Vol. 37 No. 3 the Boilerma k e r May • Jun 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

IN THI S ISS U E Boilermakers MOST/Common Ar c programs win NOV A aw a r d Programs honored by international group for innovation in improving efficiency, safety, cost-effectiveness HE CONSTRUCTION INNOVAT I O NF o rum (CIF) aw a r ded the Boilermaker’s MOST and Common Ar c Movement to take away T p rograms their highest honor on March 12 at the unions’ political voice tenth annual Innovation Celebration Banquet in Livonia, poses a serious threat to Mich. CIF is an international nonprofit organization ded- wo r k e r s icated to discovering, recognizing, and publicizing inno- ...... 5 vations in the construction industry that impro v e Dick Gephardt (D-MO, 3rd qu a l i t y , effi c i e n c y , and cost-effe c t i v e n e s s . CIF’s NOVA aw a r d has been ref e r r ed to as the “Nobel Dist.) is Boilermakers Prize of the construction industry.” The Boilermakers Legislator of the Yea r . . .2 we r e one of four NOVAwinners chosen from 48 nomi- nees from four countries. Bo i l e r makers are helping MOST and Common Ar c programs were selected for scientists ‘catch the the award for reducing accidents, decreasing red u n d a n t [gravity] wave’ ...... 3 welder testing, and helping the industry avoid hundred s of millions of dollars in costs. In accepting the 1998 Canadian Boilermakers NO V A aw a r d – one of the most prestigious in the con- ar e orga n i z i n g ! ...... st r uction industry – International President Charles W. 4 Jones thanked all participants, including the many Boilermakers, contractors, and owners who have worked to make these innovations successful. First awarded in 1989, the NOVAaw a r d recognizes the innovative techniques and methods, proven on actual pr ojects, that improve the quality and reduce the cost of co n s t r uction. Nominations for the award are invited by the CIF. Adistinguished panel judges nominations based on their effect upon the construction process. The inno- vation must be a proven success, it must be a significant advance, and it must be documented. The Boilermakers MOST programs meet all these crite- Local 680 helps Port Wel l e r ria. They embody bold, new ideas, and their contribution Dr y Dock secure $100 Continued on page 3 The Construction Innovation Forum’s prestigious NOVAA wa r d, 1998. million contract ...... 6 (Photo by Steve Kuzma Photography.) Local News ...... 18 Bo i l e r makers hear about victories, Se t t l e m e n t s . . .20 - 2 1 challenges at LEAP co n f e r ence

Delegates hear from guest On the first two days of the confer- the dangers of deregulating the electric ence, delegates heard from a wide vari- power industry. Leg. Dir. Ande Ab b o t t speakers, talk to Congress ety of distinguished guest speakers and Leg. Aide Bridget Martin educated about proposed laws who talked about upcoming legislation delegates on the finer points of pro- and political action, including Senator posed legislation that will greatly affe c t NE A R L YTWO HUNDRED local lodge Ed w a r d M. “Ted” Kennedy (D-Mass.), our members and their families. delegates attended the 30th annual House Minority Whip David Bonior Many of the proposed laws before Legislative Education-Action Prog r a m (D-Mich. 10th), and Senate Majority Co n g r ess this year can seriously affe c t co n f e r ence in Washington, D.C., March Leader Trent Lott (R-Miss.). us as workers and union members. It is 16-20. These politically active members Re p r esentatives Ron Klink (D-Penn., important that we educate ourselves, he a r d from numerous guest speakers, 9th), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio, 4th), and our families, and our fellow workers so discussed upcoming legislation, and Neil Ab e rc r ombie (D-Ha., 1st), also lent we are able to take the action necessary then went up to Capitol Hill to take the their wisdom to the group. Glenn to preserve our jobs and our way of life. Boilermaker message directly to their English, National Rural Electric See page nine for an in-depth look at senators and rep re s e n t a t i v e s . Cooperatives Association, talked about the 1998 Boilermakers LEAPco n f e re n c e .

Long-time friend of labor Senator Edward “Ted” Kennedy (D-Mass.) addresses the Boilermakers annual LEAP co n f e re n c e . the Boilermaker Reporter 2 May • Jun 1998 G U E S T E D I T O R I A L We must keep working to protect the paychecks of those who make America run – the workers by Richard Gephardt (D – MO 3rd), We can’t stand for that. We have too c o u n t r y. Democrats have a plan to Boilermakers Legislator of the Yea r much work left to be done to accept this invest in our schools with 100,000 new, do-nothing Republican Congres s . well-trained teachers to reduce class know that many of you are doing a We have to reform our labor laws so size. And we want to help local govern- little better than you were a few that you can be rep r esented by the lead- ments modernize schools so kids can years ago. Thanks to the 1998 bud- ers you choose. I strongly believe that compete in the global marketplace. get – enacted by Congre s s i o n a l your right to organize must be enforce d Republicans don’t believe in our public I Democrats and President Clinton, by the federal government. We must schools enough to make these impor- without the vote of a single Republican re s t o re the balance of power in the tant investments. – the budget is balanced, unemploy- We must help working families make ment and interest rates are down, and ends meet. We have to enforce the equal the economy is looking up for the first pay laws that we have in this country. time in a generation. We have to fight along side It’s just not fair that a woman only But we still aren’t where we need to makes seventy-two cents on the dollar be. Workers across America are just each other this year to co m p a r ed to a man for doing the same running in place or even falling behind. ensure that we get a job. Arising tide used to lift all boats. Now, Congress that stands for And we must raise the minimum it is just lifting some boats. wage this year. If we want to call our- To d a y, the benefits of the economy your principles and your selves a moral society, we must ensure a ren’t spread around as fairly for all priorities. that the minimum wage is a decent Americans. The economy is stacked in wage, and a living wage. We can’t have favor of the wealthy and big corpora- working people living under the tions – and it just doesn’t give working poverty level. Believe me, it will be a Richard Gephardt (D – MO 3rd) people a fair shake. workplace to give you a real voice, and hell of a fight – don’t forget that many Boilermakers’ Just because Wall Street executives a real stake, in your future. Republicans in Congress don’t even a re getting and handing out re c o rd We have to protect the quality of believe that there should be a minimum Legislator of the Year numbers of million-dollar bonuses, health care for all Americans. We can’t wage in the first place. that doesn’t mean that you are seeing stand for insurance company execu- Democrats have a constructive and e fforts started a real debate about an increase in your paychecks. tives dictating to doctors what kind of common-sense agenda – based on our whether Washington is going to stand Just because the stock market keeps t reatment they can provide to your values – to move the country forward. for or against the working people of on breaking new rec o r ds, that doesn’t families. Republicans are in the hip Republicans are a “one-trick pony” – this country. mean that you are finding it any easier pocket of the insurance companies and they only know how to say “no.” They You know where I stand. I support to pay your bills at the corner market. their special interest allies – and will try just want to roll back the accomplish- the rights of working people to be And just because things are finally to kill any reform that will make a dif- ments we have fought so hard to t reated with the decency and re s p e c t getting a little better, that doesn’t mean fe r ence. We can’t let that happen. ac h i e v e . that you all deserve. And for policies in that Congress should kick back, rel a x , We have to expand the Medicare pro- They want to pass the Paycheck Washington that put your intere s t s and fail to tackle the problems that all of gram to reach older workers who lose P rotection Act in order to hamstring first, not the special interes t s . you still face in your lives. their health insurance due to layoff s . your ability as a union to speak out and We are counting on you this year to The Republicans who contro l Republicans in Congress just don’t see act on the issues that are of so much help us put Congress back on the right Co n g r ess are happy to see things con- any point in making sure that the most importance to all of you and your fami- path. We have to fight along side each tinue the way they are. They don’t want vulnerable workers have access to lies. other this year to ensure that we get a to make the changes necessary to give aff o r dable health coverage. The Republicans didn’t like the Fast Co n g r ess that stands for your principles working people a better chance to care We have to improve the quality of Track debate last year. Our side won an and your priorities. for their families and make ends meet. public education in schools all over the important victory – we stood up and We can’t aff o rd another Republican said that trade agreements need to rep - Co n g r ess that chips away at your rights resent the interests of working men and and is indiff e rent to your needs. Yo u r Ri c h a r d Gephardt named women in this country, and that trade participation and enthusiasm is the key must raise the standards of workers all to bringing about change. Republicans over the world. and their special interests have the Legislator of the Yea r They didn’t like the fact that big busi- money – but we have your passion and ness was out-lobbied in Congress by commitment. We won’t be able to shut health care, trade, and tax fairness. In Boilermakers recognize working people. So now the down the Republicans’ anti-union 1984, he was elected chairman of the agenda without your efforts this his efforts in stopping House Democratic Caucus, the fourth- Republicans are trying to stack the rul e s Fast Track legislation ranking leadership post in the House. of the game against working people No v e m b e r . In 1987, Gephardt became the first with the Paycheck Protection Act. I have I look forward to working with you RICHARD GEPHARDT, the Democratic candidate to enter the 1988 one question about this Act. Whose pay- on these issues to make sure that we Democratic House Minority Leader, pr esidential race – a virtually unprec e - check are they really trying to protect – pr otect the paychecks of the people that has been named as the Boilermakers’ dented bid for a rank-and-file member yours or theirs? matter – the working men and women Legislator of the Yea r . Even though he of the House. Gephardt ultimately The debate over Fast Track stood for of this country. ❑ was unable to attend the annual confer- wi t h d r ew from the race, but not before m o re than the rules about trade. Our ence of the Boilermakers Legislative winning three statewide primaries and Education-Action Program, he did helping to frame the economic issues accept his award via telephone, assur- that dominated the election. Following ing the delegates that he will continue The Boilermaker Reporter is the official publi- that race, in 1989, he was elected by his the Boilerma k e r cation of the International Brot h e r hood of to work for working families and union colleagues to serve as their Majority Bo i l e r makers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, members. “I’m going to be there with Le a d e r . Fo r gers, and Helpers, AFL-CIO. It is published you every step of the way,” he said. He served five years as Majority bimonthly to disseminate information of use Legislative Director Ande A b b o t t and interest to its members. Submissions from L e a d e r, the second-ranking Re p o rt e r members, local lodges, and subordinate or said Gephardt was selected as the Democratic post. In that role he af filiated bodies are welcomed and encour- Boilermakers’ Legislator of the Ye a r e m e rged as one of the Democratic May • Jun 1998 Vol. 37 • No. 3 aged. This publication is mailed free of for “his efforts to squash Fast Tr a c k c h a rge to active members and re t i re d Party’s chief strategists and spokesper- Charles W. Jones, In t e r national Pres i d e n t le g i s l a t i o n . ” members holding a Retired Members Card. sons on virtually all major issues. Jerry Z. W il l b u rn , Intl. Secret a r y - T rea s u re r Others may subscribe for the price of $10 for As the top-ranking Democratic In 1994, he won the post of th r ee years. Standard Mail (A) postage paid leader in the United States House of Democratic Leader by an overwhelm- In t e r national Vice Pres i d e n t s at Kansas City, Kan., and additional mailing R e p resentatives, Gephardt has been ing margin, vowing to devote his La w r ence McManamon , Gr eat Lakes of fices. ISSN No. 1078-4101. Michael S. Murphy , No r t h e a s t hailed by U S A Today as “the perfect t e n u re to regaining a Democratic POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: combination of a fiery populist and a majority in the people’s House, and Newton B. Jones , Southeast Ge o r ge Rogers , Central The Boilermaker Reporter quiet, backroom pragmatist.” 753 State Avenue, Suite 565 rededicating his party to improving the Jack Sloan , Wes t e r n States He was first elected to re p re s e n t Kansas City, KS 66101 economic lives of working Americans. Ri c h a r d Albright , Wes t e r n Canada (913) 371-2640 Missouri’s Third Congre s s i o n a l Ge p h a r dt has made it his life’s work Alexander MacDonald , Ea s t e r n Canada FAX (913) 281-8104 District in 1976. As a House fres h m a n , to unite congressional Democrats Jim Hickenbotham , At - L a rg e he was given the rare opportunity of behind economic, trade, and social Thomas B. Kemme, At - L a rg e serving on both the Ways and Means policies that help America’s working Editorial staff and Budget Committees, where he families. ❑ Donald Caswell, Managing Editor Printed in the USA quickly became a national leader on Ca r ol Dillon, Asst. to the Managing Editor Aprize-winning newspaper the Boilermaker Reporter 3 May • Jun 1998 N E W S M A K E R S Boilermakers help ‘catch the wave’ Build observatories designed to prove Einstein’s theory of gravitational waves IN 1916, AS PAR T OF HISgeneral theory of rel a t i v i t y , Albert Einstein predicted the existence of gravitational waves, the “ripples” resulting from the warping of space and time. For the first time since Einstein’s prediction, scientists will be able to detect and measure gravitational waves, thanks to the efforts of Boilermakers from Local 242 (Spokane, Wash.), Local 582 (Baton Rouge, La.), and the National Transient Lodge, who are helping to build the complex test facili- ties that will enable scientists to prov e that gravity waves exist. Members of Local 582 and the National Transient Lodge, working at the new CBI fabrication shop near Denham Springs, La., ar e joined by, l. to r., Intl. Vice Pres. Newton B. Jones, Intl. Pres. Charles W. Jones, L-582 BM-ST John Simoneaux (fourth from left) CBI Services in Plainfield, Ill., a and Intl. Rep. Kenny Bueche (far right). Boilermaker contractor, was selected to pr ovide ten miles of stiffened stainless steel vacuum tubes for two nearly- Parish received a jump start when key identical Laser Interfero m e t e r welders from Local 242 came to G r a v i t a t i o n a l - Wave Observatories Louisiana to train the local craftsmen. (LIGO) that are being built in This provided an excellent transition Livingston Parish, La., and Hanford , which assured high standards of pro- Wash. These will be the only two facili- du c t i v i t y , quality, and safety. ties in the U.S.; a third project will be One unique aspect of this project is located in Pisa, Italy. the fabrication of 800 tube sections, When the projects are completed, each 65-feet in length, utilizing a spiral they will serve as the world’s longest tube mill. The spiral mill forms a one- vacuum chambers. Each observatory eighth-inch thick stainless steel coil will include two L-shaped arms con- material while simultaneously weld- s t ructed of stainless steel tubes, four ing the inside and outside spiral seam feet in diameter and 2.5 miles in length. of the formed tube. Boilermakers fab- Asophisticated arrangement of lasers ricate the tubes at speeds of three feet and optical devices will perform per minute at an existing ware h o u s e ABOVE: Local 582 welder James L. i n c redibly precise measurements to facility at Pasco, Wash., and at a Nations at the control system of a spiral re c o rd the passing of gravitational n e w l y - c o n s t ructed facility near tube mill. waves through the planet. Denham Springs, La. After the spiral tubes are formed, AT RIGHT: Local 582 members Jeff Funded by the National Science Mc C r ory (top) and Michael Langlois Foundation and administered by the st i f feners are welded at two-and-one- half foot intervals. Pump ports for sub- ar e fabricating stainless steel vacuum California Institute of Te c h n o l o g y tubes so scientists can measure (Caltech), the project is nearly complete sequent equipment installation and gravitational waves. thanks to the cooperative efforts of support stiffeners are then added to the welded tubes and the ends of the tubes Local 242 BM-ST Lynn Rawlins and based on high precision survey work, ar e expanded and machined to a high Local 582 BM-ST John Simoneaux. Both fit critical girth seams, weld, vacuum tolerance to ensure a near perfect fit-up business managers worked closely test, and install customer- p ro v i d e d in the field. Individual tubes are then with CBI Services Constru c t i o n internal baffles. Modules measuring placed inside of a test cylinder and Manager Vance Gervais and 1.25 miles in length and four-feet in tested at a high vacuum level for leaks Fabrication Manager Ken Drake dur- diameter are then tested at high vac- by means of a helium mass spectrom e - ing pre - p roject and project planning uum levels. t e r. This is done in an isolated clean- stages so they could provide the skilled The Hanford site is completed and room environment. The final craftsmen needed to fabricate and the Livingston project is over half-way fabrication step is to clean and seal the install the vacuum components that done. So far, there have been no vac- completed tubes, once again in a clean- would meet the exact dimensional tol- uum leaks detected during the testing Thanks to the talented efforts of these room environ m e n t . erances and cleanliness req u i re m e n t s . of over 33 miles of spiral welding and Boilermaker craftsmen, the U.S. will The tubes are then shipped from the Because of their cooperative effort in 930 circ u m f e rential weld seams. The enter the 21st century in the foref r ont of a fabrication facilities to the job sites p roviding the skilled welders and en t i r e project is scheduled for comple- world-wide effort by physicists to study w h e re Boilermakers, working in field craftsmen needed for this project, the tion in June, well ahead of Caltech’s new information about the universe and installation crews under portable clean ❑ H a n f o rd site was successfully com- sc h e d u l e . its most spectacular mysteries. pleted and the work at Livingston room conditions, position the tubes Bo i l e r makers MOST/Common Ar c programs win NOVA award

Continued from page 1 have worked hard on these prog r a m s , but this award rightfully belongs to the to efficiency and cost-avoidance has thousands of Boilermaker craftsmen been well documented. ac r oss the country who were willing to In their first five years, MOST safety try new approaches in our ongoing and substance abuse screening pro- e ffort to improve our union and our grams have reduced our accident rate craft. Without their ongoing support, by 81 percent. The direct and indire c t and the support of local lodge offi c e r s , costs eliminated by avoiding these acci- M O S T and Common A rc could not dents runs into the hundreds of mil- su c c e e d . lions of dollars. Mo r e than 600 construction industry The Common Ar c Weld Certification rep r esentatives from all over the world p rogram has reduced re d u n d a n t attended the banquet and awards pre- welder testing, resulting in avoidance sentation. of nearly $100 million in costs. Other For more information on the MOST programs have improved man- Boilermakers MOST programs, contact power availability, putting skilled William J. Palmisano, 913-281-5036. For workers on the job faster. mo r e information on the Construc t i o n Accepting the 1998 NOVA award, l. to r., Common Arc Operating Committee Chair ma n The award specifically cited the con- Innovation Forum and the 1998 NOVA William Kunkel, Common Arc and MOST Chairman Wendell Bell of Enerfab Corp., MOST tributions of seven individuals to the aw a r ds, contact Amy Laidlaw, 734-995- Trustee Tom O’Connor, International President and Common Arc and MOST V ic e success of the MOST/Common A rc 1855, or visit the CIF web site: Ch a i r man Charles W. Jones, Intl. Rep. Ed Rokuski, MOST Administrator William Palmisano, pr ograms, pictured at right. These men ht t p : / / w w w. c i f . o r g. ❑ and Common Ar c Executive Administrator John Erickson. (Photo by Steve Kuzma Photography.) the Boilermaker Reporter 4 May • Jun 1998 O R G A N I Z I N G Local Lodge146 signs up nonunion contractor and or ganizes 100 employees at RCI’s fabrication shop Local members begin 50th year anniversary celebration with organizing win

