880 - 1968) Trades Workers since 1988 Joe Biden and Kamala Harris stand out as the blue-collar can- threat to their gold standard didates. training programs. “Most people would like to WORKERS’ COMP Now, as indicated in their let- Tim Esper Mark Aiello Vice President Biden never forgets where he came from; never be delivered from temptation but forgets the value of hard work and those who do it; and never ter, the ABC has thrown its re- SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY would like it to keep in touch.” forgets that the greatest asset of our country are its working men and sources behind killing the union- –Robert Orben CONSTRUCTION ACCIDENT LITIGATION women. During these challenging times, our nation desperately needs sponsored PRO (Protect the ESTATE PLANNING - ELDER LAW the steady hand and strong, inclusive leadership that Joe Biden will Right to Organize) Act, which provide. As we face a once-in-a-lifetime pandemic, the worst eco- passed the Democrat-controlled “One kind word can warm Our associates also handle: nomic downturn in decades, and widespread social unrest, Joe House in February. The PRO Act three winter months.” UNEMPLOYMENT • ANY INJURY CASE will bring all Americans together to solve these problems. was buried in the Republican-led –Japanese proverb Joe Biden is one of us; he knows, first hand, the trials and Senate, and would have faced a “Do not trust all men, but ASBESTOS/TOXIC EXPOSURES • DRIVERS LICENSE RESTORATION tribulations faced by working men and women across this coun- Trump veto, anyway. trust men of worth; the former 3031 W. Grand Blvd, Suite 440, Detroit 48202 try. 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The This election is nothing less than a battle for the soul of our nation and the future of the trade union movement. As President, Building Joe Biden will lead our great country out of the darkness of the pandemic, rebuild and restore our economy, and pursue our high- Tradesman est ideals and aspirations. We can count on him to stand with us ISSN-007-3717 on issues of critical importance to LIUNA members and their fami- is the Official Publication of lies, including infrastructure investment, prevailing wages and the Michigan Building and collective bargaining, pension and immigration reform, protecting Construction Trades Council federal and public sector workers, strengthening the U.S. Postal Patrick Devlin Service, and a comprehensive energy policy. Over the crucial next few months, the 500,000 strong, proud, Secretary-Treasurer and united men and women of LIUNA will be on the front lines Steve Claywell relentlessly working to elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, and President leading the way to fulfill their mantra of “Build Back Better.” Terry O’Sullivan, LIUNA General President The Building Tradesman welcomes your letters to the editor. By mail: Building Tradesman Editor, 1640 Porter St. Detroit, MI 48216 The Building Tradesman is or, e-mail: [email protected] published bi-weekly (every other Friday) by the Michigan Fudging the sacrifices Building and Construction By Jim Hightower Trades Council, Detroit office. COVID-19 has been a doubly-deadly disaster for millions of 1640 Porter St., Detroit, MI Americans, destroying both life and livelihoods. 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Visit our website: (via www.otherwords.org) www.michiganbuildingtrades.org How do you build an archi- May 1, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 3 tecturally classic, richly deco- Building Michigan: rated, acoustically perfect, world-renowned concert hall in four months and 17 days? Orchestra Hall sounds good The architect of Detroit’s Orchestra Hall, C. Howard HistoryHistory inin thethe makingmaking Crane, and project managers at general contractor Walbridge- Aldinger were undoubtedly too busy over that 19-week period in 1919 to keep a record of how they built the facility in such a short period of time. They built it fast, but boy, did they get it right. “Incredibly, the building was financed, planned and built in just six months, debuting Oct. 23, 1919,” says Historic Detroit, which quoted the Detroit Free Press the day after its grand open- ing: “No other city in the coun- DETROIT’S ORCHESTRA HALL, circa 1920. The building’s ar- try has made such a record in chitect was C. Howard Crane, a prodigious designer of movie the- artistic lines. The need of Detroit atres. “The plan of the building’s exterior was unlike Crane’s movie for the last decade and more has theatre designs,” said Detroit Sympnony Orchestra: Grace, Grit at last been realized.” and Glory. “With its combination of Beaux Arts and Art Deco ele- Detroit was flush with auto- ments, Orchestra Hall’s exterior followed classical, elegant lines... motive money at the time, and all Built of limestone, the exterior was decorated with ornamental re- manner of public- and arts- lief and cornices outlined in gold.” Photo credit: Library of Congress minded buildings were being built or planned. The Detroit In- THE OPULENT INTERIOR of today’s Orchestra Hall in Detroit contrasts with its decrepit state by Theatre and hosted jazz and was gradually raised, the roof stitute of Arts, the city’s Public 1970, when it was open to the elements and to homeless people. “Walk through Orchestra Hall today blues acts like Duke Ellington was replaced and interior reha- Library building, and “city beau- and you’d never guess just how close it came to being demolished to make way for a hamburger stand,” and Billie Holiday. The hall was bilitation began in 1974. On Oct. tiful” construction was taking says Detroiturbex. Built in 1919, the incredible acoustics are likely the fortunate convergence of a then abandoned in 1958, and in 23, 1979, the DSO returned to place on Belle Isle and elsewhere number of factors, according to Orchestra Hall: the building’s size (not too big, not too small); the the ensuing years the roof failed Orchestra Hall for a concert, during the pre-Depression era. hardness of its plaster walls and the related ornamentation, its shoebox shape, which balances sound and the beautiful interior plas- and in 1987, the DSO formally At the time the Detroit (as opposed to a fan shape which is better for sight lines); as well as the high-ceilinged stage and “trap ter rotted, and the site became returned to its new/old home, Symphony Orchestra had an room” below the stage, which were added to allow for productions like operas and plays but also adds inhabited by pigeons. Orchestra Hall. reputation growing in excel- warmth to the sound. Photo credit: Detroit Symphony Orchestra DSO bassoonist Paul The building trades added a lence, and a “rock star” conduc- Ganson is credited with saving new ventilation system to Or- tor in the person of Russian the wrecked hall. He had heard chestra Hall site in 2003, later Ossip Gabrilowitsch, whose con- other musicians talk of Orches- the hall received new musician tract was expiring. In March tra Hall’s acoustics, and in 1970 dressing rooms, space for in- 1919, he told the symphony he he organized preservationists to struments and equipment stor- would renew on one condition: he halt the planned demolition of the age, along with two floors of ad- wanted a home for his orches- building. The “Save Orchestra ministrative space. Also added tra, which had been playing in Hall Committee,” was formed, was 17,000 square feet of lobby various halls, armories and ball- and by March 1972 the building space. The decade also say the rooms. Gabrilowitsch was on a was on its way back, with expansion of the area around the concert tour, and he left it up to $100,000 being raised to pur- hall with Max Fisher Music Cen- the symphony’s board of direc- chase the building. More money ter, completed in 2006. tors to build the symphony hall in time for the next concert sea- son – and if they did, he would accept the offer to stay on as con- ductor. “The directors of the Or- WALBRIDGE-ALDINGER, a familiar name today, was responsible for building Orchestra Hall in chestra Association decided that Detroit along Woodward Avenue over the course of just 19 weeks in 1919. “It is part of the lore of the they had no choice but to build a building of Orchestra Hall that the construction crews worked round the clock to meet the deadline, new hall,” says a 1982 report by often under the glare of night lighting. Still, they cut no corners...” says Detroit Sympnony Orchestra: the Historic American Building Grace, Grit and Glory Photo credit: Walbridge Survey. “A hastily assembled building committee selected C. folding was removed for the first tor Peter Oundjian called it a to the complexity of the acous- Howard Crane as the architect. performance, then replaced. “miracle.” Cellist Yo-Yo Ma de- tics. As the deadline for complet- THE WRECKED interior of Orchestra Hall in February 1971. Within two weeks the commit- Workmen quietly walked out the clared it “one of the wonders of ing drew near, panic began to set tee had purchased the site of old back doors as concert-goers the music world.” Cellist Pablo in, and parts of the plan were re- Photo credit: Library of Congress Westminster Presbyterian were walking in the front. Much Casals once called Orchestral drawn or discarded. The ornate Church and raised half a million of the decorative work inside the Hall, ‘’an acoustical marvel, a decorative elements were espe- Just joking in building funds. Crane’s gen- theatre would be done in the com- gem among the world’s concert cially dense at the front of the Some cannibal humor: asked. eral contractor (Walbridge- ing weeks. But Orchestra Hall halls.’’ hall, where work began, but be- •A tourist in the jungle He responded, “Oh, I just Aldinger) – prepared to work was a hit, and Gabrilowitsch Said a write-up in the New gan to thin out towards the back finds himself the captive of really like working with digi- day and night to rush the build- stayed on as conductor until his York Times: “The hall has such as workers raced to meet the a tribe of cannibals. tal media.” ing to completion – promised that death in 1936. superb acoustics that the third deadline. Much of the exterior They’ve tied him to a it would be finished on schedule. “Its superb acoustical quali- oboe can be heard as clearly in ornamentation was simply never pole. One of the cannibals •A man is on trial for can- A telegram was sent to ties distinguish it as one of the the last row as in the first. The built.” walks up to the nibalism. He says to the Gabrilowitsch on tour, inform- finest concert halls in the hall, built in four and a half Orchestra Hall is an archi- man and asks: judge, “well, your honor, if ing him that a new 2,000-seat world,” says the Detroit Histori- months in 1919, is architectur- tectural classic, and it’s also a “what’s your you truly are what you eat, concert hall would be ready on cal Society, “with a historical ally asymetrical and has walls classic example of the abandon name?” then I am an innocent man.” time. The contractor further legacy that few others can that are off by as much as two or and tear-down trajectory of so Tourist: “Why showed his zeal by starting demo- match.” three feet.” many historic U.S. buildings. do you want to •A cannibal is consuming lition of the church at a corner of Acoustic qualities are, of “From the very beginning, But the hall, barely, avoided the know my name?” a farmer when a cop comes the roof while a final wedding cer- course, in the ear of the beholder. the acoustics of the performance demolition fate of so many of Cannibal: “We need to by. emony was still going on inside.” But there’s a lot of love for the space were of particular atten- those older structures in the print the menu.” Cop: “Are you eating Located on Woodward at 2,100-seat Orchestra Hall. tion,” says Detroiturbex. “The 1960s and 70s and 80s. someone?” Parsons Street, construction on Former DSO conductor Gunther footprint of the building con- The DSO originally occu- •A cannibal had an un- Cannibal: “No, sir. You the building proceeded at break- Herbig said the building’s acous- formed to the slant of Woodward pied the Orchestra Hall for 20 usual hobby. He would save see, this man owned chickens neck speed, day and night, even tics ‘’responds and breathes like Avenue resulting in a shape not years, leaving in 1939 for the the extremities of bodies and when he was alive.” before the architectural draw- a human being.” “Orchestra a perfectly rectangular, with the larger Masonic Temple. In 1956, use them to form works of Cop: “How does that ings had been completed. And the Hall is like a friend giving your north wall six feet longer than it moved to the new, acoustically art. The others began ques- change anything?” symphony and its opening night notes a hug as you play,” says the south wall. Instead of cor- awful Ford Auditorium. tioning him. “What’s up with Cannibal; “You see, I’m audience did not get a completed the DSO’s Bill Lucas, trumpet. recting for this, Crane built the During the 1940s, Orches- all these pictures made out of not eating a person. I am eat- venue. Still-needed interior scaf- Former principal guest conduc- slant into the main hall, adding tra Hall became the Paradise fingers and toes?” they ing a chicken tender.” 4 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN September 18, 2020 Biden vs. Trump Sprinkler Fitters

‘Biden has stood with workers time Sprinkler Fitters Local 704 DETROIT – The next regular business meeting will be held and time again as a true ally’ Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 5:30 P.M. at the Union Hall. The Executive (Continued on Page 1) Board will meet the same evening at 4:30 P.M. with Congress to write a stricter law on employee mis-classification, Reminder: Article V, Section 13 of Local 704’s Constitution, By- the practice of classifying a worker as an independent contractor rather Laws and Rules of Order. Any project that falls into the jurisdiction of than as an employee in order to avoid payment of overtime and other Local 704 shall be manned by not less than two members. Any mem- workplace benefits. ber violating this By-Law shall be brought before the Executive Board Plumbers, Pipe • Biden would seek to impose a national ban on state right-to- for a trial and be subject to a fine. Local 85 work laws, which prevent unions from collecting “fair-share” fees Article IX, Section 4 of Local 704’s Constitution, By-Laws and Fitters & HVAC from non-members to cover their share of the costs of collective Rules of Order sates: Members shall report all job starts to its local Plumbers and Steamfitters 85 Service bargaining. union office. SAGINAW – The Next • Biden supports the Protecting the Right to Organize Act (PRO NFPA All Access is available for all 704 members. Please contact Union Meeting is still to be de- Local 111 Act), H.R. 2474, which would make it easier for the UA and other the Local 704 Training Center for username and password. termined. unions to organize new contractors, strengthen the rights of work- Phone numbers to remember: NASI is 1-800-638-2603 for infor- We encourage members to Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 111 ers, and enhance the National Labor Relations Board’s power to pun- mation regarding Health and Welfare or Pension fund questions. do as much of their business as UPPER PENINSULA – Both ish employers who violate labor laws. Continuing education classes are being formed. Please reach they can by phone, email and fax. the Escanaba and Marquette •Biden will ensure that Davis-Bacon prevailing wage protections out to the training center for further information or future classes you We will adhere to social distanc- halls have been closed to walk- are the standard – not last minute fights to have them included. would like to see added. ing practices. SUB checks will in members until further no- •Biden will ensure that Project Labor Agreements aren’t just an Classes for backflow certification are being formed now. Please continue to be mailed ONLY. We tice. Please call either hall Executive Order, but rather are always guaranteed to be used on contact the Local 704 Training Center for more information. will be available by phone and for any assistance you may federally funded projects. Please keep your information updated with the union hall. email anytime for your conve- need. • Biden will defend registered union apprenticeships from IRAPs. A speedy recovery to all of our sick and injured members. nience. Please utilize the phone The next scheduled union His plan includes a $50 billion investment to registered union ap- numbers and email addresses meeting will be on September 24, prenticeship programs. listed below. 2020 at the Escanaba hall @ 7:30 • When given the choice of running mate, Trump chose one of Plumbers ALL NON-CRITICAL IN- p.m. EST. the most anti-union governors in the country – Mike Pence. As gov- TERACTIONS are cancelled un- We will be following ALL ernor, Pence made Indiana a right-to-work state decimating wages til further notice. Please utilize state mandates of the Michigan and repealing the state’s prevailing wage laws. Joe Biden chose U.S Local 98 email and phone calls whenever Executive order by the Governor. Sen. Kamala Harris, a staunch ally of labor her entire career and close possible. Below is a list of main Masks will be required so if you friend to the UA in Washington, DC and California, as his running Plumbers 98 contacts for the hall: plan on attending please wear a mate. DETROIT – Membership of Plumbers Local 98:Brothers and Justin Pomerville, Business Man- mask. President Trump Sisters, As summer comes to a close, your officers and I hope this ager(989) 799-5261 x 13 Thank you to the member- • Current Trump Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia has system- letter finds you and your families happy and healthy. [email protected] ship for your patience during this atically dismantled union rights and protections at the DOL. Under MEETINGS. We are having a “Special Called Meeting” Sept. Jamie Badour, Business Agent process due to the current situa- the Trump Administration, the DOL has time and again sought to 24 at 6 pm. Please notice the time change. Our parking lot is starting (989) 799-5261 x 15 tion of the COVID-19 mandates pass anti-union regulations and increase corporate influence. to take shape and we will be able to put a tent outside if the weather [email protected] of gatherings. Any questions • During the first year of his presidency, Trump signed an executive will just cooperate. We will vote to ratify our past wage and fringe Tim Danielak, Business Agent please call Business Manager, order establishing Industry-Recognized Apprenticeship Programs allocation. You are required to wear a mask and social distance as per (989) 799-5261 x 14 Dean Gutzman and stay safe. (IRAPs) that allow third-party industry groups outside of construction our State’s orders. Please keep an eye out for an email blast. All [email protected] Condolences: To Ensio to develop apprenticeship programs without having to meet existing distributed allocations are posted on our UA Local 98 web page Clint Steele, Business Agent Ostola, past Business Manager federal Registered Apprenticeship standards. (UALocal98.com) and went into effect the first week of June 2020. All (231) 499-7330 of Local 414 on the passing of • Trump has made it easier to award federal contracts to compa- Retiree Meetings are cancelled until further notice. E-Board meet- [email protected] his wife Marie. nies that are repeat violators of wage laws, sexual harassment laws, ings are getting back underway on the first Thursday of the month at Bobby Anderson, Organizer Reminder: It is your respon- racial discrimination laws, or laws protecting workers’ rights to union- 6:30 p.m. If you need to contact or see the board please call V.P. Jim (989) 799-5261 x 12 sibility to call the hall as soon as ize. Cools at 734-307-9841. [email protected] you get laid off, the day you call Trump signed into a law a repeal of the Obama-Biden ELECTIONS. Our Biden/Harris signs arrived at the hall on 9/9/ Kristin Tuthill, Office Profes- in is the date that you are placed Administration’s Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order, 20. The Agents and Officers did their best to dispatch them to job sional (989) 799-5261 x 11 on the Out of Work List, if you which discouraged the government from granting federal contracts sites. If you haven’t received one and would like one contact Office [email protected] do not call in you will not be re- to companies with a history of stealing their employees’ wages, vio- Administrator, Kristina, at [email protected] or 248-331-7232. Feather Reige, Office Profes- ferred to work. lating workplace safety standards, or illegally discriminating in hiring Are you registered to vote? You can check your voting status sional (989) 799-5261 x 10 Important Information: or pay. by logging on to the Secretary of State website mvic.sos.state.mi.us. [email protected] Contact the hall with any • Trump blocked an Obama-Biden rule that strengthened an We are currently updating our list of candidates we are supporting. The next Northern Meeting changes with any of the follow- employer’s duty to keep accurate logs of workplace injuries and illnesses. The list can be found under the About section under Political Action is postponed until further notice. ing: E-Mail, address, phone • Trump’s Labor Department now allows employers who violate on our webpage. Local 98 will continue backing both party’s candi- Please check the ualocal85 number, a new birth, marriage, minimum wage, overtime, and other wage laws to avoid any penalty by dates who have proven to be true Union supporters. We will con- .org or our Facebook page for the divorce, or death. For those of volunteering to investigate themselves. The agency also announced tinue to update our endorsement list as the election nears. most up-to-date information. you who have an email address that it will stop pursuing monetary penalties in most cases of wage theft COVID-19. Anyone who knows of a Local 98 member or spouse The new website is up and that we do not yet have on it investigates. that has died of Covid-19, please have the surviving partner or family running. Please check out record, please call and give it to • Trump has stacked the Supreme Court with anti-worker jus- member contact the Union hall as the U.A. has an extra bereavement www.ualocal85.org. Click on Lo- April or Ann. tices. In addition, the Trump Administration has consistently ap- fund to assist unfortunate families in their time of need. Due to HIPPA cal 85. Members to access mem- Reminder to Welders/Weld- pointed and confirmed anti-worker nominees for positions that are laws we cannot make first contact with the families ourselves. So bers only information. Login in- ing Forms: The UA Welder designated to safeguard and enforce laws that protect workers. please help out our member’s families. formation is username: first ini- Qualification Continuity Report • The Trump Administration has stacked the National Labor Rela- Any concerns with COVID-19 safety protocols or lack of PPE tial with full last name. Password forms are available on our tions Board (NLRB) with several anti-worker appointments, most nota- contact the Safety Hotline number at 313-340-7339. is 00 with your UA Card Number. website under Training or at the bly William Emanuel, Marvin Kaplan, and John Ring as NLRB members. Michigan residents have access to free, with no copay required, If you should have any difficul- hall. Certifications expire every 6 All three members regularly represented large employers prior to COVID-19 testing for members and family. Located at the old State ties logging in, please call Kristin months and it is YOUR responsi- joining the Board. NLRB General Counsel Peter Robb also spent much Fair Grounds on Woodward and 8 Mile Road in Detroit, you must call or Feather at (989) 799-5261 ext. bility to get your welding forms of his career as a management-side labor and employment lawyer. The for an appointment at 313-230-0505, our code is 289488PL. 11 or 10. turned in on time. appointed NLRB members and General Counsel have systematically UNION HALL. The Union Hall is open to essential foot traffic The new Facebook page is 2020 Upgrade Certification rolled back workers’ rights. Trump also has allowed one of the tradition- only and we are continuing to use the West doors as our main en- live. If you are currently on the Class Schedule has been posted ally Democratic seats on the Board to sit vacant since August 2018, trance. Masks are required and you need to make an appointment to Local Eighty-Five Facebook ac- to Local 111 web-site (lu111.com). ensuring employer domination of the agency. visit. Remember, the Training Center can be used. count, invites were sent to have Please update all Non-UA • During the first three years of the Trump administration, OSHA SUB APPS/OOW Changes. SUB is still closed until our travel- you join the new site. UA Local certifications (Plumbing License, workplace inspections have fallen below the previous two adminis- ers or job calls slow down. Please fill out SUB Apps electronically 85 page is our public Facebook MUST, OSHA-30 etc.) by send- trations. The decline in inspections puts the safety of workers as now. This can be found on the web page under the OOWL section. If account. UA Local 85 Members ing a copy of your certification risk, especially those who work in dangerous jobs or industries. you’re still having unemployment issues call BAs Gary Glaser or Tom Group is our new members only to the Union Hall • Under President Trump, the NLRB has sided with employers McWilliams. For any member issues dealing with benefits contact Facebook. On this page, we will 2020 BTA Class Schedule and ruled against unions on issues relating to the implementation and Jon DeRoo. If you are less than a year from retiring, please set a have important messages and re- has been posted to Local 111 enforcement of work rules. These decisions will make it more difficult for meeting with Jon today. minders specific to our member- web-site (lu111.com). employees to discuss unionization in the workplace. LICENSE RENEWAL. For all continuing education opportuni- ship. Please like both and let us Check your dues records! • While Trump’s first Department of Labor Secretary, Alexander ties call Training Coordinator Paul Baker at 248-585-1435. BAs Gary know what you think. You are assessed a $50 reinstate- Acosta, was able to head off some attacks coming from within the Glaser and Tom McWilliams are now admins on the Must/Most pro- GOD BLESS ORGA- ment once you become 3 months Administration, President Trump replaced him with Eugene Scalia as gram, contact them if you need help. NIZED LABOR AND THE LA- behind. You are automatically Secretary, who has championed the effort to have IRAPs as part of RETIREES. We would like to congratulate all of our Brothers BOR MOVEMENT! expelled once you are over 6 the construction industry, which would blow up the union appren- and Sisters who have retired this year: Training Center News: months behind. ticeship training model. Scalia built a career representing corpora- 1/1/20 Richard Michael and Michael Whitson. 