The Carpenter SPRINGS PRINWINTERG201520201615 NEW YORK CITY AND VICINITY DISTRICT COUNCIL OF CARPENTERS
iinn thisthis issueissue JOB SPOTLIGHT: CHANGING THE RALLY FOR BROOKLYN NETS WAY WE DO WORKER'S TRAINING FACILITY DRYWALL SAFETY A LETTER FROM OUR EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER JOSEPH GEIGER
The District Council ever present part of this process, enters 2016 with renewed demonstrati ng the UBC’s faith in > confi dence. The strides our leadership and membership made in 2015 put us on sure despite our past transgressions. footi ng on a number of platf orms. With their renewed trust, The strides we make this year will this District Council is bett er be because of our foundati on: our positi oned to go aft er the things fi rm belief in our principles, and the we lost, such as the residenti al strength of our membership. high-rise market in New York The District Council is a City. Winning this market will, far cry from its previous iterati ons, without a doubt, be an uphill The Independent Monitor has even by the standards of our batt le. fi led his second report with Judge Internati onal governing body. It is While we are excited to Berman concerning the status of this vote of confi dence that allows be introducing new components our Council, and it is available to us to pursue greater development to the Council, we also have to all members on the District Council of our union and take proacti ve make sure that our foundati ons website. While he notes that there steps in gaining tracti on in markets remain fi rm. Our overwhelming is sti ll room for improvement, he across the industry. Currently, victories in the NLRB electi ons also fi nds us a much improved we set our sights on the high concerning the Building insti tuti on, recognizing the rise concrete market, where we Contractors Associati on and the “strides towards establishing long- only have a thirty percent market Cement League now allow us to lasti ng and eff ecti ve compliance share. We started this initi ati ve negoti ate strong contracts that procedures which will ensure it (the by introducing the Provisional ensure our members come fi rst Council) will successfully meet the Carpenter program last year, a and that their value as workers mandate of the Consent Decree program that has been hugely is never diminished. We want in perpetuity, with or without successful and helped us gain to sign long-term contracts that a monitor.” Correspondingly, projects that have normally been last for generati ons, providing we’ve recently att ended a status out of our reach. Conti nuing on the protecti on, prevailing wages, conference with Judge Berman, this success, we are hiring Council and benefi t packages that make and in this informati ve exchange Representati ves to take on this a union job so sought aft er. We with, the District Council relayed market and focus on turning jobs won’t leave our members out in up-to-date informati on of progress to put our members to work. We the cold. If we can't sign long term and plans for future initi ati ves, negoti ated a four year successor contracts, we’ll sign short-term especially our negoti ati ons and agreement with The Cement extensions to make sure you keep plans to recover markets for League that was overwhelmingly working while we keep negoti ati ng. various craft s in our jurisdicti on. rati fi ed by the Delegate Body. We A Council that only makes demands We’ve come a long way, but we’ve hope to use that new agreement at the bargaining table isn’t sti ll got a long way to go. Thanks as the foundati on for similar keeping its members in mind, and to our fi rmed up foundati on, 2016 agreements with contractors and our goal is always to make sure you looks like it’s going to be a good developers to bring more of the have work opportuniti es, can take year. high rise market under the District care of yourself and your families, Council’s jurisdicti on. General and have faith in your union. President McCarron has been an
2 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG A LETTER FROM OUR 2 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER LETTERS FROM THE PRESIDENT CONTENTS 4 > AND VICE PRESIDENT As a union worker you work hard, you 8 NEWS & NOTES learn an awful lot; the experience with 10 AREA STANDARDS
all the Carpenters is that there’s always 12 POLITICAL ACTION someone who’s going to help you 13 LABOR TECHNICAL COLLEGE
- ANDREW MCCAULEY, LOCAL 157 14 JOBS AROUND TOWN
A MESSAGE FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL 16 AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
26 RECENT RETIREES
27 IN MEMORIAM
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WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 3 A LETTER FROM OUR PRESIDENT STEPHEN MCINNIS