MEMBERS OF LOCAL146, Edmonton, Business Representative Bob Dickson Alberta, Canada, started off their 50th and Organizers John Heard and John anniversary year by signing up a new Kibermanis said the contract was rati- Boilermaker contractor and adding 100 fied after three and one-half months of workers to their membership ro l e s deliberation. In line with other th r ough an organizing win at Resource Boilermaker fabrication shops in the Co n s t r uctors (Canada) Inc. (RCI). Edmonton area, the contract includes Business Manager and Secre t a r y - full health and welfare coverage, a holi- Trea s u r er John Rowe reports ratification day and vacation package, and the 100 of the first collective bargaining agree - p e rcent union shop language. Under ment for Local 146 members at RCI, the contract, pres s u r e welders will earn e ffective January 1, 1998 to December $23.80 an hour with an additional $1.25 31, 1999. per hour paid into the Boilermaker pen- Local 146 not only organized RCI’s fabrication shop, but they signed up the In addition, RCI plans to enter the sion plan. company as a union contractor for field construction and maintenance work. field construction and maintenance sec- Intl. Vice President Rick Albright, on tors as a Boilermaker contractor and is behalf of International Pre s i d e n t welcomes the RCI employees into our class fabricator of tanks, pres s u r e ves- committed to utilizing Local 146 mem- Charles W. Jones and all the members of B ro t h e rhood and welcomes RCI as a sels, process equipment, and modules bers in this venture. the International Executive Council, Boilermaker contractor. RCI is a world- for the oil and gas industry. ❑ L-128 rep o r ts two organizing successes Sc h u e c k Employees of Tub e r a t e and D.F.D. say ‘UnionYes ’ St e e l MEMBERS OF LOCAL128, To ro n t o , Ontario, Canada, have been hard at work organizing the unorg a n i z e d . si g n s Business Manager Ed Power, Secret a r y - Trea s u r er Jim Tin n e y , and Intl. Rep. Stan Pe t r onski are proud to report the res u l t s Agrees to pay of two successful organizing campaigns for the Boilermakers union. $1,250 back pay to Intl. Pres. C. W. Jones congratulates each of 21 Local 128 on these successful cam- paigns, noting that organizing is the life discriminatees blood of the union. He is joined by Intl. Vice Pres. Sandy MacDonald in prais- TW E N T Y -ONE DISCRIMINATE E S ing the local in their organizing effo r t s New members of Local 128 employed at Tuberate in Sarnia, Ontario, Canada, give will each receive $1,250 in a set- and extends a strong commitment to a “thumbs-up” to signify their pleasure in gaining union r ep re s e n t a t i o n . tlement agreement reached with the new members for solid leadership Schueck Steel, Memphis, Te n n . , to support their future. nearly 60 new members who outfit Bro t h e r hood and could do the important in January 1998. William T. internal equipment for new locomotive leg work.” D. F .D. signs first union contract C reeden, asst. to the Intl. pre s . trains at D.F.D. Working with Local 128 officers Power and director of org a n i z i n g , and Tin n e y , Petronski met with employ- reports that the settlement agree - IT WASN’T LONG after the employees It’s a victory for T ub e r a t e ees from both shifts at Tuberate, a metal of D.F.D. in London, Ontario, secured fabrication and pres s u r e vessel shop that ment was reached for loss of pay Boilermaker re p resentation that they EMPLOYEES OF TUBERATE in Sarnia, has been in business for over a decade. s u ff e red by reason of the com- ratified their first union contract, gain- Ontario, voted for Boilermaker rep re s e n - Fi f t y - t h r ee employees joined Local 128 pany’s refusal to consider the 21 ing the security and benefits they tation by a 76 percent margin. Intl. Rep. as a result of the organizing campaign, a applicants for employment. wanted through a two-year collective Stan Petronski said it was “a good, old- ten percent increase over the number The settlement follows charge s ba r gaining agreement. With the union time organizing drive with individuals who had initially pledged their support b rought by the Boilermakers certification, L-128 now re p re s e n t s ❑ on the inside who believed in the to the union. union against Schueck Steel in July 1997, for refusing to hire or consider for hire applicants Lamp standard fabricators join Local 359 because of their union member- ship. Members of Local 263, Negotiate first contract at Memphis, Tenn., were engaged in West Coast Engineering a Fight Back or ganizing campaign at Schueck Steel, an activity that is EMPLOYEES OF WEST COAST p rotected under Section 7 of the Engineering Sales Ltd. know how to National Labor Relations A c t , light up the dark spots. Dissatisfied when the company refused to hire with low wages, no job security, and applicants because of their union unfair work rules which do not conform af filiation and promulgated a no- to the Factories Act, these lamp stan- solicitation policy unlawfully pro- d a rd fabricators decided to join the Boilermakers union. hibiting Schueck Steel employees It all started with a phone call fro m f rom soliciting the employees of one dissatisfied employee of West Coast any other employer. Engineering Sales Ltd., one of the Intl. Reps. Michael C. Peterson l a rgest manufacturers of metal lamp and William R. Elrod worked poles in Western Canada. He contacted Local 359 welcomes members organized at West Coast Engineering Sales Ltd. Fr on t closely with Local 263 Asst. Bus. Local 359 business rep r esentative and row, l. to r., Boota Johal, Intl. Rep. Dwight Harris, Organizer Peter Allan, Inderjit M g r. Mansears Alexander Jr. in or ganizer Peter Allan to find out more Dosanjh, Kulwant Sangha, Parwinder Bhandal (back), Narinder Heir, Jason Mattu, this case, which not only brou g h t Ranjit Kahlon, Rama Gounder, Peter Kvenich, Ioan Dan, Alan Kobes, Bartolome about organizing and worker pro t e c- a back-pay settlement totaling tion. After a number of calls, he felt con- Bugtai, Brian Slobodian, and BM-ST Frimen Tomsic. Back row, l. to r., Balwinder Gill, fident that Local 359 could help and Ni r mal Rai, Eugen Ardelean, Balbir Dosanjh, Rup Singh, Armarjit T ak h a r , Sukhdev $26,500, but the company’s agree - asked for their assistance in orga n i z i n g Gill, Paramjeet Singh, Amrik Dhillon, Kashmir Shergill, and Sukhwinder Chahal. ment to not discourage union the company. membership and to not maintain Working with Intl. Rep. Dwight gaining unit – enough to earn an auto- tive agreement. Ranjit Kahlon and Jason an overly broad no solicitation Harris, Allan made arrangements to matic certification as bargaining agent Mattu have been elected as job stewards rule. Michael J. Stapp, of the Blake meet with the employees. At the very under British Columbia labour law. and are serving on the negotiating com- & Uhlig Law Firm, re p re s e n t e d Allan is now assisting the new mem- mittee with Peter Kvenich, Rup Singh, first meeting, they signed up 28 employ- ❑ the Boilermakers union. ❑ ees – more than 55 percent of the bar- bers with worker compensation issues, Amarjit Tak h a r , and Sukhjinder Johal. as well as negotiating their first collec- the Boilermaker Reporter 5 May • Jun 1998 N E W S M A K E R S Avondale hit with $3 million back-pay orde r Louisiana shipbuilder ch a r ges of firings and improper disci- Avondale appealed an order to barga i n pages of transcript since it began more plinary actions against union support- f rom the full NLRB) re q u i re special than four years ago when Av o n d a l e cited for hundreds of ers are still pending before the NLRB remedies . . .,” Evans wrote. workers voted for rep r esentation. unfair labor practices and in the U.S. Court of Appeals. The A c c o rding to the NLRB this is the Aspokesperson for Avondale CEO AFL-CIO Metal Trades Division has la r gest case in the history of the Board, Bossier said the company would CITING “EGREGIOUS m i s c o n d u c t ” also asked Congress and the U.S. Navy requiring 165 days of trial and 41,000 appeal the NLRB’s orde r . ❑ and “a general disre g a rd for the to investigate Avondale’s use of Navy employees’ fundamental rights,” the Shipbuilding contract funds to combat National Labor Relations Board union organizing at the yard. Avo n d a l e (NLRB) has ord e red Av o n d a l e c u r rently has more than $10 billion in Stand up for Avondale workers S h i p y a rd CEO Albert Bossier to per- U.S. Navy shipbuilding contracts. Shipyard workers just harassed employees and an abysmal sonally read a cease and desist order to In his decision, Administrative Law safety rec o r d, Avondale has corralled 4,100 current and former shipyard Judge David L. Evans took the unusual want simple justice mo r e than $10 billion in government workers, reinstate 28 fired workers, and step of ordering Bossier to personally AVONDALE PRODUCTION w o r k- contracts. In fact, military contracts rescind disciplinary actions taken read a Board cease and desist ord e r. ers and their supporters have account for more than 80 percent of against another 15. Evans said the so-called “extraordi n a r y launched a nationwide petition drive Avondale’s rev e n u e s . The 700-page order covers hundred s remedies” his decision called for are to win support for their struggle to Thirty workers have been killed of actions by the company to try to necessary “because of (Av o n d a l e ’ s ) o rganize. The 4,000 workers voted building ships at Avondale, four since reverse the results of a 1993 union rep - eg r egious misconduct, demonstrating overwhelmingly for union rep re s e n t a - the union election; on average, the resentation election won handily by the a general disreg a r d for the employees’ tion nearly five years ago, but contin- company experiences 1,000 rep o r t a b l e New Orleans Metal Trades Council fundamental rights . . . ued appeals by the company have injuries every year. with assistance from the Boilermakers “The quantity and severity of unfair dragged the process out and may con- For copies of the “I’ll be there for Or ganizing Department. labor practices found herein, combined tinue to delay it for two more years. Avondale’s workers” petition, contact Union officials estimate the com- with Respondents simultaneous Meanwhile, despite government the Metal Trades Department, 815 pany’s back-pay liability in this case refusal to bargain with the union as c h a rges that the company has 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC will top $3 million. Scores of additional found in collateral proceeding (in 1997, 20006; 206-637-7255. ❑

PAYC H E C K DEC E P T I O N ACT S Laws limiting union political action are pending in at least 15 states

N MARCH 21, the U.S. House of R e p resentatives defeated the decep- tively labeled Paycheck Protection Act, a Obill that would have put severe limits on the political activities of labor unions. Note: States But that didn’t stop those who want to silence may have working men and women. They just moved the been added ba t t l e g r ound. Laws similar to what union lead- since this ers call the Paycheck Deception Act are being map was pr oposed at the state level, where well-funded cre a t e d . Co n t a c t campaigns use deceptive tactics to convince your state voters it is in their best interest to give up the CO P Eo ff i c e right to participate in politics. for details. “We ’ r e in 35 [states] now,” Grover Norqu i s t , p resident of Americans for Tax Reform, told Mother Jones, “and we’ll have 45 by the end of the year.”

So far, workers have managed to defeat 13 of those attempts, but an AFL-CIO publication shows that eight states have ballot initiatives scheduled, while another seven have bills tions, trade associations, and political action pending in their legislatures . committees would not be affected, while unions would be hamstrun g . Do n ’ t fall for their deception Rooney himself donated over $500,000 to the BACKERS OF THESEinitiatives are well- Republican National Committee in 1994, an financed, organized, and downright dishonest. action he considers pragmatic. “It [contribut- They call the measures “campaign finance ing] opens doors,” he told Mother Jones. reform.” That sounds good, but these people Supporters of California’s Proposition 226 are ar e hardly the people we’d like to see ref o r m i n g spending $10 million to close those doors. campaign finance. Supporters are claiming Prop. 226 will end for- Gr over Norquist’s Americans for Tax Reform eign contributions to politicians. But fore i g n is under Senate investigation for its campaign contributions are already illegal by federal law. practices in support of Republicans in 1996. Nonetheless, this kind of deception works. Another strong supporter, Patrick Rooney, is Early polls show Prop. 226 has widespread sup- chairman and CEO of Golden Rule Insurance port, though workers turn against it two-to-one C o m p a n y, an Indiana-based insurance com- when the law is explained to them. pany investigated by two House committees in Other states can expect similar assaults, along 1994. Rooney also sponsors the National Center with more misleading claims.

for Policy Analysis, a right-wing lobbying pub- lic relations organization that campaigns for What you can do

right-to-work laws, school vouchers, and the IF ONE OFthese initiatives is on the ballot, edu- privatization of Social Security. cate your coworkers about its true intent. In What’s more, these initiatives do little to states where the legislature is voting on a pay- change campaign finance laws. They only check deception bill, contact your legislators apply to labor unions, which account for a very and urge them to vote no. Most of all, stay small fraction of all campaign money. informed and active. If you don’t speak up now, Corporations, individuals, nonprofit associa- you may lose your right to do so in the future. ❑ the Boilermaker Reporter 6 May • Jun 1998 N E W S M A K E R S Future looks good as Port Weller Dry Docks secures $100 million contract

L-680 members are replacing the hulls of three ships for Canada Steamship Lines.

Part of the hull replacement process involves the use of an automatic welder. L-680 makes company more competitive

MEMBERS OF LOCAL 680, St. w i d e r. New features should also Catharines, Ontario, Canada, ratified a shorten maintenance periods, allow- five-year contract with Port Weller Dry ing for a boost in pro d u c t i v i t y, said Docks last fall, in hopes of providing the Canada Steamship Line President Ray stability the company needed to make Johnston. major capital improvements so they could be more competitive in the ship- How they did it building and ship repairing industry. Jim McQuarrie shapes a plate on a brake press in Port Weller Dry Dock’s shop #2. It worked. Port Weller has signed its JO H N S T ON SAID Port Weller won the la r gest contract ever – a deal worth as contract over rival shipyards because much as $150 million and pro m i s i n g they off e red the best package. “Their work for more than 300 people into the price, their ability to meet delivery next century. dates, their commitment to quality Intl. Rep. Stan Petronski reports that st a n d a r ds, and the existence of a labor Canada Steamship Lines, Inc., of a g reement at the shipyard for the Mo n t r eal, has awarded a $100 million- en t i r e length of the project were all con- dollar contract to Port Weller Dry tributing factors.” Docks for the renewal of forebodies of Alan Thoms, president of Canadian th r ee self-unloading carriers. There is a Shipbuilding and Engineering, which contract option for two more ships that owns Port Weller Dry Docks, agre e s . would push the contract’s value to “This contract would not have been $150 million. possible without the recent five-year a g reement between Port Weller and What this contract means Local 680 of the Boilermakers, and our five million dollar investment in state- CHARLIE PAYN E , general manager at of-the art technology,” said Thoms. Local 680 members are building a new forepeak at Port Weller Dry Docks. Port We l l e r, said this contract is gre a t “These, together with ISO 9002 qual- news for everyone at the dry docks. It ity certification, continuous trade guarantees employment levels of 300 training, self-directed work teams, and to 400 Boilermakers year round for the u n p recedented cooperation between Quality Control Council of next three years, and if all options are management, staff, and unionized ex e r cised by Canada Steamship Lines, employees made this contract possi- Canada marks 25th year the work will continue for up to five ble,” said Thoms. years. Payne said such stability also Bo i l e r makers and UA a national council as their objective, i m p roves the yard’s ability to bid on Working together for the future forming the Quality Control Council of other contracts, making it attractive to celebrate 25 years of Canada (QCCC) in 1973, signing the skilled workers and reducing the costs LO C A L 680 BUSINESSManager Dave cooperation and success first national collective agreement with of layoffs . B rown concurs. He reports that early the Non Destructive Te s t i n g The new hulls are expected to add 25 negotiations of a five-year agre e m e n t FOR 25 Y E A R S, the members of the Management Association in 1975. years to the lifespan of the Great Lakes between the Boilermakers and Port Boilermakers and United As s o c i a t i o n Twenty-five years later, the QCCC is vessels, all self-unloaders. The proj e c t Weller Dry Docks played a major rol e unions have worked together to orga - st r onger than ever, with 15 local unions calls for cutting the vessels in two, just in securing the contract with Canada nize and rep r esent workers in the Non participating from coast-to-coast, and f o r w a rd of the engine room, and Steamship Lines. He congratulates the D e s t ructive Testing (NDT) industry. over 1,000 members. It is headed by replacing the engine forward sections, management team for a job well done They started out with two locals, then G e o rge Meservier, UA’s director of bow through cargo holds. The in securing this contract and also the branched out province by pro v i n c e , Canadian affairs, and Dwight Harris, im p r ovements will lengthen the ships negotiating committee and Local 680 until they formed the Quality Control an International re p resentative in the by ten feet and make them three feet members for having the vision to ratify Council of Canada, a national council Boilermakers’ Construction Division. their future. to rep r esent these workers in 1973. Council members include rep re s e n t a - B rown is joined by International It all began in 1971, when non- tives from both parent unions. Local P resident Charles W. Jones and d e s t ructive testing technicians work- union business managers, or their rep - CORRECTION International Vice President Sandy ing in British Columbia appro a c h e d resentatives, serve as delegates, with MacDonald in praising both the com- Phil Lane and Ben McCann serving as IN THE A RTICLE on the the members of Boilermakers Local pany and the Local 680 negotiating or ganizers. Two founding rep re s e n t a - Co n s t r uction Division conference in 359 and United Association (UA) Local committee and membership for their tives have been designated as life the Mar•Apr Boilermaker Reporter, 170 about becoming organized. The excellent leadership in making Port members – UAmember Russ St. Eloi the sentence, “Local 359, Van c o u v e r , two unions joined forces and collec- Weller successful. and Boilermaker Robert MacIntosh. has developed an A rc We l d e r tively bargained the first pro v i n c e - Their teamwork has resulted in more Harris is optimistic about this indus- Upgrading Program for its members wide agreement for the NDT industry. work for the shipyard, job security, and try’s organizing potential, especially in that is second to none in Canada” Next, they organized the workers in better conditions and prosperity for all the United States, as the demand for should have read “second to none in Alberta, securing a collective agre e- concerned. ❑ ment for that province. The orga n i z e r s inspectors has resulted in extensive British Columbia.” ❑ then broadened their horizons and set industry growth. the Boilermaker Reporter 7 May • Jun 1998 N E W S M A K E R S LETTERS OF PRAISE

Local Lodge 108 earns tion to all of your members. Some of the successes we are proudest of praises from Babcock & in c l u d e : Wilcox Construction Co., Inc. • TVAN’s capacity factor was near the top quartile of the nuclear industry I WOULD LIKEto express my appre- • All sites beat their generation targe t s ciation to the members of Local 108 • Sequoyah Nuclear Plant (SQN) had (Birmingham, Ala.) who were its best generation ever involved in making the spring outage • INPO Index was better than targe t at Miller Steam Plant a success. for TVAN We started our pre-outage work on • Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant (BFN) 3 Fe b r uary 2, 1998, and finished on set a world rec o r d for GE-BWR outages April 4, 1998. We peaked at just over • BFN 2 and 3 combined for their best 100 Boilermakers on site and had generation ever only one rec o r dable injury during the • ABFN team won the pres t i g i o u s ou t a g e . US A Tod a y Quality Cup Awa r d Our welding was outstanding. We • BFN had the lowest non-fuel opera- had a total of 3,317 welds with only tions and maintenance cost of any 13 rejects. This is less than a .04 per- BWR in the US cent reject rate. • Watts Bar Nuclear (WBN) had the The weather was bad at times, and Electric locomotives such as this damaged car depend on the members of Local best first cycle ever for a US nuclear 1032 to get back on track. our work req u i r ed us to be outside in pl a n t the rain and cold. I never heard any- • SQN, BFN, and WBN were in the one complain, the Boilermakers just best quartile of cost industry-wide. kept working to help us meet our The Boilermakers were the primary sc h e d u l e . L-1032 members craft involved in retubing the main Once again, I would like to say to condensers at SQN in 1997. These the membership of Local 108 – thanks we r e extremely important proj e c t s are right on track fellows for your help and a job well for the long-term reliability of the two do n e ! SQN units and were completed in US They make the repairs that keep AMTRAK on line R. D. “PET E ” BRO O K S , field supt. rec o r d times of 35 and 36 days res p e c - Babcock & Wilcox Const. Co., Inc. ti v e l y . The refurbishment also IN THE BLINK OF AN EYE, a train the framework around locomotive resulted in power increases of three wr eck can reduce a powerful locomo- wheels to create a smoother ride, TV A credits Boilermakers for megawatts for each unit. TVAN tive to a seemingly useless mess of im p r ove passenger safety by rei n f o r c- best year ever in 1997 ap p r eciates the professionalism and cr ushed and twisted steel. ing the couplers that attach locomo- support the Boilermakers brought to That’s when the members of Local tives to coach cars, and work on the THE TENNESSEE VAL L E Y this project. Through efforts of this 1032 put their expertise to work. multi-million dollar locomotive shop Authority Nuclear (TVAN) had its type, TVAwill be able to meet the Employed at AMTRAK’s Wil m i n g t o n , renovation project. best year ever in 1997 thanks to the challenges and competitive pres s u re s Del., maintenance facility, these jour- In addition, Local 1032 Pre s i d e n t dedicated efforts of our employees of the future. neymen salvage severe l y - d a m a g e d G e o rge Coleman reports that these and contractors. The Boilermakers O. J. ZER I N G U E , chief nuclear engines, getting them back on track. skilled tradesmen also designed a loco- played a key role in our performance, of ficer and exec. vice pres . While wreck repair takes top priority, motive snow plow that has been and I want to express my apprec i a - TV ANu c l e a r these craftsmen also play an important adopted by numerous railro a d s role in other facility work. They modify ar ound the world. ❑

