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APRIL 2006 OilOil SandsSands ProjectProject GeneratesGenerates BillionsBillions ofof IronworkerIronworker ManhoursManhours President’s Page “History Repeats Itself” he old axiom, “history repeats itself” is Presidents Agreement and the National well known by everyone and unfortu- Construction Agreement. They continue to T nately ignored by almost everyone. It is renegotiate and maintain the Disney agree- extremely important for labor to look back at ment and the Tennessee Valley Agreement. our achievements as well as our mistakes so The Building Trades funded the legal battle we can steer a truer course into the future. The over the Boston Harbor project labor agree- current disaffiliations within the building ment culminating in the unanimous Supreme trades are no exception. If we take time to look Court decision in favor of PLAs. They also at history, our mistakes are very repetitive. administer the Project Review Committee For example, the Carpenters withdrew from responsible for reviewing all PLAs making the department in 1914 over jurisdictional sure they are legally defensible. At present arguments with the Sheet Metal Workers and they are helping pay attorney fees to defend the Machinists. After a cooling off period, they state Davis Bacon laws in five different states. rejoined in 1916 and remained a member until They maintain two full time lobbyists to JOSEPH HUNT withdrawing in 1929. By 1931, the Carpenters, defend federal Davis Bacon and other labor General President the Bricklayers, and Electrical Workers had friendly legislation. The Department is the withdrawn and started their own organization founder of the National Coordinating Com- called the “Tri-Party Alliance,” ostensibly to mittee on Multiemployer Plans (NCCMP). The protect each other’s jurisdiction. Our own NCCMP has saved the trades millions of dol- international is no exception. We were ousted lars by lobbying to cut unnecessary adminis- from the American Federation of Labor after trative costs to run our pension and welfare refusing to handover our pile driving locals to plans. Another program developed by the the Carpenters. The AFL began doling out Department, the Center to Protect Workers’ portions of the Iron Workers jurisdiction. Rights has proved to be invaluable and pro- ’’ Under tremendous pressure, the Iron Workers duced in-depth reports by experts on many ceded the pile-driving jurisdiction to the subjects including; the superior productivity of Carpenters. In return were union construction workers; the economic reseated on the AFL in arguments in favor of the Davis-Bacon Act; …we are all better off November 13, 1917. The and the intimidating tactics used by union Carpenters left briefly in busting consulting firms. Another initiative when we have a united 1953 once more over juris- you have probably heard about Helmets to dictional disputes. The Hardhats was started by the Building Trades Building and Construction house of labor was again Department. One of the latest initiatives is the divided in 1958 when the Tri-Partite Committee. I sit on this committee Trades all pulling together Teamsters were expelled comprised of owners, contractors, and labor from the AFL-CIO and the and can attest to its positive impact especially to propel us through these Building Trades after the in the owner community. anti-union times. AFL-CIO Ethical Practices These are just a few things the Committee uncovered cor- Department does, with too many more to ’’ ruption, and Teamster lead- recount in this writing. The per capita cost ership refused to initiate remains the same as it was fourteen years ago: reforms. These are a few of the examples of 53 cents per member per month. I think you how the building trades have been “sticking will agree we are all better off when we have a apart” since its inception. united Building and Construction Trades all As I stated earlier, we should look at our pulling together to propel us through these achievements as well. Working together under anti-union times. If you have good relation- a united Building and Construction Trades ships with all the trades in your area, do your Department, we have built some of North best to maintain them. We have been “sticking America’s largest projects. The Cape apart” for ninety-eight years now, and about Canaveral Space Center (later renamed the the only thing you can be sure of is history will Kennedy Space Center), the Trans-Alaska Oil repeat itself again. Pipeline, Walt Disney World