2/1/20 Preston SUB Fund: Print Unem- Safety Training on Local tions, financial institutions, and other business organizations while Banks, Jeff McMahon, Michael Burgin, and David Puvalowski. 3/1/ ployment Payment History lo- 111 Web Site: When taking the fighting against worker protections like health and safety regula- 20 Tim McCabe. 4/1/20 Mitchall Conn and Donald Baloh 5/1/20 cated underneath the Certifica- on-line safety training, go to our tions, retirement security, and collective bargaining rights. Gerald Kulka. 7/1/20 Scott Hawkins, Dawn Melancon, and David tion Tab when logged into your web site ua111.com and click on • The Trump NLRB is also working to limit organizer access to Thibodeau. 8/1/20 Jeff Wacker and Daniel Becker 9/1/20 Thomas MiWAM account. Deadline for Safety Links. Members must worksites. In a reversal of long-standing policy, the Board ruled that Hamann and George Kopy. submittals is Noon on Thursday take these safety trainings for union organizers can be barred from parts of an employer’s property Good/Welfare. We are looking for Residential and Service Plumb- in order to receive a check that each site to work at each mill. that are open to the public. ers at this time. This is a great opportunity to expand and grow, as Friday. Checks will be mailed out Please take note they are valid • Trump delayed the enforcement of a rule limiting workers in the many members are looking to retire. If you know anyone working on Friday. No in person pickups for one year. construction industries’ exposure to silica dust, which has been linked nonunion or is a past member that may be interested, have them call allowed. If a holiday falls on a MSHA Training: The 2020 to lung cancer. Organizer Rob Moses at 248-763-2187. Friday, checks will be issued on MSHA schedule is on our web • The Trump Administration has dramatically increased the size In Brotherhood, Carlo Castiglione Business Manager Plumb- Thursday and deadline will be site & our Facebook page. Call of the H-2B program, which employers are taking advantage of – ers Local 98 moved up to Wednesday by Ann at (906) 226-6511 ext. 4 to including Trump himself – to hire non-union, non-American workers TRAINING CENTER NEWS. Phone # 248-585-1435. noon. register. MSHA expires in one at lower pay and with lower safety standards. Check out The Training Center’s website www.Plumbers98tc.org Where to submit docu- year. • Under President Trump, both the NLRB and Department of The Apprenticeship Application process is closed until further notice. ments: Address: UA Local Union Labor completed rulemakings that limit the circumstances in which The Training Center is open and adhering to COVID-19 restrictions. 85 SUB, P.O. Box 6547, Saginaw, the agencies will find a business to be a “joint employer.” This helps Please call Paul Baker at 248-585-1435 ext. 123 if you have questions. MI 48608 Fax: (989) 791-3468 Local 85, con’t employers avoid accountability for violations of wage and labor laws ASSE Winter Backflow Tester Certification - Class begins 11/ Email: [email protected] tion at (989) 799-5261 ext. 10. by using staffing agencies and other employment models. 2/2020. Call Training Center for full schedule. Pre-pay by check only SUB Application for Ben- Email Addresses: Please • Similarly, the Trump NLRB has made it easier to classify workers as to hold your spot before the deadline 10/16/2020 or if class fills up, efits: Must be on file in order to email [email protected] to independent contractors, which will result in employers denying more whichever is first. receive SUB Check. Available at update email addresses. workers benefits and protections afforded to employees under the law. ASSE Backflow Tester Re-Certification exams are scheduled the Hall. Website Address: Please In the event an employer does misclassify an employee as an indepen- quarterly. Please be sure to check your expiration date, it is now 90 Day Rule: The weeks visit www.ualocal85.org. dent contractor, the Trump NLRB will not hold the employer liable. required that you complete your update class prior to your expiration. you are claiming must be submit- Insurance: When you are • The Trump NLRB also completed several rulemakings that under- For those who are eligible, please call the Training Center to register and ted within 90 days of the first working out of another Local’s ju- mine the process of holding workplace elections. These rules needlessly pre-pay by check only before the deadline September 25, 2020. The Monday following the week in risdiction it may take up to 90 days delay the holding of the election and allow an election to proceed when next scheduled recertification class is October 27 & 28, 2020. which you are eligible to receive for your Insurance and Pension an employer has created a coercive and intimidating atmosphere. If your brazing or welding certs are ready to expire, call to sched- a State benefit per the Plan Docu- to be reciprocated back to Local • The NLRB under the Trump Administration is undermining the ule an appointment. The next WELDING Tests will be Saturday, Oct. ments. 85, which may cause problems collective bargaining process by expanding the ability of employers 3, 2020. You must call to schedule your welding tests at least 3 days Taxes: There are no taxes with your Health Insurance. AL- to take unilateral action when a collective bargaining agreement is in prior to the class. The next BRAZING Cert Sessions will be Friday, taken out of SUB Fund Checks, WAYS SAVE YOUR CHECK place and limiting the situations in which employers are required to Oct. 2, 2020. Please note: All members must be dressed appropriately however they are taxable wages STUBS and fax them in to the hall bargain over disciplinary decisions. to be in the shop area. and you will receive a W-2 at the at 989-791-3468 with the local you • Dramatic cuts to the NLRB’s staff under the Trump administra- 2020 Course Hour reimbursement forms are now available at the end of the year. If you want taxes are working out of indicated. We tion are directly undermining the agency’s ability to investigate un- Training Center. You must have 8 hours (approved hours credited may withheld from your SUB Fund will fax them down to BeneSys fair labor practices committed by employers. President Trump also vary from actual hours attended) of verifiable approved classes/training Check, please indicate the dollar to keep your Insurance up to proposed cutting over 10% of the agency’s funding in his proposed from Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2020 to be eligible for the $80 reimbursement. amount for Federal and State on date. 2020 budget. Recently-announced plans by the General Counsel to OSHA Training - OSHA 10, available as on an online class for each SUB submittal. RETIREE LUNCHEON: All reorganize the agency’s busiest offices are raising concerns from $25 at www.careersafeonline.com. This OSHA 10 class is not affili- NOTE TO ALL MEMBERS: retiree luncheons are postponed Members of Congress that the changes will prevent the agency from ated with the UA or our Training Center. OSHA 10 and 30 Hour Train- Address & Phone Update: until further notice. Please check effectively carrying out its responsibilities. ing is also offered online through the MUST website. Go to Please call the Union Hall to up- the ualocal85.org or Facebook for • President Trump has taken many executive actions to limit col- www.mustonline.org. **Be sure to take the Construction Safety date any address or phone num- all up to date information. lective bargaining in the federal workforce. President Trump has al- courses; not the General Industry courses. ber changes at (989) 799-5261 ext. Remember you all are essen- lowed federal employees to opt-out of paying union dues, limited the It is each member’s individual responsibility to keep all their 10. tial to me. amount of work time federal employees can spend on union activi- Certifications current. Beneficiary Cards: Please Justin M. Pomerville ties, prevented federal employees from filing grievances over certain If the person you are trying to reach at the Training Center is un- call the Union Hall for any Business Manager/Financial merit-based actions, and shortened the time frame for federal-sector available, please leave a message to ensure we can return your call. We changes in beneficiary informa- Secretary collective bargaining. attempt to return all messages by the end of the business day. (Continued next column) Local Union 85 September 18, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 5 Plumbers, Pipe Fitters, Local 190 Service Technicians, Gas Distribution Local 671 Plumbers & Pipe Fitters Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 190 to fill out on the website that will may need on Health and Welfare for this class 734-426-3700 ANN ARBOR – Please see inform the hall. funds, Met Life Insurance Poli- CONFINED SPACE (4 our member milestone ad below CREDIT CARD MACHINE: cies and miscellaneous. HRS): Still looking to put on a Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 671 recognizing members’ years of You now have the ability to pay MEDICARE: When you confined space class. Minimum MONROE – The next Regular Union meeting is scheduled for service. your union dues or purchase mer- become eligible for Medicare, of four (4) to put class on. Call Thursday, October 1st at 7pm at the Union hall. The next Executive UNION MEETING: The next chandise by credit card or debit please contact Bernadette Maus the training center to get put on Board meeting is also scheduled for October 1st at 5pm at the Union regular union is scheduled for card. We accept Visa, MasterCard at our Fringe Benefit office 1-888- the list for the next class. hall. I will get out a notice to all members if we feel that it is still unsafe Monday, October 12th at 6:00 and Discover. A surcharge of 390-7473. ICRA CERTIFICATION (16 to meet. We are asking that only voting members attend the Union p.m. at 7920 Jackson Road, Ann 3.99% is added to your card on CLASS INFORMATION – HRS): Looking to put on another meetings until further notice. Please be prepared to social distance Arbor, MI. At this meeting, the the transaction amount. We will TRAINING CENTER- OFFICE ICRA certification class. Next and wear a mask during the meeting. There will be masks available at reading of the annual audit will then mail you your dues receipt PHONE: 734-426-3700 class possible in-person at the the door. take place. This meeting will and credit charge slip. TRAINING CENTER IS training center. Minimum of four Health and Welfare: Due to some very large claims and the take place outside under a large LAID OFF OR BACK TO OPENED BACK UP TO MEM- (4) to put a class on. Call training continued rise of Health Care, the Health and Welfare Board had to tent. Members are urged to at- WORK – IMPORTANT RE- BERS WISHING TO UPDATE center to get put on the list for make some substantial changes to our health plan. These changes tend and take an active part in MINDER TO ALL MEMBERS: ANY CERTIFICATIONS, LI- the next class. will come into effect on January 1st, 2021. You will receive information the proceedings. All members who get laid off or CENSES OR QUALIFICTIONS. APPRENTICES PLEASE in the mail in the coming months. MASKS MUST BE WORN report back to work please imme- PLEASE NOTE: We are fol- NOTE: Make sure your e-mail Flu Shot Clinic: We will be having a Flu Shot clinic at the Hall on WHEN ENTERING THE UNION diately contact Karen (734) 424- lowing the State and CDC guide- and phone number are updated September 23rd from 12-4 p.m. At this time, you should have also HALL BUILDING AND TRAIN- 0962 Ext. #210, to report the last lines. You must wear a face mask at the training center. Please call received a mailing explaining the changes this year. APPOINTMENTS ING CENTER DUE TO THE EX- day in which you worked or to inside the building. and dial EXT. 2 ARE REQUIRED THIS YEAR; PLEASE CALL CARLY TO SET ONE ECUTIVE ORDER. report the day you went back to Lead/Asbestos/Bloodborne CONGRATULATIONS: UP. Please wear a mask and respect others’ personal space. If you MICHIGAN GAS DISTRI- work. PLEASE NOTE: Members Pathogens Training (4 hours): Our member Steve Hafner is a don’t have a mask, we will provide one. BUTION - E-Mail address: can now go to the website under Monday, October 5th at 5:00 p.m. very proud grandfather. His Congratulations: We want to congratulate Brothers Nick Strickler Please contact the union hall 734- “members only” and fill out a This is an in-person class, at the daughter Riley Hafner and and Jon Prajzner on completing their apprenticeship and obtaining 424-0962 or Pat Duffy 734-368- “back to work” form or “laid off” Training Center. To register for Michael Snyder are the proud Journeyman status. 4423 to make sure we have a cur- form. this class contract Retha at 734- parents of a baby boy. Leighton Condolences: Unfortunately, we received word that Brother rent e-mail address. INFORMATION - FRINGE 426-3700 Emerson Snyder was born on Jimmy Howard Jr. passed away on September 6th from a heart condi- OFFICE HOURS: Effective BENEFIT OFFICE: VISION First Aid/CPR Training (4 August 16th and weight 7 lbs. 5 tion. Jimmy was well respected as a mechanic and as a member of Monday, February 3rd, the PROGRAM – EYEMED – IM- hours): Monday, October 19th at oz and 20 inches long. A wee bit Local 671. He will be missed. Prayers go out to his family. Union Hall office hours are as fol- PORTANT INFORMATION: 5:00 p.m. This is an in-person of heaven drifted down from JAC: The new school schedules for 2020-2021 school year have lows: Monday – Friday: 7:30 a.m. EyeMed benefit cards are not class, at the Training Center. To above, our hearts are filled with been emailed out. Instructors and apprentices please check your until 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. un- necessary to access benefits, register please contact Retha happiness. email and make sure you got them. til 4:30 p.m. however, you may print a card 734-426-3700. CONDOLENCES: Our Work Opportunities: There have been some travel opportuni- The office will be closed from the EyeMed website. Vision WELDING LAB: Starting member, Carleton Tim Arnold ties available recently. Give Vinnie a shout if you are looking for some daily from 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 providers should be provided the the first week of September, the passed away on August 30th. work out of town. p.m. following information at the time welding lab will be back to open Carleton initiated September 15, Mobile App: Our Mobile App titled “UA Local 671” is available 2020 - MICHIGAN LI- of the appointment; 1) Carrier labs on Mondays, Wednesday, 1987 and retired April 1, 1997. To in the App Store for I phone or Android. The Username for Local 671 CENSE RENEWAL: Plumbing Name -(EyeMed), 2) Member and Thursdays. Weld tests dates all family members and friends, we Members is your last name and your book number (UA Card Num- license renewals are done Name 3) Member Birthdate are determined as participants are truly sorry for your loss, may ber). The Password is your book number. Please download this app online ONLY!!! For detailed in- EyeMed Customer Service show they have the skills. our sympathy and heartfelt con- so you can keep up on current information that the hall needs to get structions and requirements, Call: 888-581-3648 ASSE BACKFLOW RE- dolences bring you comfort dur- out. Recently, we have used it to send out Covid-19 related news and please visit: www.michigan.gov/ In Network Provider Listings CERTIFICATION (8 HRS): This ing this difficult time. insurance information; it is a great way to get news out to the Mem- bcc. Feel free to stop into the Call: 866-804-0982 class starts Tuesday, September Our member Louis “Buddy” bership fast. Union hall and pick up a copy of EyeMed Website: www. 22nd and Wednesday, September Delacruz IV passed away on Au- 2020 Election: We have yard signs at the Hall for candidates the instructions. eyemed.com 23rd at 5:00 p.m. This is an in- gust 30th. Buddy initiated March that your Political Action Committee has interviewed and endorsed. UA LOCAL 190 WEBSITE: NEW BLUE CROSS BLUE person class at the training cen- 7, 1983 and retired December 1, We need to all get behind them in order to protect our future work. www.ua190.org Current members SHIELD APP FOR YOUR ter. Please check your certifica- 2016. To all family members and In Closing: Don’t forget to register to vote and make sure you will be able to log into the “Mem- SMART DEVICE: Attention all tions for the expiration date. A friends, a gentle soul ascended exercise that right on November 3rd. This current Presidential admin- bers Only” section using your last members, you can download the mailing will be sent out. Please to heaven, please accept our istration has been attacking Labor for the last four years and we need name and UA card number. free Blue Cross Blue Shield APP contact Retha to register for this heartfelt sorrow and may our a change. I can only image what he is capable of in a Lame Duck NEW ON THE WEBSITE: on your smart device. This will class 734-426-3700. condolences bring your comfort Session. If you don’t believe me, please feel free to give me a call and Members can now view and sign allow you to see a copy of your MED GAS INSTALLER UP- and ease the pain of your loss. I will give you the facts. up for job calls. The same proce- BCBS card, review your claims, DATE (8 HRS): This class starts RETIREE MEETINGS – Mike Jewell cell 419-262-8503 email: [email protected] dure will be used as the call-in explanation of benefits and much Wednesday, September 23rd **SPADES and BREAKFAST Vinnie Fenech cell 734-693-4082 email: [email protected] line. If you are laid off or go back more. Download: BCBSM (online) and Thursday, Septem- MEETINGS HAVE BEEN CAN- to work, there are forms available REPRESENTATIVE FROM ber 24th (in-person) at 5:00 p.m. CELED UNTIL FURTHER NO- “This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know FRINGE BENEFIT OFFICE: On Classwork is done online, via TICE. what to do with it.” “Knowledge is the only in- the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Wednesday of ZOOM and BLACKBOARD on NOTIFICATIONS FOR THE –Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882) strument of production that is not each month a representative will Wednesday and test is in-person BUILDING TRADESMAN PA- subject to diminishing returns.” be available to meet with mem- at the Training Center on Thurs- PER: Please contact Karen “Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for –John Clarke bers from 9:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. day. Reminders are being mailed Spearin at the union hall, (734) and 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the out for those who will be expiring 424-0962 Ext #210, if you would what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop “A mind set in its ways is off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.” union hall. Please feel free to prior to the next up-date class. like to put a special notification wasted. Don't do it.” –John Ruskin (1819 - 1900) –Eric Schmidt come in for any information you Please contact Retha to register in the paper. 6 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN September 18, 2020 Local 636 Local 174 Pipe Fitters, Plumbers, Pipe Fitters & Service Trades Steam Fitters, Local 357 Refrigeration & West Michigan Plumbers, Fitters our PAC. Please call Cami today Contract Requirements: Plumbers, & Service Trades Local 174 and find out if you have current Please remember Section 5.7 of Air Conditioning COOPERSVILLE – Meeting PAC card on file. our collective bargaining agree- Pipe Fitters & Service Notice: ALL IN-PERSON UNION Medicare Retirees: Effec- ment states, “Persons called from MEETINGS AND RETIREE tive January 1st you are now en- the unemployed list will report to HVAC Service BREAKFASTS ARE CAN- rolled in a Humana Medicare Ad- work with a UA/WMMCA issued Pipe Fitters 636 CELLED UNTIL FURTHER NO- vantage Plan administered by drug card.” Section 18.5 states, Plumbers, Pipefitters & HVAC DETROIT – There will be No October Union Meeting. TICE. We will continue to do Labor First. If you have any “…employees…shall be required Service Local 357 The Hall is now open to all foot traffic. Masks are REQUIRED. monthly virtual meetings questions about premium pay- to maintain the following Safety KALAMAZOO – UNION Dues payments or SUB transactions can still be done via email or by through the members only ments contact TIC. All other Training Certifications: First Aid/ MEETING: All Union Meetings phone. SUB email is [email protected] Facebook group the first Tues- questions should be directed to CPR, Bloodborne Pathogens and are cancelled until further Applications for the Pipefitters Apprenticeship Program will be day of the month at 7pm. Labor First. OSHA 10.” Please make sure you notice. The Finance Committee available on Monday October 5, 2020 thru Wednesday October 16, Attention: This paper is to Short Term Disability: The follow our agreement. and Executive Board will conduct 2020 at the Pipefitters Training Center located at 636 Executive Dr. serve as the official notice to the Local #174 Board of Trustees re- Out of work list: Please re- their regularly scheduled monthly Troy MI 48099. Contact number 248-585-0636. membership. cently voted to increase the member to call extension 17 when meetings in person. The application pick-up days and times are as follows: UA for Biden: The UA and short-term disability amount from you are laid off. You must call line We will conduct an Informa- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 9am to 4pm General President McManus as- $300 per week to $400 per week. 17 to be put on the available to tional Zoom Meeting in place of Tuesday from 9am to 6pm sembled a UA Political Engage- This increase will be effective work list. When you leave a mes- a face to face membership meet- Saturday Morning from 9am to 11am ment Committee (PEC) to directly September 30th, 2019. sage, please speak clearly. Any ing starting at 6:30 pm on Octo- You can also access a printable application on our engage members across the coun- Dispatch: We will be split- member who goes to work with- ber 13th, 2020. There will be an Pipefitters636tc.org website to complete and return in person to the try in the political process. The ting up the dispatch responsibili- out a referral is in violation of our email with instructions on how to Training Center (address above). With all completed applications PEC is made up of Business Man- ties between the business agent Collective Bargaining Agreement participate in advance of you must have with you: your Diploma or GED and drivers license. agers, Business Agents, Jour- and the assistant business man- and Article XXXI of our Consti- October’s union meeting. You There is a $45 required testing fee that will take place at the Macomb neymen and Journeywomen, and ager positions. Each person will tution and By-Laws. Please con- can only receive this email if you Community College. Apprentices from all UA trades. be on dispatch for 2 weeks. There tact the Union Hall to find out have given us permission to send Any Member interested in volunteering to Lit Drop (contactless), That committee examined the two is a dispatch email: your position on the out of work you emails. Please call Lori at the phone banks (text), post card writing, etc. for our Labor Friendly presidential candidates and their [email protected] which both list. Hall, (269) 679-2570, to confirm Politicians for the upcoming General Election, please call Business positions as related to: Union offices have access to. There is Union Hall extension num- your email address and/or con- Agent Sam Cadena @ 248-939-8636. rights, energy, infrastructure, and a dispatch phone extension that bers: Ryan Bennett Business sent to us sending you emails. The Pipefitters would like to extend our deepest condolences to retirement security. After several will switch between the two of- Manager ext:12, Nathan Phillips MEDICAL CLAIMS IS- the family of Retiree Brother James McAskin who passed away on virtual meetings, the committee fices depending on who is on dis- Assistant Business Manager ext. SUES: As a member, TIC Interna- September 1, 2020. Brother James McAskin was son of late Retiree voted unanimously to endorse patch. 