Legislative Director Ande Abbott will Joe Meredith, Construction Division Lucky Hayes, r et i r ed L-29 BM-ST, is Joe Maloney, a 24-year member of advise Export-Import Bank on reports to di re c t o r , earns reappointment to serving his second term as a member Local 128, is the new Director of Co n g r ess and competitiveness. national boiler inspection committee. of Maine’s worker’s comp. boar d. Canadian Affairs. Photo by Photo Features Ltd. © Abbott ap p o i n t e d Me r edith serve s Hayes renewed Maloney is new to bank advisory on national boiler to Maine Wor k e r s ’ Di r ector of co m m i t t e e co m m i t t e e Comp. Board Canadian Affa i r s AS S T . TO THE International Pres i d e n t JOSEPH MEREDITH, who has served FREDERICK T. “LU C K Y ” Hayes, a 44- JOE MALONEY, a 24-year member of Ande Abbott has been named as a as Director of the Boilermakers year member of Local 29, Boston, Local 128, Tor onto, Ontario, is the new member of the 1998 A d v i s o r y C o n s t ruction Division since 1983, has Mass., has been reappointed by D i rector of Canadian A ffairs for the Committee for the Export-Import Bank been reappointed to serve as a member Governor Agnus S. King Jr. to serve Building and Construction Tr a d e s of the United States. of the National Board of Boiler and another four-year term as a member of Department (BCTD), AFL-CIO. He has As a committee member, Abbott will P re s s u re Vessel Inspectors Inspection the Maine Workers’ Compensation worked in the Canadian office of the advise the bank concerning its pro- Code Committee. Bo a r d. This is Hayes second term as a BCTD as assistant to the executive grams, especially with respect to com- This will be his second thre e - y e a r labor rep r esentative on the eight-mem- se c r etary since 1993. petitiveness, and will pro v i d e term as a member of the committee, ber committee of business and labor Asecond-generation Boilermaker, comments for inclusion in the bank’s which develops codes for the mainte- rep r esentatives. Maloney joined Local 128 in 1974, and report to Congress. nance, rep a i r , and alterations of boiler Hayes brings to the board a long his- is a graduate apprentice. He served The committee consists of 15 mem- and pres s u r e vessels. tory of working collaboratively with Local 128 in numerous capacities, bers chosen from production, com- Me r edith joined Local 453, Knoxville, labor and management, through his 39 including as business manager until his m e rce, finance, agriculture, labor, Tenn., in 1964. He became the first years experience as a business man- 1991 appointment as International rep - services, small business, and state gov- recipient of the Paul Wedge Awa r d as a g e r, assistant business manager, and resentative for Eastern Canada. er n m e n t . the outstanding apprentice for the co n s t r uction worker. Maloney has also served as vice pres i - Working out of his office in Fairfax, Southeast area in 1969. In 1973, In addition, Hayes served as a trus t e e dent of the Ontario Provincial Building Va., Abbott serves as the Boilermakers’ Me r edith was appointed International to the Boilermakers National Health and Construction Trades Council and is Legislative Direc t o r , in addition to his rep r esentative and became an assistant and We l f a re Fund from 1987 to 1993, a member of the Multi-Employment duties as Director of the Shipbuilding to the Construction Division director in and currently serves as chairman of the Benefit Council of Canada and many and Marine Division. ❑ 1977. ❑ National Annuity Trust Fund. ❑ other organizations. ❑ the Boilermaker Reporter 8 May • Jun 1998 N E W S M A K E R S L-1252 helps form South Chicago organizing grou p Coalition promotes union tion of an LCLAAchapter for two years and received approval from the labor and voter reg i s t r a t i o n national office in Washington, D. C., in in Latin community November 1997. Frank Angel, a member of UAW MEMBERS OF LOCAL1252, Chicago Local 588 and president of the new Heights, Ill., were instrumental in the LC L A Ac h a p t e r , is urging participation. formation of a new LCLAAchapter for “Now more than ever we must unite. the southern suburbs of Chicago – The The struggle of convincing the general South Suburban of Illinois LCLAA public of the need for rep r esentation of LEAP trustees meet in Ontario. L. to r., Jim Tinney, Stan Petronski, Ed Mattocks, Ch a p t e r . workers will go on as we fight for social Auby Cox, and John Petr on s k i . The National Office of the Labor justice, improved working conditions, Council for Latin A m e r i c a n and a better America,” he said. “We Advancement (LCLAA), an orga n i z a - must never forget that gains made at the tion sponsored by the A F L - C I O , b a rgaining table can easily be taken Ontario LEAP trus t e e s granted the local chapter in November, away on Capitol Hill. Simply put, your to encourage the general public to reg i s - voice is your vote.” ter to vote and to promote org a n i z e d Other charter members from Local meet to plan prog r a m s labor in the community through the for- 1252 include L-1252 Pres. Edward mation of coalitions with labor unions Esteras, Trustee Chairman Javier Flores , Trustees to start importance of marketing the at the local level. b a rgaining committee members A l Boilermakers and making communi- Local 1252 Recording Secre t a r y Arvia and Jerry Underwood, steward legislative programs ties, employers, and owner clients throughout province Daniel Fraley, who is a charter member Rory Drake, and member Ken Ochoa. aw a r e of who we are and how we can of the new LCLAAor ganization, thinks Any member from Illinois or help. Part of that marketing strategy is any union can gain more ground in Northwestern Indiana who wants to THE TRUSTEES FOR O n t a r i o ’ s in c r easing our involvement through an their community by working together Legislative Education-Action Prog r a m join the new chapter can contact Local ef fective LEAPcommittee so we can be with other unions. He said area union 1252 at 1-708-756-2220. ❑ (LEAP) met in Sarnia to generate a he a r d at the municipal, provincial, and of ficials had been discussing the forma- m o re effective legislative interest in federal levels of government. Eastern Canada. At the meeting, the Elected at the founding LEAPco n f e r - tr ustees signed a trust document devel- ence to develop legislative committees oped to secure funding from employ- t h roughout the province of Ontario Quebec, Newfoundland ers and members to sustain w e re Stan Petronski, John Petro n s k i , involvement in the elective and legisla- Jim Ti n n e y, Ed Mattocks, and A u b y tive proc e s s . Cox. Part of their duties as trustees will plan big energy proj e c t s Since LEAPcommittees were first be to make members aware of legisla- formed in Canada in 1993, tive issues that directly affect orga n i z e d Canadian power plants will to be closed because they are old and International Vice President Sandy l a b o u r, the Boilermaker member, and ex p o r t power to the U.S. expensive to operate. The Canadian MacDonald has been stressing the their families. ❑ p rovinces hope to fill New England’s TWO CANADIAN PROVINCES ha v e en e r gy needs when that occurs. announced plans to build a series of They will build a hydroelectric gen- power plants, targeting consumers in erating station on the Churchill River High-tech, high-skill jobs the northeastern United States as their and expand an existing station at market. These projects could double Ch u r chill Falls, generating 3,200 addi- are moving to Mexico Canada’s energy exports to the U.S. in tional megawatts of power. The proj e c t the next several years. will be jointly owned – nearly two- If you think free-trade Agood example is the Thomson The provinces of Quebec and t h i rds by Newfoundland, and just only harms unskilled Co m p a n y , which makes televisions at a Newfoundland announced an $8.4 bil- under one-third by Quebec. Hydro - giant assembly plant in Juarez, near the lion hydroelectric project on Quebec will sell the power to the U.S. workers, you’re wrong U.S.-Mexican bord e r. Until April 1, L a b r a d o r’s Churchill River. Other The Sable Island natural gas proj e c t , Thomson sent units to a Bloomington, e n e rgy projects recently launched or expected to start up in 1999, will offer a C O N V E N T I O N A LW I S D O M reg a r d- Ind., factory which completed the com- ap p r oved include the Sable Island nat- cheaper source of natural gas for New ing free trade has emphasized the need plex circu i t r y . But now, aided by a com- ural gas field off the east coast of Nova England. At present, gas is piped to the for education and training to pre p a re puterized assembly line and local Scotia and the Hibernia and Terra Nova region from the U.S. Gulf Coast. workers for the global economy. The technicians trained by the company, the oil fields off Newfoundland. Canada is already shipping oil to the advice we hear is that only low-skill Ju a r ez plant does all the work. New England currently relies on U.S. from the Hibernia offs h o r e oil field jobs will move overseas; people with By concentrating production in nuclear reactors for 45 percent of its near Newfoundland. The nearby Ter r a college educations and technical skills J u a rez, Thomson has reduced their Nova field is expected to start prod u c - el e c t r i c i t y . Three of these have alrea d y ❑ will still be needed in the U.S., and will wage costs considerably. Technicians in shut down, and six more are expected ing by 2000. do quite well. Mexico earn $20 a day. Company offi - But developments during the first cials proudly point out that the price of four years of the North American Free televisions sets has dropped from $800 Trade A g reement (NAFTA) are pro v- to $200 over the past decade. They do ing that conventional wisdom is all not discuss how a worker making $20 a . . . Corrections . . . w rong. Employment at factories just day can affo r d to buy a $200 television – Frank Mascara is not retiring, voting rec o r ds left out ac r oss the border in Mexico has nearly or even how he can affo r d a home with doubled since NAFTAwas imple- el e c t r i c i t y . IT WAS INCORRECTLY mented, Mexico’s exports to the U.S. Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, 1 = Compensatory Time have more than doubled, and the pro- re p o rted in the last Charles Robinson, a workplace consul- issue of our paper that 2 = Job Training Program Key to ductivity of Mexican workers is tant for Total Systems Development, Frank Mascara would Consolidation Time i n c reasing rapidly. Most disturbing, explains how corporations exploit House though, for U.S. wage earners is the be retiring as rep re s e n - 3 = Disapproval of China’s MFN Mexican workers at the expense of tative of Pennsylvania’s tr end toward shipping all jobs – high- workers on both sides of the bord e r : 4 = Budget Recon./Spending Votes skilled as well as low-skilled – south of 20th district. “The reason you don’t graduate fro m 5 = Budget Recon./Revenue the borde r . Mascara is ru n n i n g high school in Mexico may not be that for ree l e c t i o n . you aren’t smart enough . . . Here you 6 = Wage & Hour Funding R = Right ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ get a line worker with the same analyti- 7 = OSHA Funding W = Wrong Also, in the last issue cal skill as an engineer in the U.S. The 8 = NLRB Funding A = Absent of our paper, the follow- reason he isn’t an engineer? He didn’t 9 = Davis-Bacon have the opportunity.” ing voting re c o rds of Dist = NA F T A, combined with the Mexican Rep. Carolyn McCarth y 10 = NAFTA Parity Expansion Congressional workers’ lack of educational opportu- (D - NY 4th) and Rep. ‘97% = Jan - Aug 1997 Percentage District nities, provides a wonderful opportu- Walter Jones Jr. (R - NC Life% = Lifetime Vote In Office nity for corporations to get intelligent, 3r d) were not included: trainable workers for below-subsis- tence wages. It may not be ethical, but it is profitable. Na m e Di s t 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ‘9 7 % Li f e % And as long as multinational corpo- New Yor k rations can get high-skilled Mexican Mc C a rt h y 4th R W R R W R R R R R 80 % 80 % workers for $20 a day, U.S. and Canadian workers at all skill levels will No r th Carol i n a continue to see wages fall. ❑ Jo n e s 3r dWRRWWWWWWW 20 % 19 % the Boilermaker Reporter 9 May • Jun 1998 L E A P C O N F E R E N C E LEAP 30th annual LEAP conference attracts a diversity of speakers

F ATT E N D A N C E at the 30th annual Glenn English, National Rural Electric to take away your voice in politics have be able to “feed the big dog first,” sell- Boilermakers Legislative Education- Cooperative Association; and Jim Ray, a “Plan B.” They are busily prop o s i n g ing power to large corporations and let- Action conference is any indication, Connerton & Ray. similar laws at the state level. ting homeowners go without. The price both major U.S. political parties view Make no mistake about it, these laws of electricity for households will also the 1998 elections very seriously. The Issues haven’t changed much infringe on the first amendment rights in c r ease to subsidize low rates for large IRepublicans were re p resented by no DESPITE AL L the talk of accusations, of voluntary union members. Al t h o u g h co n s u m e r s . less than Senate Majority Leader Tren t scandals, and rumors we hear about they do not outlaw union participation Another problem is the question of Lott (Miss.). Lott pointed out that the daily in the news media, the basic eco- in politics, they put restrictions on that what will happen to small, community- Boilermakers can work with the nomic issues important to workers are activity that no other org a n i z a t i o n s owned utilities who cannot compete Republican Party on many issues, a fact being ignored. Not surprisingly, the have, including corporations, trade with large power producers. If they are our Mississippi shipbuilding members issues delegates to the LEAP c o n f e r- associations, and nonprofit grou p s . unable to sell their power at a pro f i t , a l ready knew. We have called on Lott ence discussed with their congres s m e n Backers of these initiatives claim to be they will become liabilities for the com- for help several times on issues affe c t - a re also much the same as in the past pr otecting the interests of workers, but munities that built them. ing shipbuilding in that state. few years. this bill does nothing to protect work- Community-based utility companies Lott wasn’t the only “big gun” at the We are faced with stagnant wages, ers. Instead, it hamstrings unions with also pay local taxes. If power prod u c e r s c o n f e rence, though. Long-time friend declining job prospects and job security, tight controls and burdensome reg u l a - outside your community put them out of labor Senator Edward M. “Te d ” and tax packages that always seem to tions, while allowing corporations and of business, the taxpayers will have to Kennedy (Mass.) also made an appear- give more breaks to the wealthy while special interest groups such as the make up those lost rev e n u e s . ance, giving a stimulating talk about i n c reasing taxes for the middle class. Chamber of Commerce and Business Power generation may also become a the need for union members to bring The issues targeted by the legislative Roundtable to operate unfettered . m o re dangerous business. As compa- the concerns of workers to Was h i n g t o n . department are all concerned with Backers of the bill make many untrue nies try to cut costs to compete they He reminded delegates that unions are these basic, bread-and-butter issues. claims about unions, accusing them of may be inclined to throw out the the only voice for working people in Without good, secure jobs, workers will “stealing” dues money for use on polit- nu m e r ous safeguards protecting work- political matters. Unorganized workers see their lifestyles decline and their ical campaigns. In response to a ques- ers and the public. have no coherent voice and can only pr ospects grow bleaker. tion, Senator Lott repeated one of the Re s t r ucturing of our nation’s electric speak as individuals. mo r e common misstatements, when he utilities is described as a “given” by Kennedy and Lott were joined by Attempt to silence workers is our said, “I believe that when your dues go many observers, a “done deal.” English p e rennial favorites Repre s e n t a t i v e s biggest challenge for 1998 for political purposes, it should be vol- points out how ludicrous that approa c h Neil A b e rc rombie (Ha.-1st), Marc y PERHAPS THE MOST pr essing prob - un t a r y .” is, given that there is nothing wro n g Kaptur (Ohio-9th), Ron Klink (Pa.-4th), lem for union workers this year is the It already IS voluntary under pres e n t with the system now in place. It is safe, and House Minority Whip David w i d e s p read, deceptive movement to l a w. No union member is re q u i red to it is cheap, and it is reliable. There is no Bonior (Mich.-10th). The Boilermakers put in place state laws that make it diffi - fund political activities. reason to res t ru c t u r e, except to give a Legislator of the Yea r , House Minority cult for unions to engage in political This bill does not correct a wrong. It is few large power producers a windfall. Leader Richard Gephardt (Mo.-3rd ) , “payback” legislation, designed to a c t i v i t y. The mislabeled Paycheck F a s t - Track authority to expand was unable to attend, but spoke to the P rotection Act (more accurately punish union members because we c o n f e rence by means of a phone call. described as the Paycheck Deception stand up for our rights not only on the NAFTA refuses to die Other speakers included Bill Banig, Act) was defeated in Congress this job but in the political arena. WE KILLED IT last year, but that does United Mineworkers of A m e r i c a ; Ma r ch, but the people who would like All members should oppose these not guarantee it won’t be back. laws if and when they are introduced in T h rough a massive lobbying and your state. g r a s s - roots campaign, workers were In his phone call speech to the assem- able to keep Congress from granting b l y, Richard Gephardt told delegates Fast Track trading authority to that “unions are the only institution P resident Clinton so that he could that fights for wages and the standard expand NAFTA t h roughout the of living of the middle-class worker. Caribbean and South America. But This Paycheck Protection Act is just Clinton said he’d try again when he intended to beat back unions.” thought he had a better shot. Utility restructuring threatens We can’t let him have that shot. NA F T Ais not working. It was to have quality, safety of power cr eated jobs; we’ve lost jobs instead. It “THE BIG DOGalways eats first.” That was to reduce our trade deficit; our is Glenn English’s explanation for why trade deficit has grown. It was to all workers and consumers should be i m p rove wages; wages continue to opposed to electric utility res t ru c t u r i n g . decline for most workers relative to Under the re s t ructuring being pro- inflation and prod u c t i v i t y . posed, consumers lose all their prot e c - Fast Track trading authority grants tions. When communities first began the president the ability to negotiate regulating electric utilities, they wrot e trade deals with other nations, then in rules re g a rding rate stru c t u res and send them to Congress for a yes-or-n o availability of power. Utilities were vote. Under Fast Track, Congress can- req u i r ed to provide power to individ- not make any changes to the trade ual homes at reasonable prices, to ag r eement; they just give it a thumbs- e n s u re that all homes always had up or thumbs-down. p o w e r, and to spread the cost of new Fast Track authority grants too much co n s t r uction and ongoing maintenance power to the office of the president. The ar ound to all users, large and small. founders of this nation gave Congres s This system worked well for nearly the Constitutional duty to appro v e 100 years. U.S. households have access trade agreements precisely because to the cheapest, most reliable electric they understood that trade agree m e n t s power in the world, produced safely. must be good for the entire country, not Under res t r ucturing, power prod u c - just one section of it. ers will be able to sell their power to Under Fast Track, the pre s i d e n t ’ s whoever is willing to make the most trade negotiators decide on trade pol- lucrative financial offe r . For individual icy for everyone in the nation; without consumers, that’s a bad deal, because Fast Track, members of Congress can SE N A TOR TED KENNEDY (D-MA) greets delegates and family members after when the power producer cannot pro- ad d r essing the delegates to the 30th annual LEAP confer en c e . vide power to all its customers, he will Continued on page 10 the Boilermaker Reporter 10 May • Jun 1998 L E A P S P E A K E R S

SEN AT E MAJ O R I T Y LEA D E R TRE N T LOT T SEN AT O R TED KEN N E D Y HOU S E MIN O R I T Y WHI P DAVI D BON I O R REP . NEI L ABE R C R O M B I E (R – Mississippi) (D – Massachusetts) (D – Michigan 10th) (D – Hawaii 1st) hen was the last time you he Senate leadership, right f we are going to export our h e y ’ re sowing the seeds of “W saw the Republican “T off the bat this year, tried to “I p roducts, we need to ensure “T dissension. They’re turni n g leader of the United States Senate do away with Davis-Bacon. I that workers in other countries can one union member against another, speak to your orga n i z a t i o n ? know that the average constru c- aff o r d to buy those products. But right asking you to get written perm i s- “I’d like to focus on what we tion worker under Davis-Bacon ac r oss the border in Mexico, workers sion every time someone wants to a g ree on. I try to get more ships makes $27,500 a year, and I won- live in houses made of card b o a rd bring up a political issue. boxes and shipping pallets, without built in America. More ships for d e r, with all the problems we “Y ou don’t see them doing that for face, what the Republicans have water or sewage. the maritime industry. More for the corporations. Can you imagine against a construction worker N a v y. Because it’s good for our “And they are working in the fac- them proposing a bill that says they making $27,500 a year. c o u n t ry, it’s good for our national tories that American companies have to get stockholders’ written defense, and it’s good for the peo- “Then up came the Team Act. moved down there because of p e rmission before the company ple who work in those yards. I They were looking to do away with NA F T A. We cannot build a wall tall can get involved in a political added $1.2 billion to last year’s enough to stop the tide of global unions and collective barg a i n i n g . issue? budget for more ships. And what were they doing for your c o m m e rce. But we can influence “Let me quote to you from Rep. “I believe when your union dues pa re n t s ? They were trying to under- the rules that govern that economy. Dick Armey (R-Tex.): ‘I’ve been go for political purposes, it should mine Medicare and quality of life “ We must promote labor rights neglected by unions since 1986. It’s be voluntary. When I see 98 per- st a n d a r ds at nursing homes. a round the world so that all work- not fair. I thumb my nose at them.’ cent of Boilermaker money go to “Now what is the top priority of ers can afford to buy the goods we my opponents, I don’t like it.” Lott and the Republicans? To produce.” “They want to destroy unions. silence un i o n s . ” Th a t ’ s their objective.”

