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Local Lodges 27 and 83 Hold Regional Tripartite Meeting Vol. 40 No. 2 the Boilermaker Mar • Apr 2001 The Official Publication of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers, AFL-CIO Charles W. Jones, Editor-in-Chief http://www.IBB.workingfamilies.com Reporter http://www.boilermakers.org IN THESE PAGES Local Lodges 27 and 83 hold NACBE Safety Award goes to Local 132 . .4 regional tripartite meeting Union, owner, employers LEAP conference discuss common issues stresses bipartisanship . 5-12 REPRESENTATIVES OF 27 employ- ers and owners met in Kansas City, Mo., on January 20, 2001, for the first regional tripartite conference spon- sored by Lodge 83, Kansas City; Lodge 27, St. Louis; the Kansas City Power & Light Co. (KCPL); and Enerfab. Representatives of the Greater Kansas City Building Trades also attended. Delegates attend the first Missouri regional These locals are carrying the tri- tripartite conference, January 20, 2001. partite concept to the local and regional level, ensuring that lines of Boilermakers helped screening, pulmonary function and industry and to seek solutions togeth- communication remain open respirator fit testing, safety prescrip- er, it is encouraging.” build the Panama Canal . between Boilermakers, owners, and 13 tion glasses, and helping to meet man- Contractor and owner representa- contractors. power needs. tives also addressed the meeting, dis- Presentations made at the confer- Roger Erickson, bus. mgr. Local 83, cussing several areas of concern, includ- Will the Bush tax cut ence explained the Boilermaker presided over the meeting. He offered ing manning upcoming work. Demand apprenticeship program and the many benefit your family? . 14 these remarks: “Anytime owners, for Boilermakers is expected to be much cost-saving services provided by contractors, and labor come together heavier this year than usual. MOST, including employee verifica- to discuss problems that hinder our tion, safety training, drug and alcohol Continued on page 3 Construction conference looks at manpower challenges, new work NEARLY 200 BOILERMAKER Con- recruit apprentices. During the middle However, Everett warned that the struction Division local lodge leaders 1990s, the number of indentured drop-out rate is still high. Too many and staff from all over the U.S. and apprentices had fallen far below the apprentices leave the program before Retirement didn’t Canada met in Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. levels required to fulfill our journey- graduating. slow Beacham Toler down . 19 26 to March 4, to discuss upcoming man/apprentice ratios in most area Everett also reported on our efforts to work, safety, jurisdiction, the appren- contracts. Aggressive recruiting has recruit apprentices from minority tice program, and recruiting members. turned that around in the last year, and groups, including women. The number Settlements . International President Charles W. all vice-presidential areas reported of female apprentices is rising some- 20 Jones opened the meeting with having enough apprentices to meet what faster than the total number of remarks on the growing amount of those ratios in 2000 and 2001. indentured apprentices, but the num- work for construction Boilermakers Continued on page 3 Confined spaces and the need to ensure that we can man can lead to tragedies . 21 all of our jobs this year without dimin- ishing our reputation for providing excellent work, on schedule, under Joe Meredith retires budget, and safely. CONSTRUCTION DIVISION Director Most lodges in the U.S. are experienc- Joe Meredith retired Jan. 31, 2001, after ing a sudden increase in Boilermaker serving the International Brotherhood work after more than a decade of low for 27 years as an Intl. rep., asst. to the demand. Although we are happy to see Intl. pres., and director of the the work, the sudden jump is challeng- Construction Division. ing. Over the past 20 years, some lodges Joe was initiated into Boilermakers have seen their membership base dete- Local 453 on Dec. 22, 1964, and was riorate because we did not have the first graduate of their apprentice enough work to train apprentices. program in 1968. Just as he did last year, President The following year, he won the first Jones exhorted local lodges to recruit Paul Wedge Award for Outstanding Intl. Pres. Charles Jones (l.) shares a skilled, experienced workers from the Apprentice in the Southeast. laugh with Const. Div. Dir. Joe Meredith nonunion sector. “We have done an In 1973, Joe graduated from the (c.) and Francis McCartin, the UA rep. excellent job of increasing the number University of Tennessee with a on the Jurisdiction Directors Committee, of apprentices now studying the trade, Bachelor of Science Degree in at a UA-sponsored party celebrating but apprentices are by definition still Mechanical Engineering, and later their retirement. learning. In