13, Jason Finch Business Agent tional provides a dedicated team Brother Richard McAskin father to Brother Casey McAskin and Joe Biden for President. Find New insurance carriers: ext.14, Chris Pelton Organizer of member advocates to assist nephew to late Retiree Brother Barry McAskin. more info on the process, the is- Active and NON Medicare Retir- ext.15, Lisa Johnson Accounting with the resolution of any and all CJ Harrison would like all our members to know that she is still sues, and other endorsed candi- ees Manager 11, Cami Burris Admin- medical claims issues. If at any available by phone during these uncertain times, she is working from dates at uagetinvolved.org/ Aetna: (888)290-7241 istrative Assistant ext. 10, Train- time you experience an issue with home doing phone conferences which is still beneficial to all our Endorsements: You can find Save-Rx: (800)228-3108 ing Dept: Jeff Rumsey ext. 16, your claims being processed and members and their families. You can contact her @ 313-580-6887. AFL-CIO endorsed candidates at Medicare Retirees Nicole Shumaker ext. 30. paid correctly, please contact TIC The Retiree Association Meeting for the month of July and all miaflcio.vote. Labor First: (616) 345-0788 Training News: international at 1-888-281-3461. If other Retiree Meetings moving forward, have been cancelled until VOTE: Mail ballots are go- Organizing Update: Please *Announcement: Congratu- you are not satisfied with the ser- further notice. The election has also been postponed until further ing out in mid-September and the contact Chris Pelton if you lations to Joe Balcom, Brian vice you have received, please notice. – President David Evans campaigning is ramping up. Re- know of any jobsites with a non- DeCheney, Cody Leiter, Eric call me, Ken Willcutt at (269) 569- Any member that is Retiring, contact Benesys @ 248-813-9800 member in Michigan you can now union plumbing or mechanical Price, Dan TenBrock and Brent 3492. for your Retirement paperwork or if you want to meet with the Fi- vote absentee for no reason. You contractor or if you are inter- Tichelaar on fulfilling their ap- WEBSITE INFORMATION nancial Secretary Treasurer, please give him a 7 to 10 day notice so can apply for an absentee ballot ested in actively assisting with prenticeship obligations and be- – FRINGES – TIC: Check out the that he can get all of your paperwork in order. and register to vote at our organizing efforts. There coming Local 174’s most recent website at www.ualocal357.com Dues: If you do not pay your Dues by the end of each quarter. www.mvic.sos.state.mi.us/ are plenty of opportunities Journeyman! and the FACEBOOK Page @ After 2 quarters go unpaid you will then be Expelled and have to be avapplication available, ranging from a one- The Training Center plans to www.facebook.com/UALocal Re-Initiated and pay a $200 Re-Initiation fee. Fundraiser for Marc day ride-along with a Business start scheduling night class after 357/. You should sign up for Defined Contribution Pension Plan: For those members who Vernick: Cami will be running a Agent or Organizer all the way the Labor Day holiday and will access to your fringe reporting use the Voice Response Unit, VRU to obtain balance information and fundraiser for Marc Vernick be- up to full blown salting. be following the CDC Guidelines done by TIC via the Union transfers funds in your Defined Contribution Pension, the number ginning September 1st and running Dues: Please keep your and the Governor’s mandate to website. To gain access, click on has changed. The new number for the VRU is 877-410-9984. Plan thru the month of October. Back monthly window dues current. wear masks while in the building. the Members Access Your Infor- provider number is 7526. Packs and Duffle Bags are avail- You can find your dues balance We are actively monitoring mation Here, then click on TIC You can now login to your Defined Contribution account on the able for purchase thru Cami and on the website or by calling the changes due to COVID-19 and International Corporation and Local’s website. Just click on the “Defined Contribution login here can be personalized with “UA Union office. Remember that if schedules are subject to change then Register. This is where you tab” and it will take you to the BeneSys login page. The Defined LOCAL #174”. 100% of commis- you are expelled from the UA based on group restrictions in- will type in your Name, Email Contribution website is www.yourplanaccess.com/benesys. All in- sions is being donated to help that you are no longer eligible doors. Mask are required while Address, UA Card # and Create quiries. Marc with medical and living ex- to attend Local Union events, in the Training Center. your own password. Are you “Work Ready”? Have any of your safety modules ex- penses. Please contact Cami at such as meetings, picnics, FIRST AID: First Aid/CPR/ Once you have completed all pired? Is your Drug Test current? Check your report card at (616) 837-0222, ext. 10 or email awards banquets, and Christ- BBP class will be the second the information – click on the mustbsafe.org and if it is time for renewal call the Training Center [email protected] for more de- mas parties. Thursday of the month, from LARGE REGISTER button that is 248-585-0636 and they will register you. Be “ready” when the calls tails. Jurisdiction: Remember to 5:00p-9:00p. The next classes will surrounded by a Blue Box. Your come in. Safety modules and drug tests are paid for by the Contrac- 401K Withdrawal: The re- always call into the local you are be held on Thursday, October 8, User Access will be granted the tors Association. WHEN YOU STAY CURRENT WITH YOUR cently enacted CARES Act allows traveling to. Do not rely on any- 2020. next business day. To access SAFETY MODULES, DRUG TEST AND FIRST AID, YOU WILL the 401k Plan to adopt a special one else to call in for you. They If you have a certification your account, once it is set up, QUALIFY FOR FUTURE BONUS PAYMENTS. in-service distribution for partici- will not get into trouble. It is the that has expired in the last few all you need to do is access the Financial Planning: Call Jason May at Morgan Stanley 248- pants who are diagnosed with member who is working in another months and have questions re- Membership Button again – type 258-1750 for assistance and consultation relating to your Defined COVID-19, whose spouse or local who has not checked in that garding recertification, please in your email address and pass- Contribution Investments. He will help with a total financial plan if child is diagnosed with COVID - gets into trouble. Please contact contact the Training Office. word – and all your information requested. Services are paid for by the Defined Contribution Pen- 19, or who are experiencing eco- Ryan Bennett if you see another Many certifications have ex- will be presented. As a member sion Fund. nomic hardship as a result of the local’s contractors/members tended grace periods on expira- via the website, you will be able Recovery Support Group: Pipe Dreamers, a Peer Support Recov- pandemic. working in our jurisdiction. tion dates. to keep track of all your hours and ery group for ongoing recovery from substance abuse and addiction This distribution can be up Contact Info: Please make Attention: The CSD-1 Class receive an e-mail when hours are meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 4:30pm at the to $100k, is not subject to the sure we have your updated con- Scheduled to start on October posted to your account. This is office of “Work Life Strategies” 26789 Woodward Avenue, Suite 3105, ordinary 10% excise tax, and the tact information. Check your info 28th has been cancelled due to the very important as it is up to you Huntington Woods 48070. Call 248-545-8301 for details or any ques- income tax from the distribution on the website or by calling Cami instructor from Boiler Risk Man- to keep up to date on the hours tions you may have. can be spread out over a 3-year at the Union office. agement being injured in an acci- being paid on your behalf by ANY Also, a Relations/Divorce Support Group meet on the second period. Individuals receiving Retiree Breakfast: The sta- dent. We will reschedule this CONTRACTORS. and fourth Thursday of the month at 6pm. such a distribution may also re- tus of the August Retiree Break- class as soon as he is able to re- CHANGE OF STATUS: If Worker Assistance Program: Work Life Strategies, LLC are pay the distribution over 3-year fast is CANCELLED. If you are turn to work. We apologize for you have a change of status for available to our members and their families to provide personal coun- period, in which case they will not a retiree and in need of assis- any inconvenience this may example: married, divorced, re- seling services and when needed, referral to other professionals. Call be subject to income tax on what tance, please contact the Local cause. If you have any questions married, birth, death, workers 248-545-8301 to talk to a counselor for issues relating to grief, alcohol they repay. Unlike other hard- Union Office. regarding this cancellation, comp, address change, etc., and or drug addiction, bankruptcy, financial management, marital, ships, this distribution only re- Metal Trades, Helpers, and please contact Jeff Rumsey in the please call TIC at the phone num- depression, legal and family counseling. Consultations with Work quires that the member self-cer- Trainees: Please remember that Training Office. ber above and Lori at the Union Life Strategies are a service paid for by the Insurance Fund. Referrals tify the need. The Fund is not if you are working as a Metal Open Welding will resume on Hall. It is very important that we to outside professionals, if needed, will be paid for according to the required to independently cor- Trades, Helper, or Trainee your Wednesday nights from 5pm – keep all our records up to date. current health care plan benefits. roborate the participant’s certifi- raises are based on the day you 9pm starting on 9/16/2020. Due There seems to be a continu- Training Center News. Call Kim at the training center for first cation with medical documenta- were first dispatched to work at to class size limits, you will need ing problem regarding notifica- aid online class. Please send all emails and weld continuities to tion or other types of documen- that classification. If you are not to call the Training Office to reg- tion of divorces. Note that you, [email protected] tation. The distribution is a one- sure of your dispatch date, please ister so we can limit the number the member, will be responsible WELDING – 4pm to 8pm time event only and must be taken contact the Union office. It is up of participants to follow the State for any bills incurred and paid Regular night welding from 4 pm to 8 pm on Mondays, and Thurs- in 2020. Make sure you specify to you to let the Union office mandated guidelines. on claims of an ex-spouse or de- days. Cost is $50 for 40 hours. that you are taking a COVID with- know. Please contact Jeff or Nicole pendents. (See Pages 6 and 27 Downhill Welding- 6 Saturdays, call Kurt to sign up, cost $75 drawal. Labor Councils: - Kent Ionia to sign up for classes or if you in the Summary Plan Description GMAW Welding- 4 Saturdays, Call Mike to sign up, cost $50. Sub-Pay: The board of - 3rd Wednesday of the month / have questions. Call the training Booklet for clarification) Time Starting Oct.5th. Call Kim to sign up, cost $50: trustees voted to temporarily Labor Temple 918 Benjamin / office limits apply for reporting status MET/MES- Monday and Thursday night from 5 to 8. raise the maximum sub pay credit 5:30pm @(616)837-0222 x16 (Jeff) / Nicole changes so let the hall know Certified Rigging/Signalperson- Monday and Thursday Nights from $130 to $260 from March 23rd Lakeshore – 3rd Thursday of @(616)837-0222 x30. ASAP! from 4 to 8 until the end of April. To file for the month / CIO Hall 490 West- Or via text Jeff (231)923-8140 MISCELLANEOUS: We CDS 1- Monday night from 5 to 8. sub-pay, fill out a sub-pay form. ern / 6pm / Nicole (231)206-4213. would like to extend a SPEEDY Starting Oct. 7th - call Kim to sign up, cost $50: CAD from 4 to You can find a form on the mem- All members are encouraged recovery to Lanny Smith …. Get 8, DDC 1, Chiller Basics, CO2 basics from 5 to 8 bers only section of the website to become active in our area La- Well Soon! Starting Oct. 8th- call Kim to sign up Cost $50: Revit from 4 to 8. under the “forms” tab on the left bor Councils. Please contact a CONDOLENCES: hand side, or you can call the Union Officer for details. Condolences to the family of “Never offend people with Union office and we’ll mail or FRINGE PLAN THIRD Leroy Kelm on the recent pass- “Leadership has a harder style when you can offend them email you some. Mail or fax the PARTY ADMINISTRATOR: ing of his wife, Marion. job to do than just choose sides. with substance.” completed form along with verifi- (TIC) Condolences to the family of It must bring sides together.” –Sam Brown cation that you received an un- West Michigan Plumbers, life member - Raymond Miner on – Jesse Jackson employment payment to TIC. If Fitters and Service Trades Local his recent passing. BUILDERS LICENSE TRAINING you prefer to email the forms, No.174 Fringe Benefit Funds, Condolences to the family of “One man practicing sports- MIDDLETON please email them to Cami at 6525 Centurion Drive, Lansing, retired member - Fredrick Wood manship is better than a hundred Real Estate Training Inc. [email protected] and she will MI 48917-9275. (517) 321-7502 on his recent passing. teaching it.” 901 Tower Drive, Suite 120 submit them to TIC. Phone – Knute Rockne (1888 - 1931) www.middletontraining.com PAC Cards: Since the elimi- (855) 40-PLUMB Toll Free “It is an interesting ques- 248-885-8311 nation of prevailing wage, the (517) 321-7508 Fax tion how far men would retain race to the bottom on wages and BENEFITS WEBSITE: their relative rank if they were benefits for publicly funded westmichiganplumbers.org is divested of their clothes.” $$$ Top Prices Paid $$$ projects has begun. Our political the TIC website where you can –Henry David Thoreau (1817 ALL TYPES of NONFERROUS and FERROUS SCRAP METAL focus over the years to come will check your contributions and - 1862), be electing people who support benefit information. Click on ben- • ALUMINUM • BRASS • COPPER • STAINLESS STEEL prevailing wage and wage stan- efit inquiry. Your username is “Why does the Air Force • EXOTIC ALLOYS • CATALYTIC CONVERTERS dards in general. your social security number. The need expensive new bombers? • CARBIDE • HIGH SPEED STEEL • AUTO RADIATORS To do that we need to raise password for first time users is Have the people we've been COMMERCIAL CONTAINERIZED our PAC card participation. We K4GHB39 (case sensitive). You bombing over the years been RESIDENTIAL SERVICE currently have less than half of will then be prompted to create a complaining?” INDUSTRIAL PICKUPS the local contributing to our permanent password. –George Wallace (1919-1998) MONDAY-FRIDAY 8 A.M.-5 P.M. AVAILABLE SATURDAY 8A.M.-NOON PAC. Your PAC contribution Forms: The forms for Dollar “You can be pleased with DOES NOT COME OFF YOUR Bank Reimbursement and Sub nothing when you are not (248) 960-1200 CHECK. When you sign the PAC Pay are on the www.ua174.org pleased with yourself.” card it allows us to move money website under the Members Only –Lady Mary Wortley MANN METALS CORP. from your working dues over to section and Forms and Links tab. Montagu (1689 - 1762) 1011 DECKER ROAD • P.O. BOX 711 • WALLED LAKE 48390 September 18, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 7 Elevator constructors provide ‘Lift for a Vet’ Local 169 (Continued from Page 1) Boilermakers Local 370 the arrangements and providing the time and labor for the instal- Plumbers & Plumbers & lation is much appreciated. Boilermakers Local 169 To the late Geoff Hughes, ALLEN PARK – The union meeting will be held Pipe Fitters Pipe Fitters thank you for your years in our in Area Three on Friday, October 9, 2020 at 8pm at Brotherhood and for your service the IBEW 692 -1300 West Thomas Street, Bay City, Plumbers & Pipe Fitters 370 to our nation in the United States MI 48706. FLINT – The next Member- Plumbers and Pipe Fitters 333 Navy. We all had hope that this The union hall accepts Visa, MasterCard, and ship Meeting is scheduled for LANSING – September’s lift would help ease your recov- Discover. Payments can be made both at the hall Tuesday, October 13th at 7:00pm union meeting is CANCELLED. ery and we were honored to be and over the phone. at our new Hall. If this changes Please note: Due to the of assistance in its installation. OSHA 10 and OSHA 30 safety training can now you will be notified. Covid-19 Pandemic, scholarship Unfortunately, it is with deep be taken online. Please visit our website – Please note that we have award checks will be mailed di- regret we wish to inform all that BOB www.boilermakerslocal169.com - for more informa- moved to our new Union Hall/ rectly to the recipients from Geoff Hughes passed away on Fri- tion. Training Center located at 2151 Comerica Bank. If your applicant day, Aug. 28, 2020. Our condo- HUTSELL W. Thompson Rd. Fenton MI. and has not received his/her check by lences to his family and friends. will no longer be at our Pierson September 1, 2020 please contact -Elevator Constructors Lo- Local 149 Rd. location Joni immediately at 517-784-1106. cal 36 Business Manager Mike Upcoming Night Classes: Weld Classes will start up in Vandervennet Geoff Hughes Roofers & Call Kaytlin to sign up. September. Rigging Class: September If you’re interested in taking Waterproofers 15th, through October 22nd, ev- the weld class please sign up Local 36 ery Tuesday and Thursday @ at www.ua333.org or call Trent or Roofers Local 149 4:30pm Diana at 517-323-0333. There is a Elevator DETROIT – Main Office – Southeastern Lower Michigan – Committee and Board meet- $25.00 fee, please call your re- Regular Membership Meeting. The next regular membership meet- ings are as follows: spective hall to pay for the class. Constructors ing is scheduled for Tues., Oct. 6, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. The next Executive Examining Board – Tuesday, Lansing: September 1st Board meeting is scheduled for Tues., Sep. 29, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. October 13, 2020 at 4:00pm (Tuesday’s & Thursday’s) Lan- Elevator Constructors Local 36 Scholarship. This year the Joint Scholarship Committee is proud FMR Committee – Tuesday sing Training Center, 16180 Na- DETROIT – ALL MEMBERS ARE INFORMED that our next to announce the offering of four scholarship grants, for those plan- October 13, 2020 at 4:00pm tional Parkway, Lansing, MI. regular Membership Meeting was planned for Monday, Sept. 28, 2020 ning a post high school higher education. PAC committee – Tuesday 48906. at 5:30 pm, as of this printing we are having a meeting in the park- Those individuals interested in obtaining a scholarship grants, October 13, 2020 at 5:00pm Jackson: September 1st ing lot only, we are seeking alternate ways to communicate if the will submit an essay to the Joint Scholarship Committee. The essay Executive Board –Tuesday (Tuesday’s & Thursday’s) 3101 weather does not cooperate or an venue to accommodate us. Any should contain 250 words or more. You may select one or more of the October 13, 2020 at 5:00pm Industrial Allied Dr. Jackson, MI. changes in this schedule or venue will be included in future Building following topics: Building Committee – Tues- 49201. Tradesmen articles and emails. The Local requests your email so we • Roofing Technology – Old vs. New day October 13, 2020 at 6:00pm Battle Creek: September 14th may inform you on any last-minute changes or the possibility of • Roofing Safety – Safety practices and their importance Finance Committee -Tuesday (Monday’s & Thursday’s) (KCC) virtual meetings. • Roofing Impact – What does roofing mean to you, based on October 13, 2020 at 6:15pm RMTC, 405 Hill Brady Rd. Battle All Members, 4th quarter dues are due by October 1, 2020. Please your life experiences? JATC Committee – TBD Creek, MI. 49037. remember that there are two International Death Assessments being • Roofing Ethics – Is my parent and/or guardian in a job that Local 370 office hours Weld Tests are the second collected For Bill Rogers, Local 2 and Joseph Crook, Local 63. Please matters to society? 7:30am – 4:30pm. Tuesday of each month begin- include an extra $10 to your total for these assessments. The scholarship applications are available at the Union Hall. The Sub/Sick checks will be pro- ning September 8th at 4:00 at the Attention, our NEBA contract will be expiring July 9th of 2022 so scholarship is worth $1,000.00. All essays must be received no later cessed 8:00am – 11:30 am and Lansing Training Center. we will be having nominations for the Delegates for the 32nd General than September 18, 2020. 1:30pm – 4:15pm daily. PLEASE NOTE FOR ALL Convention. At our December 28th meeting, per the International Con- Detroit Training Center Information. Journeyworkers upgrade Sub Pay. Remember to CERTIFICATIONS: Per the UA, stitution and By-laws. Any Resolutions for the next contract shall be classes to improve your skills, your worth, and our Brotherhood/ qualify for sub pay when you are as of January 2019, all Braze and turned into the Hall as per our Local Constitution and By-laws before Sisterhood is available at no cost to all Detroit LU 149 members. laid off, you must sign the out of Weld Certifications shall be up- our February 22, 2021 meeting. Dues must be current in order to enter the Training Center. work list. You can also collect dated within 120 days of their ex- Attention All Apprentices, Apprentices should be accessing your If you are interested in any of these classes, contact Thomas when you are on Jury Duty and piration date, or you will lose your classes on the NEIEP website. Check your NEIEP email address for Jaranowski at the Training Center, 248-543-3847, or TJaranowski miss work. If you are traveling, certifications. Check the date(s) additional information frequently. NEIEP is continuing this semester @DetroitRoofers.org to make arrangements. call Karla to see if you need to of your Certifications, if they with the format of online classes and it is your responsibility to stay Reminder. Members please call the Hall when you see a roofing make sub-fund self-payments. have expired please contact Diana current. Apprentices who have completed their classes will soon re- project whether it is one of our signatory companies or not. The Hall All members were sent a Sub-Pay at 517.323.0333. Though we send ceive their invite for the Mechanic’s Exam, check your home page at needs this information. manual in 2018. If you did not out everyone’s continuities to be NEIEP. Members are reminded to call the Hall (313) 961-6093 to put their receive one, please call TIC at renewed; between changes in Monthly OJT Forms are still required of ALL APPRENTICES! name on the out of work list. (517) 321-7502 and ask for the 370 addresses and the Post Office, You can drop these forms at the hall. This is a requirement of the Follow us on Facebook for announcement updates @ United Sub Pay Fund Summary Plan De- there is plenty of room for Department of Labor. Do not put your apprenticeship in jeopardy by Union of Roofers, Waterproofers, and Allied Workers Local 149. scription (SPD) error. Ultimately it is the member’s failing to fulfill your responsibility. This will also result in your ap- CLEARANCE CARDS. Are you scheduled to go out of town for Attendance award drawing responsibility to make sure their pearance before the Local JAC Committee. work in another Local’s territory? Clearance cards are needed when for membership meeting informa- certification(s) are current and Attention All Apprentices, upgrade letter have been sent to all you are sent out of town to work. Get a clearance card from the Hall tion. Members present must have updated. employers. This becomes effective the first full pay cycle after Sep- and call the Local in that area to avoid fines against you. dues paid to date to claim award. If your Med-Gas Installer is tember 1, 2020. Check and verify that you have received your raise at MID-MICHIGAN AREA – Clio Office. The next Mid-Michigan Monthly award is $150. going to expire within the next few this time. regular membership meeting is scheduled for Tue., Oct 13, 2020 at 6 Attention All Active Mem- months please sign up on our Attention All Members, Check your pay stubs regularly. There p.m. at 810 Tacoma Ct. Clio MI, 48420. bers in Good Standing. The Joint website to take the renewal class. have been issues with multiple Employers with proper payments. Mid-Michigan Training Center Information. Journeyworkers Apprentice and Training Commit- Med-Gas new certification: The hours you are paid should match hours toward vacation, ben- upgrade classes to improve your skills, your worth, and our Brother- tee voted to reimburse any active Please sign up online on our website efits and expenses submitted. All may request a copy of the time you hood/Sisterhood is available at no cost to all Mid-Michigan LU 149 member of Local 370 that takes or contact the training center. submit, according to Article XI, Par 2. of our CBA. Any changes are members. and passes any training, testing Long sleeve and short sleeve to your time are to be documented and given to you, Article XI, Par 1. Dues must be current in order to enter the Training Center. or certification that may be re- t-shirts available. Long sleeve are We recommend all request a copy as issue with payrolls seem to be If you are interested in any of these classes, contact Rick Baird quired to perform their work. This $25. Short sleeve tees are $20. We rising. Document all tests that are due and only tasks you have com- at the Training Center, 810-687-1368, or [email protected] to includes Rigging, Med-Gas, Back have a large assortment of colors pleted. Keep all job logs current with this information. make arrangements. flow or any work-related training and sizes. Zip up hoodies is avail- All Members, Local 36 is working with Local 85, Lansing and the When contractors call the Union Hall for help, we need to know or certification expense. Mem- able also. EIWPF holding classes on Monday nights, 6-8 pm. Reviewing and who is available, and have an up to date phone number. All Mid- bers will be reimbursed after suc- Deepest sympathy to the answering any questions pertaining to Michigan and Detroit Eleva- Michigan Area members who are out of work need to call the Hall at cessful completion and verifica- family and friends of Battle Creek tor Codes. Contact the Hall if you are interested. The link will be sent (810) 687-1368 to be put on the out of work list. tion of the cost. Lost wages will member Edward Brooks, who to you for either online or phone participation. The better you under- not be covered by the JATC. passed away September 4, 2020 stand the codes, the better you can protect your customers, your Plumbing license renewal is still at the age of 64. Our thoughts work and yourself. Knowledge is key. SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY the responsibility of the member. and prayers are with all of you The City of Detroit is open by appointment only for license re- If you have any questions, please during the sorrowful time. newal. Be advised they would like it done online. Send emails to REPRESENTING BUILDING TRADES contact local 370 JATC. [email protected] with photos of current driver license and cur- Mobile App. Our mobile app rent city of Detroit Elevator license and your phone number attached is now available for download on Local 370 cont’d or call 313-316-8711. Kurt Johnson has said all licenses expiration BROTHERS & SISTERS OVER 25 YEARS your cell phone. Go to the app Dues will be accepted up to 6:45 dates have been extended during the shutdown. These instructions store and search UA Local 370. on union meeting nights. have been sent to you through email. City of Detroit Elevator Jour- BIESKE & ASSOCIATES Download the app and sign in. Members wishing to take the ney Person testing procedures have been updated, an email contain- You can read the latest Building U.A. welding certification test con- ing this information will be sent to all. Please keep all your licenses Many people are wrongly Trades article, see upcoming tact business agent, Dan Gaudet current. rejected when they apply for meeting dates, or pay your dues. for application and testing dates. All construction, modernization and cab work is TEAMWORK. Social