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Vol. 37 No. 5 the Boilerma k e r Sep • Oct 1998 The Official Publication of the In t e r national Br ot h e r hood of Bo i l e r makers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Re p o rt e r Helpers, AFL-CIO L- 4 0 ’ s Hester wins national competition IVP Michael Murphy receives national recognition award “WINNERS EACH AND every one of them.” That’s how Dan Evere t t described the four contestants of the Boilermakers 11th annual national out- standing apprenticeship award compe- tition, held in Kansas City, A u g u s t 16-20. Everett, who serves as the national coordinator for the Boilermakers National Ap p re n t i c e s h i p P rogram (BNAP), hosted the annual banquet which followed four days of gr ueling competition. This year’s national winner, Jeffre y Joining national award winner Jef fr ey Hester, fourth from left, are, l. to r., IVP Newton Elect Our D. Hester, re p resented the Southeast B. Jones, Mrs. C. W. (Ursula) Jones, Mrs. Jef fr ey (Jodie) Hester, Intl. Pres. C. W. Jones, Ar ea. In accepting the national award, L-40 BM-ST Pat Smith, SE Apprent. Coord. Doug V an d i v e r , and BNAP board members Michael Brown (Babcock & Wilcox) and Stephen Speed (L-108 BM-ST). Hester found it difficult to control his Friends to emotions. “I bet you never thought AT RI G H T – 1998 Outstanding Appr en t i c e you’d see a big country boy fro m Je ff r ey Hester (holding award) and BNAP Congress Kentucky cry,” he said. But his business National Recognition A wa r d rec i p i e n t IVP Michael Murphy (back left). ma n a g e r , Pat Smith, stepped up to the U.S. candidates m i c rophone and bragged, not just recommended about the skills of this “country boy, ” tion in much the same way, by first competing with apprentices in their by the but of all the apprentices. Amember of Local 40, Elizabethtown, Ky., Hester local lodge and then earning their spot Boilermakers . .7 had earned the right to compete in the in the national competition by winning national contest by first winning a com- a contest in their area . How your petition between Local 40 appren t i c e s Robert Dolce, a member of Local 7, representatives and then winning the Paul D. We d g e B u ffalo, N. Y., re p resenting the voted . .9 Memorial Awa r d in a contest between Northeast area, earned second place in outstanding apprentices of the the national competition. Also compet- Southeastern area. ing were Stephen Aweeka of Local 549, How your P i t t s b u rg, Calif., re p resenting the senators voted . The other three national contestants 11 had earned their place at this competi- Continued on page 3 Study the L-104 secures double win at Pacific Ship issues, get to Sh i p y a r d recognizes union know the and employees ratify first candidates, contract all in the same day! register and EMPLOYEES OF PACIFIC SHIP Repair and Fabrication, Seattle, Was h . , VOTE Nov. 3. unanimously voted to ratify a five-year collective bargaining agreement the same day the company re c o g n i z e d union re p resentation, securing a sub- stantial wage increase, $4.11 per hour in benefits, and increases of three and one-half percent a year for the follow- ing four years. Employees of Pacific Ship Repair and Fabrication, Seattle, Wash., give a thumbs- up sign after ratifying their first union contract, securing a substantial increase in Continued on page 3 wages and benefits. L-549 earns award for helping stop Prop. 226 Ar ea labor councils commend Local 549 membership for excelling in every area of campaign MEMBERS OF LOCAL549, Pittsburg, Calif., have earned a Can Do Spirit Awa r d from Intl. Pres. Charles W. Jones for their efforts to defeat Pro p o s i t i o n 226 in California. “P r oposition 226 would have gagged unions and union members fro m speaking out on political issues and Tom Baca, L-549 ABM and Contra Costa County Central Labor Council (CLC) vice candidates if it had become California pr es., (l.), celebrates defeat of Prop. 226 with council officers, l. to r., CLC CEO John l a w,” explained Jones. “Lodge 549 Dalrymple, CLC pres. Pam Aguillar, and Dist. II State Assemblyman Tom T or l a k s o n . members used phone banks and walked precincts to wage a fierce war also earned them commendation from Local 549 is