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Brothers and Sisters,
I am honored operations and commitment to the Membership. that you have put your Further, I am pleased to announce that a plan has been confidence in me to approved for the restoration of your vision bene ts. We are serve as Executive continuing to meet with the Bene ts subcommittee to ensure Secretary-Treasurer of that the District Council provides the most inclusive coverage this remarkable Union. possible for our Members. e goal is to strengthen our During my time as bene ts long term while maintaining stability in our bene t EST, I will continue to programs. Starting with coverage that is most important for focus on strengthening the majority of Members, we are working towards providing the District Council comprehensive options for you and your family. We welcome and supporting you, the Members, as you have shown your input about what is important for you – we are strongest when support for me. we work together. The District Council is well on its way to self- It has been a long road to recovery, but with teamwork governance and there are more lines of communication open and patience we have rehabilitated our Union and can now than ever before. After four and a half years with the District focus on what matters to you: quality jobs, safe working Council, Review O cer Dennis Walsh has submitted his conditions, and competitive bene ts. We look now towards nal report to the Court. e District Council’s progress and getting our Membership more involved and better informed. freedom from the in uence of corruption has been recognized is year we turn the page. I will do everything in my by the Review O cer, the Court, and the U.S. Attorney’s power, and call upon everyone in the Union, to make it their O ce. Over the past several years we have implemented many utmost priority to continue on this path. Together we can extensive and e ective safeguards to help us remain on course shape the future – the future of our Union, the future of the and grow as an organization. industry, and the future of the Members that make it possible. In place of the Review O cer, there will now be an Independent Monitor to help guide and keep the Council on Fraternally, track. We look forward to working with Glen McGorty, and as you will read in his letter to the Union, he is not only eager to assist in compliance, but is also con dent in the Council’s
Restoration of Vision Benefits
SUMMARY OF YOUR VISION BENEFITS: Great news! On behalf of the Board of Trustees, the NYCDCC Welfare Fund is pleased to announce that a plan Your network providers are Comprehensive Professional was approved for the restoration of your vision bene ts, which Systems (CPS), (212) 675-5745, and General Vision Services became e ective January 1, 2015. (GVS), (800) 847-4661. If you choose not to use these network Basically, the “switch” that was turned o for your providers, you are still entitled to reimbursement. You and vision bene ts in June of 2012 is now turned back on. is your covered dependents are entitled to an eye examination means that you once again have the same vision coverage you and new glasses or contact lenses once every 12 months. If had prior to elimination of the bene ts. you use a participating provider, there are no out-of-pocket For more detailed information concerning the costs if the frames and lenses you select are part of the restoration of your vision bene ts, be sure to check your mail, program. If the frames and lenses you select are outside the and continue visiting the Bene t Funds’ website at program, you receive a credit toward your purchase. e Fund www.nyccbf.org. will pay a participating provider $125 for an exam, and a pair If you have any questions about this bene t change, of frames and lenses. If you use a non-participating provider, please feel free to contact the Bene t Funds’ Member Services the Fund will reimburse you up to $125 for the same package Department at (800) 529-FUND (3863) or (212) 366-7311. of services.To obtain a list of participating providers, you can contact CPS or GVS at the phone numbers listed above.
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papers, and then my entire life changed.” 7 POLITICAL ACTION - Alton Simpson, Retired Member, Local 2790 8 NEWS AND NOTES
11 UNION ACTION
14 MEMBER SPOTLIGHT
MESSAGES FROM THE INSPECTOR 16 GENERAL AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
26 RECENT RETIREES
27 IN MEMORIAM > Stay Connected Address 12 JOBS AROUND TOWN 18 TRAIN THE TRAINER 395 Hudson St. New York, NY 10014 Website www.nycdistrictcouncil.org
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WINTER THE CARPENTER 3 MESSAGES FROM THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT STEPHEN MCINNIS
Brothers and Sisters, First, a sincere thank PLA which will add another $3.5 billion worth of work. All you for re-electing me together, we are signing on to agreements and contracts that to serve as your District will generate $12 billion worth of hours and work over the next Council President. I look four years. In addition to the new contracts that we have added forward to another term, recently, a number of our association contracts are up for renewal: continuing our progress the Cement League, Building Contractors Association (BCA), towards self-governance, Contractors Association of Greater New York (CAGNY), and improved benefits, and Greater New York Floor Coverers Association. more quality and safe I would also like to thank all those that have volunteered employment for the for our political action activities. Only action can get results, hardworking Brothers and we have proved this with the number of our Members who Sisters of this great Union. show up to have their voices heard, and by the outcome of our I am pleased to report solidarity. We will be taking a very active role in the imminent that in the rst scal quarter of 2015 ( July 2014-September aordable housing debates and actions that you have been 2014), we had our rst ve million hour quarter since 2008. hearing so much about lately. is is a very important agenda Further, we have guaranteed more work for our Members in the that the District Council is undertaking to secure jobs for our upcoming years by including full-rate work with the city. We Members. ere is strength in our Union. We have shown that signed with the New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA), action gets results, throughout the years, but we must continue an agreement which will supply $3.5 billion worth of work to hold one another up. It is vital that we stand together, work towards the construction industry in NYC. We have re-signed together, and build together. the Mayoral Agency PLAs and the School Construction Authority (SCA) PLA at the prevailing rate, the A-rate that Fraternally, every District Council Member deserves. Additionally, we are close to signing the Health and Hospital Corporation (HHC)
MICHAEL CAVANAUGH
Brothers and Sisters, I thank you Even though hours are on the rise, we still have our for having the condence work cut out for us. ere is still the threat of non-union activity in me to continue serving in our industry, driving down the area standards we ght to as Vice President of preserve every day. It will take constant resolve and spirit to what I consider to be the stand up to these challenges. e competition is tough but the greatest Labor Union District Council is tougher. in the country. We have One of our biggest challenges is with the residential started the New Year on market. It is a rapidly growing sector, doubling between 2009 a positive note with hours and 2012, and is expected to surge again in the upcoming reported during the rst years. Recently, the District Council and its Delegate body has fiscal quarter exceeding implemented new market recovery tactics in the residential ve million, the rst time structural concrete market, and our main approach is to nd since 2008. Our Council more ways to increase our market share in order to have a rm continues to secure work for our Membership and building a grasp in this sector. It is not until we have a stronger presence more prosperous Union. that we can have a more inuential role in determining the Recently, we have instituted a new work permit policy outcome of labor in that market, which in turn greatly benets by which Members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters the Membership. and Joiners of America, who are not part of this District We will keep this momentum going. We strive to Council, will be required to register for a work permit with us. strengthen the Union with each step we take, and it is important is will help ensure that all hours worked in our jurisdiction are that each step we take is done together. reported with the Council. Further, we are constantly analyzing ways to make reporting hours easier. Every Member can check Always remember, solidarity = success. that their hours have been reported accurately by visiting the District Council website. Ensuring that member hours are Fraternally, tracked eciently and correctly is crucial to guaranteeing that our Members are being paid their proper wages and benets.