Continued from page 9 tors don’t put them in, they don’t go in. ing for all those years. But if you’re part is an independent contractor and who Without Fast Track, we can petition of a multi-employer plan, like the is an employee. This 20-part test has of fer amendments to protect their con- Co n g r ess to insert them. Boilermakers pension, Section 415 of p roven to be a hurdle for employers stituents from harm. the Tax Code may deprive you of the who want to convert traditional The Boilermakers believe that all We must protect our pensions money you have been counting on. employees to contract workers. That is trade agreements should include basic from unnecessary taxation Section 415 limits your benefits to the as it should be; converting workers is worker and environmental standards . WHEN YOU RETIRE, you expect to get average of your three highest consecu- just a way for companies to save Fast Track makes the inclusion of these the full pension that you’ve been work- tive years of income, reg a r dless of what mo n e y , at the expense of the workers. st a n d a r ds more difficult. If the negotia- your pension plan provides. Workers in An employee rep r esents a cost for the relatively stable industries, where em p l o y e r . The employer must pay and income levels are steady and tend to withhold income tax, pay Social rise over time, are not affected. But con- S e c u r i t y, and provide workers’ com- st r uction workers rarely see three good pensation insurance. Employees, as years in a row . As a result, Section 415 opposed to independent contractors, often deprives re t i rees of the pension may also form unions and collectively they’ve earned through contributions. ba r gain contracts that req u i r e employer Section 415 also penalizes workers contributions to medical insurance, who ret i r e before Social Security ret i r e- pension plans, and other benefits, such ment age. An income cap is applied to as paid holidays and vacations. these workers, reg a r dless of how much Independent contractors receive a their pension plans are scheduled to check for services re n d e red, nothing p a y. The $55,000 cap at age 55 is the mo r e. They must keep track of and pay same now as it was in 1974, despite 24 their own income taxes, Social Security years of inflation. taxes, and insurance payments. In most Two bills would exempt workers in cases, they are responsible for defects in multi-employer plans from these limi- workmanship. tations, S. 1600, introduced by Senator The federal government estimates Barbara Boxer (Dem.-Calif.) and that this misclassification of employees RE P . RON KLINK (D – PA 4th), left, presents an award for 30 years of LEAP attendance H.R.1320, introduced by Rep. Peter costs $2 billion annually in lost income to L-154’s Al Cafrelli. Surrounding Cafrelli are L-154 LEAP delegates, l. to r., Onorato Visclocky (Dem.-Ind.). In addition, the and Social Security taxes. Misclassified Bucci, Clement Smarra, Raymond V en t r one, Tom O’Connor, and Stanley Wolfe. bipartisan Advisory Council on workers end up working for far less Employee Wel f a r e and Pension Benefit than they would earn as employees, Plans of the Labor Department has rec - and they have no union to bargain a L- 1 5 4 ’ s Cafrelli is honored for ommended that the Section 415 limits good contract for them or re p re s e n t not be applied to multi-employer plans. them when the employer does not attending all 30 conferences Let Congress know that we deserve honor the contract. all of the pension money we have Boilermakers oppose tax code lan- A L CAFRELLI, L E A Pc o m m i t t e e m a n know a few of them very well. One of worked so hard to earn. guage that gives employers greater lati- tude in misclassifying workers as for Local 154, Pittsburgh, has attended those, Ron Klink (D-Pa., 4th), pres e n t e d Misclassification of independent every LEAP co n f e r ence since the pro- a glass eagle statue to Cafrelli at this independent contractors. contractors penalizes workers gram’s beginning in 1969. Cafre l l i ’ s y e a r’s LEAPreception, in honor of E ff o rts to slow global warm i n g re c o rd became the longest-ru n n i n g C a f relli’s consistent participation in SE V E R A L PROPOSALS b e f o re the must be sensible and fair attendance rec o r d in the International LE A P . Klink told attendees he rem e m - 105th Congress seek to give employers this year, when International Pres i d e n t be r ed Al’s participation in politics from g reater leeway in classifying workers YOU MAY NOT have heard of the Charles W. Jones had to attend A F L - even before the LEAP pr ogram began. as independent contractors rather than Kyoto climate change protocols, but CIO meetings in Las Vegas and missed In the years since, Cafrelli has ret i re d employees. These bills would deprive that won’t stop them from causing you his first LEAPco n f e r ence ever. f rom the trade, but that hasn’t ended many workers of the protections and to lose your job. This international In his 30 years re p resenting Local his enthusiasm for or participation in benefits they enjoy as employees. ag r eement req u i r es the U.S. and other 154, Cafrelli has spoken to many diffe r - what he considers to be one of the Under current law, the IRS uses 20 ent members of Congress and gotten to union’s most important activities. ❑ di ff e r ent guidelines to determine who Continued on page 11 the Boilermaker Reporter 11 May • Jun 1998 L E A P S P E A K E R S

REP . RON KLI N K RE P. MAR C Y KAP T U R GLE N N ENG L I S H BIL L BAN I G (D – Pennsylvania 4th) (D – Ohio 9th) CEO, Natl. Rural Electric Coop. Assoc. Mine Workers Exec. Asst. to Sec. Tr ea s . h e re are only 50 monitors in olitics is all about power hy are the largest indus- he Kyoto climate change “T the U.S. capable of measur- “P and the ordering of human “W tries in this country push- “T p rotocols will affect every ing at the levels the EPA wants to relationships. Political systems set ing so hard for re s t ructuring of the family in this country. This com- impose on particulates. We will the terms for social and economic electrical utility industry? The mitment to reduce gre e n h o u s e need 1,300 to do all the monitoring relationships between people. One answer was best summed up by the gas emissions only applies to they want to req u i re . of my worries about this country is head of DuPont when he was asked industrialized countries, not “The proposed ozone standard s that we’re going to forget that. The that question. ‘It’s very simple,’ he developing nations. It gives multi- will throw 600 additional counties st r uggle for freedom and dignity is said. ‘The big dog always eats first. ‘ national corporations a perv e r s e ac r oss the country into noncompli- the history of our own family. ance. States would risk losing high- “That sums up what you can incentive to move their factories way money for all counties not in “Most [American] youth do not expect from electrical power to developing countries. co m p l i a n c e . even understand the history of their res t r ucturing. The big markets will G reenhouse gases won’t be “W e came up with a bill that tells own families. How can they appre- command the good deals. The peo- reduced, just jobs.” the EPA they must buy the monitors ciate the wonderful gift we have? ple consuming the most product will first, they must do the science first “ We have struggled to gain and benefit. b e f o re they promulgate the new hang onto a middle-class way of “If someone benefits, then some- st a n d a rd s . life. They don’t know anything one will lose. If the big dogs eat first, “W e are giving them $300 million about our strug g l e . if they expect lower prices, then to do the res e a r ch, to buy the moni- “ We must educate our childre n somebody is going to have to pay tors, so they can make sure the about their heritage.” m o re. That will be the small dog – st a n d a r ds are right.” yo u . ”

Continued from page 10 ers’ safety. The “Safety for Employees This bill also provides for fining work- Advancement Act” would take away ers instead of the employer when unsafe industrialized nations to reduce emis- O S H A’s right to inspect job sites and practices are discovered on the job, and sions of greenhouse gases by six-to- reduce their ability to punish compa- allows the company to create employer- eight percent from 1990 levels by the nies that violate the law. co n t r olled worker safety committees. period 2008-2012. Mo r e than 55,000 workers die of job- The bill would delay new OSHAreg - A c c o rding to the Economic Policy JIM RAY related injuries each year; seven million ulations and health standards by two to Pa r t n e r , Connerton & Ra y Institute, this level of reduction will cost ar e injured. This bill ignores those facts, th r ee years, requiring that all standards the U.S. 2.2 million jobs. Every state focussing instead on pro t e c t i n g u n d e rgo a special review by the ection 415 of the tax code would be affected. employers from the inconvenience of National Academy of Sciences before A c c o rding to another study, by being fined for violating work site being issued. OSHA re g u l a t i o n s “S unnecessarily limits the DRI/McGraw-Hill, we would have to safety laws. Under this bill, OSHA al r eady undergo rigorous rev i e w . This income of re t i red workers. Yo u reduce the use of fossil fuels such as would not be allowed to inspect a job addition is merely a way to delay new should be able to receive the full coal and gasoline through tax incen- site on learning of an unsafe condition. rules from being imposed. tives (higher gas and coal taxes). That Instead, they would have to write, P e rhaps the worst part of the bill is amount of re t i rement benefits as would reduce domestic coal pro d u c- phone, or fax the alleged violator and that it shifts OSHA funding fro m defined by your pension plan. The tion by 40-70 percent, putting many would be compelled to accept the e n f o rcement to education, consulta- g o v e rnment has no business coal miners out of work. Gas taxes will em p l o y e r ’s assurances that the prob l e m tion, and outreach. Education is impor- in c r ease fuel prices by 25-50 cents per has been taken care of. tant, but employers who consistently telling you that you can’t have that gallon. Household electric and natural Companies would be allowed to hire violate laws must be punished, not much money even though it is gas prices will also rise by 40-75 perce n t consultants to inspect their pre m i s e s counselled. by 2010. All these cost increases will instead of allowing OSHAon the job. If We need stronger laws and more pro- there for you in the pension fund. reduce the average household’s dispos- the inspector gave them a “declaration tection for workers on the job, not more “That’s simply not right.” able family income by $2,350 annually. of compliance,” they would be exempt loopholes for employers. ❑ Meanwhile, developing nations, f rom OSHApenalties for two years, including China, India, Mexico, and reg a r dless of subsequent accidents. Brazil, will not have any limits on the amount of greenhouse gases they can p roduce, even though developing nations emit nearly half of all gre e n- house gases. Fa i l u r e to limit these nations means that the Kyoto protocols will do noth- ing to reduce global greenhouse gases. They will simply encourage develop- ing nations to maintain their weak en v i r onmental laws so manufacturer s fr om industrial nations will move their operations overseas. This is an “all pain, no gain” agre e- ment for U.S. and Canadian workers. What we need is a fair greenhouse gas policy that holds all countries to the same sensible standard. P roposed OSHA re f o rm puts employers, not workers, first THE ENEMIES OF OSH A have yet another proposal to weaken the only government agency that protects work- LEAP delegates pose for a group shot before going to Capitol Hill to meet with their congr es s m e n . the Boilermaker Reporter 12 May • Jun 1998 C A F AW A R D S

Members of Local 744, Cleveland, Ohio, receive awards for the highest total CAF Intl. Vice Pres. Jack Sloan, second from right, accepts an award for the W es t e r n contribution ($16,703.84) and for the highest CAF contribution per member States area, as the vice-presidential area showing the most improvement in CAF ($45.02). L. to r., ALD Bridget Martin, LD Ande Abbott, IST Jerry W il l b u r n, BM-ST contributions. The W es t e r n States Area nearly doubled their contribution rate in Patrick Gallagher, IVP Larry McManamon, and John Clark. 1997, from $12,000 in 1996 to $23,700 in 1997. L. to r. LD Ande Abbott, ALD Bridget Martin, and IST Jerry W il l b u rn . Lodges earn awards for fund-raising effo rt s All contributors to Southeast Section won last year, just ba r ely beating the Western States. But Campaign Assistance this year, the Western States area easily Fund (CAF) deserve won the award by nearly doubling their special recognition CAF contributions, raising their effo r t s fr om $12,000 in 1996 to $23,700 in 1997. MEMBERS OF LOCAL744, Cleveland, International Vice President Jack Sloan Ohio, earned special recognition at the accepted the award on behalf of the Boilermakers 30th annual conference of Western States members. the Legislative Education-Action Pr ogram (LEAP) for their efforts in rais- Who contributes to CAF? ing money for the Campaign Assistance Fund (C A F ) . MOST LODGES WHOdonate to CAF Each year, two awards are pres e n t e d rely on occasional contributions fro m to the local lodge contributing the members or special fundraising activi- la r gest amount of money to CAF and to ties such as raffles, T-shirt and cap sales, the local lodge having the highest CAF or other events. Some lodges have contribution per member. This year, negotiated CAF checkoff into their col- Local 744 won both awards . lective bargaining agreements, so that Business Manager and Secre t a r y - members can have CAF contributions Ben Kosiek (r.) makes a CAF presentation for the members of Local One, Trea s u r er Patrick Gallagher and LEAP deducted directly from their paychecks. Chicago, Ill., to IST Jerry W il l b u r n. Local One placed a close second in this year’s delegate John Clark accepted the Pa y r oll deductions are the easiest way CAF awards for the local making the highest CAF contribution in 1997. aw a r ds on behalf of the Local 744 mem- to raise substantial CAF funds. Most bers who work in the constru c t i o n members hardly notice the dollar or two i n d u s t r y. Gallagher said Local 744 is deducted from each paycheck, but by not a big local and all it takes is a little the end of the year, a dollar a week can ef fort to raise the funds. add up to a good contribution. Legislative Director Ande A b b o t t Most International staff members reported that Local 744 members con- donate to CAF through payroll deduc- tributed $16,703.84 to CAF in 1997, an tion, and many ret i r ees also have dona- average contribution per member of tions deducted from their pension $45.02. He also said that Local 744 just checks. Abbott reports that each year ba r ely beat Local 1, Chicago, Ill., for the st a f f members donate about $47,000 to top award, by donating just $400 more. C A F, but that the re t i rees are the new Abbott also presented two award s stars, donating $94,000 in 1997. for contributions by vice-pre s i d e n t i a l CAF monies are also raised throu g h a rea. For as many years as he can sales of raffle tickets and other activities rem e m b e r , the Northeast Ar ea has won at the Construction, Railroad, CLGAW, the award for the vice-presidential area and SFEAW division conferen c e s . making the largest CAF contribution. Un f o r t u n a t e l y , not all lodges partici- This year was no exception. However, pate in CAF fundraising. In order to due to scheduling conflicts, help our friends in Congress, we need International Vice President Michael CAF funds, so if your lodge isn’t con- Murphy was unable to attend the con- tributing, get them started. fe r ence and accept the award. To learn how your local lodge can This is only the second year that an raise money for CAF, consult the aw a r d has been presented to the vice- Boilermaker LEAP Manual or call Raising money for the Campaign Assistance Fund through the sale of T-shirts. Legislative Director Ande Abbott at 703 p residential area showing the biggest ❑ im p r ovement in CAF contributions. The 560-1493. What is CAF? THE BOILERMAKERS Campaign Assistance Fund (CAF) is made up entirel y fr om money voluntarily donated by members, staff, and the families of members. We use this fund to make donations to the campaigns of candidates who support the Boilermakers union on issues important to our me m b e r s . Federal law prohibits unions from using dues money to help finance the campaigns of candidates for office. Unions must create a special fund called a PAC. CAF is the Boilermakers PAC . Candidates who support workers rarely have as much money for their campaigns as candidates who support large corporations. Businesses routinely outspend labor unions. Every penny we put into the campaign of a candidate who supports our agenda is a penny well spent. And the only way our union can make these contributions is if our members donate money to and raise money for CAF. Raising funds for the Campaign Assistance Fund through raffle ticket sales. the Boilermaker Reporter 13 May • Jun 1998 C O N G R E S S I O N A L R E C E P T I O N

RE P . THOMAS ALLEN (D – ME 1st), center, with Don Dinwoodie of L-920 (l.) and RE P . BUD CRAMER JR. (D – AL 5th), fourth from right, with, l. to r., Ed Simmons, L-112; Legislative Director Ande Abbott. Herschel Davis, L-583; Danny Phillips, L-112; Roger Brasher, Stephen Speed, and Earl Smith of L-108; and Mitch Horton, L-583.

RE P . LEONARD BOSWELL (D – IA 3rd), r ep r esented by Med Michaels and Jenny RE P . DANNY DAVIS (D-IL 7TH), rep. by D. Bowden, center, and T. Fernandez, 3rd from right, with, l. Murray, third and fourth from left, with, l. to r., IVP George Rogers and Local 83 to r., D. Slater and W. Strubbe, L-480; B. Kosiek, L-1; R. Eller, L-363; J. Rehmus, SIIC; Bowden; IVP delegates Jim Kruzic, Glen Tubbs, Larry Horseman, Roger Erickson, and Robert Smith. McManamon; B.Staggs, L-483; D.Fraley, L-1252; Fernandez; E. Esteras, L-1252; and IST W il l b u rn .

RE P . CORRINE BROWN (D – FL 3rd), r ep r esented by Carolyn Wilson Newton and Ronnie RE P . JOHN DINGELL (D – MI 16th), third from left, with, l. to r., LD Ande Abbott, Mark Simmons, center, with L-199 delegates Marvys Boswell (l.) and Michael McVay (r .) . Zu e r n and Lori Paul of L-S699, IST Jerry W il l b u r n, and IVP Larry McManamon.

RE P . EVA CLAYTON (D – NC 1st), second from right, with, l. to r., IVP Newton Jones, RE P . LLOYD DOGGETT (D – TX 10th), third from left, with, l. to r., Peerless Jefferson, of IVP James Hickenbotham, and LD Ande Abbott. the NTL, IVP George Rogers, Local 682 delegates John McLure, Jess Charpentier, Gary Gull, Roger Thomas, and IST Jerry W il l b u rn .

RE P . WILLIAM J. COYNE (D – PA 14th), third from left, with L-154 delegates, l. to r., Al RE P . ELIOT ENGEL (D – NY 17th), center, with International Secr et a r y - T rea s u r er Jerry Ca f r elli, Daniel Quinn, Tom O’Connor, Raymond V en t r one, Clement Smarra, Wil l b u r n (l.) and Legislative Director Ande Abbott. Stanley Wolfe, and Onorato Bucci. the Boilermaker Reporter 14 May • Jun 1998 C O N G R E S S I O N A L R E C E P T I O N

RE P . BOB FILNER (D – CA 50th), third from left, with, l. to r., Dale Thiboult, NTL; W il l i a m RE P . RON KLINK, center, makes a presentation to Al Cafrelli, second from right, a Acosta, Gian Morehead, and Bob Aparicio of L-343. Local 154 LEAP delegate who has attended each of the 30 annual Boiler ma k e r LEAP confer en c e s .

RE P . RUBEN HINOJOSA (D – TX 15th), third from left, with, l. to r., IVP George Rogers RE P . FRANK MASCARA (D – PA 20th), fourth from left, with L-154 delegates, l. to r ., and L-682 delegates Jess Charpentier, John McLure, Gary Gull, and Roger Thomas. Stanley Wolfe, Al Cafrelli, Tom O’Connor, Clement Smarra, Raymond V en t ro n e , Daniel Quinn, and Onorato Bucci.

SE N A TOR TED KENNEDY (D-MA), center, with L-682 delegates, l. to r., Gary Gull, RE P . JAMES MORAN (D – VA 8th), center, with, l. to r., Frank Hartsoe, L-45; Michael Roger Thomas, John McLure, and Jess Charpentier. Patterson and Gary Daniel of L-684; Jeff Morris, L-45; Bill Stevens and T im o t h y McGinnis of L-684; IVP James Hickenbotham; and David Haggerty of MOST.

RE P . RON KLINK (D – PA 4th), center, with L-154 delegates, l. to r., Al Cafrelli, Daniel RE P . MAJOR OWENS (D – NY 11th) with Legislative Director Ande Abbott. Quinn, Raymond V en t r one, Tom O’Connor, Stanley Wolfe, and Onorato Bucci.

RE P . RON KLINK pr esents 30th anniversary awards to Intl. Pres. C. W. Jones (accepted by RE P . FRANK PALLONE JR. (D – NJ 6th), center, with L-28 delegates John Devlin (l.) Wil l b u r n) and Al Cafrelli, L-154. L to r., Abbott, Quinn, Hickenbotham (back), N. Jones, Cafr el l i , and Ray Devaney (l.) Smarra, Ven t r one, O’Connor, W il l b u r n, McManamon (back), Klink, Rogers, Wolfe, and Bucci. the Boilermaker Reporter 15 May • Jun 1998 C O N G R E S S I O N A L R E C E P T I O N

RE P . DONALD PAYNE (D – NJ 10th), center, with, l. to r., Local 28 delegates John RE P . ALBERT WYNN (D – MD 4th), center, with, l. to r., Legislative Director Ande Devlin and Ray Devaney. Abbott and International Vice President James Hickenbotham.

RE P . RALPH REGULA (R – OH 15th), center, with, l. to r., B.Foley, L-1086; J. Clark, L-744; T. Four members of the National Labor Relations Board (Brame, Liebman, Hurtgen, He i s e r , L-1191; K. Blankenship, L-106; IST J. W il l b u r n, ICR R. Lyon; IVP L. McManamon; and Chairman Gould), Exec. Sec. T on e r , Dep. Assoc. G.C.Purcell, with attor ne y s C. Lemon, L-900; P. Gallagher, L-744; J. Beitel, L-1073; and T. Stahl, L-106. Stapp and Manley of the Blake & Uhlig Law firm (5th and 4th from the right).

RE P . DEBBIE STABENOW (D – MI 8th), center, with, l. to r., IST Jerry W il l b u r n, Mark L. to r., LD Ande Abbott, IR Dennis King, L-693 BM W ar r en Fairley, Attorney Michael Zu e r n and Lori Paul of L-S699, and IVP Larry McManamon. Manley, IVP Newton Jones, Thomas Millette, pres. of Millette Administrators, and Den Knecht, vice pres. of Ingalls Shipbuilding.

RE P . PETER VISCLOSKY (D – IN 1st), r ep r esented by Chris Saffert, third from right, NTL delegation, l. to r., IR Al Watts, Ronny Vanscoy, Dale Thiboult, Daryl Casson, with, l. to r., Donald Ar ms t r ong, L-374; David McCoy, L-524; Terry Paris, L-524; and and Peerless Jef fe r s o n . Bob Sinclair, Michael Clifft, and Ray Arambula of L-374.