one of the smallest, yet they on this worker gag law. Their intense their fellow trade unionists in t h e had the largest number of volunteers ef fort resulted in the successful defeat Contra Costa Building and Construc t i o n working to defeat Prop 226. of the odious Proposition 226.” Trades Councilfor their extraordi n a r y Gr eg Feere, chief executive officer of Local 549’s efforts not only gained fight and victory. Of the 94 aff i l i a t e the Contra Costa BCTC, said, “Local 549 the attention of the International, but members of the Contra Costa BCTC, Continued on page 2 the Boilermaker Reporter 2 Sep • Oct 1998 L E G I S L AT I V E I S S U E S Local 549 instrumental in campaign against Prop. 226 Continued from page 1 his gratitude for Local 549’s eff o r t s : “Local 549 served as an East County excelled in every area of this campaign, campaign headquarters. With their fr om phone banking to precinct walk- help, we achieved a great victory for ing, from putting up “No on the entire labor movement. Local 549’s Pr oposition 226” signs to hanging door contribution of $8,000 motivated other hangers and poll checking. locals to help build the war chest “In every campaign there are those needed to fight Prop. 226. who provide key leadership and put “ A special thanks also goes to To m out that extra 110 percent effort. Yo u r Baca for his leadership,” said assistant business manager Tom Baca is Dalrymple. “Tom coordinated phone that individual,” said Feere. “His dedi- banks every week, assisted with cation and unrelentless hours of hard pr ecinct walks, and oversaw volunteer work provided that winning marg i n rec r uitment. His work on the campaign we needed to successfully defeat made a real diff e rence. Local 549 Pr oposition 226. In fact, the effort was played a key role in a successful cam- so good in Contra Costa County that paign to protect the political power of we were able to defeat Proposition 226 working people through their unions.” by twice the percentage points that it International President Charles W. was defeated overall in the state of Jones presented the award citation to Ca l i f o r n i a . ” the Local 549 members, stating: “Local John Dalrymple, executive secret a r y - Lodge 549 and its members can be tre a s u r er of the Central Labor Council p roud of this ‘Can Do’ performance. of Contra Costa County, also expres s e d You truly have a ‘Can Do’ spirit.” ❑ Mc M o r gan supports labor, takes stand against Prop. 226 Donates $50,000 to help U.S. or create a better option. To date, no one has. stop anti-union legislation “W e believe it (our contribution) was IT WASN’T JUSTthe efforts of the labor an important statement to make in sup- movement that helped defeat port of our clients and colleagues in the P roposition 226 in California. labor community.” Companies like the investment firm of M c M o rgan & Company, located in M c M o rgan & Company helped, too. San Francisco, serves as one of the Mc M o r gan contributed $50,000 to the money managers for the Boilermakers’ campaign to defeat Proposition 226. national pension, annuity, and health Pr esident and CEO Terry A. O’Too l e and welfare funds. Intl. Pres. Charles recently wrote that “the pro p o s i t i o n W. Jones said McMorgan and was crafted to squelch the labor com- Company not only showed solid sup- munity’s voice in the political proc e s s port for union working men and and that would have been bad policy women and their unions through their for all concerned: labor, management, opposition to Proposition 226, but they and the political process overall. That do “a really good job of investing our p rocess may not be perfect – we all tr ust benefit funds. I salute McMorga n complain about it from time to time – & Company for showing empathy but from what I can gather, the rest of with working men and women and for the world is still trying to emulate the supporting our rights as citizens of the United States.” ❑ L-524 raises money for CAF The Boilermaker Reporter is the official publi- the Boilerma k e r cation of the International Brot h e r hood of Th r ough the teamwork of (l. to r.) LEAP committeeman David McCoy III, Sec.-Tr ea s . Bo i l e r makers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Terry Paris, and safety chrmn.