Security Disability This is a work in progress, and Local 370 ball caps and win- This is according to our agreement and follows your company’s safety benefits. Money was taken out we will add more content to the ter fleece caps are available at the policy. A licensed journeyperson must also be onsite while any work of their paychecks for Social site as we move forward. union offices. Ball caps $10 and is performed. If you are asked or told differently call the hall immedi- Security taxes to ensure that ALL GM Work requires fleece caps $5. Pocket Tee shirts ately. Also, all jobs are to be reported to the HALL, this does include they would receive disability Must Safety and Drug Testing: are available for $10 each. Hooded all unloads, crane picks and cab modernizations. This is our work and benefits if they could no longer MUST safety modules are only sweat shirts and long sleeve SHALL be performed by ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTORS! work full-time. Sadly, the valid for 4 years. Call the hall to pocket tee shirts are available. The Get well wishes are extended to all our Brothers and Sisters who government denies approxi- sign up for the MUSTB- sweat shirts are $30 and the long are on our sick list. Keep safe and healthy. Be a Brother to a Brother, mately 60% of those who apply for disability benefits. SAFE.com website and complete sleeve tee shirts are $15. Golf polo regardless of what Local they might belong too. Prepare now for the Attorneys J.B. Bieske all 18 safety modules. Members will and golf wind shirts are $25. coming election, your vote counts ! Be Safe and Be Healthy ! not be eligible to work at any GM and Jennifer Alfonsi have site until all 18 modules are com- 42 years combined experience plete and are current on their drug State jobless agency clearing backlog representing only Social Security disability clients. And they personally meet with all clients and appear themself at all court hearings. Many large firms test. If your drug test is expired you LANSING – Since the begin- claimant unreachable after mul- consumer spending. assign inexperienced attorneys to your case. And some of these firms are must take one before you can be ning of the pandemic in March, tiple attempts to make contact. Remarkably, with all the located thousands of miles away and only fly the attorney in the day of the dispatched to any GM work. Drug more than over 2.2 million eligible Since March 15, the UIA has complaints the UIA received court hearing. Attorneys Bieske and Alfonsi have vast experience before local tests are only valid for 1 year. Call claimants in Michigan have ap- received as many claims – nearly for its slow response to deliv- Michigan judges. The hall and we will print you a plied for state and federal ben- 2.6M – as it did in the nearly six ering benefits during the eco- Attorneys Bieske and Alfonsi can often make a winning difference at the drug test authorization form. efits, with nearly $22 billion in previous years combined, from nomic low point of the pan- application stage. And, if an appeal is necessary they have won several Our web site is up and run- benefits paid to more than 2.1 May 2014 to March 2020. For fur- demic, Ehrlich noted that UIA hundred cases before a court date is even set. ning. Go to ualocal370 .org. million workers, or roughly 98 ther comparison, weekly initial did a “better job in getting Those denied can appeal on their own but statistics for many years reveal We are now able to accept percent of potentially eligible, claims reached a high of more benefits to people in a timely that those represented by attorneys win a much higher percentage of appeals. Visa, Master Card, Discover and certifying claimants. than 388,000 in April, while the in fashion” than other states, And attorneys who specialize in Social Security Disability cases win a much American Express for window The state Unemployment the weeks preceding the pan- and that the state has “seen a higher percentage yet. dues. If you want to take advan- Insurance Agency reported Sept. demic, the UIA received around stronger recovery in con- In addition to practicing only Social Security disability law attorney tage of this service there will be a 2 that there are currently less than 5,000 new weekly claims. Even sumer spending here than na- Bieske has written a book for attorneys about the subject and has been $1.00 per month charge added to 42,000 unpaid claimants with less during the Great Recession, the tionally.” According to the interviewed on various television programs. Both attorney Bieske and Alfonsi the monthly window dues fee and than 26,000 needing ID verifica- weekly high was around 77,000 Harvard-based Opportunity have also been interviewed on radio programs and have given speeches to a 3% fee for all other transactions. tion and just under 14,000 in the in 2009. Insights, Michigan is 2nd in many groups. Plumbing, Mechanical and adjudication process which re- The emergency aid provided consumer spending relative to Attorneys Bieske and Alfonsi offer free phone or office consultation. If Residential Code Books are now quires a one-on-one review of by the agency to vulnerable pre-COVID levels. they represent you, there will be no fee charged until after the case is available at the hall. The books their claim. workers has boosted the state’s “Our unemployment system wonwon. The fee is a percentage of retroactive benefits. are $75.00 each. The UIA said it has made a economic outlook, according to was designed to be a safety net Bieske and Alfonsi represent clients from all over the state of Michigan. Remember to keep your dues determination on all currently eli- data and testimony shared by for both our workers and They maintains offices in Sterling Heights, Livonia, Southgate and Novi. Call current. Any member failing to gible, certifying unpaid claims economists. economy,” said UIA Director them at 1-800-331-3530 for a free consultation if you have been denied, or pay for 3 months shall stand sus- that were filed before July, pro- At the recent Consensus Steve Gray. “As we have if you are thinking of possibly applying for Social Security benefits. pended, unable to vote for a pe- vided that information has been Revenue Estimating Conference, throughout the pandemic, the riod of 1 year or run for office for submitted and the claimant is University of Michigan econo- UIA will continue to work, day •ONLY SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY CASES a period of 2 years and subject to reachable. In making a determina- mist Gabriel Ehrlich indicated that and night, to provide this emer- a $50.00 reinstatement fee. Dues tion, the agency said it will pay UIA’s efforts to pay benefits gency financial assistance •WE WILL PERSONALLY REPRESENT YOU must be paid in 3-month incre- out benefits, determine that the quickly and a Work Share pro- quickly so that claimants have •OUR FEE PAID AFTER YOU WIN ments according to our bylaws. claimant is eligible/ineligible and gram were credited with helping the resources to provide for their (Continued next column) communicate why, or deem the Michigan outpace the nation in families.” www.ssdfighter.com 8 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN September 18, 2020 Local 80 Local 7 Local 292 Sheet Metal Workers Sheet Metal Workers Sheet Metal Workers Sheet Metal Workers 7 Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 LANSING – NOTICE. This Newspaper Article shall serve as Sheet Metal Workers Local 292 SOUTHFIELD – This paper serves as official notice for all meet- Official Notice of ALL meetings for Local 7! TROY – MEETING NOTICE: The next general membership meet- ings and elections. The next Statewide Meeting will be held October 8, 2020 at 4931 ing will be held on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020. **REMINDER** Meetings are no longer held at the Plumbers Contec Drive/Lansing, MI at 6:00 p.m. Member meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday of the month at Hall and are now held at Local 80’s Union Hall. *Zone 1- December 10th -6:00 p.m. (in person mask required) The Knights of Columbus in Clawson. Check out the calendar tab at MEMBERSHIP MEETING: The next general membership meet- *Zone 2 –December 1st -6:00 p.m. (in person mask required) www.sheetmetal292.com for the location and date. ing is scheduled for September 22, 2020 at 5:30 pm. Meetings are held *Zone 3- (Saginaw) – Dec. 9th -6:00 p.m. (in person mask required) The E-Board/Stewards meeting is scheduled for Sept. 22, 2020 at at the union hall. 17100 W. 12 Mile Rd. Southfield, 48076 *Zone 3- (TCity) December 3rd - 6:00 p.m. (in person mask required) 6:00 pm at the Union Hall. EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING: The next *Zone 4- Dec. 8th - 6:00 p.m. (in person mask required) **Per the CDC guidelines, masks must we worn and social dis- executive board meeting is scheduled for Tues- *Zone 5 –Oct. 1, 2020 – 6:00 p.m. Meeting (special tancing must be followed during all meetings. day, October 20, 2020 at 5:00 pm. Executive Board order of business, mask required) NOTICE OF NOMINATIONS for TWO (2) VACANT EXECU- meetings are held at the Local 80 Hall, 17100 W. Please register on our website at TIVE BOARD SEATS : 12 Mile, 2nd Floor, Southfield, MI www.sheetmetal7.org for the most up to date infor- Per Article Twelve (12) Section Four (4) of the Constitution and UNION HALL REGULAR HOURS Monday mation on meeting schedules for 2020. Once you Ritual of the International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and through Friday 7:30-4:00, unless otherwise indi- are registered it must be approved in order to be Transportation Workers, this is to serve as timely cated in holiday hours. able to log on. Please contact your representative if notice that nominations for Local 292 Union offic- RETIREE MEETING SCHEDULE: All re- you are having issues registering. ers will be held Oct. 14, 2020, at the Regular Mem- maining meetings and activities have been can- *Special Order of Business* bership Meeting (Knights of Columbus Hall, 870 celled for 2020. We will inform you at a later date *Youth to Youth Election* N.Main Street Clawson, MI) beginning at 6:00 p.m. TIM what we will be doing for 2021. Any questions SAM There will be a special order of business at the regu- Candidates may be nominated by any member MULLIGAN regarding joining the Retirees Association please FULLER lar scheduled SMART Local 7—Zone 5 area meet- in good standing. A second is not necessary. Any contact Steve Murzen at 248-652-0593. ing held: Date: Thursday, October 1st 2020 member who is nominated for a Local 292 office and SEPTEMBER RE-REGISTRATION: If you Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: 304 Avenue A., Gwinn for the purpose of who is not present at the nominations meeting shall were laid off prior to September 1st you need to re-register to keep nominations and elections for one (1) Youth to Youth Committee be dropped from the list of nominees unless within your spot on the out of work list. You may re-register at the hall, by member position. PAUL five days after such nominations (close of office at email [email protected] or fax 248-557-0297. You CANNOT **Attention Certified Welders from Zones 2, 3, 4 and 5** GUALDONI 4 pm on Oct. 19, 2020) he or she notifies the Record- re-register over the phone. Please call the hall with any questions. Starting April 1st, 2020 all welding certification renewals will change ing Secretary in writing of his or her willingness to SUB CHANGES: Effective immediately you will need to start to a twice a year schedule. The new renewal deadlines for all Certified run for such office. sending your unemployment proof to [email protected] or Welders will be April 1st and October 1st. In order to keep your certifi- Members who are nominated for a Local 292 office, must comply fax it to 248-557-0297. Your unemployment proof needs to be in by cation from expiring you will be required to submit a Welder Mainte- with the eligibility requirements as described in the SMART Consti- 2pm on Tuesdays to be paid on that Friday. Local 80 will be handling nance Form to the Training Center dated no more than 5 days prior tution and Ritual. If you do not have a copy of the Constitution, all of your proof now. If you have any questions please call us at 248- to April 1st or October 1st. You will no longer be required to submit a please request a mailed copy. 557-7575. $10 Filing Fee with your renewal paperwork. If needed, you can To be eligible for nominations to Local Union office on October THANK YOU TO MEMBERS WHO HAVE PAID THEIR DUES request a maintenance form from the Training Center. *IF YOU FAIL 14, 2020, dues for the month of October must be paid in advance, that A YEAR IN ADVANCE: Richard Saharchuk, Charles Wash, Tory TO SUBMIT YOUR FORM BY THE DEADLINE YOUR CERTIFI- is, on or before September 30, 2020. Pearson, Robert Field, Evan Smiecinski, and Jacob Ciner. CATION WILL EXPIRE. Feel free to contact Training Coordinator An election will be held Oct. 29, 2020, unless there are only two SMART INTERNATIONAL has announced that they will be en- Darek Scarlavai @ (231)288-6325 if you have any questions. nominees. dorsing Presidential candidate Joe Biden for the 2020 election. SMART Union Labels: Make the union label work for you! The CONDOLENCES: Our deepest sympathies go out to the family LAWN SIGNS: Biden for President signs are now available for new and modernized SMART Labels are an essential part to wage of Local 292 retiree Stanley Fadoir who passed away August 30, members to pick up at the hall, stop in if you would like some. equalization, which means more money and work for you. Make sure 2020. Please keep them in your thoughts during this difficult time. DUES PAYMENTS: YOUR DUES PAYMENTS ARE DUE PRIOR that you are scanning labels in order to equalize pay and eliminate RETIREES NOTICE: The retiree’s luncheon will be held Thurs- TO THE FIRST OF THE MONTH. The books will close at the end of the incentive to subcontract outside of your area. For more informa- days at: Tavern on the Main, 235 S Main, Clawson MI 48017. (248) the business day on the last day of the month. Payments made on tion visit the official website at www.labelitscanitreport.com and down- 588-1696. It is located 3 blocks south of 14 Mile on the east side of the the 1st of the month are considered late for that month. There will be load the official app by texting “SMART” to 90975. street. Looking forward to seeing all retirees, new and old!! Next no exception, once the books are closed it cannot be undone. Mem- ZONE 1 Info. Any Zone 1 apprentice that is laid off should meeting: Oct. 1st, 2020. 2020 meeting dates are as follows: Decem- bers will receive a text message dues reminder prior to the end of the notify Kevin at the school. Any Zone 1 Journeyman that is out of ber 3rd. month. If you are not receiving our text messaging please call the work should contact your agent. There is travel work available, so if Please contact Fred Engelman at [email protected] if you hall. REMINDER: We ONLY take Visa, Master Card & Discover and you are interested please contact James or Eric. If you are experienc- would like to be added to the retiree email list. do not accept American Express. ing any trouble with your insurance, please contact your agent or CONSTITUTION AND RITUAL: The Constitution and Ritual BENEFICIARY REMINDER: Please remember to designate or BeneSys at (866) 288-7037. Apprentices should be in contact with of the 2nd SMART General Convention is now available online. Go to update your beneficiary choice on all of your Local 80 and interna- Instructors to make sure you don’t fall behind. If you are interested www.sheetmetal292.com, click on the Constitution/Ritual tab located tional benefits. The law requires that in the event of an untimely in Fire Life Safety Training and Certification, CAD or Welding, please at the top of the home page. The Union Hall will also have hard death your benefits go to your spouse first and if there is no spouse contact the Zone 1 Training Coordinator Kevin Dowdy at (269) 781- copies when they become available. to your children UNLESS you designate otherwise in writing with 7183 or by email at [email protected]. SAFETY MODS AND DRUG TESTS: To access your MUST each specific benefit. Depending on your classification you could In Solidarity, James Callahan and Eric Farrington. account, please go to www.mustonline.org or access it through the have benefits due to your heirs from Local 80 pension, insurance, ZONE 2 Info: Zone 2 work is going along with some shops “links” tab at www.sheetmetal292.com. Members please note that if annuity and from international and SASMI. Each individual benefit slowing down. If you are not working you should call me at 616-299- you cannot access the MUST site to complete your safety mods you needs to have a designated beneficiary unless you want it to go to 3752 to let me know your work status. There is some work in other need to contact Laura or Lee Ann at the Union Hall. With the amount your spouse or children. As always seek the advice of an attorney. areas, let me know if you would like to go. Thank you, Dave Rutz of upcoming in-town work, all current Journeymen and Apprentices ACCIDENTAL DEATH and DISMEMBERMENT INSURANCE ZONE 3 Info: (Saginaw) Zone 3 is steady, a few nice jobs being should ensure they have 18 safety mods completed and drug test FROM OUR INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION: Members who bid. Hopefully everyone is staying safe and healthy. Thank you, should be current. have their dues paid in advance (prior to the month of the accident) Wayne Stover ***The NMA addendum for most of the upcoming projects are eligible for accidental death and dismemberment benefits up to Zone 3 Info: (TCity) If anyone is interested in a CAD Class in states: 1) Prior to, but within thirty (30) days of referral for employ- $7,500.00. This benefit comes as a dues paying member of SMART Traverse City please call the Fruitport Training Center at (231) 366- ment to the project site, all craft persons will: A) Attend a Project International. 7269 to sign up. Please remember to keep your contact info current Specific Orientation facilitated by the Contractor at mutually agreed WEEKEND WORK ASSIGNMENTS: Saturday and Sunday work with the Lansing Office. upon times and locations; B) Before being admitted to the job site, all assignments. Please remember that when performing work on a Sat- The next Traverse City Retirees Breakfast will be held at Willies contractors and subcontractor employees having active involvement urday or Sunday the steward must report it to the hall, give each Rear, Friday, October 2, 2020, 9AM. Thank you, Travis Eastman in job site construction activity, must be current and maintain a cur- members name and obtain a form for signatures. Each member must ZONE 4 Info Work in the area is good with everyone working, rent MUST or equivalent status regarding the Substance Abuse Pro- sign the form along with the number of hours they worked. The anyone that is not please call me ASAP. I know it feels great to be gram. Prior to the start of work on the project the employee must completed form must be sent back to the hall by the end of the day on back to work but please be safe and take the necessary precautions to provide confirmation of negative results to a MUST Substance Abuse the following Monday. Weekend work assignments must be called keep yourself safe and your family. Your Brother, Larry Kinzie Test or equivalent test within the last 30 days. or emailed into the hall prior to 3:00 pm on Friday. ZONE 5 Info: If you are having issues with your unemployment MEMBER ASSISTANCE: Local 292 is now partnering with WORK ASSIGNMENTS: Everyone must obtain a work assign- or SASMI please give me a call. There are jobs still waiting to start Ulliance, an employee assistance program designed to assist active ment prior to starting work. If you fail to do so you could be written across the U.P. and if you are interested there is work in other areas if members and their eligible family members who may be struggling up on charges. you want to travel. If you have not already signed up on the Local 7 with emotional, domestic or substance abuse issues, as well as legal LAY-OFFS: All members must report to the Union Hall immedi- website please do so at sheetmetal7.org there is lots of good informa- and financial referrals. If you and/or a family member feel this may ately upon lay-off, even if you only work one day. These are the By- tion also you can pay your dues there. If your MSHA 5000-23 safety benefit you, contact Ulliance at 1-800-448-8326 or Law rules for the Out-of-Work List. Your name will be removed from training has or is about to expire please contact me. Respectfully, www.LifeAdvisorEAP.com for completely confidential assistance. the list fourteen (14) days after receiving an assignment. It is very Greg Faust Ulliance is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Services are of important to report to the union hall immediately after your layoff. SASMI Information – Zone 3 and 5: Underemployment – Filing no cost to active members and their dependents. Members get confused because the S.U.B. Fund allows you a period for period 2020-A is from July 1 through October 1, 2020. Eligible SUBSTANTIATION REQUEST: Many members have been re- of up to seven (7) days to apply for S.U.B. benefits after lay-off. members who worked less than 650 hours from January 1, 2020 ceiving Substantiation Request letters from the Local 292 Benefit LAY-OFF SLIPS/TERMINATION NOTICES: Lay off slips must through June 30, 2020 may receive an underemployment benefit. Fund office. IRS regulations require that every use of the Benny accompany all applications for sub pay. Without lay off slips you Health and welfare benefits paid on your behalf will be deducted from Card be substantiated or validated as an eligible covered expense cannot collect sub pay. It is the member’s responsibility to make your benefit. NOTE: Members who received an Emergency Ad- under the Plan. This validation is required by the IRS, the Fund sure they get one from the contractor when laid off. Your application vance Benefit must file for Underemployment to receive the remain- cannot make exceptions. It is the member’s responsibility to ensure cannot be submitted without one. It is the contractor’s responsibil- der of that benefit for the stabilization period. For information or all requested documentation be returned to the Fund office in a timely ity to issue one in accordance with our contract. applications, contact Travis Eastman at 231-943-5150. manner. By not responding to the Substantiation Request letter, S.U.B. BENEFITS: Report to the hall promptly upon layoff. You Dues Department: *Online dues payment is now available* Dues your Benny Card may be suspended until all requested documenta- must complete a S.U.B. Application within seven (7) days from your of all members of local unions shall be paid monthly or quarterly, but tion has been received. If you have any questions, contact BeneSys layoff date or you will forfeit S.U.B. benefits. Lay-off slips must always in advance. To better serve our membership, we accept Credit at 248.641.4992 or the Union Hall. accompany the application to be eligible. Proof of UIA benefit pay- Card Payments in lieu of your monthly dues. If you would like to take DUES: Membership dues are required to be paid in advance of ments must be submitted within 21 days of when you were paid in advantage of the Credit Card Service, a finance charge will be applied the month for which they are due. The union hall is not open on order to receive SUB benefits. Do not submit your sub applications – Please call the Lansing office during regular business hours at 517- Saturday or Sunday, therefore, if you pay dues on either of those directly to the fund office. Your application must be signed by the 882-4064 to make your payment. days, it will not be processed until Monday. If you are on suspen- hall or you will not collect benefits. Address/Telephone Changes: Article 8, Section 1 of Local 7 sion warning, your dues are 60 days late. To avoid suspension, OUT-OF-WORK LIST: You must be on the out-of-work list to Work Rules: Address Changes: All members are required to keep the dues must be paid online or at the union hall by 4:00 p.m. on the last collect S.U.B. benefits or SASMI. Members must re-register bi-annu- Financial Secretary informed of their correct address. A notice mailed business day of the month. Payments received after 4:00 p.m. on the ally: March 1 through March 20 and September 1 through September to the last address shall be sufficient and legal. If you have moved or last business day of the month will not be processed and you WILL 20. If you fail to re-register you will be removed from the list. changed your telephone number, please contact the union hall to go suspended. All members are responsible for making sure any SHORT WORK WEEK SUB PAY: If you work 16 hours or less update your records. required fees, i.e. late fees or service fees, are included if paying in a week or have a short work week due to weather you may collect BENEFITS: For Benefit questions please contact the area of- online (sheetmetal292.com). sub for that week but only if it is at the beginning or the end of a fice. Zone 1 – BeneSys 866-822-7037, Zone 2 – TIC 866-887-4338, UNION HALL HOURS: Hall office hours are 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. layoff. You may NOT collect if you are not laid off. You must com- Zone 3 – BeneSys 800-451-5733, Zone 4 – BeneSys 800-842-2690 and Monday through Friday. plete a sub application at the hall, provide a pay stub for that week Zone 5 – Wisconsin H & B Fund 800-654-2329. OUT OF WORK: If you become laid off, you must complete an and the hall will submit it to the fund office. If you are not laid off and DEATH CERTIFICATES: Please submit to the Union Hall a Out of Work List Registration /SUB form. SUB forms are available at it is due to weather the company MUST provide written documenta- copy of a Death Certificate for deceased members. Additional ben- the Union Hall and also through all shop stewards. This is the only tion that it was weather related. efits from the International may be available. way your name will be added to the Out of Work List. MEMBERS ASSISTANCE PROGRAM: If you are experiencing CONTACT US: 4931 Contec Dr./Lansing, MI 48910–517-882-4064 TEXT BLAST NOTIFICATION: We have recently updated the problems in your family, marriage or relationships, stress or emo- Local 7 Officers: Samual Fuller (Business Manager/Financial Secre- text blast contact list. All members have been added. If you haven’t tional difficulties, grief or loss issues or problems with alcohol and tary-Treasurer) 517-882-4064; Eric Farrington (Agent-Lansing/Jack- been receiving texts and would like to be added or wish to opt out of drug use please contact our assistance program. Ulliance is there to son) 517-242-3223; James Callahan (Agent-Battle Creek/Kalamazoo) text blast, please contact the Union hall and we will make the change. help you with your needs. They can also help you with legal issues, 269-342-8842; David Rutz (Agent-Grand Rapids/Muskegon) 616- FACEBOOK & TWITTER: Be sure to check our website – financial concerns, elder care referrals and child care resources. Con- 458-2313; Wayne Stover (Saginaw) 989-692-0002; Travis Eastman www.sheetmetal292.com; Facebook page - Sheet Metal Workers Lo- tact them at 1-800-448-8326 or www.LifeAdvisor EAP.com. Make sure (Traverse City) 231-943-5150; Larry Kinzie (Agent-Flint) 810-785- cal 292 and Twitter - @SMW292, for updates and information. you mention Sheet Metal Workers Local 80 when calling and not 6831; Greg Faust (Agent-Upper Peninsula): 906-372-9288 NOTARY PUBLIC: For your convenience, we now have a No- the contractor you are working for. tary Public on site at the union hall. Notary services are free of NOTARY: We have a notary public available at the hall at no “Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.” charge to our members. charge. Please call to confirm availability. –L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942) THE 4 PLUS MEMBER PROGRAM: The “4-plus” member pro- TRAINING CENTER NEWS. There are still openings for the gram is for any Local 292 member who has achieved four (or more) November First Aid class. The 3-night class will be held on Tues- welding certifications. These certifications can be in any welding days, November 3, 10, & 17 at 5pm. Call Vicki at the school to sign up, process. Members who qualify will receive a shirt (one shirt for every (586) 979-5190. four certs) with the 4 Plus logo, along with hard hat stickers and bragging rights. If you would like to be a “4-plus” member contact your Local 292 Training Center at: 313-623-9390 (Dave) or Quintin Local 292 cont’d 248.495.6764. tration fee that will be refunded on the completion of the class. These Attention all Welders! We are looking for any member interested deposits are NON-Refundable if you do not show up for the classes. in a Saturday welding class September 26. These classes would be You can drop off the deposit between the hours of 7:00 and 3:00 at the for members that are ready to try and obtain a AWS welding certifica- Apprentice school. tion, learn how to weld, or just need to practice welding. Call the Apprentice School at 248-589-3237, Dave’s cell 313-623- mcnicholsscrap.com detroitironandmetal.com Note: Anyone that signs up for a class, must pay a $40.00 regis- 9390 or Quintin’s cell 248-495-6764 to reserve a spot. Remember we (313) 365-6100 (313) 841-5100 (Continued next column) must have the deposit before you scheduled in the class. September 18, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 9 Local 514 Cement Masons Bricklayers and Allied & Plasterers Craftworkers