and its EPCOT Fraternally, center, many of the nuclear power houses and the entire Tennessee Valley Authority, to name a few. Today the Department administers over 400 agreements worked under the General Official Publication of the INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers 1750 New York Ave., N.W. • Suite 400 • Washington, D.C. 20006 • (202)383-4800 JOSEPH J. HUNT RICHARD WARD www.ironworkers.org E-mail: [email protected] General President Fifth General Vice President Suite 400 5964 Dayton Boulevard Volume 106 April 2006 Number 4 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Chattanooga, TN 37415 Washington, DC 20006 Office: (423) 870-1982 Office: (202) 383-4810 Fax: (423) 876-0774 Fax: (202) 638-4856 FRED MARR MICHAEL FITZPATRICK Sixth General Vice President CONTENTS General Secretary 1350 L'Heritage Drive Suite 400 Sarnia, Ontario N7S 6H8 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, DC 20006 Canada Office: (202) 383-4820 Office: (519) 542-1413/1414 Features Fax: (202) 347-2319 Fax: (519) 542-3790 WALTER WISE EDWARD J. WALSH General Treasurer Seventh General Vice President Suite 400 505 White Plains Rd. Local 720 Completes Oil Sands Plant Expansion 1750 New York Ave., N.W. 2 Suite 200 Washington, DC 20006 Tarrytown, NY 10591 Office: (202) 383-4830 Office: (914) 332-4430 Fax: (202) 383-6483 Fax: (914) 332-4431 Email: [email protected] ROBERT J. SPILLER First General Vice President JAY HURLEY A Lucas and Sons Has Rich History of Success 2106 Washington Road 5 Eighth General Vice President Suite 400 191 Old Colony Ave. Canonsburg, PA 15317 Office: (724) 745-5893 P.O. Box 96 Fax: (724) 745-5863 S. Boston, MA 02127 Tel: 617-268-2382 GORDON STRUSS Fax: 617-268-1394 IMPACT Continues to Roll Out Programs Second General Vice President E-mail: [email protected] 10 P.O. Box 319, 122 Main Street Luck, WI 54853-0319 JOE STANDLEY Office: (715) 472-4250/4251 Ninth General Vice President Fax: (715) 472-4253 1660 San Pablo Ave., Suite C Pinole, CA 94564 EDWARD C. McHUGH Office: 510-724-9277 2006 Beck Notice Third General Vice President Fax: 510-724-1345 12 2849 Andrea Drive Allentown, PA 18103 RONALD C. GLADNEY Office: (610) 776-1063 General Counsel Fax: (610) 776-1660 Bartley, Goffstein, L.L.C. 4399 Laclede Avenue GEORGE E. KRATZER APRIL 2006 St. Louis, MO 63108 Fourth General Vice President Franklin Square Office Center Office: (314) 531-1054 Departments 8401 Claude Thomas Road Fax: (314) 531-1131 Suite 37 Headquarters Office: Franklin, OH 45005 (202) 383-4868 Office: (937) 746-0854 Headquarters Fax: Fax: (937) 746-0873 (202) 638-4856 6 Departmental Reports INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS Apprenticeship and Training Magazine Tel: (202) 383-4870 Tel: (202) 383-4864 Officer’s Forum Fax: (202) 347-5256 Fax: (202) 347-2318 11 Oil Sands Project Generates Billions of Computer Department Mailroom IronworkerIronworker ManhoursManhours Tel: (202) 383-4886 Tel: (202) 383-4855 Fax: (202) 383-4895 Fax: (202) 638-1038 12 Contractor’s Perspective Davis-Bacon Department Maintenance and Jurisdiction On The Cover Tel: (202) 383-4854 Tel: (202) 383-4860 Fax: (202) 347-1496 Fax: (202) 347-1496 The Oil Sands Plant Expansion is part of an exclusive project labor Department of Ornamental, Organizing Local News Architectural & Miscellaneous Tel: (202) 383-4851 16 agreement signed with Syncrude Metals (DOAMM) Fax: (202) 347-1496 Canada. 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Washington, D.C. 20006 Canada Agreement Number 40009549. LocalLocal 720720 IronworkersIronworkers CompleteComplete Multi-BillionMulti-Billion DollarDollar OilOil SandsSands PlantPlant ExpansionExpansion yncrude Canada, a consortium of Canadian Oil Sands, totaled 30,000 tons of structural steel. Reinforcing contrac- Imperial Oil, Petro Canada, and Conoco Phillips, tors supplied and placed over 13,000 tons of steel including signed a project labor agreement inclusive of several 8,000 piles. The UE-1 expansion project hosts the largest Swell-planned phased expansions. coking unit and boiler packages ever designed and built in The largest phase entitled UE-1 (Upgrader Expansion) North America. generated in excess of 1.5 billion ironworker hours. Syncrude is located in the heart of one of the world’s largest oil sands deposits, second only to Saudi Arabia. Syncrude produces 261,000 barrels a day and thirteen percent of Canada’s oil production. Syncrude conveys their blend of sweet crude via three Edmonton area refineries and their pipeline to the East Coast and central Canada.