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Officers swear in (left to right): James Noonan, Trustee; Stephen McInnis, President; Joseph Geiger, Executive Secretary-Treasurer; Frank Spencer, Eastern District Vice President; Michael Cavanaugh, Vice President; James Ellis, Trustee; Phillip Fiorentino, Warden; Joseph DiNapoli, Conductor; Gerard Bruen, Trustee 2014 District Council Officer Elections
e results are in for the 2014 District office: Executive Secretary-Treasurer DiNapoli and Warden Phillip Fiorentino. Council Ocer Elections. e process, Joseph Geiger, President Stephen In addition, Gerand Bruen, James which began with nominations last McInnis, and Vice President Michael Noonan, and James Ellis were elected to August, concluded on December 10, Cavanaugh. While many of the positions the oce of Trustee. Ocers were sworn 2014 and tabulated by the American were uncontested, the oce of President in at the January 2015 District Council Arbitration Association (AAA). The was decided between Stephen McInnis Delegate Meeting by Frank Spencer, candidates running as part of the Union and Salvatore Tagliaferro. The other Eastern District Vice President. Solidarity Slate were all re-elected to elected ocers include Conductor Joseph
More information about the 2014 District Council Officer Elections can be found on the NYCDCC website.
e 2014 District Council O cer Election Nomination Meeting was held at the District Council on October 15, 2014.
Candidates Michael Cavanaugh and Joseph Geiger speak before the commencement of the Presidential Forum on November 19, 2014. e debate between Presidential candidates, Salvatore Tagliaferro and Stephen McInnis, was moderated by Review O cer Dennis Walsh.
WINTER THE CARPENTER 5 ORGANIZING PUSH for affordability
ere is signi cant momentum in NYC’s political landscape for the creation of over 200,000 units of a ordable housing. Everything housing related is being scrutinized and revamped for the effort spearheaded by the Mayor Bill De Blasio. There is talk of cutting red tape, increasing affordability ratios for developers, and inclusionary rezoning of entire neighborhoods. And rightly so, if the Mayor is to combat his tale of two cities, touting that, “If we fail to be a city for everyone, we When the workers who build hearings at City Hall. Area risk losing what makes New the so-called affordable Standards Representatives York...New York” (State of housing cannot afford to are forging new alliances, and e City Address, 2015). participating in community The need for live there, then there is a tenant groups, advocating affordability in housing is fundamental flaw in the for true affordability in obvious to those of us of plan. housing coupled with good humble means. Thousands jobs for our communities, of our Members live within cannot a ord to live there, with an eye toward wage and our Members. We are the city limits and stand to then there is a fundamental fraud; and indeed, we are pursuing new relationships bene t from such incentives. flaw in the plan. When currently embroiled in a with elected officials and We can clearly state that workers at these construction number of wage fraud cases pushing for accountability the District Council is for sites are being injured, involving city and state from those we’ve supported the creation of affordable maimed, and even killed agencies. We continue to in the past. We at the Area housing, and we support for the sake of a ordability, implement initiatives that Standards Department will the Mayor in this noble the District Council has a will help us regain market not rest until real change cause. However, constructive problem with it! share, while stripping non- in this neglected area of criticisms of a noble cause Your Area Standards Union contractors of their the construction industry are often overlooked by its Department has been best workers. All this with is achieved. It will not be proponents, sometimes at the monitoring this trend for the proposed end result business as usual. expense of the people who years now. We visit these of reclaiming our work the cause aims to help. jobs day in and day out. We and rescuing hordes of ere is historic The erosion of document accidents and Carpenters in the process. area labor standards in the fatalities, and report these Armed with years change coming to bustling housing industry incidences when victimized of information gathered NYC. e District cannot go unchecked or workers, who for fear of in the field, our Area unchallenged. When the reprisals, do not. We obtain Standards Representatives Council will NOT workers who build the so- payroll information from have made their voices heard be on the wrong side called affordable housing workers on these sites, at housing subcommittee of history.
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State Legislati ve Agenda The New York State legislati ve session commenced in January, marking the start of our eff orts for 2015. The District Council will pursue a robust agenda that includes securing prevailing wages for charter school constructi on, as well as ensuring development projects receiving any form of a public subsidy are subject to prevailing wage requirements. It is an ambiti ous agenda in a challenging politi cal climate, but it is the right course for the Membership of the NYC District Council of Carpenters.