Local 1191 Operative Plasterers’ and Cement Masons’ Local 514 BAC Local 2 tunity to pay for 6 months of ber of services available for free DETROIT – The next membership meeting will be October 20, WARREN/LANSING – The union dues and receive credit for or at a discounted rate to BAC Laborers 2020 at 7:00 p.m. via Zoom. Please feel free to call the office (248) lobbies of our Warren and Lan- 12 months. An entire year for half members and their families. These Laborers 1191 548-0800 or any agent with your questions regarding this. sing offices are now open and we the price!! confidential services can be seen DETROIT – Due to COVID- We are asking all members to contact the Local with their email continue to provide services to UPDATE - BAC LOCAL 2’S at http://bit.ly/MAP-BAC and are 19, Laborers’ Local 1191 is mak- addresses, it will be a more efficient way of contacting everyone. our members. TRAINING CENTERS. Both Lo- also available via telephone at ing every effort to keep our mem- Lance Ryan is now the new Plasterer Business Agent, if you We ask that cal 2 Training Centers have re- (888) 880-8222 and ask for mem- bers and staff safe during this have any questions for him please call (586) 615-1564. members call to opened to our members but vis- bership assistance Monday – time by limiting person-to-person 2020 is a very important election year! We are encouraging every schedule an ap- its to our offices should be sched- Friday 8 am – 8 pm. These ser- contact at the Local Union Hall. member who has not registered to vote to do so. You can register at pointment if uled by appointment. Please con- vices were established and are The Office is now Open. any Secretary of State office. they want to tact our Training Centers at the intended to help get us through Thanking you in advance for It is important for all members to keep the Local updated on come to either numbers listed below for an ap- difficult life situations. complying with the above condi- addresses, email and phone numbers. If you need to change an ad- one of our of- pointment for annual RESPIRA- FACEBOOK: “Like” Local tions and please follow the dress or add an email and phone number please call the Local at (248) fices. We take TOR FIT TESTS and other ser- #2 on Facebook “Bricklayers & COVID-19 recommendations to 548-0800. the COVID-19 vices. Allied Craftworkers Union, Local stay safe and healthy. Lawrence Nemeth is now the new Apprenticeship Coordinator; CHUCK outbreak seri- DETROIT IMI TRAINING 2 of Michigan.” Members can now Pay Dues he can be reached at (313) 350-0389. KUKAWKA ously and rec- CENTER: To make your appoint- E-MAIL ADDRESS: Local on line 24/7 on our website!!! Attention all Apprentices now you will need to go to the website: ognize the im- ment for your annual RESPIRA- #2 wants to use every means pos- Upper right-hand corner Pay www.micementplasterertraining.com to enter your work hours. When portance of minimizing the spread TOR FIT TEST or for other sible to communicate with you. Dues tab, and follow the instruc- you get to the website click the link “About” and then click on “Ap- of the virus. If you have any ques- scheduled appointments at the Sometimes we have time sensi- tions… prentice monthly work form instructions.” tions, please contact either the Metro Detroit Training Center, tive information (such as job Check out our website at You will be able to put in your hours so Larry can keep track for Warren office at (586) 754-0888 or please contact Tom Ward directly openings, picket lines, funeral www.laborerslocal1191.org .Im- your raises. Any questions please feel free to contact Larry with any the Lansing office at (517) 886- at (734) 552-7066. arrangements and other such portant information about your questions you might have. 9781. TMT RTI CLASSES RE- communications) that would be Local Union … Also, on Effective September, 2018 every member in Good Standing will The health and well-being of SUME WITH REDUCED CA- most efficiently done via e-mail. Facebook!!! only be allowed to use the Hall twice per year. Also effective January, our members and their families PACITY DUE TO COVID-19, In an effort to accomplish Dues: Beginning January 2019 there will be a $100.00 refundable deposit required for any clean- and continuity of service to our REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED. this please submit your address 1, 2020 regular monthly dues are ing and/or damages that may incur. members is our highest priority. To register for TMT up- by sending an e-mail to $35.00 for active members. Re- Miller Cohen PLC is extending an invitation to our members to Please visit our website for up- grade classes visit detroit [email protected] and tiree monthly dues will remain the participate in free Estate Planning Seminar. Learn about Wills, Trust, dates: www.bricklayers.org troweltrades.org and click Cal- in the subject line place “Local same $8.00. Durable Power of Attorney, and Medical Power of Attorney, and Guard- MEMBERSHIP GOLF OUT- endar. Classes are filled on a first #2 e-mail address” then type NOTICE: The Uniform Lo- ian Designation. Contact the Union Hall if interested and a date will ING. Thanks to the 110 who at- registered first served basis and your name, phone number and e- cal Union Constitution Article be scheduled for the free Seminar. tended Local 2’s 7th Annual Mem- will be held on the following Sat- mail address in the body of the VIII sec. 4. The monthly dues are If you are a Military Veteran please contact the Local so we can bership Golf outing on Saturday, urdays from 7:00am – 3:30pm: communication. We appreciate due on the first day of the month update our records. Please call (248) 548-0800. September 12, 2020! It was our Sep: 12th, 26th Oct: 3rd, 10th, 24th your time and effort in helping us and unless paid on or before the The Local’s website is: www.opcmiami.org. largest turnout to date, we had Apprentices, remember that accomplish this task. last day of the following month, O.P.C.M.I.A. Local 514 has a satellite office in Flint, Michigan. great weather and a good time Related Training Instruction BAC 2 MI Texting Program. the member shall be deemed sus- We welcome Member and Contractors in the Flint area to handle their was had by all. (RTI) classes are a requirement We have been communicating by pended by the International business transactions at: 2630 Grand Traverse, Flint, MI 48503. SEPTEMBER 2020 CHAP- of your Apprenticeship, failure to text message more frequently with Union without notice. Appointments may be made by contacting Business Agent Mike TER MEETINGS. HOUGHTON attend will delay your apprentice- our membership lately. We en- We urge members to make Stanfield at (517) 719-2316, or the Business Manager Henry Williams CHAPTER: Thursday, Septem- ship and raises. courage our members to sign up their payments timely to avoid at (313) 215-5063. ber 17, 2020 at 7:30 PM, 37737 Additional classes will be to receive our text messages by additional costs! Members working for non-signatory commercial contractors are Highway 26, Toivola, MI 49965 added as necessary to accommo- - texting 2MI to 877877 Retirees: Retiree Council’s having a negative impact on our market share. The work forecast this KALAMAZOO CHAPTER: date all Apprentices. - You’ll receive a confirmation text meetings are the last Friday of the year looks better than last. Members working non-union will be Thursday, September 10, 2020 at Feel free to contact your asking for your member number month. The meetings are held brought up on charges and fines will be enforced. Let’s work to- 6:00 PM, 11847 Shaver Road, TMT BAC field representative or (IU#) 11:00 a.m. at the Local Union Hall gether to secure our future!! Schoolcraft, MI 49087 the Apprentice Coordinator - Respond with your six-digit IU located at 2161 West Grand Bou- We must stay vigilant in our effort to promote our trade. If you LANSING CHAPTER: should you have any questions. number and you will receive Lo- levard in Detroit. are working in a crew of 5 or more an Apprentice must be on the crew. Monday, September 14, 2020 at METRO DETROIT AP- cal 2 Text Messages going for- MUST Safety Awareness Help out! Call the Local at (248) 548-0800. Training is the key to our 6:00 PM, 3321 Remy Drive, Lan- PRENTICE WORKSHEETS ward! Training: Please check the future!! sing, MI 48906 AVAILABLE FOR DOWN- MEMBERSHIP GOLF OUT- MUST website at www. Please make sure your modules and drug test are up to date, MARQUETTE CHAPTER: LOAD: Turning in monthly ING. Local 2’s 7th Annual Mem- mustonline.org to see how many there are some plant jobs that do require the MUST modules. You can Monday, September 21, 2020 at worksheets is a requirement of bership Golf outing will be held modules you have. Members are go online at: www.mustonline.org Call the Local if you need a drug 7:00 PM, 119 S. Front Street, your apprenticeship. Metro De- on Saturday, September 12, 2020 reminded to get your 18 modules form sent out. Marquette, MI 49855 troit Apprentice Worksheets are at Hawk Meadows Golf Course and keep them up to date also a Please make sure that we have all of your current contact infor- SAGINAW CHAPTER: available for download at http:// in Howell, MI. If you are inter- current Drug Test. You can mation, address and phone number so we can keep the fund offices Tuesday, September 22, 2020 at bit.ly/Apprentice_Worksheets. ested in golfing with your fellow schedule an appointment to take updated for your health care and pension and also if you are having 7:00 PM at the IBEW Hall, 1300 If you do not have a printer you Union members, the registration your modules at our training your vacation checks mailed out. If you have moved please contact W. Thomas Street, Bay City, MI can pick them up during our form is next to this article! school by calling (734) 729-7005 the Local and we will change your addresses with all of the fund 48706 monthly meeting or contact Tom PENSION AND HEALTH or 517-625-4919 website offices. TRAVERSE CITY CHAP- Ward at (586) 757-6668 to request INSURANCE INFORMATION: www.mltai.org. You can also con- IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR PLASTERERS AND DETROIT TER: Wednesday, September 16, them by mail. For more informa- Bricklayers Metro Detroit tact the Local 313-894-2241. COMMERCIAL CEMENT MASONS: You can track your annuity 2020 at 7:00 PM at the American tion on the Detroit Training Cen- Local Pension Fund (248) 641- Also, check out the training fund status at the Wells Fargo website. You may do so by logging Legion Post #35, 1231 Hastings ter visit: detroittroweltrades.org 4954 classes available to you at no on to: www.retirement.wellsfargo.com or call (866) 640-5138, you can Street, Traverse City, MI 49686 LANSING TRAINING CEN- Detroit & Vicinity Health In- cost. also call the fund office at (248) 645-6550 with any related questions. DEATHS REPORTED: Our TER: To make your appointment surance (Brick, Cement and TMT) Note: classes & certifica- PLASTERERS AND CEMENT MASONS It is your responsibility to sincere condolences to the fam- for your annual RESPIRATOR (800) 435-4080 or (248) 828-6000 tions contractors have been ask- fill out reciprocity forms if you plan on working out of the local 514 ily and friends of Brother Rob- FIT TEST or for other scheduled (dvtt.org) ing for are, OSHA 30, Asbestos area. This will ensure that your hours are sent back to your home ert Lemanski (Stone Mason) appointments at the Lansing MI BAC Health & Welfare & Lead Awareness, Hoisting & fund. If you have any questions, or need any forms, please contact who passed away on April 14, Training Center, please contact and MI BAC Pension (800) 531- Rigging, Pipeline Safety, Class the Local. 2020. Brother Lemanski had been Howard Hipes directly at (517) 2244 (outstate funds, A Cdl License, Asbestos Removal Please make sure your beneficiary information is up to date. a member for 64 years. 749-1102. michiganbac.org) Supervisors Licence, Confined Any changes to your beneficiaries can be made at the Local. Our sincere condolences to Go to https://www.michigan Cement Pension Fund (248) Space Permit Required, Grade If you have questions concerning your pension benefits, ROAD the family and friends of Brother bricklayers.org to view the Lan- 645-6550 (detroitcement Checking Blueprint Reading & BUILDERS can call: Toll Free at 1-877-876-9357 or (517) 321-7502. John Wenzel (Plasterer) who sing Apprenticeship and Train- masons.org) Measuring Tools, GPS Location, PLASTERERS’ AND COMMERCIAL CEMENT MASONS can call: passed away on April 02, 2020. ing website and register future CALL-A-DOC (800) 835- all are available at the training (248) 645-6550 for pension and annuity, and Toll Free 1-877-876-9357. Brother Wenzel had been a mem- 2020 online training classes. 2362 (D&V Health Fund) center. It could mean the differ- All Plasterers and Cement Masons can contact (517) 321-7502 for ber for 72 years. MEMBERSHIP ASSIS- International Pension/Annu- ence of being sent to work or not! health & welfare information now through Outstate Michigan Trowel CRAFTWORKERS TANCE: During this COVID-19 ity Fund (Brick, Cement and FYI: By taking the OSHA 30 Trades Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Michigan. For the INTERNA- NEEDED: If you are available for pandemic, the IUBAC Member TMT) (888) 880-8222 or (202) 638- your 18 MUST Safety modules TIONAL PENSION Call 1-888-880-8222 Toll Free or (202) 638-1996. work, it is important to contact Assistance Program has a num- 1996 (dvtt.org) are updated as well. If you are not your Field Representative on their able to go to the Training Center cell phone. We are looking for for MUST Safety Modules con- “We all have a few failures under our belt. It's what makes us experienced Craftworkers in all of Apprentices Needed! tact the Local, we will help make ready for the successes.” our trades: Bricklayers, Caulkers, arrangements for you to com- –Randy K. Milholland Masonry Restoration Workers, Free Training for plete them. “Make sure you have finished speaking before your audience Cement Masons, Tile, Marble and Bricklayers – New Work and Restoration Referral List: Every member has finished listening.” Terrazzo Workers. Those who can who is looking for work must call, –Dorothy Sarnoff perform the work of our trades are Tile and Cement Masons or come to the Local Union Of- asked to contact either the War- “No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking 12 Week Pre-Apprentice Class fice on Mondays between 1:00 ren office (586) 754-0888 or the into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.” pm and 4:00 pm and put their Lansing office (517) 886-9781. Tell Based on Skill Level and Demand –Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992) name on the out-of-work list. You anyone who is doing our work In preparation for the re-opening our training centers, we are en- must have an out-of-work skills “Give to every other human being every right that you claim for that we are looking for skilled couraging anyone interested in a Trowel Trades Apprenticeship sheet filled out and on file in or- yourself.” craftworkers! and able to meet the physical demands of the work to complete the der to be referred out for work by –Robert Ingersoll (1833 - 1899) SIGNING BONUS FOR application process. this Local Union. (Be sure to SKILLED CRAFTWORKERS: Check & Update your Skills.) “When nothing seems to help, I go and look at a stonecutter Local 2 will pay up to $2,000 as a If you live in Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Monroe or St. Clair County, Also please be advised: Per hammering away at his rock perhaps a hundred times without as Signing Bonus for skilled go to detroittroweltrades.org to download the application. If you the out of work list rules, all mem- much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the hundred and first blow it craftworkers who come to work live outside the above-mentioned counties (outstate), go to bers on the list must re-register will split in two, and I know it was not that blow that did it, but all for one of our Union Contractors michiganbricklayers.org to apply online. Read and follow instruc- your availability for work every that had gone before.” for at least a month. Also, Local tions carefully and completely. quarter and do so within the first – Jacob Riis 2 members working with the tools Veterans are given highest priority as a thank you for their service. five days of the following months “It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's and non-supervisory members March, June, September and De- dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and indepen- can get a Finders Referral Bo- Metro Detroit and the Outstate programs differ slightly, below are cember (Roll Call). dent.” nus for each new skilled common minimum requirements for both programs. You will find Your failure to do so will re- –W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) craftworker who they refer, if they sult in your name being removed work for at least a month for our the complete list of instructions online. from the referral list. *Example: If “The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in Union Contractors. For more de- your name is on the list in April something that you forget to be afraid.” tails and information, call your Applicants Must: and or May and you don’t re-reg- – Lady Bird Johnson (1912 - 2007) Field Representative or either the •Remain drug and marijuana free, applicants must pass initial ister by June 5th your name will Warren office (586) 754-0888 or and random testing if accepted into program. be removed from the list. the Lansing office (517) 886-9781, •Shall be physically cable of performing the essential func- Save Time & Money: no Ever tried? Ever failed? No Matter, try again, fail again, Fail better. or go to https://bit.ly/BAC-2-MI- tions of the Apprenticeship program without posing a direct threat more checks or money orders to –Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989) 2000-Signing-Bonus. to the health or safety of the individual or others. mail no more worry if it gets here A SPEEDY RECOVERY: A •Have a valid Michigan driver’s license. on time, monthly dues can be de- speedy recovery is wished to all •Pass physical evaluation. ducted from your vacation check those who have been sick or in- •High School Graduate or GED, higher education a plus. and sent direct to the Local. $2,000 Signing Bonus for jured. Let’s keep them all in our Please stop by the office to get thoughts and prayers. one of the forms or you may call Skilled BAC Craftworkers! *IMPORTANT CHANGE the office (313-894-2241) to Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Local 2 MI is offering Regarding Union Dues* All Lo- have one mailed to you. Members up to a $2,000 Signing Bonus for Skilled Craftworkers. Our cal 2 Members are now eligible who signup for Vacation deduc- Members who refer them will get the same bonus if they stay for a Union Dues discount, re- tion and pay 6 months at a time working for our contractors! gardless of what month you are will receive a 1-month rebate!!! Our Contractors have immediate opening for Skilled Brick- paid through currently. This of- Also, be sure to keep your cur- layers, Masonry Restoration Workers, Caulkers, Cement Fin- fer is a great way to catch up on rent address and phone numbers ishers, Tile, Marble and Terrazzo Workers! your monthly window dues by up to date with Local. Current E- For more information about our Signing Bonus Program taking advantage of this annual mail address is also very impor- and our need for Skilled Craftworkers, go to: dues discount. tant! Also, we are now accepting www.bricklayers.org and click on the Signing Bonus page! We are making available to CREDIT & DEBIT payments. ALL Local 2 members the oppor- 10 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN September 18, 2020 IBEW Local 906’s column – See Page 12