RE P . MELVIN WATT (D – NC 12th), right, with his wife, Euladay, and IVP Newton Industrial Council Rep. Ron Lyon and his son Jeff, Intl. Vice Pres. Larry Jo n e s . McManamon, and Intl. Sec.-Treas. Jerry W il l b u rn . the Boilermaker Reporter 16 May • Jun 1998 N A T I O N A L N E W S Wife of L-13 member urge s IN BRIEF members to register & vote ITEMS OF INTEREST FROM THE NATIONAL NEWS

She believes the future of labor unions depends on PRESIDENT CLINTON VOWED t o ON THE HEELSof the A F L - C I O ’ s whether members and their families register and vote support the right of workers to orga - Executive PayWatch study, Rep. nize and to veto Republican-backed Martin Sabo (D-Minn.) has authored a I AM THE WIFE of William D. Corporate America. The time has long legislation aimed at hamstringing bill that would cap the tax deductibil- Blackwell, a member of Local 13’s LEAP passed for every member in good or ganizing drives by outlawing “salt- ity of executive pay at 25 times the Committee (Philadelphia, Pa.). I had the standing to wake up. This complacent ing” at the Carpenters Joint salary of the lowest paid full-time privilege of attending the last two LEAP attitude is Corporate America’s best Ap p r enticeship Training Center in Las worker in the firm. c o n f e rences with my husband in weapon. We are destroying ourselves Vegas during their council meeting. Washington, D.C. On both occasions, I fr om within. S W E ATSHOPS AREN’T HISTO RY. accompanied my husband and the If every member and their families VICE PRESIDENT GOREstood up for Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A other delegates on their visits to the var- we r e reg i s t e r ed to vote, and if they did unions at the AFL-CIO’s Building and History of American Sweatshops, 1820- ious rep r esentatives and senators. vote, we would have a labor- f r i e n d l y C o n s t ruction Trades Department Pre s e n t , a new exhibit at the National This has been a learning experience Co n g r ess and Senate. Maybe it just has (BCTD) annual meeting. He told the Museum of American History, looks for me. Among other things, I learned not been made clear, but these corpo- 2,000 BCTD reps. that “union member- at the origin of sweatshops and exam- that those who are not friendly toward rate-friendly senators and congre s s- ship is not just good for union mem- ines the factors that make their exis- or ganized labor will not meet with us men are out to destroy all of the unions bers, it is good for America. It brings tence possible today. di re c t l y , but will send a legislative assis- once and for all. It is no joke, they want wages up, it provides health care, it The 3,000-square-foot exhibit tant in their place who claims no knowl- to destroy our way of life as we know it. a s s u res re t i rement benefits, it brings e x p l o res the roles of immigration, edge of our issues. Or, if it is an election As our local president said, “This is better job security, and hear me well, political and social reform, the union ye a r , I’ve gotten the feeling that we are w a r.” There is only one way to win. America: It assures better skilled work- movement, government actions and just told what we want to hear, only to Every member must register to vote. ers, higher quality workmanship, and consumer reform, and re c reates a later find that they have changed their Every eligible family member must a higher quality work product.” notorious 1995 El Monte, Calif., sweat- minds after their re-election. register to vote. And all eligible voters He also promised a pre s i d e n t i a l shop where workers were held under What really made an impact on me must vote – there is no excuse not to. veto of an anti-salting bill. Employers, armed guard, behind barricaded we r e the facts I learned concerning our Some say they fear voter re g i s t r a t i o n he said, “don’t like the flavor you doors, and in virtual servitude. The local lodges. Nationwide, our member- will result in a summons for jury duty. bring. You are the salt of the earth, and exhibit at the Washington, D.C., ship has a little better than a 40 perce n t But jury duty lists are taken from the they like their life bland.” museum runs through Oct. 30. voting rec o r d. In addition, a large num- driver license rolls, not from voter reg - ber of our members are not even reg i s - istration lists. HOUSE MINORITYLeader Richard NEITHER IS SLAVE R Y. The day after t e red to vote. The members of the The future of the American worker is G e p h a rdt told BCTD delegates that the sweatshop exhibit opened, L E A P committees can do only so at stake. Register and vote before it is California’s misnamed Paycheck Attorney General Janet Reno much. Without the support of the too late. P rotection Act should be called “the announced a new task force to battle membership at large, we will continue MRS . BET T Y F. BLA C K W E L L , wife of Silencing Working Families re f e re n- modern-day slavery in the United to be beaten down by those legislators William D. Blackwell, Local 13 dum . . . Be clear what’s behind this. States. Citing recent cases of workers who are bought and paid for by Do v e r , Pa. The wealthy interests that backed the being held in slavery, including the GOP’s victory in 1994 like very much workers in the El Monte sweatshop, co n t r olling the agenda of the House of she said slavery “isn’t just history Corporate America’s secret Re p r esentatives. They now rec o g n i z e when you look at some of these cases.” that the only threat to that agenda and their control is organized labor.” ST AND FOR OUR CHILDREN. Last cash fund – your pension ye a r , Stand for Children Day was a cat- Overfunded pension plans putting their cash into the plan, they MORE AND MORE DOCTOR S , frus - alyst in a major victory on children ’ s can invest it elsewhere. trated by HMO rules that lower the health care coverage. On June 1, the create corporate windfall Many funds have done so well that quality of patient care, are looking to t h i rd Stand for Children Day will they fund themselves. Owens-Illinois unions as an answer. In some cases the focus on quality child care. The AF L - AS THE STOCK MARKET c o n t i n u e s Inc. hasn’t put a penny into their $2.5 NLRB has ruled certain physicians are CIO and its affiliated unions have to climb, many individuals are getting billion fund in years, relying on gains independent contractors and thus played large roles in the hundreds of rich from stock investments. Some pen- made in the stock market to keep the may not organize. But when they can community events held nationwide sion plans are also doing quite well, fund growing. Apension surplus can or ganize, though, they do, as occurred each year, and will do so again this especially those that invest a high per- also be a strategic weapon, giving a April 10 in Philadelphia when 115 psy- y e a r. For more information, call 202- centage of their money into stocks. company the flexibility to offer gener- chiatrists, psychologists, and social 234-0095, visit www. s t a n d . o rg, or e- On average, defined-benefit pension ous early re t i rement packages when workers at Green Springs Health mail [email protected]. plans hold 43 percent of their funds in they want to downsize. Services Inc., voted to be rep re s e n t e d stocks, but the larger funds tend to In the 1980s, companies routinely ter- by AFSCME, despite management’s U.S. CHAMBER BEGSfor anti-safety invest more than the average. J.C. minated overfunded corporate pen- six-month anti-union campaign. m o n e y. How is the Chamber of Pe n n e y , for example, keeps 76 perce n t sions, replaced the benefits with Do what the doctors order: orga n i z e ! Co m m e r ce paying for its fight against of their pension funds in stocks. annuity contracts, and pocketed what workplace safety? Chamber Pres i d e n t One result of investing heavily into was left. Congress made that a fool- SEN. EDWARD KENNEDY ( D - Thomas J. Donohue sent a letter to stocks is that many pension funds are ha r dy venture by tacking on a 50 per- Mass.) and House Minority Whip firms that would have been investi- now overfunded – they have more cent excise tax and a 35 percent income David Bonior (D-Mich.) have run with gated under OSHA’s new pr o g r a m , money than they will need in the near tax on funds gained this way. a proposal to add a dollar to the fed- asking them to contribute to the Stop f u t u re. For example, AT&T’s pension But companies can still terminate a eral minimum wage, boosting it to OS H A Now! campaign. plan has a surplus of about $10 billion. plan to generate cash when they need $6.15 an hour in two steps over two “Y our contribution of $5,000, $2,500 That kind of surplus gives the com- it. DeSoto Inc. recently asked the gov- ye a r s . or $1,000 is needed today to help meet pany enormous freedom, and they’d ernment for permission to terminate “The United States has the stron g e s t the expenses of this important battle,” just as soon their employees didn’t their defined-benefit plan so they can economy in a generation,” Bonior he wrote. “Your investment is fully tax know about it. pay off creditors and “stabilize opera- said. “If we can’t raise wages now, deductible.” Although it is illegal for companies to tions.” when can we?” If only union contributions to a cam- withdraw funds directly from their No doubt, workers at the South paign to Stop Corporate Greed Now! defined-benefit pension plans, there Holland, Ill., manufacturer would also HOW BIG WAS YOUR RAISE l a s t we r e tax deductible. ar e many ways they can use that cash to like to make sure their pension plan is year? Probably nowhere near the 38 their advantage. For one thing, an over- stable. But without direct input into pe r cent pay hike that the average exec- WHEN GLOUCESTER COUNTY, funded plan means a company doesn’t c o n t rol of those funds, they will just utive at America’s largest companies N.J., buys goods and services fro m have to make contributions. Instead of have to hope for the best. ❑ got in 1997. That and other eye-pop- now on, it will be done under new cri- ping facts on executive pay are teria that say companies must res p e c t revealed in the AFL-CIO’s new study, the right of workers to form unions of Small-plan pension parti c i p a n t s Too Close for Comfort: How Corporate their own choosing without fear of Bo a r d r ooms are Rigged to Overpay CEOs. retaliation, give pre f e rence to items often receive less than full benefits The report shows working families made in the U.S.A., and req u i r e a certi- just how much their bosses made last fication of compliance that states a THE PENSION GUARANTY B e n e f i t earned benefits have been properly dis- ye a r , how bosses’ pay compares with “living wage” is paid to workers. The Corporation (PBGC) recently rel e a s e d tributed to participants. The sample workers’, and what working people new purchasing practices came after an audit showing that eight percent of audit in question concentrates on small can do about it. The PayWatch website the Southern New Jersey A F L - C I O the 290,000 pension plan participants in pension plans, because that is where (w w w. p a y w a t c h . o r g) received more and the South Jersey region of UNITE 6,000 fully-funded pension plans that mistakes are most likely to occur. than 4.6 million visits last year and lobbied the Gloucester County ended in 1994 and 1995, did not rec e i v e The PBGC audit showed that the was named one of Yahoo’s “Picks of F reeholder Board, which passed the their full benefit when they accepted most common error comes from using the Yea r. ” resolution April 1. lump sum settlements. the wrong interest rate in determining PBGC periodically audits a sample of the amounts. Proper interest rates are fully-funded pension plans that determined by the law and the pro v i- Get more news like this from Work in Progress: employers terminate to determine if sions of the pension plan. ❑ http://www.aflcio.org/publ/workin.htm the Boilermaker Reporter 17 May • Jun 1998 S A F E T Y Steps to a Healthy Heart Heart disease is still America’s MAKE IT SAFE biggest killer – take steps now to keep your heart healthy FAR TOO MANYpeople think of tak- ing care of their heart as a litany of what Hazard Alert they can’t do. Like a lifetime of Lent, they see the path toward good health as ing. The training takes from one to a denial of the things they like: fried four days. In some cases, you must foods, red meat, alcohol, cre a m - r i c h Asbestos in get more training each year. en t r ees, and high-fat desserts. While there is little doubt that exces- Co n s t ru c t i o n • Where there is asbestos work, sive consumption of alcohol and fatty there should be a “competent per- foods contributes to heart disease, most A S B E S TOS CAN HURT y o u r son,” as defined by OSHA, to people don’t have to undertake a force d lungs and many uses for it have answer your questions. The com- diet of soybeans and rice to impro v e been banned. But this mineral is petent person should know the their health. Moderation is the key. still used in construction, mainly in req u i r ements for personal prot e c - Sheryl Jarsik, a reg i s t e r ed dietician at roof panels and packing gaskets. tion and inspect the job reg u l a r l y . the Washington Hospital Center, men- And construction workers still are tions that diffe r ent people have diffe r - exposed to asbestos during rem o d - • If you disturb or remove ent dietary needs. “One person eling and demolition. Asbestos is as b e s t o s , you must wear at least a eliminated fried foods from their diet often in old firep r oofing, roof tiles, half-face respirator with type 100 and lost weight,” she says. “Acouple of w a l l b o a rd, spackling compound, (H E P A) cartridges. The cartridges small changes can mean a ton of Keeping your heart healthy is vinyl flooring, pipe and boiler insu- a re magenta (red-purple). OSHA pro g r ess for some people.” Jarsik sug- easier than you think – but you lation, and some roads and cement says you must use the re s p i r a t o r, gests seeing a re g i s t e red dietician to pipe and cement sheet prod u c t s . except in some roofing and some assess your current diet and develop a can’t keep putting it off. Thousands of constru c t i o n flooring work. Ask the competent diet that is personalized to the patient’s workers have died from diseases person if you have the pro t e c t i o n caused by working with – or near – you need. needs. “Simple steps really can pay off. ” to determine what amount of care it asbestos without protection. A n d And taking care of your heart doesn’t needs. If you have high blood pres s u r e • Even if you wear a respirator, try 10,000 people are expected to die mean that you have to spend hours or a history of heart disease in your to reduce the asbestos in the air. each year for the next ten years upon hours in a gym. Just incre a s i n g f a m i l y, the steps you take toward O S H A and the EPAsay you must because of past exposures to your level of activity can help. Studies i m p roving your health may be keep the asbestos wet. Vacuum the asbestos. Asbestos diseases can have shown that you can get almost the ex t r emely important. dust using special HEPAva c u u m s , sometimes take 20 years or more to same benefit from three ten-minute If you call 1-800-AHA-USA1, your which can capture very small show up after you are exposed. Al l ex e r cise periods as from one 30-minute local American Heart Association will fibers. Right away, collect and close kinds of asbestos are dangerou s . session. It’s not too difficult to find time pr ovide trained volunteers to come to all waste in special bags to hold to take a brisk walk for two, five, or ten your office or union hall and conduct as b e s t o s . minutes several times during the day. blood pres s u r e screening free of charge . The hazard The American Heart A s s o c i a t i o n • Do not eat, drink, or smoke in They can also provide speakers to an asbestos work area. Clean your suggests these simple ways to increa s e ad d r ess members of your orga n i z a t i o n THE CONSTRUCTION t r a d e s your physical activity: hands and face before you eat, on good heart care. most at risk from asbestos have drink, or smoke. • Walk across the hall to talk to a col- If you’re curious about how your eat- been insulators, plumbers and pip- league rather than using the telephone. ing habits are affecting your health or if efitters, electricians, and sheet • Family members of construction • When you have the time, take the you want advice on your own diet, you metal workers. Bu t any construc- wo r k e r s have died of asbestos dis- st a i r s . can call the Consumer Nutrition tion worker may be in danger dur- ease. They got sick from asbestos • Do your own yard work. Hotline at 1-800-366-1655 and speak ing maintenance, remodeling, or taken home on a worker’s clothes • Take a 15-30 minute walk after your di r ectly to a reg i s t e r ed dietician. demolition of an old building or or shoes. So, leave your work evening meal. Your heart works hard for you, 24 ro a d . Sometimes workers’ families clothes and shoes at work and wash • Take a two-minute walk the next hours a day, 365 days a year, with no ar e at risk, too, from asbestos taken them at work. Or use throw - a w a y time a commercial comes on the televi- b reaks and no vacations. Make sure home on workers’ clothes or shoes. work clothes. If you do asbestos si o n . that what you eat and what you do Some asbestos fibers are so small abatement, OSHAsays you must • Consider riding a stationary bike don’t lead to your heart taking some you cannot see them. They are the shower before you leave work. while you watch TV. time off for a little R&R. Get a little exer- most dangerous because they can • If you have been exposed to When you think of yourself as a more cise. Watch what you eat. Check your get in your lungs. asbestos on the job, go to a doctor active person, chances are you’ll start blood pre s s u re and cholesterol. A n d Asbestos can cause asbestosis, who knows about work-re l a t e d finding ways to become more active. follow the advice of your doctor. ❑ which scars your lungs and makes diseases or lung diseases. Tell the Of course, you need to know what it hard to breathe. You can also get doctor you have worked aro u n d your heart’s health condition is in orde r lung cancer or mesothelioma. asbestos. Ask the doctor when you Mesothelioma is a cancer of the lin- should be checked again. ing of the chest or stomach. A l l kinds of asbestos can give you • If you smoke, quit. Will the EPA make America these diseases, including chrysotile asbestos. safe for cockroa c h e s ? The more you are exposed to You should know asbestos, the more chance you will THE INTERNAT I O N A LB ro t h e r- The Environmental Working Grou p get sick later on. If you smoke, your Scientific evidence is hood of Boilermakers union does has a dif f e rent take on org a n o p h o s- chances of lung cancer from the pr ovide special training and certifi- scant for all-out attack phates. They claim that each day one asbestos goes up ten times or more cation for abatement work. on organophosphates million children under five consume co m p a r ed with a worker who does Call the EPAif you have ques- unsafe levels of org a n o p h o s p h a t e s , not smoke. tions about asbestos in schools. COCKROACHES MAY TH R I V E if the mostly from the residues found on If you have other questions E n v i ronmental Protection A g e n c y fr uits, and they are asking for an imme- about asbestos, call the Center to ( E PA) is successful in rewriting pesti- diate ban on all use of these insecti- Pr otect yourself P rotect Workers’ Rights (202 962- cide regulations – that’s the opinion of cides. Top officials at the EPAside with A N Y BUILDING BUILT b e f o re 8490), the National Institute for Michael Fumento, writing in the Wa l l the Environmental Working Gro u p , 1980 can have asbestos in the insu- Occupational Safety and Health (1- St r eet Journal. warning of the possible “additive” lation, fire p roofing, floors, walls, 800-35-NIOSH), or OSHA. At issue is a class of insecticides called e ffects of ingesting low levels of or roof. Newer buildings can have o rganophosphates. They attack bugs’ org a n o p h o s p h a t e s . asbestos in the roof or floors. If you © Copyright 1996, The Center to nervous systems. They’re eff e c t i v e M a rcia van Gemert, until re c e n t l y do not know if there is asbestos in a P rotect Wo r k e r s ’ Rights, a re s e a rc h indoors and out, which is why they are head of the EPAtoxicology branch, says building (or road), the arm of the Building and Construction used on nearly every crop grown in the this notion is baseless. “You can’t sim- Occupational Safety & Health Trades Dept. U.S. Ac c o r ding to Fumento, alternatives ply add two or three risks together and Administration (OSHA) says you ar e either unavailable or ineffe c t i v e . conclude they cause a greater risk com- must act as if there is asbestos. He also questions the need to ban bined. Our systems are a lot more com- DO N ’TTAK EU N N E C E S S A R Y RI S K S . them, claiming that not a single death plicated than that.” • Before you disturb asbestos AL WAY SP L AY I TS A F E. f rom chlorpyrifos, the most widely She also points out that the (loosen the fibers), you must have A N DW H E NY O UA R E AT WO R K , used organophosphate, has ever been En v i r onmental Working Group made a special training. This is what re c o rded. Long-term health eff e c t s lot of mistakes in estimating exposures OS H A and the U.S. Environ m e n t a l MAKE IT SAFE! have only been reported in a very few to these insecticides, concluding that the Pr otection Agency (EPA) say. You r cases, mostly involving people who attack on organophosphates “is politi- employer must pay for your train- had attempted suicide by ingesting ca l l y , not toxicologically driven.” ❑ the poison. the Boilermaker Reporter 18 May • Jun 1998 L O C A L N E W S L-7 buys new hall and training facilities, participates in parade

Northeast Area Apprentice Mark V. Thompson at Local 7’s new 6,000 squar e- f o o t training facility in Or ch a r d Park, N. Y.

Members of Local 7, Buffalo, N. Y., recently purchased a new union hall and training facility in Or ch a r d Park that includes an assembly hall, general of fi c e s , and a separate training facility with welding booths and a classr oo m .