Prevailing Wages for Charter for the inclusion of prevailing School Constructi on wage language for any project The District Council has that receives any form of a public supported legislation seeking to subsidy. de ne charter school construction as public work, and therefore The Scaff old Law Become More Acti ve subject to prevailing wage laws. e District Council continues to In Your Community We continue to advocate for and defend the Sca old Law, viewing support this legislation in the it as vital to worker safety. current session. Opponents of the law claim it Joining your local Community Board is a way to raises insurance premiums, but advocate for both Union ideals and your community. Prevailing Wage Protecti ons for with no data to substantiate Publicly Subsidized Projects the claim. In response to those The Community Board is often the first stage in critics, we support Assemblyman the approval process of a development project that A tremendous amount of public Francisco Moya’s Construction funding subsidizes development Insurance Transparency Act. is requires authorization from the city. in New York City, yet no labor law requires insurance providers standards are attached. In 2014, to file financial disclosure The Role of a Community Board $1 billion was allocated to the statements, uncovering what state’s 421-a program with no actually causes a rise in premiums. ere are 59 community boards throughout the ve boroughs, with prevailing wage requirements up to 50 volunteer members on each board. Members are community included. As legislators work residents, or people with an interest in that particular geographic toward the renewal and reform of region. Any NYC resident can become a member of a community these programs, we will advocate board. Community Boards weigh in on a variety of issues, including zoning and budget issues. While their recommendations are strictly advisory, they often have a signi cant impact on nal determinations. e role Federal Legislati ve Agenda of the community board is to represent the will of the community, a role that provides them with considerable in uence over city matters. Oppositi on to the James Zadroga 9/11 Trans-Pacifi c Health and Compensati on The Role of Community Boards in Uniform Land Use Review Partnership Act Reauthorizati on Act Procedure (ULURP) e District Council continues The District Council supports Following certi cation from the City Planning Commission, approval to oppose the use of fast track the extension of the James by a Community Board is a primary hurdle a developer must overcome authority for the trade deal, and Zadroga Act, which is set to in the approval of their respective project. e developer will come the trade deal itself. Authorizing expire in 2015. e Act funds fast track authority would only the World Trade Center Health before the board’s land use committee, where committee members can allow Congress an up or down Program, a program providing air their concerns about the project. All too often members of the vote, eliminating any debate 9/11 first responders and board do not stand up for good jobs, failing to ask questions pertaining on specific measures included survivors with medical treatment to the quality of jobs being created. More Union Members, speci cally within the deal. A full debate is for illnesses developed from Union Carpenters, on their respective Community Boards can change needed, as this trade partnership their time at Ground Zero. e this. will a ect American workers for Reauthorization Act would decades to come. e trade deal extend the funding for another How to Join Your Community Board itself threatens to drive down 25 years. wages, forcing American workers To join your board, you can visit the website of your Borough President. to compete with low wage e website will have a link to the application, where instructions workers in Paci c-Rim countries. will be provided. You can also contact the District Council’s Political We do not need another trade Action Department at (212)366-3388. We encourage all Members to deal that weakens the position of attend a community board meeting before applying. the American worker.
WINTER THE CARPENTER 7 NEWS AND NOTES
Meet the Independent Monitor GLEN MCGORTY Dear Members of the District Council and its Benet Funds, It is a great honor to be appointed as will work with the leadership of the Council and your Independent Monitor. First and foremost, I the Funds to ensure that all improvements to its am committed to approaching this position with operations going forward benet members in a diligence and respect. e District Council and fair, eective, and compliant way. And while my its Benet Funds have a tumultuous past, but approach to this job will be one of teamwork the core mission runs deep. Every interaction I and cooperation, make no mistake that I am have had with its Brothers and Sisters has shown here for a single purpose: to ensure this union me that you are here to support each other, and remains free of the problems which have plagued that you will hold the District Council and its its past. As a result, I will not tolerate corruption Benet Funds accountable to that purpose. I at any level of this organization and I intend will aid you in this endeavor, drawing on my to use the powers given to me by the District experience of nearly fteen years as a federal Court to prioritize this goal above all others. prosecutor, during which I prosecuted organized I do not believe my time here, however, crime, fraud, and corruption of every sort. is indenite. On the contrary, during my tenure I come to the Council at a time when I hope to oversee the strengthening of the the most visible forms of corruption have been governing framework to the point where a abolished. However, this success required the monitor is no longer necessary. Self-governance decisive action of both the District Court and cannot be achieved without your involvement. lines of reporting, if you have any concerns United States Attorney’s Oce for the Southern is Council’s democratic system of governance about corrupt practices. is union has a bright District of New York and its appointed Monitors. depends on it, and corruption can rebound all future, and I look forward to assisting in any way Great progress has been made in adopting too easily amid disinterest. I urge you to stay I can to get it there. policies that guard against corruption, and I educated about the issues facing the District rmly believe that it is now time for the District Council and its Benet Funds and to use your Council and the Benet Funds to assume a voice and your vote in an informed and reasoned Respectfully, greater role in holding itself up to the admirable way. I also urge you to use both the Independent Glen G. McGorty standards set forth in the UBC Constitution. I Monitor Hotline (877-712-4896) and internal
Sisters in the Brotherhood Conference Twenty eight of the District Council’s own in January 2015. The Conference hosted great symbol of the potential and future plans Sisters joined 440 of the United Brotherhood more participants than any previous SIB of the UBC’s SIB program. Keep up the great of Carpenters’ female Members at the UBC Conference, and according to the International work, Sisters! Sisters in the Brotherhood Conference held SIB Committee, this Conference’s success is a
I want to thank Local 2287, the UBC, and the SIB for how proud I am of being a woman in this industry. I hope giving me the opportunity to attend the 2015 Sisters in the to attend the next one they have and to see it grow. Out Brotherhood Conference. I had a wonderful time and met a of 468 people who attended this, there were only 5 women lot of great people from all over the U.S. and Canada. The floor coverers, approximately one percent. I hope that number conference was very empowering and motivational. I've been grows in the future. Thanks again for the opportunity. in the Union for 10 years, and after attending, I can’t tell you - Linda Buckley, Local 2287
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Tom King, Newest Business Agent
We welcome Tom King, the newest Business 2000’, which funny enough they’re still working Agent in the Queens Rep Center. Tom is from on.” To Tom, Unions are important because Local 1556 and has been in the union for 30 years. “it’s my whole career, my whole family has been He has previously been a Vice President, Warden, Union, my father was a Teamster. And Unions and Trustee for Local 1536, and was elected to run the economy in NYC, without Unions we’d all Financial Secretary of 1556 after their merger. be making $10 an hour.” To upcoming Carpenters When asked what his favorite job as a Carpenter he says “get involved and stay involved. Get has been, he recalls that “the most memorable involved in everything: Local meetings, volunteer was the Trade Center, where I worked for a year for different activities, everything. I can count on and a half. My favorite might have been Kennedy these two hands how many meetings I’ve missed, Airport in the late ‘90s on a project called ‘JFK it’s important.”