IBEW IBEW LOCAL 557 Local 445 IBEW Local 445 BATTLE CREEK – The Gen- eral Membership Meeting is the second Monday of each month IBEW Local 557 and starts at 5:00 p.m. at the Hall. SAGINAW – MONTHLY MEETINGS- Policies are ever-chang- Please make sure to wear your ing these days in regards to COVID-19. Currently, the October Mem- masks. bership meeting is scheduled for the regular day of October 6th. This Please Welcome our new 1st meeting will take place at the Roberts Park Pavilion just as it did on year apprentices: Thomas September 1st. Address is 455 S. Miller Rd. Please continue to moni- Andalon, Taylor Brown, Jacob tor emails and the Local’s Facebook page for updates in case the Bruski, Matthew Farmer, Shane AMONG THE MANY volunteers handing out union- and election-themed items in the drive-through in State’s policy for gatherings changes. Everyone should continue to Flynn, Christopher Kubasiak, the parking lot of IBEW Local 58 in Detroit on Labor Day are (l-r) local union Assistant Business do their part to slow the spread of the virus by practicing proper Jayson Mesecar, Javier Manager/Membership Development Nick Chapital, apprentice Jacob Shoemaker and retiree and former social distancing and wearing a mask in public to protect you and Rodriguez, Kate Staib and Local 59 President Greg Spiewak. those around you. Proper PPE should be worn on job sites and Derrence Winfield. They were ini- safety policies should be followed as well. tiated at the September 14, 2020 UNION HALL OPERATIONS – The Union Hall continues to be meeting. open for in-person transactions. If you will be coming into the Hall There are political yard for business, a mask is mandatory due to the Governor’s Executive signs available at the Hall and also IBEW Order. I urge all that come in for in-person transactions to also adhere at the Democratic Headquarters to social distancing and the utilization of the service window in the at 36 E. Michigan Ave, Battle LOCAL 58 main entry way if you can. Please try to take care of business re- Creek. Please pick up yours to- motely as much as possible to cut down on visitors to the Hall. James day! Every vote counts! meeting that starts at 5:00 pm. Lamb is continuing organizing duties during at this time as well and if The 4th Quarter Dues are IBEW 58 EWMC of Southeastern MI you have any useful information for him regarding work or new mem- coming up by the end of Septem- DETROIT – Membership – A BIG THANK YOU to all who bers please feel free to pass it along. He can be reached at 989-529- ber. Just a Friendly Reminder! Meeting: Please be advised that attended our Brotherhood Fam- 5943. The Executive Board meets the General membership Meeting ily Movie Night. The kids (both BOOK SIGNING – Out of work lists can be signed for other the fourth Monday of each month scheduled for Tuesday, Septem- big and small) enjoyed watching Locals through fax or email. This is to continue to cut down on as starting at 4:30 p.m. ber 15, 2020 has been CAN- “Trolls - World Tour” and IBEW Local 948 many in-person transactions as possible. Contact your home local PLEASE HELP!! – Please CELLED due to the current envi- “Mulan.” We had a great show- FLINT – Our September Ex- and request a correspondence to be sent to the Local you are inter- make sure you have updated the ronment involving the ing and the volunteers were awe- ecutive Board Meeting will be ested in signing. Hall with your current address Coronavirus. This decision is in some, as usual. We are planning held on Monday, September 28th, EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING – The Local 557 Executive and phone number. Also, if you compliance of Executive Order on a repeat performance, so stay 2020 at 4:30 p.m. at the Union Hall. Board met on September 15th. With continued guidance from the have had any life changes such 2020-160 issued by Governor tuned. The information will be The October Retiree Club International Office, the E Board has the power to take any action as a marriage/divorce/new child, Gretchen Whitmer Limiting in- posted on the IBEW Local 58 Meeting will be held on Tuesday, that would normally be approved at a Local membership meeting. All please contact the Hall to ensure door gatherings. App. October 6th, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. at operations are still on track at the Hall and they have done a great job your benefits are correct. The Electrical Industry Thank you to all of those the Union Hall. helping to guide the Local through these difficult times while we are Local Website - Please check Training Center is offering Con- who are attending our Zoom Please make sure you are unable to consistently have monthly meetings. the Local 445 website for the lat- tinuing Education classes. Please meetings as we continue to navi- registered to vote this year. NEW WEBSITE – Local 557’s website recently received a re- est information, including job check them out at http:// gate through these unprec- https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/ fresh and will continue to be updated. postings. The Local 445 web ad- www.detroiteitc.org/continuing- edented times. The next meeting RegisterVoter 2020 ELECTION – The 2020 Election will impact us in so many dress is IBEW445.com. education/.We will start to can- of the chapter will be on Mon- Please remember to fill out aspects of our lives. It is the most important election of our lifetime. cel classes if they don’t meet the day, September 21, 2020 at the US Census — https:// As informed IBEW members we cannot afford to sit out this election. minimum enrollment require- 5:30pm. Please make sure your 2020census.gov/ I strongly encourage all members to apply to vote via ABSENTEE IBEW 557, con’t ments, or more hopefully we will cell phone number and your email Don’t forget to check our BALLOT. Skip the long lines at the precinct in what is expected to be information on deductibles, ex- order books for those of you address are up to date. The meet- website for new content. Be sure a record year for voter turnout. This is a great option due to increas- planations of coverage and other who’ve signed up. Members on ing information will be sent out to log in to see all the new con- ing COVID-19 concerns as well. If you are working on the road or the helpful tips related to your Health the Storm Book must secure their as soon as available. If you are tent. www.local948.com. possibility exists you may be working on the road in November, this Care coverage. EOB’s can be training through the Continuing not receiving the notices please You can pay over the phone is a great way to ensure you get your votes in. Contacting your local downloaded to smart phones or Education Program offered by the make sure that your information with debit or credit card. You can Township Clerk is also a great way to get the information needed to computers and used to substan- school. If you need assistance in is updated here at the hall. also stop by the Hall during busi- be registered for the November election. Don’t delay in doing this, tiate WEX receipt requests. registering for a class please call As we enter this election ness hours (7am-noon/ 1-4pm) time is running out. WEX APP – Search for the the Training Center at 586-751- season we will be participating and pay by cash, check, debit or WE NEED YOU TO VOLUNTEER – We need many volunteers “TIC HRA” app in Google or 6600. where needed to try to get candi- credit card. Don’t wait till you to help out with various election related events this year. Please make Apple and download it today. ATTN: ELECTRICAL dates who have our best inter- owe a reinstatement fee (4 time to help out with the election. We are less than 2 months away. Utilization of this app will give WORKERS’ INSURANCE ests as their agenda elected to months behind). The Saginaw County Democratic Party and the Michigan AFL-CIO you access to account balances, FUND PARTICIPANTS: As a re- office. Also, please submit your 2020 – Monthly Dues – Jour- has phone banking opportunities set up for all to do. This can now receipt reviews and submittals, minder, to take advantage of the census data and encourage oth- neyman $43.70 a month – Ap- be done in the comfort of your own home. These opportunities are barcode scanning for covered Annual Opt-Out window of the ers to do the same. We do not prentices, CE, Sound Tech $40.70 easy to do and an effective way to make contact with other voters items, other helpful services. Plan for January 1, 2021, the Ben- want our community to be a month Due to COVID, in person activities are not as available as in the past. This is a great tool to accompany efit Office must receive the form underrepresented for the next 2019 – Monthly Dues – Jour- Contact the Hall today to set up your times to help get the word out. th your Health Care benefits. no later than November 25 . The TEN YEARS. More information neyman $42.70 a month – Ap- HEALTH CARE – The Michigan Electrical Employee’s Health JOB CALLS- Please stay Form can be found at www. can be found on the website at prentices, CE, Sound Tech $39.70 Plan continues to cover 100% of the costs related to testing for COVID- vigilant checking the Job Line if ewjbt.org/Documents/Health www.ibew-ewmc.com. a month 19. During this pandemic, remote care is encouraged and Blue Cross you are seeking work. All work Care Documents. Please feel free Please continue to stay safe If you are unfamiliar with our members can call the 24-Hour Nurse Line at 800-117-BLUE. You may calls for the day will be available to contact the Benefit Office at at work, home, and in the com- referral procedure please refer to also want to inquire if your primary care provider offers telemedicine. on the Job Line after 4:30 p.m. (586) 575-9200 with any ques- munity. #ibewstrong our website @ http:// The Health plan continues to meet regularly via teleconferences to IF YOU ARE SEEKING WORK tions. The RENEW Committee local948.org/job_referrals/ stay on top of the pandemic and update coverage as necessary. don’t forget to CALL 989-781- Local 58 Dues Information: meeting will be on Tuesday, Sep- Don’t forget after 3 turn- As you know, the Michigan no-fault insurance law changed ef- 0516, option 3. Dues are due by the first day of tember 22, 2020 at 5:00 PM. downs on the out of work list you fective July 1. Notifications were sent to each member from the Michi- STAY CURRENT ON DUES the quarter. You can now pay The Safety Committee meet- must come down to the Union Hall gan Electrical Employee’s Health Plan. This letter encouraged mem- –Please check to see if you are your dues with an APP. Go to ing will be on Monday, October to resign. bers to purchase unlimited PIP to ensure proper protection for them- current. The Hall has the ability Apple/Google Play and download 12, 2020 at 5:30 PM. Gregory Remington selves and their family. The Health Plan will not offer Qualified Health to accept credit cards. The credit the IBEW 58 APP. In the APP go The Veterans Committee Business Manager Coverage and therefore members must purchase PIP coverage. You card service can accept payments to My Profile, My Member Tools will now be meeting monthly im- E-mail and Re-signs: If the should discuss PIP coverage and other auto coverage with your for dues, merchandise, appren- and that’s where you find the in- mediately after the Safety com- Hall does not have your e-mail insurance agent. tice book payments and other formation to pay. You can also mittee meeting on the 2nd Mon- address it would be a good idea Don’t forget to schedule your annual physical with your doctor. purchases. There is a conve- pay by phone with credit/debit day of each month. to send us an e-mail to By completing your annual physical, you could catch a health con- nience fee to use this service. or mail a check. At this time we The Political Action Com- [email protected] so we can cern early and also help keep the cost of health care down. Register- Credit card payments to pay dues are not taking cash transactions. mittee (PAC) meetings are held add you to the e-mail list. This is ing on the Blue Cross/Blue Shield website is highly recommended. can also be accepted over the st Dues for the quarter are $124.50 at 5:00 PM on the 1 Wednesday a great way to keep up with the Please take the time to visit www.bcbsm.com. Upon registering you phone to ensure you are current. without PAC and $128.50 with of each month. latest information on job calls and can take the Free Health Assessment test and find instant results that CONTACT NUMBERS- PAC. Local 58’s Women’s Com- other information sent from the Hall. can lead to living a healthy lifestyle. Michigan Electrical Employee Local No. 58 Benevolent mittee- The next meeting will be BLUE CROSS APP – Download the Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Pension fund and Michigan Fund: The next Benevolent Fund September 24, 2020 at 6:00. We Local 58, con’t Michigan app for your smartphone. Search for “BCBSM” on the Health Plan (517) 321- meeting will be Tuesday, Octo- will continue having our regular Google Play app or Apple store. Benefits to utilizing the app in- 7502 or (855) 633-4584. Fax (517) ber 6, 2020 5:00 pm. Join in on the monthly meetings on ZOOM as dresses to 58retirees@ibew clude: instant access to EOB’s, a virtual ID card on your phone, 321-7508, website mielectrical “Cooler of Cheer Raffle.” Hosted needed. Please watch for emails local58.org. If you haven’t paid (Continued next column) health.org. by the Benevolent Fund, tickets with further updates and hope- your 2020 dues, please send them Evan Allardyce, are $10.00 each. The drawing will fully we will be meeting in person to Ray Owen, 428 Welch Road, “By the work one knows the workmen.” Business Manager be at the Membership meeting soon. Northville MI 48167. Dues are $8 –Jean De La Fontaine (1621 - 1695) held on October 20, 2020 at 6:00 Help Wanted - The Women’s per person, per year. pm. Winner need not be present Committee will be keeping the bid We are certainly looking for- at the drawing. process open for caterers, pho- ward to resuming all the social Members of the Community tographers, band/deejay and functions that we Retirees enjoy, Service Committee: The next other vendors for the ARC but until then, why not drop a meeting will be Tuesday, Octo- Awards until we have a new date. note to some of our fellow retir- ber 13, 2020 at 5:00 PM. The Com- If you know of vendors interested ees or perhaps take a few min- mittee has started working at you can contact Angela utes and give someone a call. McCrest homeless shelter in Panicucci @ 586-291-8014 or Sharing news and checking up on downtown Mt. Clemens install- Diana Wright @ 734-934-9029 for one another will help pass the ing temporary and demo of the further information. time, and keep us up to date on old electrical system in the build- We are also looking for a few the things our friends are doing. ing. The Committee will keep the good sisters to continue on with Stay safe and healthy!! membership updated as to when our newsletter and articles. If you Be sure to keep the Union volunteers will be needed to con- have any experience or affinity for Hall updated with any changes tinue with this project. writing please reach out. If there to your phone number, address, The Wobbly Kitchen is up are any retirees that need help and email. and running again and we are as- with getting groceries or other IBEW Pension: Congratula- sisting them every 2nd and 4th Sun- essentials during this pandemic, tions to the following members day with food prep and distribu- please reach out, we are here for who have been placed on Inter- tion at Cass Park. We are asking you. You can email us. Email us national Pension: Gary Kuehn, volunteers to show up at the hall at: 58Womenscommittee James LaBroski, Thomas Linley, at 8:00 am to help with the Wob- @ibewlocal58.org, Follow us on Kenneth Nutaitis Jr., and Gary J. bly Kitchen program. To get in- Instagram @ibewomen58; Check Rey. volved with future community us out on Facebook. Members that have Passed service projects contact Mike IBEW Local 58 Retirees Away: Roy C. Martin, pension Conflitti or Rob Z at the union Association: Board meeting and member, 68 year IBEW member- hall. luncheons have been cancelled ship, Brother to pension member Members of the Entertain- until further notice. Please keep Richard “Dick” Martin; William J. ment Committee: The next meet- your contact information up to Thomas, pension member, 66 year ing of the Entertainment Commit- date with our Group and with the IBEW membership. We extend tee will be Tuesday, following the Union Hall. Send those email ad- our sincere sympathy to the fami- Community Service Committee (Continued next column) lies on their loss. IBEW 665 September 18, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 11 LANSING – UNION DUES AND DEATH BENEFITS: As Due to the Coronavirus Pan- anywhere between one to two we near the end of the third demic and Governor Whitmer’s hours. Please call the hall to con- quarter, please make sure your Executive Orders, we have been firm. Dues and Death Benefits are up having them outside at the Union PAC Meeting: Typically to date. Hall under a tent. meets the first Monday of the We are currently at Death We will continue to do so as month at 4:30 p.m. at IBEW Lo- Benefit Number 311. we move into fall. cal 665. Members are welcomed IBEW UPCOMING UNION MEET- RENEW Meeting: Typically to participate in the PAC meet- INGS: The monthly Union Meet- meets the last Thursday of the ings. Please call the hall to con- IBEW Local 252 ings are on the third Monday of month at 4:30 p.m. and can last firm. Local 498 ANN ARBOR – MONTHLY each month at 6:30 pm. “Powering Northern Michigan MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS: We Local 665 Since 1949” will continue to hold membership meetings for as long as possible IBEW Local 498 outdoors. Please bring a lawn TRAVERSE CITY – Meet- chair if attending. ings. RETIREES’ NIGHT: This IBEW Regular E Board- will be year’s Retiree’s Night has been held on Wednesday, October cancelled due to safety concerns Local 131 14th, 2020 at 5:30 pm in person related to the pandemic. Serving Southwest Michigan Since 1916 meeting. Members receiving their 50- MEETING –The next regu- year pins this year are: Earl IBEW Local 692 IBEW 131 lar meeting is scheduled to be Coffey, Edward Colone, Frederick BAY CITY – Union Meeting. The next regular membership meet- KALAMAZOO – The next General Membership meeting will be held on Wednesday, October Coontz, Robert Cummings, ing will be Monday, October 5, 2020 at 7pm. Oct. 5th, 2020 at 6 p.m. The next Executive Board Meeting will be Oct. 14th, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Russell Hough, Richard Executive Board Meeting. The next E-board meeting will be Mon- 19th , at 5 p.m. Election year for state and Jabkiewicz, Paul Ketola, George day, September 21, 2020 at 6pm. Due to the Governor’s current executive order, we ask that those federal elections – This is an im- Kildau, Ronald Page, Thomas Merchandise. We have new stickers at the hall and are currently coming to the Local Union to conduct business, please wear a face portant year for local, state and Pahl, David Sisk, Jack Strieter, and looking into fall clothing options. covering. national elections as well as our Robert Vedder. Message from the Business Manager. Following the governor’s Work Outlook: The work outlook is strong. We expect to have local union elections, it is impor- Members receiving their 55 orders, monthly membership meetings will continue to be held out- a busier than usual summer continuing into the winter. If you are tant for your voice to be heard in year pins are: John Campbell, side, weather permitting. Masks will be required at all times by any- aware of interested electricians, working in our jurisdiction, please all of these elections to support Brian Goss, Harold Hite, Neil one coming or going into the union hall. There will also be strict have them visit www.poweringkalamazoo.com or call the office. organized labor. The State of MI Moffitt, and David Wheeler. guidelines to adhere to with social distancing. Please do your part The LMCC has launched a new website www.powering now has absentee voting for ev- Members receiving their 60 brothers and sisters to protect each other. If we all do our own little kalamazoo.com. This website will be used to highlight local signatory eryone that is a registered voter. year pins are: Robert Koeble and part life will hopefully return to normal sooner than later. contractors and used as an organizing tool. Follow us on Facebook Please visit the State of MI Gerald Swartout. Members re- After careful consideration, I have decided that it is time to add @poweringkalamazoo, Twitter @PoweringKzoo, Instagram website or visit your local Secre- ceiving their 65 year pins are: another organizer to assist Brother Klele in his duties. Brother Brendon @poweringkalamazoo, and LinkedIn @poweringkalamazoo. Please tary of State office to get regis- Gerald Hopkins, Orville Koepp, Baranek will come on starting September 21st. These two will not feel free to share the wage calculator feature of this site. tered to vote in the upcoming pri- Richard Smith, and Richard only be organizing new members, but also working to secure work for If you believe we do not have your email address or correct cell mary elections and general elec- Straith. our unemployed brothers and sisters. We have a jurisdiction of 19 phone number, please email Christine at [email protected] tions in November. SERVICE PINS: If you counties and adding another body will definitely help to make sure Dues pricing – The price for dues in 2020 is $40/month. If you’re SWEATSHIRT ORDER – It would like your service year pin we are covering all areas equally. unsure about your balance, please call the Hall for the exact amount was mentioned after the last please call the hall to make ar- With regards to the referral procedure, “dings” or “hits” for all or email Christine. If your dues ticket reads paid through, August union meeting about taking or- rangements to receive it. calls began again on June 15. 2020 your dues are not current; please call the Hall. ders for sweatshirts. If you would UNION DUES FOR 2020: Work Report. Master Electric continues electrical construction We have finalized our automated dues reminders, these remind- like one please call the hall and Effective January 1, 2020 union on the Costco wholesale warehouse with the project progressing at a ers will be sent ahead of possible late dues. You may receive a mes- we will start a list. They did not dues for “A” members will be very fast pace. The wind turbine project (grounding and bonding) sage via text or email if you have not tendered your most current I.O. appropriate funds for them but if $119.25 per quarter. Union dues located in and around the Rosebush area continues to have calls for Dues payments. Dues payments can also be made online, to log in you wanted one and paid ahead for “BA” members will be $61.80 manpower shared between us and 275, as the project is taking place use your Last Name and Card Number. of time, we should be able to do per quarter. Union dues will re- in both jurisdictions. Conti Electric, along with Newkirk, have work Life events happen, and we’d always like to make sure you have that. It will depend on if we have main at this rate for 2021. on the Consumers Energy dams along the Ausable River. Newkirk updated beneficiary forms. If you’re questioning whether yours is a large enough order to make it TRAINING CLASSES Electric has also just begun their project at Bay City Powertrain. John’s up to date, stop on down to the Hall to get new forms. feasible. At the last meeting we 2020: ALL CLASSES CAN- Electric out of Alpena has been awarded the Alpena Library project. If you’re interested in receiving updates from the Hall, please laid over funds to order more tee CELLED UNTIL FURTHER NO- Hardies Electric has a nice project at the Atlanta Schools. Most other email Christine at [email protected] to get your email address shirts. If you want a different TICE. school work is winding down. Both Dodge and also CAM construc- added. design please attend the meeting CREDIT CARDS: The Lo- tion reporting systems have shown few electrical projects to be bid Retirements: Congratulations to the following retiring members: to voice your opinion. cal is now accepting credit cards as of late in our jurisdiction. Work remains very good in Detroit, Ann Adrian DiVisser, July 2020. Michael Chaddock, May 2020. John Covid 19 office hours – For to pay union dues. We accept Arbor, and also Lansing. Please contact the hall if you would like to Magnan Jr., May 2020. Robert S. Davis, June 2020. Roger Clark, March your information the hall is open Visa, Master Card, American Ex- sign any books. 2020. Patrick Klocke, May 2020. Keith Moore, April 2020. William to limited walk in traffic. To fol- press and Discover. There is a fee Please stay safe and look out for your fellow brothers and sis- Slater, July 2020. low state guidelines there is a 6- of 3.5% to use your card. ters. Condolences: With a heavy heart, Local 131 would like to an- foot distance rule in effect, so if M.U.S.T DRUG TESTING: Union Dues. Dues can be paid in person, via phone, by mail or nounce the following members passing: Brother Dale Bothwell passed there is more than 1 person at a Please make sure your MUST automatic withdrawal from your bank account. We also accept pay- away on April 23, 2020. Brother Charles Krull passed away on May 3, time in the hallway outside of drug testing is current as you ments via credit/debit card. Please note to use the credit card ma- 2020. Brother John Ingram passed May 2020. Brother Josh Batten Caroline’s window the second cannot work on a U of M project chine to process payments, there will be a 2% charge applied. passed away on July 24th, 2020. person should wait outside or in or several other projects in the Monthly dues can also be paid on-line from the 692 website. All Memorials and full obituaries can be viewed on the website the meeting room until their turn jurisdiction without being cur- Visit ibew692.net and log into the member section. under the Memorials Tab. at the window. Masks are avail- rent. Local 252 has a zero toler- 2020 Dues (Effective January 1, 2020) FROM THE APPRENTICESHIP: able at the hall for personal use ance for alcohol or drug use. Monthly $41.20; Quarterly $123.60; 6 months $247.20; Yearly $494.40 Journeyman Upgrade Classes: as well as hand sanitizer and ERTS: Please make sure that To avoid a reinstatement fee, please remember to keep your Fall 2020-Winter 2021 cleaning supplies to be able to you are signed up in the dues current. 1.Welding T September 8 to November 10, 2020 sanitize the restroom after you (Continued on Page 12) Retirees Lunch. All retiree’s lunches have been postponed. 2. CPR S October 10, 2020 use it if needed. Fringe Benefits. REMINDER: if you have recently gotten mar- 3. Code Update 2020 S/S November 21 and 22, 2020 So far Local 498 has not seen ried, divorced, had children, etc. make sure your beneficiaries have 4. State Exam Prep W January 6 to March 3, 2021 any confirmed cases with mem- Local 498, con’t been updated accordingly. Beneficiary forms can be obtained from 5. Motor Controls W February 10 to April 14, 2021 bers that I know of and it would scholarship ‘Robert Paul Dost the hall. 6. CPR S February 13, 2021 be nice to keep it that way. For Scholarship Endowment’ for High REMINDER: If you contact the Health Plan Office about going 7. Foreman Training W March 10, to May 12, 2021 extended stays or business needs School seniors in the 5-county on short term disability, it is important for you to notify the Hall as 8. CPR S March 13, 2021 at the hall you will be asked to fill area around Traverse City. To well. A copy of your paperwork will need to be submitted to the Hall 9. CPR S April 10, 2021 out a health questionnaire and access it go to www.gtrcf.org/ for your file. This will also freeze your position on the out of work list. **Code Update Classes: it is now required for Journeyman to take a temperature reading just scholarships/ . Local 498 Union Organizing. Brothers and Sisters, as we slowly open the state pay in advance to hold your spot in the Code Update Class. We like apprentices do for class or members’ children get preference back up amid a global pandemic, getting out onto job sites to make require 48 hours’ notice for cancelations if you need to reschedule applicants do for interviews, to the endowment. A huge thank contact with unrepresented workers continues to be a struggle. How- for another available Code Update Course.