Building fund allows for foot training facility located at the rea r payment in cash; additional with a 600-square-foot classroom. Local 7 members see the purchase as pro p e r ties sought an investment in their future, especially the training facilities which will allow WHEN THE MEMBERSof Local 7, them to continue providing the most B u ffalo, N. Y., voted to establish a co m p r ehensive and up-to-date training deduction for their building fund, they for the boiler and pres s u r e vessel crafts. w e re voting for the dream of a secure “Local 7 and its members unani- fu t u r e for their local. Part of that drea m mously agree that the training of recently came true with the purchase of ap p r entices and journeymen upgrad- a new union hall and training facility. A ing is paramount in order to secure job p u rchase that kept the local’s general opportunities for Boilermaker mem- fund debt free . bers,” said Lyons. “Their understand- F. Patrick Lyons, business manager ing and generosity made it possible for and secret a r y - t re a s u r er for the shop and the members of Local 7 to provide their c o n s t ruction lodge, reports that the customers and contractors with the m e m b e r’s ratification of the building finest quality Boilermakers in the fund deduction made it possible for in d u s t r y. ” Local 7 to secure the property in cash. Local 7 members join the Buffalo Building and Construction Trades Council at the “W e also expect to purchase additional Local 7 members participate annual St. Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown Buffalo, N.Y. pr operties for the construction of a pic- in St. Patrick’s Day parade nic grove and baseball field for our members’ use and for rental income by MEMBERS OF LOCAL7joined the various AFL-CIO affiliates,” said Lyo n s . B u ffalo Building and Constru c t i o n The 15,000-square-foot union hall is a Trades Council at the annual St. two story building with an assembly Patrick’s Day Parade in downtown hall located on the upper level. The Bu f falo, N.Y. Chartered in 1905, Local 7 local’s general offices are located on the rep r esents both shop and construc t i o n lower level, and there is a 6,000-square- members. ❑

Four generations of the Cheuvron t family belong to Local 667 WITHOUT ADO U B T , the subject of boilermaking must come up in the Cheuvron t household. After all, 13 members of the family belong to Local 667, Charleston, W. Va. The tradition began with Charles S. Cheuvront, who joined Local 667 in 1942 and earned his 55-year membership pin in 1997. His sons – Don, Jim, and Ken – continued that tradition, as did his son, Joe, who is now deceased. Charles also has eight grandsons and one great-grandson who are Local 667 members. Pi c t u r ed, l. to r., are sons Don and Ken, Charles, son Jim, grandsons Rick and Ron, and great-grandson Kenny Bill. Not pictured are six more grandsons who are all proud members of Local 667. ❑ Local 1851 members at Spalding Sports Worldwide in Chicopee, Mass., raised $3,100 for local charities by collecting cans, bottles, and individual donations. Pi c t u r ed in front, l. to r., are Raymond A. Perreault, L-1851 trustee; Michael A. Brisbois, Spalding vice pres.; and Thomas Gaudreult, fund drive coor di n a t o r . Pi c t u r ed in r ea r , l. to r., are L-1851 officers: Gene P. Malinowski, pres.; Joe F. Zdaniewicz, rec. sec.; Hank T es s i e r , vice pres.; and Brian Hickey, bus. mgr ./ s e c . - tr eas. (Photo by Michael Gordon of the Union-News.) Local 1851 members raise $3,100 for local charities Donations made in memory of Al Keating, who began Spalding workers’ donation program in 1983

MEMBERS OF LOCAL 1 8 51 , nated this year’s drive, which benefit- Springfield, Mass., raised $3,100 ted three local charities – $2,100 to Toy t h rough individual donations and by For Joy and $500 each to the Chicopee L-5 members earn membership pins collecting cans and bottles in memory Soup Kitchen and the Save Our Kids of Al Keating, a L-1851 member who Pro g r a m . TON YF I L I PA S , business manager and secret a r y - t re a s u r er of Local 5, New Yor k began the donation drive some 15 years The L-1851 members are employed Ci t y , N.Y., second from right, presents pins for continuous years of membership to ago, but passed away in January 1997. at Spalding Sports Worldwide in Local 5 ret i r ees, l. to r., Jerry Johnson, Bill Fitchett, and Rod Tolson, and to 20-year ❑ L-1851 member Tom Gaudreult coordi - Chicopee, Mass. member George Bryant Jr. (at right). the Boilermaker Reporter 19 May • Jun 1998 L O C A L N E W S Ho n o r s

Pins awarded for 40+ years of continuous membership INTL. SECRETAR Y-TREASURER Jerry Z. Wil l b u r n rep o r ts that the following members earned their pins for 40 or more years of membership, Dec. 9, 1997 to March 31, 1998:

70 Yea r s Al f r ed W. Marshall L- 1 2 8 Theodor Kove L- 1 9 7 James F. McDonald L- 1 1 2 Daniel Pacello L- 1 9 7 Er vin McNees L- 7 4 Fr ed J. Patricelli L- 1 9 7 Ma r vin R. Mixon L- 1 1 2 Chas D. Mizell L- 1 1 2 65 Yea r s Ar thur Molton L- 6 2 7 Ralph Biance L- 1 9 7 James Morris Jr. L- 7 4 60 Yea r s Ro b e r t R. Myers L- 1 0 4 Anthony F. Desorbo L- 1 9 7 Louis Novak L- 4 3 3 Calvin B. Goolsby L- 7 4 Joseph L. Pacey L- 1 2 8 Ha r well Moose L- 1 1 2 Acie L. Perdu e L- 4 5 Anthony E. Riviello L- 1 9 7 Leo C. Pettigrew L- 3 7 4 Dudley You n g L- 5 4 9 Ed w a r d B. Smith L- 1 5 4 55 Yea r s Joe E. Smullen L- 4 5 Floyd J. Biance L- 1 9 7 Earl V. Stagner L- 1 1 2 Patsy A. Biance L- 1 9 7 Homer W. Tab o r L- 7 4 L-193’s Spivey calls it quits John A. Conaway L- 7 4 Verle F. Trot t e r L- 4 5 3 Ri c h a r d W. Eller L- 4 5 Shelby L. Turn e r L- 4 5 James H. Free m a n L- 1 1 2 James F. Wat f o r d L- 1 1 2 after 30 years of service G. J. Ganoe L- 4 5 Eugene Wic k L- 1 Ri c h a r d G. Huffm a n L- 2 7 40 Yea r s CHARLIE SPIVEY, right, a member of Local 193, Baltimore, Md., receives his last John D. Marti n L- 7 4 Angus E. Alford L- 7 4 pay check from Leo McVic k e r , at a job site in Indian River, Del. Cave J. McKeown L- 7 4 John R. Ames L- 2 3 7 A c c o rding to Business Manager Francis X. Duggan, Spivey has been a Duncan J. Munro L- 1 9 7 Kenneth D. Angotti L- 3 7 4 Boilermaker and member of Local 193, a construction lodge, for 30 years. ❑ Niels L. Nielsen L- 2 8 Eugene M. Arne t t L- 6 2 7 Er nest Orsak Jr. L- 7 4 No r man Baird L- 1 2 8 Joseph S. Pares e L- 1 9 7 James H. Barnc o r d L- 1 5 4 Walter E. Pentecost L- 4 5 Al b e r t Baumer L- 1 2 8 James E. Roberts o n L- 4 5 Onezine D. Becnel L- 3 7 Ge o r ge N. Strou p L- 1 9 7 Ri c h a r d L. Beegle L- 1 5 4 Ed w a r d A. Ten e n i n i L- 1 9 7 Enrico Bisutti L- 1 2 8 Marion F. Thomas L- 7 4 Charles T. Blazer L- 4 3 3 Walter B. Ton e r L- 1 0 4 Peter Boyko L- 1 2 8 John M. War ren L- 6 0 Thomas Bradish L- 1 5 4 C. A. Wis n i e s k i L- 6 2 7 Cl a r ence R. Britton L- 2 3 7 Belton C. Woo d s L- 6 2 7 Pete Buggica L- 4 3 3 Frank D. Wor l e y L- 7 4 Er nest W. Burk L- 5 6 8 50 Yea r s Wayne E. Chapman L- 5 9 2 Russell T. Barlow L- 4 5 Edmond R. Chicoine L- 2 3 7 Ray T. Battle L- 4 5 Ro b e r t K. Clark L- 2 3 7 Elzy M. Booker L- 1 1 2 James S. Clouse L- 1 9 7 Lee R. Bronson Jr. L- 5 8 7 Sharkey Collins L- 4 3 3 Thomas A. Collins L- 3 7 4 Michael Compateso L- 3 7 4 Clinton Daniels L- 2 3 7 Phillip Conde L- 1 9 7 Je r ome J. Eichorn L- 3 7 4 Stanley C. Curti s L- 6 2 7 Lester H. Evans L- 7 4 Pasquale R. Daniels L- 1 9 7 Charles Flaishans Jr. L- 1 6 9 Jack W. Deckard L- 3 7 4 David E. Frizzell L- 7 4 Aa r on Ducharme L- 1 2 8 Junior L. Ganoe L- 4 5 Raymond J. Duchesnay L- 1 2 8 Ma r tin Gasiewicz L- 7 Loyle D. Eads L- 1 1 2 Ha r old R. Harless L- 4 5 No r man L. Eck L- 8 5 Ge o r ge Harmo n L- 7 William B. Fern Jr. L- 4 5 Local D37 members earn O. G. Hill L- 7 4 Domnic T. Flores L- 3 7 4 Ma r tin A. Jaycard L- 5 William Geddes L- 1 2 8 membership pins in Was h i n g t o n Lloyd W. Jessee L- 8 3 Charles E. Gree n L- 2 7 William Johnson L- 6 2 7 Gi l b e r t G. Guajardo L- 6 2 7 Benoit Levesque L- 1 2 8 Major L. Hayes Jr. L- 3 7 4 TWO MEMBERS OFLocal D37 at the Holnam, Inc. Terminal in Va n c o u v e r, Faghan O. Looper L- 7 4 Wilton E. Helveston L- 1 1 2 Wash., receive service pins for their continuous years of union membership. Po r ter N. Long Jr. L- 7 4 Cl i ff o r d O. Hepler L- 1 5 4 Pi c t u r ed, l. to r., are Ray Parrish (20 years), Carvel Allen (35 years), Robert Davis, James J. Malatino L- 1 9 7 Cecil Hill L- 9 0 0 and Mike Syverson. Not pictured is Jerry Henry who has over 29 years as a Trinity F. Marti n e z L- 3 7 Earl Hurshman L- 1 2 8 Al b e r t Karau L- 1 8 2 member of Local D37, Seattle, Wash. ❑ Oliver E. Padilla L- 1 0 1 Carl A. Paolucci L- 1 9 7 William G. Kelley L- 6 2 7 Vir gil R. Plowman L- 3 7 4 El b e r t Kirk L- 5 9 2 Eldon L. Roggow L- 1 0 1 Roger Levesque L- 1 2 8 William H. Sholar L- 6 2 7 Gerlad MacDonald L- 1 2 8 John A. Wall Jr. L- 1 1 2 Vincent Macneil L- 1 2 8 Wil l a r d W. Wel b o r n L- 6 9 3 Louis L. Malone L- 7 4 Randolph White L- 4 5 Ho w a r d S. Marti n L- 8 5 Be rn a r d McGeown L- 1 2 8 45 Yea r s Joseph McKeown L- 1 2 8 Melvin H. Aya m a m i L- 3 7 James B. McKerna n L- 1 5 4 William M. Beckwith L- 2 3 7 William J. Mills L- 4 3 3 Ri c h a r d L. Boyd L- 6 5 6 Earl L. Moore L- 1 5 4 Ar nold E. Brow n L- 7 4 Ge o r ge Musing L- 1 2 8 Joe Brow n L- 7 4 Egidio Mussio L- 1 2 8 Rufus C. Coleman L- 7 4 Ha r old Needham L- 1 2 8 Dominic Concilio L- 2 3 7 Ed w a r d L. Ogilvie L- 1 2 8 Walter C. Ganey L- 4 5 William A. Patterson L- 1 1 2 Ralph Dewey L- 1 2 8 Angelo A. Persico L- 1 Ro b e r t A. Douty L- 1 5 4 Sylva Rehel L- 2 7 1 Ed w a r d E. Dowell L- 4 5 Oneal V. Roberts L- 6 0 Paul E. Dupre L- 6 2 7 Kenneth F. Rodda L- 6 0 Ge o r ge Fisher L- 1 2 8 Joseph Roman L- 1 2 8 Walter C. Ganey L- 4 5 David L. Samborski L- 1 Joseph R. Goguen L- 1 2 8 Frank E. Secor L- 1 0 1 Ma r vin U. Gum L- 3 7 4 R. Sett L- 1 2 8 Melvin R. Hall L- 4 5 Gerald L. Shilts L- 6 4 7 Thomas S. Halsell L- 7 4 No r man C. Sittig L- 1 5 4 Ro b e r t M. Hofmann L- 1 9 7 William Souza L- 2 3 7 Local 656’s Massengill Lester P. Holder L- 3 7 4 John B. Sullivan L- 4 5 Alcide Huard L- 2 3 7 Ronald L. Thick L- 6 4 7 earns 45-year service pin Bobby G. Hudson L- 3 7 4 Dale W. Turn e r L- 1 3 2 James M. Hughes L- 1 5 4 Thayer Turn e r L- 1 1 2 Driscle Isaac L- 7 4 Ma r vin L. Voi s i n L- 1 2 8 MA R VIN R. “RUDY” MA S S E N G I L L , center, receives his 45-year service pin from W. B. Jacobs L- 7 4 Bob E. Was k o L- 6 2 7 Local 656 President Gary W. Cookston (l.) and Secre t a r y - Tre a s u rer O. D. Rollin R. Jerred L- 3 7 4 Ro b e r t W. Wei d e r L- 1 5 4 “Smokey” Day (r.). Al f r ed H. Kramer L- 7 4 Eugene O. Wok u t c h L- 1 5 4 Ha r vey I. Labus L- 6 2 7 Wil l a r d You n g b l o o d L- 6 2 7 Massengill started working at Combustion Engineering on Sept. 17, 1951, where John R. Locke L- 3 7 4 he is still employed, and joined the Chattanooga, Tenn., local on June 20, 1952. ❑ the Boilermaker Reporter 20 May • Jun 1998 S E T T L E M E N T S You don’t get what you deserve . . . New contract summaries . . . you get what you negotiate A brief listing of recent agreements signed and ratified by Boilermaker local lodges UNION LEADERS, like these pictured here, work long hours to negotiate the best benefits they can for M5 – Dayton, OH M50 – War s a w , IN D100 – Cupertino, CA ef fective Jan. 1, 1998 to Bo i l e r maker me m b e r s . Dec. 31, 1999, for Local 146 INT L . REP . RON LYO N rep o rt s INT L . REP . JER R Y HUN T rep o rt s INT L . REP . MIC H A E L ATC H I S O N members working at contract ratification, effe c - contract ratification, effe c - rep o r ts contract ratification, Larson & D’Amico tive March 30, 1998 to tive Aug. 20, 1997 to Aug. 20, ef fective March 1, 1998 to Manufacturing, Ltd.; and Ma r ch 29, 2001, for 11 mem- 2000, for 45 members of Fe b ru a r y 28, 2001, for 28 ef fective Jan. 1, 1998 to bers of Local M5, Dayton, Local M50, War s a w , Ind., members of Local D100, Dec. 31, 1999, for Local 146 Ohio, who make prop e l l e r who produce platings of Cu p e r tino, Calif., who work members who fabricate blades at Mc C a u l e y various products at the at the Kaiser Cement Corp. boilers at Re s o u rc e Pr opeller Systems. Warsaw Plating Company. Co n s t r uctors (Canada), Inc. L-109 – Mobile, AL S7 – Belleville, IL S50 – Baltimore, MD Local 158 – Peoria, IL INT L . REP . DEN N I S KIN G rep o rt s INT L . REP . GAR Y MEY E R rep o rt s INT L . REP . RON MAR L E Y rep o rt s contract ratification, effe c - DAVI D CHA D W I C K , pres i d e n t Negotiating a three-year agreement for members contract ratification, effe c - contract ratification, effe c - tive March 2, 1998 to March of Local 158, Peoria, Ill., of Local M45, Kenosha, Wis., at Snap-On-Tools, ar e, tive Jan. 15, 1998 to Jan. 14, tive Nov. 15, 1997 to Nov. 15, 1, 2001, for 60 members of rep o r ts contract ratifica- seated l. to r., L-M45 Sec.-Treas. Gregory Bose and committeemen Al Bella and David Zeyen. 2002, for 135 members of 2001, for 330 members of Local 109, Mobile, Ala., who tion, effective Sept. 1, 1997 Standing, l. to r., committeeman Mike Bierdz and Local S7, Belleville, Ill., who Local S50, Baltimore, Md., work in the maintenance to Aug. 27, 2000, for 544 Ch a i r man Bill Grabowski. Photo by IR Howard Cole. make gas heaters at Em p i r e who make cooking equip- and production of machines members who perfo r m off- Co m f o r t Systems, Inc. ment at Vul c a n . and boats at Mi t t e rn i g h t road mining at Ko m a t s u Boiler Wor k s . Mining Systems, Inc. M13 – St. Louis, MO S54 – Maywood, CA D114 – Ada, OK L-175 – Oswego, NY EAR N E S T GOO D L O W , business INT L . REP . HEN R Y JUA R E Z manager and financial sec- rep o r ts contract ratification, CHA R L E S HUN T B A C H , CLGAW INT L . REP . ROC C O DEROL L O ret a r y of Lodge M13, St. ef fective Oct. 1, 1997 to Sept. division direc t o r , rep o rt s rep o r ts contract ratifica- Louis, Mo., rep o r ts contract 30, 2000, for 240 members of ratification of a one-year tion, effective Oct. 1, 1997 to ratification, effective Feb. 16, Local S54, Maywood, Calif., contract extension for Sept. 30, 2000, for members 1998 to Feb. 17, 1999, for nine who make built-in electric members of Local D114, of Local 175, Oswego, N.Y., members of Local M13 who ovens, counter cook tops, Ada, Okla., who work at who work at Fulton Boiler work at Triangle Plating Co. and exhaust hoods for Holnam, Inc. Works, Inc. Th e rm a d o r , a subsidiary of L-27 – St. Louis, MO the Masco Company. L-117 – Superior, WI L-177 – Green Bay, WI Negotiating a three-year contract for members of Local D100 at Kaiser Cement are, l. to r., Intl. Rep. DON A L D W. LIN K , business L-72 – Portland, OR INT L . REP . LEN GUN D E R S O N INT L . REP . LEN GUN D E R S O N Michael Atchison and D100 President John Morrison. manager and secret a ry - rep o r ts contract ratification, rep o r ts contract ratifica- tre a s u r er of Local 27, St. INT L . REP . JOH N YEAT T S rep o rt s ef fective April 20, 1998 to tion, effective Aug. 15, 1997 Louis, Mo., rep o r ts contract contract ratification, effe c - April 20, 2003, for 110 mem- to Aug. 14, 2000, for 44 ratification, effective Nov. 1, tive Jan. 1, 1998 through Dec. bers of Local 117, Superior, members of Local 177, 1997 to Nov. 1, 2000, for 70 31, 2000, for 24 members of Wis., who work with rail- Gr een Bay, Wis., who pro- members of Local 27 who Local 72, Portland, Ore., who road ties at ABC Rail. duce high pres s u r e vessels work in production and pr oduce cable choppers and at the Four Corporation, maintenance for Co n t i n e n t a l plywood stocking machines L-128 – Toro n t o and effective March 1, 1998 Fa b r i c a t o r s ; ef fective March for Sweed Machinery, Inc.in to March 1, 2001, for 23 1, 1998 to March 2, 2002, for Gold Hill, Ore. JIM TIN N E Y , secret a ry - t re a - members of Local 177 who 15 Local 27 members who su r er of Local 128, Toro n t o , pe rf o r m fabrication work at work in the production and L-73 – Halifax, NS Ontario, Canada, rep o rt s Gr een Bay Structural Steel. maintenance departments of contract ratification, effe c - Ba r ry Weh m i l l e r , a prod u c e r INT L . REP . STAN PET R O N S K I tive August 1, 1997 to July L-182 – Salt Lake City of bottle washers; and effe c - rep o r ts contract ratification, 31, 1999, for nearly 60 mem- Negotiating a three-year agreement for Local S234 members at Tennsco Corp. are, front row, l. to r ., tive Jan. 18, 1998 to Jan. 14, ef fective Nov. 25, 1996 to Nov. bers of Local 128 who work BRA D JOH N , business man- S234 President Dennis Pate and Personnel Dir ec t o r 2001, for 75 members of 24, 1999, for 15 members of in the locomotive trim ager and secret a ry - t re a - Local 27 who work in the Phil Corbin. Back row, l. to r., CPA Mike Easley, S234 Local 73, Halifax, Nova de p a r tment of DFD Steel su r er of Local 182, Salt Lake Vice Pres. William “Butch” Durham, Intl. Rep. Gene heat treating unit at Pa u l o Scotia, Canada, who perfo r m In d u s t r i e s ; effective Jan. 1, Ci t y , Utah, rep o r ts contract Bridges, and Committeeman Don Brazzel. Not pic- Pro d u c t s . maintenance and rep a i r 1998 to Dec. 1, 1999, for five ratification, effective Oct. 9, tu r ed is Committeeman Richard Hor ne r . work at MM Industra Ltd. members of Local 128 who 1997 to Dec. 31, 2001, for 17 L-28 – Newark, NJ work in the production and members of Local 182 who L-83–Kansas City, MO maintenance of gasket fabricate steel pres s u r e INT L . REP . ROC C O DEROL L O manufacturing at Fl e x i t a l l i c vessels, silos, bins, and rep o r ts contract ratifica- GLE N TUB B S ,business man- Canada Ltd.; effective Jan. hoppers at Eaton Metal tion, effective Jan. 1, 1998 ager and secret a ry - t re a - 1, 1998 to Dec. 31, 2000, for Pr oducts Co. to Dec. 31, 1998, for mem- su re r , and Larry Horseman, seven members of Local 128 bers of Local 28, Newark, vice president, of Local 83, who work with machining D190 – Fort Collins, CO N. J., at Quickway Metal Kansas City, Mo., rep o r t con- and bolt tension at In t e g r a Fabricators, Inc. tract ratification, effe c t i v e Tec h n o l o g i e s ; and effe c t i v e CHA R L E S HUN T B A C H , CLGAW Jan. 1, 1998 to Dec. 31, 1999, No v . 1, 1997 to Oct. 30, 2000, division direc t o r , rep o rt s Negotiating a three-year agreement for members for 14 Local 83 members who for 35 members of Local 128 ratification of a one-year of Local 1652, Kenosha, Wis., at Snap-On-T oo l s , L-37 – New Orleans ar e l. to r., committeemen Gary Kraak and Scot work in the fabrication, pro- who work in the prod u c t i o n contract extension for of tanker trailers, fans, and Scholey, Pres. John Michelson, and committee- INT L . REP . DEN N I S KIN G duction, and maintenance of members of Local D190, man Richard Boyington. Photo by IR Howard Cole. rep o r ts contract ratifica- st r uctural steel fabrication at custom fabrication at Pa ro n Fo r t Collins, Colo., who tion, effective Feb. 16, 1998 the Capital Iron Wor k s Metal Fabrication. work at Holnam, Inc. to June 1, 1999, for 75 mem- Co m p a n y in Topeka, Kan.; Th r ee Forks, Mont., who Local D271, Marti n s b u r g, W. bers of Local 37, New ef fective Nov. 30, 1997 to L-146 – Edmonton, AB S234 – Dickson, TN work at Holnam, Inc. Va., who manufacture Orleans, La., who work in No v . 30, 2000, for 92 mem- bricks at the Co n t i n e n t a l the maintenance and pro- bers of Local 83 who work in JOH N ROW E , business man- INT L . REP . GEN E BRI D G E S S251 – Middleton, TN Brick Company. duction of machines and the production and mainte- ager and secret a ry - t re a - rep o r ts contract ratification, boats at Dixie Machine nance of heat transfer equip- su r er of Local 146, ef fective Feb. 16, 1998 to INT L . REP . GAR Y BRYAN T D2 7 7 – B a m b e r ton, BC Welding and Metal Wor k s . ment and water tube boilers Edmonton, Alberta, rep o rt s Feb. 15, 2001, for 220 mem- rep o r ts contract ratification, at the Ch a n u t e contract ratification, effe c - bers of Local S234, Dickson, ef fective Aug. 1, 1997 to July ROB LAU Z O N , business man- M45 – Kenosha, WI Manufacturing Company; tive Oct. 1, 1997 to Sept. 30, Tenn., who make offi c e 31, 2000, for 240 members of ager and secret a ry - t re a - ef fective Sept. 1, 1997 to Aug. 2000, for members working equipment at Tennsco Corp. Local S251, Middleton, su r er of Cement District INT L . REP . HOWA R D COL E 31, 1999, for 11 members of in the production and main- Tenn., who work at Do v e r Lodge D11, rep o r ts contract rep o r ts contract ratifica- Local 83 who produce petro- tenance of vessels at D2 3 9 – T h r ee Forks, MT Elevator Systems, Inc. ratification, effective Nov. 1, tion, effective Feb. 15, 1998 leum for Fa r mland Industries Edmonton Exchanger 1997 to Oct. 31, 2000, for 82 in Coffeyville, Kan.; and Manufacturing, Ltd.; effe c - to March 3, 2001, for 23 CHA R L E S HUN T B A C H , CLGAW D271 – Marti n s b u r g members of Local D277, members of Local M45, ef fective Feb. 1, 1998 to Jan. tive August 1, 1997 to July division direc t o r , rep o rt s Ba m b e r ton, British 31, 2001, for 90 Local 83 mem- 31, 1999, for Local 146 mem- Kenosha, Wis., who work in ratification of a one-year INT L . REP . ROB E R T SIM M O N S Columbia, Canada, who the metal-polishing unit of bers who work in the manu- bers working at Ku a e rn e r contract extension for rep o r ts contract ratification, make cement at Til b u r y Sn a p - O n - To o l s . facturing and production of Pr ocess Systems, Inc., members of Local D239, ef fective Oct. 1, 1997 to Oct. Cement Ltd. co n c r ete pipe forms at Maloney Industries Inc., 1, 2000, for 35 members of Quinn Machine & Foundry. and Natco Canada Ltd.; Continued on page 21 the Boilermaker Reporter 21 May • Jun 1998 S E T T L E M E N T S Continued from page 20 repair at the Ba y D494 – Burlington, ON Shipbuilding Company. D331 – Exshaw, AB INT L . REP . ED MATT O C K S Solidarity pays off for L-344 D4 5 4 – B r ookfield, NS rep o r ts contract ratification, ROB LAU Z O N , business man- ef fective Jan. 1, 1998 to Nov. ager and secret a ry - t re a - Members’ unity INT L . REP . ED MATT O C K S 30, 2002, for eight members su r er of Cement District rep o r ts contract ratifica- of Local D494, Burlington, results in two- Lodge D11, rep o r ts contract tion, effective July 1, 1998 to Ontario, Canada, who pro- ratification, effective Jan. 1, year contract June 30, 2002, for 55 mem- duce bulk and bagged 1998 to Dec. 31, 2001, for 86 bers of Local D454, cement at Es s ro c , and members of Local D331, SINCE OVERWH E L M I N G L Y Br ookfield, Nova Scotia, ef fective Jan. 1, 1998 to Dec. Ex s h a w , Alberta, Canada, voting for Boilermaker rep - Canada, who work in pro- 31, 2000, for ten members of who make cement at resentation in May 1996, duction and maintenance Local D494 who work in the members of Local 344, La F a r ge Canada Inc. at La F a r ge Canada Inc. food catering at the Ri d g e c r est, Calif., have Hamilton Automatic been trying to negotiate a D345 – Calgary, AB D469–Clarksville, MO Vending Company. contract with Day & Zi m m e r mann. ROB LAU Z O N , business man- CHA R L E S HUN T B A C H , CLGAW For the last nine months, ager and secret a ry - t re a - D569 – Lancaster, NY division direc t o r , rep o rt s the members have parti c i - Negotiating a two-year agreement for Local 344 su r er of Cement District members at Day & Zimmermann Services are, l. to r ., ratification of a one-year INT L . REP . ROB E R T SIM M O N S pated in informa t i o n a l Lodge D11, rep o r ts contract Arvid Steffek, Kevin Johnson, and William Bassett. contract extension for rep o r ts contract ratifica- picket lines, arriving at ratification, effective Nov. 1, members of Local D469, tion, effective Aug. 1, 1997 work every Tuesday morn- 1997 to Oct. 31, 2000, for 68 When members of Local team, rep o r ts that L-344 Clarksville, Mo., who work to July 31, 2000, for 43 mem- ing at 5:00 a.m., and staying members of Local D345, 13, Philadelphia, Pa., members Arvid Steffe k , at Holnam, Inc. bers of Local D569 who on the line until they had to Ca l g a r y, Alberta, Canada, make stone and asphalt go to work at 7:00 a.m. le a r ned about their plight, Kevin Johnson, and who make wallboard at pr oducts for La n c a s t e r NLRB charges were filed they formed an informa - William Bassett were Wes t r oc, Inc. L- 4 8 2 – W ood River, IL Stone Products Corp. against the company for tional picket line outside in s t r umental in orga n i z i n g the parent company’s the facility and they INT L . REP . JAM E S PRE S S L E Y refusing to bargain, for D351 – Stoneport, MI refusing to provide the doors, which are located donated a lot of time during rep o r ts contract ratifica- L-582 – Baton Rouge in Philadelphia. the negotiating proc e s s . tion, effective Nov. 1, 1997 Union with the necessary INT L . REP . J. C. TOD D rep o rt s The solidarity and unity Eames also apprec i a t e s to Oct. 31, 2000, for 50 mem- INT L . REP . DEN N I S KIN G in f o r mation to bargain, for contract ratification, effe c - demonstrated by these the support he rec e i v e d bers of Local 482,Woo d rep o r ts contract ratifica- unilaterally raising insur- tive Nov. 1, 1997 to Oct. 15, Bo i l e r makers finally made fr om General Counsel rep - Ri v e r , Ill., who repair small tion, effective Dec. 5, 1997 ance premiums without 2001, for 150 members of an impact with Day and resentative Michael and large diesel engines at to Dec. 2, 1999, for 48 mem- first bargaining to impasse, Local D351, Stoneport, Zi m m e r mann, as the mem- Manley and Collective Mikes, Inc., and effe c t i v e bers of Local 582, Baton and for requiring all Mich., who work with stone bers ratified a two-year Ba r gaining Research Asst. Aug. 15, 1997 to Aug. 14, Rouge, La., who maintain employees to remove all at the Pr esque Isle ag r eement in April 1998, Pam Dumler. 2000, for two members who heat exchangers at the union stickers and other Co r p o r a t i o n . insignia from their lockers that secures increases in The unit includes all full- pe rf o r m repair work at the Ohmstede of Louisiana St. both wages and benefits time and regular part- t i m e Union Tank Car Company. Gabriel plant. while allowing other types D357 – Fairborn, OH of insignia to remain. and provides the stability tr a n s p o r tation departm e n t The regional board rul e d these workers wanted workers employed by Day L-587 – Orange, TX when they voted & Zimmermann Servi c e s INT L . REP . WIL L I A M SMI T H L-483 – Alton, IL in the union’s favor in at rep o r ts contract ratifica- least six of the unfair labor “U n i o n Y es” nearly two at the U.S. Naval Wea p o n s BIL L Y STAG G S , vice pres i d e n t B. E. HER F O R D , business tion, effective March 1, practice charges, which are years ago. Testing Facility (China Lake of Local 483, Alton, Ill., manager and secret a ry - ❑ 1998 to Feb. 28, 2003, for 79 cu r rently under review by Intl. Rep. Steve Eames, Weapons Station). rep o r ts ratification of a tre a s u r er of Local 587, members of Local D357, the Washington, D.C. offi c e . who led the negotiating one-year contract exten- Orange, Texas, rep o r ts con- Fa i r b o r n, Ohio, who make sion for members of Local tract ratification, effe c t i v e Po r tland Cement at 483 who work at Ro n e y Feb. 1, 1998 to Jan. 31, 2001, Betts Corporation – Meyer L-696 – Marinette, WI Jan. 31, 2001, for members Southdown, Inc. Machine Works, Inc. Th e for 46 members of Local 587 In d u s t r i e s . of Local 1592, Allentown, new expiration date is Feb. who work in the marine INT L . REP . LEO N A R D GUN D E R S O N Pa., at Bonney Forge . D367 – Regina, SK 1, 1999. machine shop at Gulf Coast L-648 – Fullerton, PA rep o r ts contract ratifica- INT L . REP . JAM E S PRE S S L E Y Ma c h i n e , and effe c t i v e tion, effective April 1, 1998 L-1652 – Kenosha, WI ROB LAU Z O N , business man- also rep o r ts contract ratifi- Feb. 1, 1998 to Feb. 1, 2001, INT L . REP . MIC H A E L SHA F F E R to April 30, 2001, for six ager and secret a ry - t re a - cation, effective Dec. 2, for six members of Local rep o r ts contract ratification, members of Local 696, INT L . REP . HOWA R D COL E su r er of Cement District 1997 to Dec. 2, 2000, for 18 587 who make hundreds of ef fective Sept. 18, 1997 to Marinette, Wis., who work rep o r ts contract ratification, Lodge D11, rep o r ts contract members of Local 483 who miscellaneous chemicals June 15, 2001, for 100 mem- in the fabrication unit at ef fective Feb. 15, 1998 to ratification, effective Jan. 1, work in metal fabrication at for industrial use at the bers of Local 648, Fullerto n , Menominee Iron Wor k s . Ma r ch 3, 2001, for 17 mem- 1998 to Dec. 31, 1999, for the BSW Corporation. Huntsman Petroc h e m i c a l Pa., who perfo r m fabrica- bers of Local 1652, Kenosha, four members of Local Co r p o r a t i o n . tion work for the cement Wis., who forge hand tools D367, Regina, L-744 – Cleveland, OH D486–New Wes t m i n s t e r in d u s t r y at the Fu l l e r at Sn a p - O n - To o l s . Saskatchewan, Canada, Co m p a n y . PAT GAL L A G H E R , business who work at In l a n d D592 – Pittsburgh, PA ROB LAU Z O N , business man- manager and secret a ry - Ce m e n t . L-1666 – Dayton, OH ager and secret a ry - t re a - INT L . REP . WIL L I A M SMI T H L-680–St. Catharines tre a s u r er of Local 744, su r er of Cement District rep o r ts contract ratifica- Cleveland, Ohio, rep o rt s IND U S . COU N C I L REP . RON LYO N D375 – Paulding, OH Lodge D11, rep o r ts contract tion, effective Dec. 15, 1997 INT L . REP . STAN PET R O N S K I contract ratification, effe c - rep o r ts a one-year contract ratification, effective Oct. 1, to Dec. 15, 2003, for 52 rep o r ts contract ratification tive Oct. 1, 1997 to Sept. 30, extension, effe c t i v e INT L . REP . WIL L I A M SMI T H 1997 to Sept. 30, 2001, for 24 members of Local D592, of a five-year agree m e n t , 2000, for members of Local th r ough Oct. 24, 1998, for rep o r ts contract ratifica- members of Local D486, Pi t t s b u r gh, Pa., who pro- ef fective Sept. 30, 1997, for 744 at National Boiler members of Local 1666, tion, effective Dec. 15, 1997 New Wes t m i n s t e r , British duce Kosmos Cement and members of Local 680, St. Works, Inc. Dayton, Ohio, who work at to Dec. 15, 1998, for 83 Columbia, Canada, who Ko s m o r tar at So u t h d o w n , Catharines, Ontario, Johnston Metal Industries. members of Local D375, work in the production and In c . (f o r merly known as Canada, who work in ship L- 7 4 8 – Wo rc e s t e r , MA The extension was Paulding, Ohio, who work in maintenance of lime at the Kosmos Cement). repair and shipbuilding at granted because the com- the production and mainte- Chemical Lime Company of the Po r t Weller Dry Docks. INT L . REP . VIN C E N T DICLE M E N T E pany had experienced an nance of cement at La f a rg e Canada, Inc. L-647 – Minneapolis Members of the negotiating rep o r ts contract ratification, ov e r run in material costs Co r p o r a t i o n . committee include ef fective Nov. 30, 1997 to and two of their three pres s D488 – Acton, Ontario PAU L PEN D E R G A S T , business Pe t r onski, Dave Brow n , No v . 23, 2002, for 105 mem- machines had been down D387 – Picton, ON manager and secret a ry - Mike Latour, Mike Simons, bers of Local 748, Worc e s t e r , for almost two months. INT L . REP . ED MATT O C K S tre a s u r er of Local 647, Vince Marsala, and Erni e Mass., who work at Co p p u s The parties will meet in INT L . REP . ED MATT O C K S rep o r ts contract ratifica- Minneapolis, Minn., rep o rt s Hi l d e r b r a n d t . En g i n e e r i n g . six months, no later than rep o r ts contract ratification, tion, effective, March 1, contract ratification, effe c - April 1, 1998, to review the ef fective Jan. 1, 1998 to Nov. 1998 to Oct. 31, 2000, for 60 tive March 1, 1998 to Feb. L-684 – Norfolk, VA L-1506 – Catasauqua co m p a n y ’ s financial status 30, 2001, for 150 members of members of Local D488, 28, 2001, for 71 members of and if positive, agree to a Local D387, Picton, Ontario, Acton, Ontario, Canada, Local 647 who work with GAR Y DAN I E L , president of INT L . REP . MIC H A E L SHA F F E R wage re- o p e n e r . Canada, who prod u c e who work with crus h e d st r uctural steel at the Eg g e r Local 684, Norfolk, Va. , rep o r ts contract ratifica- cement and clinker at ag g r egates at Blue Circl e Steel Company; effe c t i v e rep o r ts contract ratifica- tion, effective Oct. 1, 1997 to L-2000 – Chester, PA Es s ro c . Ag g r egates (f o rm e r l y Jan. 1, 1998 to Dec. 31, 2000, tion, effective Feb. 9, 1998 to Sept. 30, 2000, for 100 mem- known as United for 74 members of Local 647 Feb. 8, 2001, for 800 mem- bers of Local 1506, PHI L EVAN S , BM-ST of Local L-449 – Sturgeon Bay Ag g r egates Ltd.), and who work in the prod u c t i o n bers of Local 684 who work Catasauqua, Pa., who forge 2000, Chester, Pa., rep o rt s ef fective April 1, 1998 to of structural steel at Mi d in ship repair and ship con- steel products at the contract ratification, effe c - INT L . REP . LEN GUN D E R S O N Oct. 31, 2000, for four mem- America Steel Inc.; and st r uction at the No rf o l k Phoenix Forging Co. tive Sept. 11, 1997 to Sept. rep o r ts contract ratifica- bers of Local D488 who ef fective Aug. 16, 1997 to Shipbuilding & Dryd o c k 10, 2000, for 275 members tion, effective Sept. 1, 1997 work under the trailer con- Oct. 14, 2000, for 164 mem- Co r p o r a t i o n . L-1592–Allentown, PA who perfo r m ship repair for to Aug. 31, 2001, for 200 tract and for six members bers of Local 647 who work the Navy and commerci a l members of Local 449, of Local D488 who work in the fabrication of steel INT L . REP . ROC C O DEROL L O clients at Me t r o Machine St u r geon Bay, Wis., who under the tandem contract power line transmission rep o r ts contract ratifica- of Pennsylvania. work in shipbuilding and at Blue Circle Aggreg a t e s . poles at the Thomas & tion, effective Feb. 1, 1998 to the Boilermaker Reporter 22 May • Jun 1998 L O C A L N E W S ‘I get these NTL Boilermaker designs protective head gear benefits because Cotton head covers offer comfort, I’m a member of more protection than other designs N E A L WA R R E N, a 20-year member of the National the Boilermakers’ Transient Lodge, wasn’t happy with the head covers he wore while welding. So he designed a better one. UNION PLUS With the help of his wife, an industrial nurse he met on a CREDIT CARD Boilermaker job, War r en designed an all-cotton head cover A credit card is that offers better protection as well as comfort. The covers av a i l a b l e . have become so popular that now Wa r ren devotes all his sp a r e time to his new business – Heads Up Head Gear. For information call: His patented design provides an additional layer between 1- 8 0 0 - 5 2 2 - 4 0 0 0 the environment and the welder, decreasing the incidence of burns, preventing UV exposure, and offering pro t e c t i o n LEGAL SERVICE f rom fall-out debris. They are individually hand cut and Fr ee and discounted ma n u f a c t u r ed in a Pennsylvania sewing factory. legal services. Includes For more information, contact Neal at 1-800-810-2446 or Neal War r en (l.), a 20-year NTL member, models one of the fr ee consultation (up to visit his web site at http://home1.gte.net/nwarren. (If you head covers he and his wife designed to pr ot e c t 30 minutes). ar e searching the Internet, use the key words “welding head construction and industrial workers from burns, UV exposur e, covers” to find Neal’s page.) ❑ and fall-out debris. For information call: 1- 8 0 0 - 4 5 2 - 9 4 2 5 It ’ s a small world after all – and a dog’s world, too LIFE INSURANCE Ter m insurance is Three Boilermakers meet at dog av a i l a b l e . competition in Lucerne, Switzerland For information call: T H E Y WERE A L L far from home, but found out just how 1- 8 0 0 - 8 9 9 - 2 7 8 2 small the world really is when three Boilermakers met in Switzerland at a dog show. DENTAL SERVICE G o rdon Esselman, a member of Local 107, Milwaukee, Of fers pred e t e rm i n e d Wis., and president of the USAClub, had flown to Lucerne discount fees for for the World Championship of Working German Shepherd dental services and Dogs. His team was competing against over 100 of the best pro c e d u re s . German Shepherd dogs from 19 countries in the fields of tracking, obedience, and protections. For information call: While at the annual competition, he met Lance Collins, a 1- 8 0 0 - 2 5 7 - 8 3 5 2 member of Local 359, Van c o u v e r , British Columbia, Canada, who is president of the Canadian Club, and John Mulligan, a MO R TGAGE & REAL member of Local 60, Peoria, Ill., who is team captain for the ES T ATE U S At e a m . Buying, selling, Both the Canadian and U. S. teams had competitors in the top three rankings, with the U.S. team winning the competition refinancing made for the second year in a row . The three Boilermakers hope to ea s i e r , more affo rd a b l e . meet each other again next year in Boston, Mass., when the Special savings on rea l competition is held for the first time outside of Europe. estate agent servi c e s . In the picture at right are (l. to r.) Gordon Esselman of L- For information call: 107, Milwaukee, Lance Collins of L-359, Van c o u v e r , and John ❑ 1- 8 0 0 - 8 4 8 - 6 4 6 6 Mulligan of L-60, Peoria. DRIVER & TRAVE L E R Local 128’s Greg An unbeatable motor club with towing, car Mucin is making his rep a i r , and maintenance discounts, and a cash- dr eams come true back travel servi c e . For information call: G R E G O RYD. MUCIN, a 16-year member of Local 128, Tor onto, Ontario, Canada, has been playing the guitar and 1- 8 0 0 - 5 4 7 - 4 6 6 3 writing songs since he was 12-years old. As a seasonal con- st r uction worker, Mucin may have more spare time than he AC C I D E N T likes, but he puts it to good use by writing songs. His curren t IN S U R A N C E catalogue includes over 200 songs and grows almost daily. He Workplace accidental just released his first compact disc, Monday Driver, and is using death insurance is his time off to promote this fist re c o rding. Blowhard av a i l a b l e . Publishing calls his style “a mix of Dylan, John Prine, Tom Waits, and Steve Earle, but it would be unsafe to categorize For information call: Gr eg Mucin as anything other than Greg Mucin.” 1- 8 0 0 - 8 9 9 - 2 7 8 2 Mucin is a multi-talented boilermaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. He hasn’t hung up his welding tools yet, but UNION FAM I L Y he may well be on his way to a rec o r ding caree r . For more $AV E R S information about ordering his CD, contact Mucin care of Savings on everyd a y Bl o w h a r d Publishing, 611 Spruce Street, Sudbury, Ontario, ❑ consumer prod u c t s Canada, P3C 1R1. and services – including Hertz car L-60 member David rentals, Disney Wor l d L- 4 5 5 ’ s Allen Phillips designs hotel stays, hearing Lindee flips a mean ‘state of the union sports w e a r ’ aids, and more. For information call: burger in Peoria Boilermaker publicizes his union 1- 8 0 0 - 4 5 2 - 9 4 2 5 “APERFECT LUNCH STOP .” That’s how a local newspaper ideals through T-shirt designs writer describes David Lindee’s tavern. Lindee, a 30-year For more information on these member of Local 60 in Peoria, Ill., owns and operates the THERE’S MORE THANone way to make a point, and me m b e r -only benefits, call “Friendly Tap.” Phil Luciano was res e a r ching a story on “the Allen Phillips is using sportswear as a way to urge and best burgers around” when a sportswriter for the Peoria support union membership nationwide. Phillips, an 18- 1-800-452-9425 paper told him about Lindee’s place. year member of Local 455 in Sheffield, Ala., is spending his Luciano found the burger “entirely satisfying. . . Add in the s p a re time designing symbols and slogans for T- s h i r t s , BOILERMAKERS UNION fact that it’s quick and cheap, and that makes for a perfect sweat shirts, and golf shirts that are made out of top quality PRIVILEGE BENEFITS lunch spot.” 100 percent pre- s h r unk cotton and are 100 percent made in the U.S.A. His company, State of the Union™ Sportswear Pr ogram restrictions may apply to members So the next time you’re in the Peoria area, stop by and pay outside the continental United States. this Boilermaker a visit. After all, Luciano says the “burge r s by Creative Designs©, is based in Florence, Ala. ar e tops at Friendly Tap.” ❑ For more information, call Phillips at 1-205-767-4098. ❑ the Boilermaker Reporter 23 May • Jun 1998 I N M E M O R I A M WITH DEEP SORROWthe International Brot h e r hood rec o r ds the death of these members as rep o rt e d 17 4 Wol l e r , Wal t e r 58 3 Hayes, Edlridge 10 8 0 Milz, Elmer to the Intl. sec.-trea s . ’ s office and extends its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved families. 17 7 La Va s s o r , Robert 58 3 Starnes, Dwight P. 114 7 Ku r dydyk, B. I. 18 0 Hall, Chester L. 58 7 Sh a p i r o, Mendel 116 2 Konopacki, Ben LODGE & NAME 40 Likens, Edmund J. 10 7 Eastman, John G. 18 2 Tibbs, Melvin R. 59 2 Br own, Billy E. 116 2 Tomas, Donald J. 40 Pi e r ce, James D. 10 7 Nelson, Ralph W. 18 2 Zdunich, Thomas 59 2 Doke, Dewey T. 119 1 Hu e y , Herbert R. 1 Budnik, Leo 40 Ra y m e r , Odas 112 Dixon Sr., Ernest J. 19 1 Hosie, Al i s t a i r 59 2 Hopkins, C. J. 12 1 2 Ho l l i d a y , Leonard 1 Patnode, Robert J. 45 Cook, Clarence A. 117 Ha t h a w a y , S.l W. 19 3 Ge o r ge, Joseph E. 59 2 Johnson, Murel H. 12 4 7 Mulderink, J. 1 Smolkovich, G. 57 Mc E n t i r e, Edward 117 Menze, Jerry T. 19 5 Minton, Charles 59 2 Scott, Lee 12 5 2 Do t y , James W. 1 Wei r , John J. R. 60 Gibson, Gail L. E. 12 6 Pelepiak, N. 20 6 Herrick, Richard 60 2 Br eidenbach, Leo 14 2 0 La rd y , Daniel T. 2 McDevitt, T. I. 72 Br uce, Glen R. 12 8 Faries, Edward G. 22 9 Sa l i s b u r y , Russell 61 4 Callis, Manuel P. 15 0 9 Chojnacki, Roman 3 King, Bruc e 72 Kolb, Rudolph L. 12 8 Lapensee, Clayton 31 7 Clark, William J. 62 7 Smith, Luther R. 16 1 8 Jacob, Francis J. 5 Castellanta, A. J. 72 Ma t n e y , Dwight 12 8 Tweedie, R. 36 3 Black, Lowell D. 64 0 Le o n a r d, Eugene 16 1 8 Wise, Henry W. 5 Helman, Daniel 72 Sp i l l e r , Milton L. 12 8 Vah e y , Albert K. 37 4 Cr a c h y , Bernard 64 7 Bistodeau, Al b e r t 16 2 2 Poling, Charles R. 6 Battaglia, Santo L. 73 Godin, Raymond 12 8 Williams, Henry 37 4 Hughbanks, Wm. 64 7 Ryan, Sandra A. 16 2 6 Merrifield, Daniel 6 Kramer Jr., Jake 73 MacLean, Al l a n 13 2 Melton, Wil l i a m 37 4 Riggleman, James 65 1 Smith, Gordon K. 18 4 9 Landis, Joseph W. 6 Picchi, Gino 74 Ba r l o w , Harol d 14 6 Kolcun, Stanley 37 4 Shanklin, Stanley 65 6 Bo d e n h a m e r , L. V. 20 0 0 Woo d w a r d, K. L. 6 Rehbock, Albert F. 74 La i r d, Roy L. 14 6 Loewen, Jake 37 8 Wilson, Herbert 65 6 Gennoe, James S. D4 7 2 Brilinski, Donald 6 Smith, William E. 79 Al e x a n d e r , Frank 14 6 McGee, Harvey J. 39 7 St r a u s e r , Fred R. 65 9 Og a r ek, Steve D5 5 9 Hann, Vic t o r 6 Stevens, Orville R. 83 Jessee, Lloyd W. 14 6 McNeil, Robert G. 44 3 Ki r chen Jr., C. 66 3 Gr een, Verl F. D8 1 Billeb, Tom K. 6 Stewart, Ad a m 83 Ko l o f f, John 14 6 Reid, Angus G. 44 3 Kr oll Jr., Anton L. 66 7 Goodman, Paul L. M1 0 Neverman, A. 6 Zimbelman, O. A. 83 Scantlin, Michael 14 6 Robert, Marc 44 3 Olson, George J. 66 7 Lamp, George C. M3 0 0 Combs, Roger E. 7 Br a d y , John R. 85 Ca r n e y , Dennis R. 14 6 Ru d e y , Morris 44 9 Haberlie, Oscar J. 66 7 Ma g a w , Roger W. M5 0 Mi l l e r , Charles 10 Sh a w , William W. 85 Sibbersen, Ronald 14 6 Skoflic, Al d o 45 5 McGee, Novel D. 66 7 Thomas, James E. M6 8 Bl o e m e r , Joseph 13 Banbrick, Robert 85 Spain, Walter R. 15 4 Cr ognale, Steve 48 0 Smith, Robert L. 66 7 Wallace, Richard NT L Adcock, Johnny 19 Zielinski, Stanley 92 Givens, Frances 15 4 DeAngelis, Wm. 48 3 Ba i r , Marion L. 67 9 Johnson, Jasper E. NT L Dr ost, Francis J. 20 Wh i t t a k e r , L. T. 92 McGehee, Joseph 15 4 He l p e r , Cliffo r d 48 3 Mo o r e, Lyndall T. 67 9 Robbs, Harde n NT L Gajdowski, S. J. 26 Gro o v e r , Jack W. 92 Strickland, Joseph 15 4 Ku m o r , Joseph S. 50 2 Titus, Robert E. 67 9 Wyrick, James A. NT L Gallion, Charles 27 Copeland, Milfred 10 2 McRee, Russell 15 4 Lanles, Frank M. 53 1 Ka y , John E. 68 7 Davis, Carter E. NT L Jo l l e y , Felton D. 27 Tur n e r , Everet t 10 4 Br uce, William H. 15 4 Ra y , Frank E. 54 9 Austin, James W. 68 8 Cuevas, Eulis J. NT L Labelle, Bryan T. 29 Bezanson, Donald 10 4 Davidson, David 15 4 Sn i d e r , Frank J. 54 9 Branch, George 68 8 Price, Louis J. NT L Routh, John L. 29 Carmosino, A. 10 4 Ke l l e y , Ar chie E. 15 4 Wokutch, Eugene 54 9 Daniel, Nolan L. 69 6 Johnson, Dennis NT L Schmitt, Earl 29 Jones, Boyd 10 4 Pr udencio, Jose B. 15 4 Zi m m e r l y , C. A. 54 9 Herbert, R. H. 69 7 Weis, John A. NT L Schmitt, Earl R. 30 Mo o r e, Thomas 10 4 Raymond, Orval 15 8 Sc h a b i n g e r , W. 54 9 Ter r y , Eugene 80 1 Bre y e r , Harry A. NT L Stephenson, R. P. 30 Oakes, Ronnie L. 10 4 So r enson, K. G. 15 8 St e a r , Russell L. 54 9 Walker Jr., J. T. 80 1 Frampton, Albert S1 0 5 Mullins, Kent R. 37 Faulk, Joseph E. 10 5 Ha t t e r , Joseph E. 15 9 Ma t t e y , Richard L. 56 8 Castleman Jr., J. S. 80 1 Little, John H. S1 0 5 Tay l o r , Peggy J. 40 Atwood Jr., Roy 10 5 Martin, Ira C. 16 9 Sh a f e r , Edwin 56 8 Masella, Fred 90 0 Wellman, Don W. S2 2 8 Gould, Raymond 40 Craven, Wil l i a m 10 5 Wilson, Dock 17 4 Kiepke, L. K. 57 7 Reese, George P. 10 8 0 Felcan, John S6 9 9 Anderson, R. J.