Shop Steward Meetings Shop Steward meetings were held at work permits for out-of-town members, the Labor Technical College to review working dues, and assessments. If you are a District Council policies, procedures, and Shop Steward, but were unable to attend this Shop Steward responsibilites. Some of the meeting, the District Council will be holding topics discussed were electronic reporting, another round of sessions in the Spring. Operation Watchdog, implementation of
10,000th I.G. Site Visit Congratulations to the Inspector General’s Oce on their 10,000th site visit. e visit was made by Jobsite Integrity Inspector Arthur Tergesen. Arthur has been a Member with Local 157 for 41 years. Keep up the great work, team!
Building Leadership For A Strong Future
e District Council sent its second group level Members a greater understanding of the job leadership helps build a stronger future for of budding onsite leaders to the UBC Brotherhood, our industry, and the important the Brotherhood. International Training Center in Las Vegas in part they have in inuencing the future of our October 2014. is program gave Journey- Union. e training highlighted how on-the-
WINTER THE CARPENTER 9 NEWS AND NOTES
Out of Town UBC Member Representatives Eamon Carey and Byron Toys 4 Tots Work Permit Addendum Schuler the William A. Morris Humanitarian Award. ey received this award in honor of e NYCDCC Sisters In e Brotherhood e District Council will be implementing their passion and commitment to their fellow got together over the holidays to collect toys new work permit procedures by which workers and community, and commitment to for underpriveledged youth. All toys were Members of the UBC, who are not Members bringing about change for a better Union. donated to Graham Wyndham. of the NYC District Council, will be required to register for a work permit with our District Council. This work permit Golf Tournament for The registration process will include: completing Wounded Warrior Project all registration and enrollment forms for the New York City District Council and the District Council Benefit Funds, and then being issued a photo identification card similar to that issued to Members of the NYC District Council. This work permit policy and its procedures are being implemented in conjunction with the anti- corruption compliance procedures and electronic reporting of jobs, employees, and TEXT hours. For more information about the work ‘ALERT’ permit addendum please visit the District Council website or call (212) 366-3328. to
NAACP 22300 e Civil Service Coalition of Building for NYCDCC Updates Trades and Municipal Unions, chaired by the We are incorporating text message District Council’s own William Lacey, held notifications for District Council its First Annual Golf Outing on September Members to keep you further informed 22, 2014 at Splitrock Golf Course in Bronx, of important NYCDCC news and NY. e outing sold out and exceeded the events. To be included on the text list initial goal by raising an astounding $15,167 text the word “ALERT” to 22300. This for the Wounded Warrior Project. A special is a service for NYCDCC Members only, therefore your cell phone number thank you to all the organizations, especially needs to be updated with the District the rank-and- le Members, who showed their Council. If you are unsure that support through donations and participation. your cell phone number is updated On September 27, 2014, the NAACP Staten Stay tuned for information on this year’s please contact the Communications Island Branch 2227 awarded District Council tournament. Spots sell out quickly. Department at (212) 366-7326 or [email protected]
Convention Role Call
> The 41st General Convention of representation, in accordance with a delegate not be able to attend the of the United Brotherhood of Section 17-C of the UBC Constitution, Convention. Nominations and elections Carpenters and Joiners of America will is determined by the size of the Local of delegates will take place at speci cally be held in Las Vegas, Nevada, starting Union. The breakdown by Local and called meetings. All Members will Monday, August 24, 2015. e General number of delegates is as follows: Local be notified by mail of the date, time, Convention takes place every five Union 20 - 2, Local Union 45 - 4, Local and place of the delegate nomination years, and is attended by delegates who Union 157 - 17, Local Union 740 - 2, and election meetings. Please be sure are nominated to elect UBC General Local Union 926 - 4, Local Union 1556 that your address is current with your O cers. - 7, Local Union 2287 - 3, and Local Recording Secretary, to ensure you The District Council is Union 2790 - 6. receive all Convention materials. sending 45 delegates to the convention, Each Local Union will also representing all of our Locals. e basis be selecting alternates to ll in, should
10 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG UNION ACTION UNION TOWN “Let the workers organize. Let the toilers assemble. Let their crystallized voice proclaim their injustices and demand their privileges. Let all thoughtful citizens sustain them, for the future of Labor is the future of America.” ~John L. Lewis
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WINTER THE CARPENTER 11 JOBS AROUND TOWN
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2. The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree 45 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan 3. Kings Theater 1027 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn 6 5 4. Hunter’s Point South Mixed-use, affordable housing 1-50 50th Ave., LIC
5. Flushing Commons Mixed-use, residential Union St & 39th Ave, Flushing
6. TCS New York City Marathon Finish Line
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ALTON SIMPSON LOCAL UNION 2790
Alton Simpson has been carrying around some old tools of the trade for quite some time. As the industry continues to develop, he’s found less use for wooden tools that lack the accuracy (if not the artistry) of modern technology.