the nonunion sector, there earned a Masters in Labor Studies are thousands of welders, riggers, and from Antioch University. the National Center for several years mechanics with several years and He was also appointed Intl. repre- and has represented the Boilermakers many thousands of manhours of expe- sentative in 1973, and soon became the on numerous boards, including the rience. They can be valuable assets in International’s craft jurisdiction Building and Construction Trades our efforts to man our jobs.” expert, representing the Boilermakers Jurisdictional Directors Committee, After International Secretary-Trea- in dozens of jurisdictional disputes the Common Arc Board of Directors, surer Jerry Willburn briefly discussed and arbitrations. On Oct. 1, 1977, Joe the National Board Inspection Code the finances of the Brotherhood, Dan was named asst. dir. of the Committee, the National Joint Rules Everett, national coordinator of the Construction Division, and on June 15, and Standards Committee, the Special Boilermaker Apprentice Program, 1983, he was promoted to division Committee on the Construction gave an update on the number of director. On Sept. 1, 1996, Intl. Pres. Industry, and the Standing Advisory apprentices currently in the program. Charles W. Jones named him asst. to Committee on Construction. More demand for skilled Boilermak- the International president. Joe’s good humor and agreeable ers has encouraged local lodges to be Joe has taught Trade Technology to personality made him popular with all more aggressive in their efforts to first and second-year apprentices at of the people he worked with. ❑ the Boilermaker Reporter 2 Mar • Apr 2001 NEWSMAKERS Cancer survivor sends special thank-you John Clendennen credits Health & Welfare employees with saving his life WHEN NTL MEMBER John Several times during his ordeal, Clendennen was diagnosed with lung John made Cheryl a promise: If he sur- cancer in 1996, his first thought was to vived, he would come to Kansas City simply give up. It had been only two and take her to dinner. years since he’d lost his wife to cancer, In February of this year, he made and the doctors said his was inopera- good on that promise. His cancer has ble. What was the point? been in remission for several years, But his daughters convinced him to and he no longer requires treatment. undergo chemotherapy and radiation So at the first opportunity, he stopped treatments. Doing so would give him off in Kansas City to take Cheryl and a 15 percent chance of surviving. her husband to dinner. The next year was agony. “You have no idea how special this Chemotherapy and radiation are woman is,” John told the Reporter. harsh treatments. Sometimes he was But Cheryl said she was just doing so weak he couldn’t get out of bed. what everyone in the office does. Boilermakers Health & Welfare “There’s a lot of paperwork to be filled Cheryl Mosier and John Clendennen — five years after he was diagnosed with (H&W) assumed nearly all of the con- out. People often have trouble with it, inoperable cancer. siderable cost involved, but he had the and if they’re sick and not feeling well, paperwork to deal with, and in his they can be cranky. You have to have some kind of disability insurance to “I had great doctors,” he said. “But weakened condition, he often couldn’t a sense of humor about the job. That’s figure out where to start. why John and I hit it off. We have the cover that gap,” he said. if it hadn’t been for the staff of the But at the moment, that seems like a Boilermakers Health & Welfare — One of his many phone calls to the same sense of humor.” H&W office for guidance put him in John was quick to agree. “The entire small problem. His cancer is in remis- especially Cheryl Mosier — I wouldn’t sion, and he knows who to thank. be alive today.” ❑ contact with Cheryl Mosier. John says staff was great,” he said, “but Cheryl that was the turning point in his therapy. was special.” “She guided me through piles of He is on full disability now and has paperwork I could never have com- moved to Idaho to start a new life with L-696 member wins pleted on my own,” he said. “And she a new partner. His only complaint in always had a wonderful attitude and a the entire ordeal is that he had no great sense of humor. Every time I income during the months between county seat phoned her, she made my day better.” diagnosis and being declared disabled by Social Security. “We really need Elected by a wide margin, he’s now chairman of board of commissioners Holt earns 50-year pin THREE YEARS AGO , thousands of dollars Steve Gromala, an elec- into his campaign. trician at Marinette Gromala walked door Marine Corp. and former to door asking for the president of Local 696, support of working fam- Menominee, Wis., heard ilies and spent $146 of Legislative Director his own money, mainly Ande Abbott speak on on a newspaper ad.
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