D E AT H B E N E F I T S IF YOU HAVE NOT yet been furnished this information, contact your local lodge, secure the beneficiary fo r ms, complete the req u i r ed information and forwa r d to the Administrative Office of the Pension Fund, THE DEATH BENEFIT PLAN under the Boilerma k e r -Blacksmith National Pension Trust has 754 Minnesota Avenue, Suite 522, Kansas City, KS 66101, at the earliest possible date. NOTE: These addi- paid the beneficiaries of the following deceased members who were covered by the plan tional death benefits can only be derived for members who worked under a collective bargaining agree - since the last issue of our publication. ment with an employer contributing to the Boilerma k e r -Blacksmith National Pension Trus t . LODGE, NAME & BENEFIT 83 Wilson, David C. 2, 0 0 0 . 0 0 19 7 Ha i n e r , Charles B. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 59 9 Anderson, George 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 85 Frank, Benny J. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 24 2 Mi s t r etta, Sam L. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 62 7 Smith, Luther R. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 Jewula, Josaf $2 3 . 3 4 85 Ma n t e u f fel, Ar n o l d 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 24 2 Wh e e l e r , Glenn R. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 64 7 Gipple, George 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 Kacka, Joseph M. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 92 Ar r owood, Dave 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 26 3 Cawthorn, Vir gil G. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 64 7 Marazzo, Dominic 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 1 Moctezuma, Julio 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 92 Burton, Gerald W. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 26 3 Wilkerson, Leon 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 64 7 Mc C re a d y , Robert 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 5 Helman, Daniel 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 92 Cro w d e r , Ramza E. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 30 0 Primerano, Vic t o r 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 66 7 Fu l k n i e r , Charles L. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 6 Ar evalo, Joseph C. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 92 Gonzales, Manuel 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 30 5 Duplantis, Dennis 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 67 3 Williams, Gwilliam 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 6 Ba k e r , Thomas 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 92 Mayes, Joseph L. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 35 8 Ba k e r , John T. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 67 9 Cr a b t r ee, Wil l i a m 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 6 Bennight, Johnnie 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 92 Moyle, Kensett J. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 35 8 Norris, James T. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 67 9 Shelton, James W. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 6 Bl a k l e y , Donald P. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 92 Pe r r et, Albert J. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 36 3 Baughman, George 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 67 9 Th a c k e r , Howard F. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 6 Br unning, Benjamin 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 92 Stanton, Jesse W. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 36 3 Landolt, Leonard 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 68 8 Bozeman, Walter R. 2, 1 3 8 . 3 0 6 Drake, Theodore H. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 96 Lewellyn, Wil l i a m 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 36 3 St a n d e f e r , James 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 69 7 Kiepke, Lawren c e 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 6 Ertel, Wal l a c e 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 10 1 Johnson, Irvin L. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 37 4 Bru d e r , Harol d 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 74 4 Br a d y , George T. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 6 Filas, Florian J. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 10 4 Ar endt, Oswald 3, 0 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A. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 72 Fears, William H. 2, 5 0 4 . 7 4 72 Sherman, Norman 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 72 Spillers, Milton L. 6, 0 0 0 . 0 0 Mo v i n g ? Tell us where . . . Mail form to: 72 Trad, Edmond G. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 72 Wilcox, Donald B. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 Na m e 72 Wood, Clarence P. 1, 5 0 0 . 0 0 Publications Departm e n t New Addres s 74 La i r d, Roy L. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 753 State Avenue, Suite 565 79 Simon, Wilson J. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 Ci t y 83 Jessee, Lloyd W. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 Kansas City, KS 66101 83 Ki m b r ough, Rick E. 26 . 8 5 State or Prov i n c e Zi p 83 Ra m e y , Clyde J. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 83 Roberts, Joseph E. 21 3 . 4 0 Local Lodge No. Register No. (Allow five weeks for change of addres s . ) 83 Watson, Paul C. 3, 0 0 0 . 0 0 (Also please notify the secret a r y of your local lodge.) the Boilermaker Reporter 24 May • Jun 1998 C O M M E N TA R Y We must stop the move to silence workers and unions

A nationwide campaign to take away our political People like Rooney know that. They also know that without the voice threatens everything unions have achieved political activity of unions, workers would be without a political voice. T OPENS DOORS.That’s what Our friend in Congress, Rep. That’s why Rooney and others are Patrick Rooney, chairman of Bernie Sanders (Ind.-Vermont), tells behind efforts to rewrite election Golden Rule Insurance us that in the 1996 election cycle, laws so that unions would have to C o m p a n y, told Mother Jones Amway Corporation and its off i- get written permission from every I when asked why he gave over cers gave a total of $4 million to the member before we could take any $500,000 to the Republican National Republican Party. Perhaps it should political action. California’s Committee in 1994. be no surprise that this year’s tax P roposition 226 and bills like it I’m sure Mr. Rooney knows bill gives that company a tax brea k being introduced in other states are exactly what he is talking about. He of $183 million. their way of taking workers out of is also a major contributor (over Donations open doors, but work- the political equation. Charles W. Jones $100,000) to Newt Gingrich’s ers rarely have large sums of money These bills could be the biggest International President G O PAC, and other officers of to donate. How can workers open t h reat to workers we have seen in doors to get our political issues Golden Rule have donated in excess decades. Nearly every advance- to use union labor on government be f o r e Congres s ? of $600,000 to the Republican Party ment workers have made throu g h c o n s t ruction projects and to buy in the last five years. the political process has come American-made products with our Those donations opened the th r ough the efforts of unions. Social Without the political tax money. doors necessary to get the Se c u r i t y . Unemployment compen- It is no secret why the U.S. Republicans in Congress to prop o s e activity of unions, workers sation. Minimum wage. The 40- Chamber of Commerce, the Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs) would have no coherent hour week. Davis-Bacon. The Jones Business Roundtable, and multina- as a substitute for universal health Act. Medicare. OSHA. Equal voice in government. tional corporations want to silence ca r e reform – or even for Medicare. opportunity for employment. unions. Without our voice, they will Golden Rule stands to make a sub- Unions supported all of these and a have no unified opposition to their stantial windfall if MSAs ever whole lot more. anti-worker legislation. One of the few ways is thro u g h become law. In AL L cases, corporate Am e r i c a Keep a close watch on your state. union political action. By educating Rooney and Golden Rule are far tried to keep Congress from enact- Educate your members and your our members re g a rding the issues fr om alone. Large corporations and ing these laws. f a m i l y. Unless we actively oppose and the candidates, making sure the wealthy individuals who own On the local level, union political them in a unified way, these grou p s they register to vote, and encourag- them regularly donate enormous activity has been equally successful may be able to pass state laws tak- ing them to take action, we can sums of money to political parties. – perhaps even more so. Local polit- ing unions out of the political mobilize our most powerful And often those donations open ical action can help us bargain better pro c e s s . weapon – voters. Our members’ some interesting doors. contracts, convince employers to Who then will speak up for work- vote. That is our stren g t h . end lockouts, and get governments ers and their families? ❑

Letters to the Editors

Bell says Local 182 is doing a the funds. Any errors or shortages Mrs. Barlow misses her time working near our homes and would not only be immediately families so we can walk with the pride gr eat job noticed, my accurate account would be bo i l e rm a k e r of a tradesman. I HAVE BEENa member of Local 92 of immeasurable value toward discov- I AM WRITING on behalf of my hus- DON MCNIC H O L , Local 29 (Los Angeles, Calif.) for over 30 years. ering whether a contractor didn’t con- band, Harold M. Barlow, who belonged Bre w s t e r , Mass. In the last five years I have been force d tribute or a clerical error has occurred. I to Local 74 in Houston, Tex a s . Ha ro l d to boom out and work for other locals. refuse to rely solely on memory or oth- was a very devoted union member. I L- 4 5 5 ’ s Eaton wants all unions to Local 182 (Salt Lake City, Utah) is by ers to resolve a complicated situation buried him Dec. 2, 1997, with his 55- far doing an excellent job in run n i n g such as this. With great pleasure I con- year union membership pin. He was pull together to get more work their hall and job sites. (And they’ve vey this has never been necessary for about to receive his 60-year pin. I AM AME M B E R of Local 455, Sheffi e l d , put “the fun” back into work.) They 21 years – a marvelous achievement, Ha r old was such a dedicated mem- Ala. I know I live in a right-to-work state, really make you feel like you are part especially considering mine is but one be r . He was rigging superintendent for but I still think that we should be able to of their local and not just a boomer. My of tens of thousands of accounts the Westheimer Rigging and Heavy contract more work for our local mem- hat goes off to them. funds office must track. It also is a trib- Hauling Co. in Houston and worked bers than we do because of the large JOH N L. BEL L , L-92 ute to all the contractors’ efforts and all over the U.S. He worked until he number of industrial plants in the Riverside, Calif. integrity to fulfill their contractual was 72 years old and died three weeks Decatur/Huntsville area. If we could obligations. Obviously this is not be f o r e his 91st birthday. I hope that or ganize these plants up and down the L- 3 7 4 ’ s La Lone sleeps well, always the case, but I like to think it is notice of his death will appear in the Tennessee River, we would have enough mostly true. The call-in prog r a m paper soon. (E d i t o r ’s Note: See p. 23 of this issue.) work to keep all of the Local 455 mem- confident that funds office is wh e r eby I can check my annuity MRS . HAR O L D M. BAR L O W bers employed year round. taking care of his accounts th r oughout the year is extrem e l y Irving, Tex a s I recently read in the Boilermaker important to me and I use it to track Re p o r t e r about how the support of I RE C E N T L Y RE C E I V E D the annual my account’s prog re s s . locals coast-to-coast helped in the state report from the pension and annuity L- 2 9 ’ s McNichol wants steady I extend my most sincere gratitude of California. I believe this same type tr usts. Mrs. La Lone and I are pleased and appreciation for all the effort you work near his home of unity and solidarity could make a with the growth and performance of and the board of trustees of the pen- I READ AN ART I C L E last fall in the change in our area. I would like to see the respective funds. As an active sion and annuity trusts have made on Engineering News Record ma g a z i n e all union members make an all-out member of Local 374 (Hammond, behalf of all Boilermaker members. I dealing with all the crafts that make up ef fort to help us in a “Fight Back Ind.), it is critical that I and all other can barely comprehend the complexity the Building Trades, including the Attack” so these industries would use members of our union know that our of managing so great a task as all of Boilermakers union, and how these union labor in their everyday mainte- pr esent or future ret i r ement is safe and you have undertaken to make the unions are becoming weaker. I, too, nance and outages instead of se c u r e, that we won’t have to wait by funds grow and thrive as you have have seen a steady decline every year nonunion labor. the mailbox for a Social Security check, done so well, the responsibility you as a field construction Boilermaker, JOH N R. EATON , Local 455 which will barely sustain us. It is with be a r , and your competent manner and I am fortunate if I can work four to Somerville, Al a . gr eat satisfaction that I am able to which brings security to the funds. It is five months a year, sometimes travel- know that my ret i r ement will be far a powerful incentive to work all the ing up to 1,000 miles or more to these Tell us what you think! better than almost any other trade, hours I can, to do the best I can, which jobs and spending many weeks away craft, profession, or caree r . in turn will make our union a stron g fr om home. SEN DL E T T E R S TO TH EE D I TO R TO: I watch my funds very closely. I keep entity with a solid future. Instead of creating new divisions, I The Boilermaker Reporter a running rec o r d of every job assign- For the present, I need only keep would like to see the International ment’s beginning and ending dates, working, need only to track my funds, 753 State Ave. Suite 570 di r ect its efforts (and funds) towards job location, contractor, and work pro- need only to rely on you for my ret i r e- Kansas City KS 66101 finding steady work for the field con- ject. Every payday I rec o r d the contri- ment security. I sleep very well. Best FAX: (913) 281-8104 st r uction member so we can stay off bution amounts to be made into the wishes and kind reg a rd s . E- m a i l : unemployment, pay into our pension do n c a s w e l l @ b o i l e r m a k e r s . o r g funds on my behalf, which are com- FRE D E. LA LON E , Local 374 and annuity funds, keep up our health or pa r ed to the annual statements sent by Buchanan, Mich. and welfare coverage, and spend more di l l o n @ b o i l e r m a k e r s . o r g