today, the pieces Simpson brought in work over the years, even if they are were used for planing wood surfaces. ready to be hung up now. “I did all Alton Simpson has been a member “ ese are the planes that they used to of the Commerce Banks that came for 21 years starting with Local 246, cut pro les to make moldings before to New York, every one of them followed as it became 2090, and the electric shaper was a prevalent all the way from Philadelphia to nally 2790. Simpson has succeeded xture. And I had a business in Connecticut. And the reason I retired in keeping busy as the Locals have Manhattan in the ‘60s and I was using was because the work became so much, become streamlined, much like the them on the Walnut House at 29th St. they wanted me to come to work at traditional tools that he brought into and 3rd Ave. When I sold the business six in the morning. And I said ‘My the District Council, but has decided a few years later, I said ‘ ese planes position requires constant calculation to hang up his hardhat and retire. He don’t go with it,’ not knowing what I and accuracy, if I make one error it hopes that the items will go up for was going to do with them. So when can throw the whole business, and it display so that new and old members the Brotherhood came up with the creates a kind of nervous stress. I took alike can share in part of Carpenters idea of creating a museum of antique this job, and I’ll work eight hours a Union history. tools that we use in the Trade, I said day, I’ll start at seven in the morning.’” ‘that’s where they go.’” Wooden Tools: Changed My Life: Seemingly antiquated when compared Using them in Action: Simpson is thankful to the organization to metal or alloy tools that are used ese old tools have found a lot of that helped him change his life and is happily retiring his tools for all to enjoy. “ e Union is a remarkable organization that don’t really get the credit they deserve. ey gave me a mind-blowing experience, because I worked in a shop for six months before I was able to join the Union. And the Shop Steward said ‘You’re doing good, but they have to let you go. ey can’t make you work here like this, you deserve to be properly paid, so it’s either they put you in the Union or they let you go.’ So the big boss came down after lunch with a big envelope and told me to go down to Northern Boulevard with the papers, and then my entire life changed.”
WINTER THE CARPENTER 15 MESSAGES FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER SCOTT C. DANIELSON INSPECTOR GENERAL would like to begin by wishing you all a Independent Monitor, I look forward to that it is their responsibility to always act Happy New Year. I am con dent that the progress this District Council will make. in the best interest of the Membership and we are on the road to the nal chapter We must keep in mind that we must uphold the principles of the District Iof outside oversight. I look forward to must all maintain a level playing eld for Council’s Code of Ethics. We continue to working closely with the new Independent honest contractors and Members. The use our investigations and other reviews Monitor, Glen McGorty, and his team to get creation of our peer driven monitoring to increase the District Council’s integrity, the District Council to where it needs to be. mechanisms, such as Operation Watchdog and to recommend improved systems to e O ce of the Inspector General and the Toll Free Hotline (855-UBC- prevent fraud, abuse, and wrongdoing. It is will continue to serve the Membership TIPS), helps to ensure a robust enforcement essential that we all remain vigilant against with honor and integrity while furthering of our collective bargaining agreements corruption and that any misconduct is our commitment to improving our (CBAs), as well as the rules and regulations reported immediately. We must remember services for years to come. is O ce will of our District Council. Additionally, that corruption and noncompliance a ects continue to create safeguards and introduce they have aided us in our e orts to make all of us. We have made strides, but we innovative programs that use every available Members and contractors who engage in cannot be complacent. We must sustain resource to allow us to continually defend wrongdoing accountable for their actions. our e orts in rooting out corruption in our Member’s rights to safety, justice, is approach has dramatically advanced order to continue making headway. e equal opportunity, and correct wages. our collective e orts to uncover, punish, and most e ective weapon to ght corruption is It is imperative that we continue deter misconduct and noncompliance. our own Membership and leadership. We providing our Shop Stewards with The Office of the Inspector must continue to work together to address cutting-edge training in an e ort to help General is committed to its ongoing e ort Council-wide issues. rough cooperation detect and deter wrongdoing, abuse, and in enforcing all rules and regulations of we will achieve our goals. corruption. By building upon previous our District Council. Employees and e orts and working closely with the new Representatives must always remember
O ffice of the I nspector General H OTLINE (855) UBC-TIPS DETER DEFEND PROTECT DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT: New York City District Council of Carpenters - Members working for less than Offi ce of the Inspector General the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Phone: (212) 366-3354 - Cheating on the OWL Fax: (212) 366-7363 - Violating UBC Constitution and NYC by-laws email: ig@nycdcigoffi ce.org - Contractors that are violating the CBA Reports can be made anonymously or confi dentially
JOSH LEICHT CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
n 2012, the District Council adopted its The Code’s first rule sets forth a basic policies can be found in the “Compliance” Code of Ethics. e Code sets forth guiding principle for every District Council section on the District Council website - the District Council’s fundamental o cer, employee, and representative – it’s www.nycdistrictcouncil.org. If you ever Ivalues and is designed to guide o cers, also a rule that every Member should keep have a question or concern about whether employees, and agents (e.g., Shop Stewards) in mind whenever they participate in Union behavior violates or is inconsistent with in their day-to-day decision making activities. We each have a duty to always act the Code of Ethics or any other District and conduct. The Code expresses the in the best interests of the Membership Council policy – seek guidance from a District Council’s absolute commitment to and the Union. Representing the District Council Representative, a Union o cer, establishing and maintaining a culture that Council and its Members is a high calling. the Inspector General’s O ce, or the Chief values and demands integrity and ethical e duty to always act in the best interests Compliance O cer. Remember, it is every conduct from all of its representatives of the M embership lies at the heart of Member’s duty to make sure that we meet and from every individual and the ethical practices and high level of the high standards set by our Code of organization with whom we do business. integrity required by the District Council. Ethics. e Code is organized along ten A copy of the Code of Ethics fundamental and common sense principles. and other important District Council
16 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG MESSAGES FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
MEMBERS PROTECTING BENEFITS WITH TECHNOLOGY
Each member has the ability to act like a watchdog. You can check the amount of hours and total number of carpenters posted daily by the shop steward on the jobsite.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIEWING YOUR WORK HOURS:
Visit www.nycdistrictcouncil.org
On the black navigation bar, hover your cursor over the “I.G.’s Office” text. From the dropdown list, click on the “Operation Watchdog” link. Once you O ffice of the I nspector General H OTLINE are on the “Operation Watchdog” page, click on the letter to view information and instructions on how to view your jobsite’s hours and carpenters. You can access the page to view your work hours by either scrolling to the bottom of the home page for the New York City District Council of Carpenters and clicking on the Operation Watchdog logo or, you can click on the “Watchdog Check Hours” link from the “I.G.’s Office” dropdown list and clicking on the Operation Watchdog logo on the page you are directed to. You can also access the viewing page directly by going to: https://memberhours.sdcconnect.com/nd/mmhrs_rpt.txt/input
PLEASE DO YOUR PART TO HELP ERADICATE CORRUPTION
To confidentially report any violation, please call…
(855)-UBC-TIPS
NEW YORK CITY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL PHONE: 212-366-3354 FAX:212-366-7363 EMAIL: [email protected]
WINTER THE CARPENTER 17 APPRENTICES AND TRAINING
Att endees: David Zdrojewski, VibrAlign Representati ve; Michael Cavanaugh, Vice President; Stephen McInnis, President; Peter Bennett , Local 740; Ted Keenan, Local 740; Gerald Kramer, Local 740; William Walcott , Local 740; Brian LeMaire, Local 740; Paul DeSilva, Local 740; Dale Nokes, NJ Local 715; Mike Sudzina, VibrAlign Representati ve; Kevin Leary, NJ Local 715 VIBRALIGN TRAIN THE TRAINER Improving accuracy, effi ciency, and producti vity with state of the art tools A hands-on training session revolutionizing the industry. NXA pro and how to instruct for Millwright instructors was is product not only saves others. Well trained workers held at the Labor Technical time and money, but also and state-of-the-art tools College, where participants produces better alignment are among the best ways to were able to put a new tool than with traditional methods, maintain safety on the job to the test. VibrAlign’s new thus saving electricity and and produce a more e cient product, Fixturlaser NXA making machinery last workforce - keeping the pro, has been on the market longer. Attendees learned District Council ahead of the for about a year and is proper use of the Fixturlaser curve.