** again to try and follow State of you in Memory of Bob Dost for ever, we have made some great additions lately to Local 692 through Please visit our website www.kalamazoojatc.com or stop in to MI safety guidelines. his generosity and being a great our organizing campaign. Sometimes it just takes one guy to jump sign up for the Code Update Class. September 3, 2020. Call Nicole at PAYPAL – PAY PAL is now union member. from the merit shop for his co-workers to see that they have been lied 269-388-4434 with any questions. up and running!!! Please look into Service Pins – Service Pins to for years from contractors. Drug Test Renewals: Please keep track of your drug test expira- setting up a personal PayPal ac- are still available at the union hall Our members are the biggest tool we have when it comes to tion date through www.safe2work4you.com. It is your responsibility count. The Pay Pal option to use for those members who have not organizing. Talk to that neighbor or family friend that has been work- to stay current on your drug test. Please contact Nicole (269) 388- for paying your dues is “pay received them. Stop by and get ing non-union. Tell him or her about the benefits of the IBEW and 4434 to get your authorization form printed for you to pick up. If you someone you trust,” if a different yours today! what we have to offer. You, the membership, is the greatest tool this don’t want to come to the Hall to pick it up, please email Nicole and option is used it will deduct the Made in America Websites local has to build those relationships. request your form to be emailed to you. [email protected]. credit card fees out of what is – www.theunionbootpro.com - Please do not hesitate to reach out to me when you see a non- Organizing: As much technology as we use to track non-union sent to the local for your dues. 100% American made/union signatory contractor doing work in your neighborhood. Our juris- electricians in our jurisdiction, often, our best resources are you the This leaves your dues short as made. Union member discounts diction is huge and impossible for me to try and tackle this task alone. members. If you see a non-signatory in the area working at a location, we are a not for profit business 27% off. Use this code when or- Don’t hesitate to pass my phone number along. Thank you. please let the Hall know. and have no way to absorb those dering. Be0498mD or order toll Brian Klele (989) 252 9225 Politics: The Michigan AFL-CIO has launched an endorsements costs. If you need help with this free 1-800-723-5384. Ryan Charney page for the 2020 Election Cycle. Visit www.miafl-cio.vote and input you can call Caroline at the Union Email Addresses - Any mem- Business Manager / Financial Secretary your address to view the endorse candidates from the State Federa- hall. ber that would like to have Local Important links & numbers tion of Labor. This endorsement list will be specific to your address JB Webb East and West- 498 forward communication to IBEW Local 692 989-684-4510 • www.ibew692.org and will include State Wide and Local endorse officials. Our next Union Management them from the International, Lo- Health Plan, 517-321-7502, www.mielectricalhealth.org “The basic goal of labor will not change. It is — as it has al- meeting is scheduled for Thurs- cal 498, AFL-CIO or the Building Michigan Pension Fund, 517-321-7502 • www.michiganelectrical .org ways been, and I am sure always will be — to better the standards of day, Sept. 24, 2020. We will again Trades, to help stay informed to First time logging in, use your Social Security Number in the “ID life for all who work for wages and to seek decency and justice and have the informational meeting at current events, politics, con- Box” dignity for all Americans.”—George Meany the Little Traverse Townhall right tracts, work, etc. Please call or NEBF/ NEAP: 301-556-4300 Brian O’Donnell after work at 3:30 pm. I hope to email your current email address IO Pension: 202-833-7000 Business Manager/Financial Secretary have more information on work to Local 498 at [email protected] and layoffs. Thank you! Email – Please get an email Important numbers for you address to the hall so we can get to write in your address book: info out easier and faster, thanks. MEEHP (Health) 1-855-633- You can email your address to the 4584 or 1-517-321-7502 Fax# 1- hall at [email protected] . Please 517-321-7508 put your name in the subject. MEEPP (MI Pension) 1-517- Contracts - We have up- 321-7502 dated Inside Wireman Contracts (New address Michigan Pen- available at the hall. sion and Health Plan) Dues 2021 – There is no TIC International Corpora- Union Dues increase for 2021. tion, 6525 Centurion Drive, Lan- Effective Jan. 2021 the rate sing, MI 48917 will remain $140.10 per quarter. NEBF 1-301-556-4300 Resale Items – We have NEAP 1-301-556-4300 Local 498 Beanie Hats for resale IO Pension 1-202-833-7000 and T-shirts. Stop in to get yours DUES RATES today! Proud Union Home signs Jan 1, 2020 - $1.00/month increase are in and available at the hall. New Rate $140.10/Quarter Free to members in good stand- Info Updates – Any member ing. with a new address, phone num- Meeting Cookouts- meeting ber, email address, etc. should cook outs will be suspended un- contact Local 498 with these til further notice. changes. Volunteer – We will need Please remember it is your re- people to volunteer for events sponsibility to pay your dues on coming up. Contact the hall and time. let George know. Remember to check the hall Scholarship – Past charter recorder at night after 4:00pm for member Brother Bob Dost has a any jobs that might be available. (Continued next column) 231-943-4980 ext. 3# 12 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN September 18, 2020 Local 8 Bigger footprint for McLaren-Lansing LANSING – McLaren Health and medical research. and medical team. The current Iron Workers Care on Sept. 3 announced that The Sept. 3 announcement estimated timeline to open the fa- th an additional $150 million invest- included information on a new cilities is early 2022. Iron Workers Local Union #8 will be held on October 17 , 2020, ment will take place at its new ambulatory portion of the cam- “This project is so much Tim Roman, Business Represen- 8:30 a.m., via Zoom. To sign up health care campus, increasing pus, as well as details of the more than just brick and mortar tative for this class, and provide your the project’s overall budget to project’s link with the Karmanos buildings. The talented people UPPER PENINSULA – email address, please contact $600 million. Cancer Institute, increasing the who will call these spaces home WELD CERTIFICATIONS: Ann Lakenen at Pipefitters #111, Granger Construction is institute’s footprint at the site. will not only save lives, but help Weld certifications are being held 906-226-6511. managing the project, which is McLaren expects to add an advance health care as a whole,” on an as-needed basis. Please If you sign up for MSHA being erected at Michigan State additional 80 employees to its said Kirk Ray, president and CEO contact Rich Hanson at the Ap- classes and do not attend or can- University’s 39-acre Corporate current workforce of more than of McLaren Greater Lansing. prenticeship office for more infor- cel, you will be charged a fee of Research Park, between Collins 2,000 employees when the cam- “The opportunities for advance- mation. 414-476-9372. $30.00 and will be suspended Road and U.S. 127. Already un- pus opens. When fully com- ments in research, clinical trials, MEMBERSHIP MEETING: from any further Mine Safety der construction on the campus is plete, this comprehensive and integrated oncology care The Membership Meeting will classes until the fee is paid. a 240-bed hospital, cancer center, health care campus will be home with Karmanos Cancer Institute take place by video conference IBEW ambulatory care center, and other to more than 1,000 physicians, and MSU mark an exciting new on September 23rd, 2020, at 5:00 facilities to support health care de- researchers, educators and chapter in the future of health care p.m. CST. Members can gain ac- LOCAL livery, educational opportunities, other members of the academic in our region.” cess to the meeting at https:// meeting.iwl8.org on the after- 906 noon of the meeting. MINE SAFETY TRAINING: A Mine Safety Refresher Class IBEW Local 906 UPPER PENINSULA— MEETINGS MARQUETTE UNIT—First Tuesday IRON MOUNTAIN UNIT— Second Tuesday ESCANABA UNIT—Sec- ond Wednesday PLEASE PROTECT YOUR- SELF AND OTHERS BY KEEP- ING 6 FEET OF PHYSICAL DIS- TANCE. FOLLOW THE GUIDE- LINES ON HAND WASHING AND WIPING DOWN SUR- AN ADDITIONAL $150 MILLION investment in the McLaren Lansing health care project will upgrade THE COMPLETED McLaren Health Care campus in Lansing, as FACES. BE SMART, BE SAFE. the facility’s cancer center. In total, $600 million is being spent on the project in East Lansing. shown in a rendering. IBEW 906 will not have any meetings in the month of Septem- ber except for the E-Board meet- ing. All Unit meetings are can- Local 25 celed. The next MSHA class will be Iron Workers via Zoom on Oct. 17, Nov. 7th and 21st. To sign up for any MSHA Iron Workers 25 September 25, 2020 at 9:00am. class please call Ann at 906-226- NOVI – Work is Available! Please join us at Moms Restau- 6511 ext 4. Class size is limited to We are in need of manpower. If rant in Trenton located on Fort 20 persons so if you need to re- you or someone you know is off, Street, just north of West Road. new your certificate make the call please call Dispatch or a Busi- There will be a couple of operat- now and reserve your spot in the ness Agent. We must fill our jobs ing engineers joining us, Brian class. We expect some sizeable in order to protect them! Newsome and Gram Warrington. work at the mines this winter. Dispatch is OPEN. Please Looking forward to seeing any- Election season is upon us. call 248-305-9282: Monday one who joins us! We need every member voting through Friday 7 am to 10 am. If ATTENTION RETIREES: this year either by mail or in per- you happen to get voicemail, just The Novi Retirees Board of Di- son. Every vote counts. We are leave your name, book number rectors meets “in person” Octo- being attacked on every front. and phone number. Local 25 Ac- ber 6, 2020. Our membership sees the news tive Members, Apprentices and The Novi Retirees regular or takes a peek at the market and Probationary should call each meeting is “in person” October thinks everything is working out. day you are out of work. OR use 20, 2020 at 10:00am. Social dis- We need to look at the 70 years our website to sign up for the out tancing, face masks and good hy- of labor law gone with the stroke of work list: www.ironworkers giene will be observed. There will of a pen. Appointments to the 25.org be no luncheons in the near fu- Labor Board and OSHA have cre- IT’S MANDATORY TO ture, coffee and cake will be pro- ated one sided decisions. None WEAR A FACE MASK IF YOU vided however. of them in our favor. VISIT ANY OF THE UNION OF- The Bay City Retirees are Be informed, look at the facts FICES OR UNION HALLS. STERLING ERECTORS and their crew of Local 25 iron workers are putting up the steel on the cancer planning a regular meeting for and vote for the candidate who FRINGE BENEFIT OFFICE: center at the Mclaren Lansing project. Photo by Marc Crance October 15, 2020. supports Labor. 800-572-8553 or 248-347-3100 and Watch for updates at A reminder that the monthly follow the prompts. Hours 7:30am up as Notification will go out via 27, 29. First Aid/CPRE/AED No- sonal check or money order and (www.ironworkers25.org) or the dues are $40.00. We have received to 4:30pm. The mailing address the APP. Participation was very vember 10, SubPart R -Novem- mail to: Iron Workers Local 25 – Local 25 app that you can down- some at the old rate of $39.00 and for member BENEFIT-related mat- good in August and we look for- ber 12 and Qualified Rigger/Crane P.O. Box 965 – Novi, MI 48376- load by searching “Iron Workers a few members are overpaying. ters is: Iron Workers Local 25 ward to more members joining us Signaler- December 1, 3, 8, 10, 15, 0965. PLEASE include your book Local 25” to stay informed on This makes the bookwork diffi- Fringe Benefit Funds, PO Box in September. To participate in the 17-textbooks must be purchased number on the face of the check/ union matters. cult. Please if you have a service 99219, Troy MI 48099-9219. Blue Zoom Union meeting is very easy and homework completed before money order. Pay union dues in Diversified Members Credit that pays your dues monthly in- Cross Health Claims and Cus- … just be sure you have down- class starts. person at the Novi Union Hall (M- Union: Located at 25880 Novi Rd. form them of the correct amount. tomer Service 877-790-2583. Delta loaded our APP or signed up for New Apprentice Applica- F) from 8 am to 3 pm (NO Cash). Phone: 248-344-2560 - CALL Please remember that ad- Dental Claims and Customer Ser- our emails via our website tions are being accepted BUT you After-hours use the outdoor- FOR HOURS. Services available: dress changes and phone vice 800-482-8915. (www.ironworkers25.org). We are MUST go to ironworkers25.org, dues-collection box. debit or credit cards, interest bear- changes along with new addi- BENEFIT FOR NEW leaning toward communication print the application, gather Pay a year’s dues or more ing checking accounts, IRAs, tions to the families need to be CHILD: Any member who has a through the PUSH NOTIFICA- documentation then phone the ($429.00 Journeyman) ($426.00 CDs, Benefits Plus program, passed on to the Hall and the new born child, or a new depen- TIONS – Please download the school for an appointment; no Apprentice) and you will get a (1) HOME MORTGAGES, low inter- Pension and Health Plans. dent child through marriage APP if you haven’t done so yet!! walk-in foot traffic. The Wixom one-month dues paid for by Lo- est loans and part of Co-Op If you have any information MUST NOTIFY the Fringe Ben- Again, via our website! Training Center – Phone: 248-960- cal 25. (Get the 13th month free). Shared Branching. We have other you would like to see noted in efit Office of your new dependent Unfortunately Steward Meet- 2130. This is intended to encourage branch locations in Detroit and this article or something you be- within 31 days. ings are still cancelled until fur- Welder online Verification: members to pay their dues in a Clawson. lieve should be published please The next Zoom Union Meet- ther notice as we adhere to the For an accurate and quick review timely manner. The one month Home Mortgages for Union email the Hall with your request. ing will be Monday, September Governor’s revised Executive Or- of welder certifications please will be credited in the month AF- Families: Learn more about the [email protected] 28, 2020 at 7:00 pm. Please sign ders. visit www.welderscertification TER your actual 12-month pay- unique benefits available to Stewards’ Notes: .org On the homepage click ment. union members, their parents and 1) The Electronic Steward “login” and type “read only” as Secretary of State Jocelyn children. CALL 866-802-7307, Reporting forms are online both your username and pass- Benson stated that all REGIS- M-F 8am - 10pm EST, Sat 9am - www.ironworkers 25.org. Log in word. Once logged on, type the TERED voters in Michigan will 5:30pm EST www.unionplus.org IBEW with your book number, and the member’s book number in the receive an application to vote by Those who have passed: Wil- password is the last 4 (four) of column on the left marked “ad- mail in the November elections. liam J. Thomas #798715 passed LOCAL your social. vanced search,” click the ”go” By mailing applications, the Sec- away September 6, 2020 at the age 2) PLEASE be sure to check button, wait until the name pops retary of State will ensure that no of 77. He was a 52-year member 252 dues for members and boomers up, and then click on the welders “Michigander has to choose be- who originally began with Local too AND BE SURE ALL first or last name. tween their health and their right 426. His grandson called to tell BOOMERS HAVE SIGNED BOTH On the next screen, click “list to vote,” said Benson. “Voting by us that he was cremated wearing (Continued from Page 11) THE RECIPROCAL AND THE certifications.” Every welding mail is easy, convenient, safe, and his Ironworker Hat, and pins and electronic Reciprocity Transfer System. You must be signed up in ASSESSMENT-TARGETING. certification the welder has will secure, and every voter in Michi- that his grandfather was of the ERTS before working outside of Local 252’s jurisdiction or your ben- 3) All members please be be available for viewing and you gan has the right to do it.” The generation who highly respected efits will not be transferred back. sure to keep your Union dues paid can see that if it has been re- application is also available for the Brotherhood and was very Local 252 Website & App: The Local’s website www. ibew252.org up to date as it is criteria for work- newed, it is good until the year download at Michigan.gov/Vote. proud to be an Ironworker! is up and running. There is also a Local 252 App available to down- ing. You can be asked to leave 2021. The site also allows you to At the same website, voters Dominic “Tack” Tacconelli load. Search “IBEW 252” in the app store. You must create a new the jobsite if your dues are not print out a copy of the welder can also register and join the per- #650219 passed away September login and password to access the Members Only section. Your login current. WPQR if needed. Click on “list manent absent voter list so they 7, 2020 at the age of 86. He was a for the old website is no longer valid. Apprentices: Fill out your test results.” Click on the actual always have the option to vote Rigger with Local 575 before be- Aflac Insurance: Aflac has teamed up with the IBEW to offer its monthlies online at the website test code you want to see and by mail. Check your voter regis- ing merged with L-25. He was a members Aflac benefits at a reduced rate. Contact Representative or mobile app located under the you will see the test details. On tration at Michigan Voter Infor- 60-year member. He was a former Lisa Enerson for information about Accident, Cancer, Critical Care, apprenticeship tab “Monthly Re- that page click “Printable Form” mation Center Michigan.gov/ officer of the Local 25 Retirees Dental and Vision insurance from Aflac. Phone number: (517) 306- port Sign-In” this gives you the (WPQR) and you can print the Vote Club and also one who held great 0144. ability to electronically submit WPQR. If you read this please Voter Registration – Alter- pride in the Union Brotherhood! AT&T Discount: Union members can save up to 15% on the your monthlies. Also located contact the Training Center for nately ironworkers can visit Our deep condolences to all monthly service charges of qualified wireless plans, or unlimited call- under the apprenticeship tab you meeting credit. ironworkersvote.org to check of the family and friends as you ing for $15/mo. for AT&T Wireless Home Phone plans. Visit will find “Evaluation Form” Jour- The following Events are their voter registration status, mourn the loss of your dear UnionPlus.org/ATT with discount code 4924966. neyman/Supervision can use this Cancelled: The Annual Septem- register to vote, and request a loved one(s)! CONDOLENCES: The Local sends our sincere condolences to to submit apprentice evaluations ber Ironworker Benefit Dinner is mail ballot. This is a service from To all Union Members: the family of Brother Bob Blair, who passed away on August 24, 2020. using computer/cell phone and cancelled. If anyone wishes to the national Building Trades and Thank you for all you continue The Local sends our sincere condolences to the family of Brother submit electronically. Please also make a donation to the ICIF works in every state, so our Mem- to do to support each other dur- Donald Boorom, who passed away on September 12, 2020. note, you must check your email please contact Jimmy Horvath at bers can use it and share it with ing this pandemic response. We Retiree’s Breakfast: The retiree’s breakfast is cancelled until on a regular basis; we now email the Novi Union Hall. Thank you. their Family Members also! hope you and your family stay further notice. your annual MUST drug screen Pay union dues with credit- “If you do not take an in- safe and healthy! NOTICE TO RETIREES: If your 50-year commemorative watch paperwork and your pay raise debit card 24/7 by calling 888- terest in the affairs of your gov- This information is as of stops working for any reason please contact the Union Hall. Do not slips. 386-8173 and follow the ernment, then you are doomed Submission Time for this Article attempt to have it serviced yourself. Classes at the Local 25 Ap- prompts. OR PAY at www. to live under the rule of fools.” (9/14/2020 2:00 pm E.S.T.). DUES PAYMENTS – Please look at your dues receipt. If your prenticeship School have started ironworkers25.org Any member –PLATO. “There is no security on this dues paid through date shows 6/2020, your dues are not current. “A” up again, please go the payment for multiple members, The International Associa- earth, there is only opportunity.” members pay $119.25 per quarter for 2020. “BA” members pay $61.80 ironworkers25.org to view the fines, suspensions, withdrawal tion (IABSORIW) has endorsed –General Douglas per quarter for 2020. Please mail your check to 7920 Jackson Rd., Ann block schedule; we are practicing deposits, SHOULD NOT use this Joe Biden for president of the MacArthur (1880 - 1964) Arbor, MI 48103. Your third quarter dues (July through Sept.) are social distancing protocols, etc. process. Whenever possible we United States of America. “I have given two cousins due now. Night welding, you must are emailing you, your dues re- The Novi Ironworkers Re- to war and I stand ready to sac- Payments for third quarter dues will be accepted no later than know how to weld, this is for test- ceipt. tirees will be gathering for a rifice my wife's brother.” 11:30 A.M. on Tuesday, September 30, 2020. ing only- October 13, 15, 20, 22, Pay union dues with per- downriver breakfast on Friday –Artemus Ward (1834 - 1867) September 18, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 13

Michigan Painters District Council

Painters DC 1M District Council 1M WARREN – Dear Members: Business Manager: Robert We have been informed OSHA Gonzalez will be visiting Meeting date: 2nd Tuesday of construction every month at 6:30 p.m., with the sites across the Executive Board meeting at 6 p.m. state of Michi- Place: 14587 Barber Ave, Warren gan and issuing MI 48088 & 419 S. Washington fines on the Ave, Lansing MI 48933 jobsite for NOT Local Union 312 wearing a mask. Business Rep: Tim Schwerin PLEASE Meeting date: 2nd Wednesday of WEAR YOUR every month at 6:30 p.m. ROBERT MASK WHEN Place: 1473 N. 30th St., Galesburg, Local 357 Iron Workers deliver for Amazon GONZALEZ WORKING ON MI 49053 Glaziers & YOURLocal Union 514 PONTIAC – Another safe JOBSITE! Glassworkers Business Rep: Scott Mikulen and quality job was delivered Take care of yourself and each on Sept. 11 as Iron Workers other. Meeting dates: 1st Wednesday Glaziers & Glassworkers 357 of every month at 7:30 p.m. Local 25 members employed DC1M WEB-SITE: www. WARREN – Our next regu- by Ideal Steel topped out the Place: 7920 Jackson Road, Ann lar scheduled union meeting will iupatdc1michigan.org th structural steel on the $250 DC1M FACEBOOK: Arbor, MI. be Monday, October 5 at 6pm. Web site: www.iupat- million Amazon distribution www.facebook.com/iupat1m Even if the restrictions are local514.org. center that’s being erected at DC 1M UNION CARDS* limited for indoor meetings, we the former Silverdome site. Any questions regarding a will meet outside in the parking Under construction on the lost, damaged Union card, or if Local Union 826 lot out around back or the hall. 127-acre site is a 3.5 million your have dues inquiries or have Business Rep: Rocky Ackerman Dress for it. square-foot, five-story ware- not received a card please con- Meeting date: 2nd Thursday of We hope everyone had a house/fulfillment center and s tact the DC1M offices at: every month at 5:30 p.m. safe and happy Labor Day Holi- single-story, 200,000 square- Warren Office: (586)552-4474 Place: 3115 Joyce St. day weekend. foot distribution station. Con- Extension 100 Burton, MI 48529 Apprenticeship school has struction work began earlier Freeland Office: (989) 695-6888 resumed, as of Monday August this year and the delivery sys- *LABOR DAY PARADE Local Union 845 17. Please contact Jeff Flynn, or tem is expected to be opera- CANCELLATION* Business Rep – Fred Frederickson Rich Oakey if you have questions tional later this year and the Due to COVID-19 concerns Meeting date: 1st Thursday of on the schedule, make up classes, fulfillment center complete by the Labor Day Parade scheduled every month at 7 p.m. raise letters, or anything else re- the third quarter of 2021. for Monday September 7, 2020 Place: 419 S. Washington Av- lated to school. Clayco is managing the has been cancelled. enue, Lansing, MI 48933 The Governor has let con- project. FTI OF THE GREAT LAKES Local Union 1052 struction resume. This being said please follow the specific guide- Photos by Jimmy Horvath MICHIGAN APPRENTICESHIP Business Rep – Jake Fluty The FTI of the Great Lakes will Meeting date: The Fourth lines required on each project. It be having Lift training at the Wednesday of every month at will take some getting used to, the Warren Training Center the week 6:30 p.m new ppe required, but it is neces- sary to keep each other safe, and of September 21, 2020. Please Place: 3115 Joyce St., Burton MI our families safe. contact Shawn O’Neill for further 48529 information 586-552-4481 Keep your working status or [email protected] current; this helps protect your Local Union 1803 benefits. If you have a mailing PAINTERS DISTRICT Business Rep: Josh Ovalle COUNCIL 1M SMART PHONE address and/or telephone num- Meeting date: 4th Tuesday of ev- ber change, please notify the APP. Painters District Council 1M ery month at 5:30 p.m. is pleased to announce its all new Union and Fund Offices of the Place: 7677 Midland Road, changes. APP. For IPHONE go to IOS store; Freeland, MI 48623. For ANDROID got to Google Dues payments may be Playstore;Search for “Painters mailed to the Union Office at Local Union 2352 14587 Barber Avenue, Warren, MI and Allied Trades” download Business Rep: John Sape APP 48088. Make checks payable to: Meeting Date: 3rd Tuesday of DISTRICT COUNCIL 1M in care Username: your member id# every month at 6:30 p.m. Password: painters of Glassworkers #357. Place: District Council 1M, 14587 When traveling to work out With this APP you can ac- Barber Ave., Warren, MI. cess training classes, Local Union of town, all members are reminded that they must check in with the meeting times and dates, receive Local Union 2353 alerts, and communications from local that you are working in as Business Rep: Keith Anderson per the International Constitution your Union, etc. Meeting date: 3rd Thursday of GET INVOLVED AND PAR- and our local C.B.A. every month at 6:30 p.m. TICIPATE IN YOUR UNION! The Fund Office address is Place: District Council 1M, 14587 Michigan Glass and Glazing Joint OUT OF WORK/ BACK TO Barber Ave, Warren, MI. WORK: To keep work place- Funds, P.O. Box 966, Troy, MI ment efficient, please notify the 48098-066; phone number: 248- office when you are laid off or 641-4957; fax 248-813-9898. going back to work. If you are in need of safety Warren office# is 586-552- modules, please contact your 4474 or Freeland office# is 810- employer if you are employed or 232-0005. New job starts should the union office @ 586-552-4478, be reported to the Union office, if you’re not. Any questions call please do so. the hall or call the Council @ 586- Get involved. Work smart. 552-4474. Participation is very Work safe. important to keep your union strong, so try to make it to a meet- ing. –Business Rep- Don Stepp