Remember... To fi nd out when your certi fi cati ons expire : Keep Your Certifications Current Visit www.nyclabortechnicalcollege.org It is your responsibility to monitor your www.nycdistrictcouncil.org certi fi cati ons and keep them up-to-date. or call Labor Technical College: 212-727-2224 Out of Work list: 212-366-3330 18 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG APPRENTICES AND TRAINING
* BOOT CAMP // BOOTS ON ------HOW THE CONCRETE BOOT CAMP IS PROPERLY PREPPING APPRENTICES Union Carpenter Apprentices
As LTC instructor Robert and giving them physical models to work with, “we are the next generation of Carpenters, and MacAuliffe says, “It’s learning to swing a the instincts and habits kick in when they to secure our future we need more Apprentices hammer,” and then getting onsite and learning get forty oors up and start pouring concrete. to learn the other aspects of the trade.” everything else. e Concrete Boot Camp “Without the Boot Camp, [Daniel and I] A ringing endorsement from the was designed to start incorporating Concrete- wouldn’t be here, concrete“ is great for rst years.” Foreman on site, Pat Smolka, solidi es the fact trained Apprentices onto Concrete sites. When first getting onsite, Daniel that the Boot Camp is producing Carpenters With these two Apprentices, it’s working. Smolka said that “the lingo associated with ready to work. “I went to the class and asked e rst things Hector Gonzalez did concrete” was easy to jump into because of the who was ready to work and the teachers pointed onsite were “throwing legs up, bracing stringers things covered in class. But one thing he had me to these two guys,” says Pat. After getting properly, nailing cut to experience for himself onsite and getting to work, he realized that he nail, pitting columns More guys like was the weather. The had two more well-trained Carpenters, not just together. Every little teachers had told him “in two more Apprentices. “ ey had learned the detail from the class these and our future the summer you’ll be hot, language better, they’d learned the tools better, worked.” He credits the in the winter you’ll be and we’ve got to reach these kids on how to teachers, MacAuli e and would be GOLDEN. cold, and they’re absolutely learn the tools, they’ve got to learn how to swing Mark Negersmith, with knowing how to get right. I’ve been working this winter and you just a hammer.” Having been a Carpenter for many him ready to be a Carpenter onsite, but never have to be prepared.” But he sees concrete as years, Pat is excited by what he is seeing come overwhelming inexperienced Apprentices with more than just a class he took. He realizes being out of the Boot Camp: “More guys like these what a site will be like. By“ drilling the concepts among more experienced Members onsite that and our future would be golden.” CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR APPRENTICE HONOREES John M. Rezek, Jr., Local 45 Ilarson Elie, Local 926 John Rezek, from Ilarson Elie, from Local 45, is a 2nd Local 926, is a 2nd year Apprentice year Apprentice. and has served He was recently in the United honored at the States Marine Constructi on Skills Corps. He was 2014 Building recently honored Futures Award at the Helmets to Ceremony. Hardhats 2014 Awards Luncheon.
WINTER THE CARPENTER 19 KEEP ASTORIA OURHOME Carpenters help make Build Up NYC Campaign a Success
> After months of campaigning, an agreement has Action department reached out to the Queens Borough been reached between Alma Realty and trade President Melinda Katz and her sta to create a line of unions to create union jobs at Astoria Cove. e proposed communication about the approval status of the project. project plans to build residential and retail space, including e project was rejected during the Queens Borough 1,723 apartments, a school, park areas, and a supermarket President meeting due to its failure to include good jobs along the waterfront area in Astoria, Queens. In addition and sustainable development for the community. Also, to the union agreement, Alma Realty has also decided to hundreds of District Council Carpenters from the area dedicate 27% of the proposed apartments as aordable lled out petitions that were then delivered to Katz and housing. City Council Member, Costa Constantinides, showing e victory is largely attributed to Build Up NYC them that Astoria deserves responsible development aimed (BUNYC), an alliance of working men and women in at accommodating the local community. the NYC Building and Construction Trades Council, Throughout the campaign, several NYCDCC e New York Hotel and Motel Trades Council, and Members attended the BUNYC public speaking meetings to SEIU 32BJ. e coalition is committed to good jobs and learn more about the coalition, the campaign, and the issues sustainable development for the creation and maintenance surrounding the project. As a result, two of our Members of a New York City where working residents can ourish. voiced their concern about the proposed development plan e New York City District Council of Carpenters for Astoria Cove during crucial actions during the course of played an integral role in this campaign, initiating crucial the campaign. conversations with local elected ocials, coordinating campaign activities, and Carpenters attend the City Council hearing on mobilizing hundreds of Members into the Astoria Cove development action to help propel the campaign to proposal. success. During the early stages of the Keep Astoria Our Home campaign, the Political
20 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG “Stop Alma Realty’s bad practices!” rang through the City Hall complex as hundreds of BUNYC supporters rallied for responsible development.
This victory is an illustrative example of the power we have when we come together At the City Planning jobs and sustainable development. project with its agreement to use > Commission hearing held On October 20th, 2014, Union labor. ank you to all of the on September 29, 2014, Local 157 BUNYC made an appearance at Members who showed their support Member Eddie Herrera talked the Zoning and Franchise hearing. and dedication to the campaign. about environmental consciousness e Carpenters were in attendance This victory is an illustrative and respectable jobs for New to rally before the hearing while example of the power we have when Yorkers. There were Carpenters Maria Espinal testified before we come together and support one in attendance in support of their the Council committee about another in our mission to create Brother, the campaign, and to let the need for responsible jobs at respectable jobs for New Yorkers. the planning commission know that the Astoria Cove project. For the this project needs to be done right. Zoning and Franchise Vote held e coalition coordinated on November 12, 2014, over 30 a rally in front of City Hall before Members were in attendance to the October 15, 2014 Status let the City Council know that we Hearing, resulting in a substantial are serious about strengthening demonstration that could not our local communities. be ignored. The Carpenters As a result of our combined mobilized hundreds of Members actions with BUNYC, we were able into attendance, including Maria to broadcast a unified message Espinal, Millwright Local 740, that this city needs to be built and who addressed the crowd to maintained right. On November 25, strengthen the message of good 2014 the City Council approved the
WINTER THE CARPENTER 21 HUDSON YARDS THE NEW MANHATTAN SKYLINE
The Hudson skyline is permanently through extreme temperatures. Yards Project, which altered, it is prefaced Tom Vespa, a Local 20 Shop Steward aims to transform the with extraordinary in Tower C, has been on the project for Far West side of the planning and built by about a year and a half and notes, “It’s city into a gleaming the best in the industry. getting cold out here now but we’re still residential and retail Such was the case with building!” hub has been called “the the Twin Towers and the Combining steel and biggest development project new World Trade Center, concrete, and using the only crane in the city since Rockefeller both built Union. It was done of its kind in the state of New York, Center was built in the 30’s” (Crain’s with the Empire State Building, requires the extensive training of the New York Business, Nearly All Unions which is still heralded as a modern best Carpenters in the city, something Climb Aboard Hudson Yards Labor Cost marvel of construction. And so it will the District Council is capable of Deal). Getting Union work onsite was be with Hudson Yards, not just another providing. e Carpenters onsite a ght, but one that was a huge success skyscraper, but the next great Union are handling a vast array of for the Building and Construction built tower in a long line of historical expertise, and ensuring Trades, allowing the District Council New York skyscrapers. that as the building to get nearly 200 members working Changing the skyline is not a climbs higher each on “the largest single generator of seasonal task. Like many other projects day, everything construction jobs for the next decade” around New York City, our Members is built correctly, ( e Carpenter, We Build is City). working on the Hudson and any surprises When the New Yards project are handled by York City endeavor Carpenters who can deal with them. Similar to the Tappan Zee Bridge, Hudson Yards is ushering in a modern mode of construction with the sheer scope and means attributed to the project, but nothing that is out of the wheelhouse of Union Carpenters. Gerald Tibbs, Shop Steward from Local 157 is excited that “we’re using new materials and technology on this project, the shape of the building requires it.” Another modern apect for the project is the number of women employed onsite. Having all Members receive the same training and credentials means that employment 22 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG HUDSON YARDS
the largest single generator of onsite is based on nothing construction more than your Union card. “It’s jobs for the fun, hard, and worth it,” says next decade Chanel Coe of Local 45. “I’ve learned so much from everyone. I’ve been on the job for about nine months, since it was a hole in the ground, and the great thing is the variety in Union Members over that time. We have Members from Las Vegas and out West, and yet we can all relate to each other.” When the project is nished, it won’t matter who poured a certain slab of concrete, who drilled a speci c piece of wood, who erected which wall; it will only matter that it was done right, making the modern building a vital piece of the city skyline, and an important part of the city’s Union heritage.
WINTER THE CARPENTER 23 The competition was fierce as these Drywall DRYWALL Journeymen battled for the spot to represent the New York City District Council at this year’s OLYMPICS regional drywall competition.
The District Council held its annual mastery of the trade. The winner, > Drywall Olympics on December Juan Morales, was awarded with 22, 2014. The competition was hosted a Dewalt Combo Tool Pack, and at the Labor Technical College, in represented our Council at the which competitors displayed their Eastern District “run off” competition experience and talents. This event at the Pittsburgh, PA Carpenters was sponsored by the NYC District Training Center on Saturday, February Council of Carpenters, the NYC and 7, 2015. The winner of the Pittsburgh, Vicinity Carpenters Labor Management PA Carpenters Training Center goes Corporation, the Association of Wall on to a national contest in Las Vegas, and Ceiling Contractors, and the Nevada at the International Training Building Contractors Association. Center on March 23-25, 2015. Every participant received recognition and prizes, including a sweatshirt and PLS laser. All of the members who participated showed their skill and
From left to right: Anthony Madaio, Business Representative; Gregory Nofi, Local 45; John Macaluso, Local 157; Nicki Greene, Local 45; Tomislav Pervan, Local 45; Claudio Glavan, Local 45; Danny Ho, Local 45; Christopher Sommese, Local 45; Daniel Kronmiller, Local 157; Jose Peralta, Local 926; Daniel Cassandro, Local 926; Kenneth Redding, Local
24 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG More pictures can be found at www. flickr.com/ nycdistrict council
926; Robert Dooling, Local 157; Juan Morales, Local 157; James Larrabee, Local 157; Chris Pope, 157; Patrick O’Connor, Local 157; Heather Moore, Local 157; Jeffrey Wisniewsk, Local 157; Denis Pupovic, Business Rep; Andrew Mucaria, Business Rep; Manny Nieves, LTC Instructor
WINTER THE CARPENTER 25 RECENT RETIREES
Congratulations to all of our Retirees.