Sign Pictorial & Display 591 Sape at 586-899-8082,or Keith WARREN – The next Gen- Anderson at 586-899-7958,your eral Membership Meeting will be Business Representatives. held on Oct. 6, 2020 at 6:30p.m. Questions pertaining to Trustees and union stewards Local 591 Pension Fund issues meet at 6:20 p.m. call 248-645-6550 and/or Health Sign, Pictorial & Anyone possessing a union Care issues call 248-358-3340 or membership and who willingly 800-482-8736 which will then be Display Local 591 works at a nonunion shop doing answered directly through fund union work can have charges pre- office. ferred against them under Sec. OUT OF WORK: BACK 16.4,and 19.8 of the District Coun- TO WORK: procedure for out cil By-laws. of and back to work: When laid Any questions on local off or going back to work, call union issues, please call John the office. 586-552-4474 Unions... The folks who brought you the weekend Construction postponements pile up, but applicants lagging The pandemic caused by the jority of firms to find craft work- halted because of the pandemic. The pandemic has also labor shortages, 38 percent of firms increased focus on lean con- COVID-19 virus has claimed more ers to hire. T h e The share of firms reporting can- made it difficult for many firms report having increased base pay struction, workforce training or than 180,000 U.S. lives and sick- survey paints a picture of an celed projects has nearly doubled to fill open positions, especially rates to attract and retain workers. technology that facilitates remote ened millions of others. Of course, industry in need of immediate since a survey AGC conducted for hourly craft jobs. A majority In contrast, only 3 percent of firms collaboration will be well poised its economic effects have been recovery measures and longer- in June, when 32 percent of re- (52 percent) of respondents re- have reduced pay, in spite of the for enduring resilience.” harmful, too. term workforce development spondents reported cancella- port having a hard time filling downturn in business. The coronavirus has also In an effort to get a handle support.” tions. some or all hourly craft posi- “The results of the AGC and negatively affected many firms’ on those effects, a series of con- U.S. construction employ- “Few firms have survived tions, especially openings for Autodesk workforce study reveal confidence in future demand for struction workforce surveys ment in July dropped by 444,000 unscathed from the pandemic laborers, carpenters and equip- that the construction industry is projects. Only 42 percent of firms have been released this spring jobs, or 5.6 percent below the re- amid widespread project delays ment operators. Sixty percent of still grappling with the changes report their volume of business and summer by the Associated cent pre-pandemic peak in Feb- and cancellations,” said Ken firms had at least one unfilled and consequences of the has returned to year-ago levels General Contractors of America ruary. Simonson, the AGC’s chief hourly craft position as of June coronavirus pandemic,” said or is expected to do so in the next and Autodesk. The latest one, Sixty percent of responding economist. “Ironically, even as 30. In addition, 28 percent of Allison Scott, director of con- six months, compared to 52 per- released Sept. 2, found that “the U.S. construction industry firms the pandemic undermines de- respondents report difficulty struction thought leadership and cent who held this view in AGC’s coronavirus has harmed the report having at least one future mand for construction services, filling salaried positions –in par- customer marketing at Autodesk. June survey. Another 37 percent construction industry, prompt- project postponed or canceled it is reinforcing conditions that ticular, project managers and “The long-term effects of the cur- expect returning to normal levels ing project delays and cancel- because of the coronavirus, while have historically made it hard for supervisors. rent crisis have yet to play out, of business will take more than lations, layoffs and furloughs, 33 percent report having projects many firms to find qualified craft In addition to turning to di- and firms that double down on six months, while the remainder yet it remains difficult for a ma- that were already underway, workers to hire.” verse technologies to alleviate innovation efforts, whether an don’t know. 14 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN September 18, 2020 Local 25 Local 47 Heat and Frost Insulators Heat and Frost Insulators Heat & Frost Insulators Local 25 SOUTHFIELD – REMINDER: We continue to be under the di- Heat and Frost Insulators & Al- bers and Retirees are receiving by phone at (269) 345-8944, or by Abatement rective of the International Union and pursuant to that directive, the lied Workers Local 47 their Robo calls please make sure mail at: P.O. Box 19541, Workers OCTOBER 2020 UNION MEETING has been cancelled. Continue LANSING –The Union Meet- you have not blocked the follow- Kalamazoo, MI 49019. to monitor the Facebook page for updates. ing originally scheduled for Oct. ing number: (804) 441-8365. There To all active members, if you Local 207 WEBSITE: The new website is up and running. It can be lo- 9, 2020 has been cancelled due to are several members who have have not sent in your Coordina- cated at: https://heatfrostinsulators.org. the current Covid-19 pandemic. the number blocked and therefore tion of Benefits Form, your Spou- Abatement Workers Local 207 APPAREL: New Local 25 apparel is available at To combat and limit the are not receiving the Robo Calls. sal Form, or your Birth Certifi- DETROIT – I hope everyone the Union Hall. New items include: knit hats and spread of Covid-19, Local 47 en- These calls are only used for cates for your Children, no one enjoyed their Labor Day celebra- beanies, new hi-vis short and long sleeved t-shirts courages all members to continue Important Notifications from the will be covered on our insurance tions. It is and hi-vis hoodies. Apparel can be viewed on the to work safe, and if you feel sick Local Union Business Manager until these items are sent to TIC. strong unions Facebook page. contact a doctor immediately. and Funeral Notifications. If you Please call TIC immediately at that built this EMPLOYMENT CHANGES: All employment Any retirees wanting to go are not receiving these calls, (800) 323-8079 and get the above- country and changes; hire, lay off, fire, shop change, disability, to work, please call the office. please contact the Local Union mentioned forms into the fund strong unions etc. must be called into the Union Hall. The only The Funds Trustees have Office and we will double check ASAP and you will be reinstated who will keep it CURT way to guarantee you are on the out of work list and waived the 79-hour rule. to make sure we have the correct retroactively great. There are McGLONE your employment records remains current and cor- All members should have number in the system or if you Remember that Auto and a lot of upcom- rect is to call the Office – (248) 352-1850. received a letter from our Inter- may have blocked the number. Motorcycle accidents are not ing projects KEVIN LAY OFF/HIRE: Please be reminded, all members national regarding the Asbestos Local 47 has been receiving covered by our plan. Auto and slated for late shall notify the Business Manager within forty-eight hours after ac- Exposure Scientific Study. For a lot of returned mail from our Motorcycle accidents should be MEAGHER fall early winter cepting a job or upon termination of employment. Failure to report more information on how to par- members. We ask that if you have covered by your personal Auto so be prepared will result in an automatic fifty dollar fine. ticipate in this study, please con- a change of address or phone Insurance policy. for work during a time when tra- S.U.B. FUND: Please be reminded, in order to receive a S.U.B. tact Business Manager Patrick number to please call the Local Members having questions ditionally work is slowing down. Fund check on Friday, all paperwork must be submitted to the Office Welch at the main Local 47 Office Union Office right away so we regarding Pension and Welfare When you do return to work, no later than 2:00 p.m. on Thursday. number: 517-708-0665 can update your information Fund please contact TIC Interna- follow all required Covid guide- SUB FUND TIME LIMITATION: Please be reminded, per the Per the Rules and Proce- throughout our system, TIC’s, tional at the numbers below or log lines that may be in place for cer- Plan Document: Each time a participant receives a State Unemploy- dures: and the with the International. It onto their Website: www.heat tain sites. Remember to call in if ment check, he/she must mail or deliver the receipt, check stub, or a Members must notify the is very important to make sure frostlocal47benefits.org: you are unemployed for help with copy of the check to the Administrator’s office within thirty (30) days office within 24 hours of being your contact information is al- Please complete and return future placement. Updated, work- of receipt of said State Unemployment check. laid off or charges may be placed. ways update with Local 47. the working spousal forms to ing telephone numbers are nec- Any request for a benefit payment past the thirty (30) days will Members must notify the Anyone interested in joining TIC. essary to help you with work be denied per the Plan Document. office before ANY overtime is the newly formed Breath Of Life JATC Coordinator Phil placement. Do not get caught BENESYS: When calling the Fund Office, Benesys, please worked. Committee is asked to please call Wilson (616-466-8736) without the necessary current job be sure to get the name of the person providing you information. Contracts are available at the the Local Union Office. Applications are open for site credentials, although several Lately, we have been experiencing some incorrect information be- Union Office or at the Union Pension and Health Welfare: the Apprenticeship Program. Call state agencies have relaxed re- ing provided to our members. In order to make sure the correct Meeting upon request. Larry Tolbert (269-345-8944) the Union Office. newal requirements due to the information is provided, it helps to have a name so the Union OSHA 10: Local 47 will be Allied Workers’ Local 47 Under Duties of Apprentice- pandemic. Office can call Benesys, correct the person providing incorrect offering OSHA 10 to any Active Fringe Benefit Funds, 6525 Cen- ship, Section 5.3 part L, page 4 of The General Office still has a information and find out why they are providing our members Member who is not current with turion Drive, Lansing, MI 48917- the Apprenticeship Standards ban on Union Meeting and Elec- with incorrect information. the program. The course is done 9275 states, “According to the Ap- tions. Our current election pro- SICK AND INJURED: Please keep all our sick and injured mem- online, so if you wish to take the Toll Free (800) 323-8079 prenticeship Standards you are cess is still on hold until an ok is bers in your thoughts and prayers. course please contact the Local Phone No.: (517) 321-7502 required to accurately fill out the given to proceed. All members Union office with your email ad- Fax Number: (517) 321-7508 online work report for NO later will be notified by mail when the dress and we will be more than Larry Tolbert will be avail- than ten days from the end of the election can resume. Local 207, continued happy to set it up for you. If you able via phone to answer any current work week.” Work in other areas of the not hesitate to call the office or my cell. We are looking at scheduling do not have a computer at home, questions regarding Pension, Good and Welfare: Local 47 region have been picking up over a new initial class for November so please if you can recommend you are welcome to come to the Welfare and Vacation Funds. sends our condolences to the the last couple of weeks in Ohio anyone that you know can handle this work have them call the office Local Union Office to take the Larry is the Secretary for the Pen- families and Friends of both and West Virginia. Fall outages to get an application filled out and sent in so we can get them into the course. sion, Welfare, Vacation and Spe- Eddie Davenport and Ronald in all areas in the region are on next class. To ensure all Active Mem- cial Benefits and can be reached Holcomb. the horizon so make sure if you UPCOMING ASBESTOS TRAINING CLASSES: can travel that you make sure to Asbestos Supervisor Refresher > Saturday, October 3rd. 2020 get licensed as soon as possible. 8am-4pm Revard of Insulators Local 47 With most state agencies work- Check with the Office to ensure the classes will occur as sched- ing from home during this pan- uled. demic filling out on-line renewals — All classes will be held at Local 207’s office @ 26453 Northline is the way to go. They are pro- in Taylor. picked as union’s general president cessing much quicker than tradi- — Classes begin promptly at 8AM and end at 4PM, followed by (Continued from Page 1) “That’s one of the things Union, which was established in tional mail in applications. If you a Lead Awareness Update. When it comes to the 15 in- I’ve have been very proud to be 1903 and serves all of North have any questions about on-line If you are due to expire and need one of these refreshers now, ternational unions that comprise associated with,” Revard said, America. applications or what states you please call the Taylor Office (1-800-207-5622) to register. North America’s Building Trades “the Breath of Life Foundation Revard said of his predeces- may want to get a license for, do —Class sizes are being limited due to state guidelines currently Unions, Revard, is, we believe, raises money to conduct research sor: “We are all grateful for James (Continued next column) in place. remarkably only the third union to find a cure for mesothelioma, McCourt’s leadership, honesty leader from Michigan to become and to at least establish some and integrity. I thank him for his a general president since at least testing techniques and therapies expertise and becoming a trusted the 1950s – and perhaps before that can give people in the trades friend through the five years we that. The others were the late In- who are afflicted with this disease served together.” Now as general Congratulations ternational Brotherhood of Team- a better quality of life.” president, Revard said he plans sters President Jimmy Hoffa and Revard, 65, said he got into to build upon the work started by his son, the union’s current presi- the trade as a way to make a liv- McCourt. He wants to make ini- dent James P. Hoffa. ing, but he got much more out of tiatives to better the union Greg Revard An honorably discharged it. “I just needed a job,” he said, through organizing (people and Navy veteran, when Revard left “but as a union member in Local market share), education and the service in 1977 he worked as 47, it provided me with a decent training. “These are the keys to a Local 1098 Laborer before be- wage, health care for my family, survival and with a well-trained ing initiated into Heat and Frost and a pension. The union has workforce, I am optimistic for the Insulators Local 47 in 1982. He been a tremendous part of my future of our Union,” he said. served on the union’s Executive life.” Revard and current Heat and Board, and as a JATC Trustee. Revard’s late father Joseph Frost Insulators Local 47 Busi- The Saginaw native became a worked as an insulator, as did his ness Manager Patrick Welch business agent at Local 47 begin- uncles Tom and Leeman. Greg noted that it’s unusual for a gen- ning in 1991, and then became said when he told his 86-year-old eral president to emerge from a business manager/financial sec- uncle Tom about becoming the comparatively small local union retary of the local union in 1995. union’s general president, his – only about 300 members. As a second-year apprentice uncle recalled how he and his Welch said: “we’re extremely at Local 47, Revard worked with brother Joe were driving home proud that one of our own has his local union leadership in suc- together from a job in Flint. “I become international union gen- cessfully lobbying the state to don’t know what I’m going to do eral president. Greg’s hard work, implement asbestos abatement with him!” Greg’s exasperated fa- perseverance and leadership regulations. Copying Maryland’s ther said about his son, who was qualities that led to his rise within asbestos law, a similar law was not long out of the Navy but who our union provides a great ex- adopted in Michigan, and Revard hadn’t quite found his groove in ample to all of us. But I also know became one of the first registered the workplace. “When I talked to that Greg has never forgotten his industry instructors for asbestos my uncle he said my dad would time as a journeyman insulator, abatement in the state. be proud, and that means a lot,” and I know he’s always going to While working for the Inter- Revard said. promote the best interest of the national Union over the past sev- Today, Revard has a number membership.” eral years, Revard said he has had of family members who are in the General Secretary-Treasurer a great deal of satisfaction help- union trades, including his son Doug Gamble will take over ing to found and promote the Ryan and nephew Dennis, both Revard’s previous position. Cen- Breath of Life Foundation, a Local 47 members. His godson tral States Conference Interna- union-employer group organized Howard Revard is an IBEW Lo- tional Vice President Patrick through the union’s Central cal 557 member, and he has more Barron, who succeeded Revard States Conference that raises family who are members of in that position, believes Revard tens of thousands of dollars ev- Saginaw-based Plumbers and is the right man for the job. The new ery year to help fund research of Steamfitters Local 85. Greg also “I have worked with him for Mesothelioma, a lung disease has a daughter, Lauren Sanborn, many years. There is not a more that particularly afflicts asbestos- and two grandchildren. loyal, dedicated and hard work- General President exposed workers in the building Revard is only the 10th gen- ing Insulator in our Interna- trades. eral president of the Insulators tional,” said Barron. of the International Association of Heat and Frost

#1 Michigan Electrical Maintenance Firm Insulators and Allied Workers • Saginaw, Michigan, born and bred • Proud member of Heat & Frost Insulators Local 47 • One of the few International Union General Presidents in history to come from Michigan The officers and members of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 47 salute Greg Revard on his election this month to General President of our International Union. We couldn’t be prouder that one of our own members made it to the top! We know that our union is in great hands! www.uispowerservices.com September 18, 2020 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN 15 16 THE BUILDING TRADESMAN September 18, 2020 destination to refill with safe, Others, like horseflies, ticks drinkable water, be sure to bring a and mosquitoes … are not. In the way to purify it; pump systems or woods, you need protection, not Outdoors purifying tablets are both good just from itchy, nasty bites, but options. Never drink water also from the potential for infec- straight out of a stream, pond or tion. Bug sprays containing Going out? Prepare for the worst lake without treating it first. It’s DEET, picaridin, lemon-eucalyp- tempting when a body of water tus oil and permethrin are the By Rachel Coale looks pristine, but there’s no way most effective picks for warding Michigan Department of of telling what kinds of tiny bac- off biting bugs. Natural Resources teria may be lurking inside. “Tick bites are a real con- Ron Swanson, a fictional In the outdoors, cuts, cern,” said DNR safety coordina- character from the quirky TV scrapes and bug bites happen. A tor Jan Hebekeuser. “During the comedy “Parks and Rec,” is basic first-aid kit is vital. It should summer tick season, we remind known for his firm ideas about include items like bandages, pain staff to wear long pants and ap- enjoying the outdoors: “There is relief, antihistamines, tweezers, ply insect repellent whenever no such thing as bad weather, blister tape and antiseptic wipes. they’re in the field.” only inadequate clothing and It should also have any medica- Get out there. Our list may means of transportation.” tion you or a member of your seem like it has a lot of items, We’re inclined to agree with group may need on hand, such but a well-fitting day pack the spirit of his statement, al- as an EpiPen or insulin. should be able to accommodate though we don’t recommend hit- In the wild, expect wildlife. everything with room to spare. ting the trail in stormy weather. Charge up your camera – If you never need the emer- Preparing for everything from Michigan’s forests are full of amaz- gency shelter or first-aid kit, a bee sting to a bear sighting is the ing wildlife. Hundreds of animal spe- that’s great, but if you do, you best way to have an enjoyable ad- cies inhabit our state, including 160 won’t regret bringing them. venture, especially if you’re heading kinds of freshwater fish and about 350 Now that you’re packed, into the wilder side of Michigan’s types of birds. On an adventure, you the forest is waiting. Find public public lands – state forests. might spot an elk in the Pigeon River forest land at Michigan.gov/ State forests are rugged areas Country State Forest, a family of foxes StateForests. Use our interactive with few amenities, smaller crowds up in the rocky hills of the map to find a forest near you and than other outdoor attractions and Keweenaw Peninsula or a majes- build your adventure checklist. more to explore. How much more? tic bald eagle soaring over a Great Here are a few places to start: Michigan’s state forests, at 3.85 Lakes coastal wetland. •Need a paved trail? Check million acres, have more than six While you’re snapping those out majestic, old-growth white times the space of our state parks Instagram photos, remember to pines and get a history lesson at and game areas combined. A HIKER ENJOYS an outing on a scenic trail through the Jordan River Valley in Antrim County. keep wildlife wild. Keep a safe dis- Hartwick Pines Visitor Center and State forests are mostly lo- MDNR photo tance. Don’t attempt to pet ani- Logging Museum. cated in the Upper Peninsula and Many flashlight models come in sturdy, closed-toe hiking boots. wildland fire risk. Both hazards mals and leave all creatures out- •Looking for a rugged adven- northern Lower Peninsula – with a hand-crank charging op- “It’s better to spend a little more have the potential to move across doors where they’ll be happiest ture? Gear up and tackle the High “knuckles north” on your trusty tion, and some even double as on boots that will last,” Nelson the landscape nearly as quickly and healthiest. Just quietly appre- Country Pathway, a seven-day Michigan mitten hand-map. cellphone chargers. said. She recommends making as the wind can carry them. ciate the gift of seeing them in backpacking trail that takes hik- For some, these areas are a Before hitting the trail, let a sure the boots are comfortable and Avoid injuries, dehydration their natural habitat. ers through the heart of peaceful place to connect with na- friend or family member know fitted for all-day hikes. and “hangries.” Nothing is It’s unlikely, but if you are ap- Michigan’s elk country. ture, while for others, they offer a where and when you plan to ex- “After a few hours of hiking, worse than getting out to that proached by an aggressive ani- •How about a day hike? Try thrilling challenge to hike, moun- plore. It’s also a good idea to your feet will swell slightly, so if they’re gorgeous waterfall, scenic over- mal, stand tall and speak in a loud, the Algonquin Pathway, a 9-mile, tain bike or horseback ride. leave a hike plan folded up on the tight already, it will make them really look or grove of old-growth trees confident voice to encourage it nonmotorized hiking and biking Here’s the lowdown on prepar- seat of your car. uncomfortable,” she added. and feeling it hit – that grumpy, to leave. trail near Sault Ste. Marie, for a ing for some of the hazards you might You might have to work on If your adventure leads to hungry feeling known as “the In addition to Michigan’s trip through gorgeous hardwood face on a state forest adventure. The readying yourself for outdoor ad- rocky or hilly areas, hiking poles hangries,” knowing you need to many birds, fish and other ani- and conifer forests. list includes all-around tips for venture. Know your physical abil- can boost your stability. hike the whole way back. mals, there are also an estimated Wherever you go, your care- newbies who are just getting started ity and work up to the level of A packable raincoat is also a Even on a day hike, extra 15,000 species of native insects. ful preparations will help you feel and reminders for veteran outdoor activity you’re planning. That must – they weigh just a few water and high-energy snacks are Many of them, like swallowtail confident so you can have your enthusiasts to restock their kits. could mean preparing by taking ounces and take up very little important to pack. Protein bars, butterflies or woolly bear cater- best adventure in Michigan’s Navigation, illumination and long walks around your neighbor- space, but will make a huge dif- jerky, dried fruit, tuna pouches pillars, are fun to encounter. beautiful outdoors. preparation. Repeat after us: a hood, hitting the elliptical at the ference if a storm rolls in. On the and classic trail mix are nutrient- cellphone is not a map. On the gym or practicing strength train- other end of the weather spectrum dense, lightweight options. trail – and especially if you’re ing moves like squats, calf raises is sun protection. Sunglasses, a Even more important than roaming off-trail – it’s important and lunges to prepare to carry a hat with a brim and sunscreen will food is water – drink up, and drink to bring a physical map of the loaded pack. help prevent overheating and often. The key to staying hy- area. If possible, laminate it or Gear up. It may seem absurd, painful sunburns. drated is to make water acces- store it in a waterproof sleeve. but we’ve seen it – wearing flip- An emergency tarp/shelter, sible. Keeping it somewhere easy Cellphone reception can be hit or flops to hike in the forest is ask- fire-starting materials and a knife to grab will encourage you to miss in the forest, so you don’t ing for trouble. or multitool are recommended if drink frequently. A hydration flask want to rely on your phone as Michigan Department of you’re venturing off the beaten with a hose is more expensive your only means of navigation. Natural Resources forester Cheryl path where you’ll be hard to find than a bottle but is a great invest- The same goes for light – Nelson logs many field hours as if you get stranded. ment if you plan on being out- carry a real flashlight rather than part of the DNR’s forest health Before heading out, check doors often. depending on your phone’s. team. She recommends investing the weather forecast for storm and If there’s no place at your