LOCAL 20 Philip J Ficarra Jr. LOCAL 926 Stanislaw Rempala Robert Fifield Michael Campbell Graham J Friel Heyward L Carter LOCAL 45 Edward M Galligan Charles A Di Girolamo Anatoliy Bilyk James P Gibney Frank Mauriello Patrick Donohue Giacomo G Graceffo John L Thomas James Fagan Michael Hehir Pete Thomson James M McCauley Thomas Higgins Robert Zalewski Joseph Mignosi Peter M Kavanagh Vincent A Paolano Brendan Mackin LOCAL 1556 Darrell D Roderick Robert Marriott Selvin Bushay Brian M Toland Stephen Martella Joseph P Clarke III Oscar Elvin Waite Robert E Massa Anthony C Deleo James McHugh Mario P Flaim LOCAL 157 Peter D Meyer Carl Jakubecy George D Allen Eric Morelli Dennis Maher Elferd S Anthony Mark A Mullan Thomas Pettigrew Battista Bonello Collard A Newland Sean J Boyle Robert M Paragallo LOCAL 2287 Johnny Braggs James G Pariot Robert Jordan Joseph Brann Joseph H Parker John D Kiernan David A Ciccimarra John Elias Penas John C Koopman John M Clarke Frank Puleo James H Morrow III John K Conlon John J Reilly Winston Scott Peter Conneely Peter Santora James J Correll John M Slawsky LOCAL 2790 Robert C Costa Lawrence R Sokol III Walter E Clayton Jr. Patrick Cullinan Mark A Stewart Carl H Diesing Edward Cunningham Prescott Thomas Gaspare Giordano Louis A DiCarmine Gregory R Train Abel A Gonzalez Christopher P Diienno John L Vecchione Thomas Prokasky Gerard Dimeo Stanley C Weinberg Edgar Sanchez Celestine Donaghy Patrick A Whelan Carlos A Vasquez Brian J Donohue Robert Wawrzonek Shervin Farrell LOCAL 740 Gerson Fernandes Michael Whelan
26 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG IN MEMORIAM
We honor the following Members for their dedication and service to the New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters. Our sincere condolences to their families, friends, and those who worked with them.
LOCAL 20 Brian Finucane LOCAL 740 John Reilly Roy Cole Patrick J Fitzpatrick Louis Springer Richard Schaal Thomas M Lloyd Chilom Forrester John W Simon Rocco Tarsillo Angelo Fusaro LOCAL 926 Edward C Wydro Martin Giove Armando Digiacomo LOCAL 45 Michael A Gladitsch Hyman Glickman LOCAL 2790 Howard Adelsky James Hanson Karl E Gronros Michele Brunetti Frederic T Benson Arnold Hertz Ignatius Raveneau Rudolf David William J Brennan Ernest Heyward Richard Ray Harold Deutsch Michael Collins Clarence Jacobs Thomas Sergi Daniel Edwards Joseph Dibari William H Jeblick Alfred Torres Robert W Flavin Lawrence Meyer Robert R Johnston John K Tveter Rafael Garcia Peter Napolitano Gerald B Jones Frank Gialanze Anthony Ogara Michael B Jones LOCAL 1556 Giovanni Giannini Gerard Pacciani Frank Kershko William Abrahamsen Samuel Goldstein Guido R Pisido Brian O Kirwan Antonio Beggiato Peter Hein Charles Rosenblum Peter Lavin Armando Fellin Aron Holceker William Schaumloffel John Liberatore Alexander N Hall Lennox C Jobe Auchlan H Simon Martin Lydon Mark R Hanson William Kiselka Jack A Merla Elijah Hickson Erno Komlosi LOCAL 157 Osmond Morgan John Jacobsen Rogelio Marin Milton V Bascombe John Najda George Keefer Angelo M Ortiz Salvatore Bocchieri Gary Neuman Christopher Pascale Bernard Rabinowitz Kevin F Brady Timothy O’Connor Peter Pisano Umias Rambarran Joseph Caggiano Nicola Palumbo James H Sheehan Vito Rotondo Tmothy J Calderon Alan M Porter Steven M Szabo Richard Schnabl Stephen B Cox Steven A Roesch Francisco Velez John Sciubba Stephen Dechiaro George Royes William Wright Horst W Tiepolt Joseph Defedele David Saunders Leon Zarnitzky David B Donaghey Rudy F Serge LOCAL 2287 Hugh P Doyle Arthur Sherry Juan F Aplicano Alvin Edwards Frank J Shipman Harry P Chan David A Fagerlund Dennis Sposato Christopher Dorfman Bertel Fagernas Juozas Stankevicius Murray Greenberg Filippo Ferron Frank A Vitacco Joseph Milazzo Domingo Zepeda
WINTER THE CARPENTER 27 New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters 395 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014
Important Phone Numbers District Council Main Offi ce - (212) 366-7500 Anti -Corrupti on Hotline – (877) 712-4896 Anti -Harassment Hotline – (212) 366-7452 Area Standards– (212) 366-3342 Assessments - (212) 366-7375 Benefi t Fund – (212) 366-7373 or (800) 529-FUND Business Representati ve Center (Manhatt an)- (212) 366-7345 (Queens)- (718) 468-4056 Change of Address - (212) 366-7336 Communicati ons - (212) 366-7326 Daily Reporti ng Hotline - (212) 366-3331 Inspector General- (212) 366-3354 IG Hotline- (855) UBC-TIPS Labor Technical College – (212) 727-2224 Out of Work List – (212) 366-3330 OWL Toll Free – (800) 858-8683 Union Acti vity/Picketi ng – (212) 366-7810 Local 20 Staten Island – (718) 568-4530 Local 45 Queens – (718) 464-6016 Local 157 NYC – (212) 685-0567 Local 740 Millwright – (718) 849-3636 Local 926 Brooklyn – (718) 491-0926 Local 1556 Timbermen & Dockbuilders – (212) 989-2284 Local 2287 Floorcoverers – (212) 929-2940 Local 2790 Shop & Industrial- (646) 490-3444