You may have seen a be att ached to this tax abatement billboard in Times Square program, then we won’t be seated > recently that denounces at that table. I fervently hope that unions, specifi cally constructi on this deal gets pushed through the unions, for paying their members legislature, as building aff ordable unfairly. But unfortunately for housing in New York City is vital those att acking us, our fi ght has to our membership, but we won’t always been about the value of sign onto a bad deal that starts with a worker, and the ideal that all selling our members short. working at the highest of safety workers should be paid what The Governor has unveiled standards. We are currently working they deserve. That means that a massive infrastructure plan, one on a New York City bill that would NYCDCC members in New York that is going to help transform New require all projects above ten City, regardless of any other factor York City over the next twenty stories to uti lize a state certi fi ed than being a union member, should years, and union Carpenters are apprenti ceship program. This make excellent wages and benefi ts going to be a massive part of it. conditi on will be monumental in the so they can take care of their family The Governor’s agenda has people pursuit to bring rewarding and safe and communiti es. Our opponents paying serious att enti on, as he work to our communiti es. This bill do not want to have these worker menti ons sweeping renovati ons to was fi rst announced at the Building protecti ons, which is why they are places like Penn Stati on and Grand Trades Rally for Worker Safety and fi ghti ng tooth and nail to exclude Central Terminal, projects including we are working diligently to get this us from determining industry LaGuardia and JFK Airports, bill introduced to City Council. standards. and transportati on systems like When it comes to politi cal This ideal is central to the the Hudson River tunnel and a acti on this upcoming year, we have current 421a arguments. The large number of subway stati ons. a full plate. Between electi ons negoti ati ons surrounding this New These are important projects for and pushing for legislati on, there York State tax abatement program NYC, and vital projects for the is much to be accomplished have stalled, because as it stands it District Council as we will have an which means an opportunity for only aids wealthy developers. The enormous amount of work hours us to make some real change. I workers were making substandard added over the coming years by encourage everyone to register wages, leading the Building Trades securing these contracts, and to vote and stay tuned to fi nd out Council to demand that prevailing working with Governor Cuomo to how we can work together to make wages be an ironclad clause in the make sure NYC is built right. positi ve politi cal advancements that updated legislati on. If the other Since we build this city, benefi t you and your families. side of the bargaining table can’t we need to have protecti ons that promise that prevailing wages will maintain that we are paid fairly and
4 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG A LETTER FROM OUR VICE PRESIDENT MICHAEL CAVANAUGH
Every day we are tasked to leadership. We conti nue to send take on the many challenges full classes to the UBC’s Building > that the New York City Leadership for a Strong Future District Council faces both internally program (the 300 Hitt ers), and and in our industry. In the ever frequently hold orientati on classes changing market that we navigate, we for new members. Everyone wins need to remain fl exible and remember through this collaborati on as we aim that through commitment anything can to culti vate solidarity in everything be achieved. that we do, and we need to pass this months. At the workers safety rally, we turned out by the thousands to show I pledge to you that the union mentality along to the newest policy makers and developers how District Council prioriti zes the generati on of UBC members. What important our livelihoods are, as we future success of this union and our bett er way to show our support than mourned for the dead and fought for hardworking members. Equally, we by att ending this year’s 47th Annual the living, by proposing new legislati on need a commitment from you to help Graduati ng Apprenti ceship Contest, for worker standards. We are the us make this great union stronger. held at the Labor Technical College on workers that build this city and we As a Brotherhood, we need to come March 23rd. Come out and show your need superior jobsite safety standards together to help one another and support for these talented apprenti ces, to ensure that we return home safely strive to strengthen our organizati on. they’ve worked hard over the past four to our families each and every day. To achieve this goal, it is imperati ve years and are ready to enter the fi eld that our membership stays informed as skilled union journeypersons. We have a long road ahead as well as involved. And one of the In pursuing a unifi ed and proacti ve of us because as we know, things are best ways to stay informed is to att end organizati on, we are urging not given to us – they are fought for your local union meeti ngs. There are membership engagement with an and earned. So let us come together also various committ ees that you can emphasis on solidarity to make the and fi ght to make our working lives become involved with in your local as market we work in bett er for all bett er, because we know that we can’t well as the District Council such as the constructi on workers. We recently wait around for bett er opportuniti es to Veterans Alliance, to the Sisters in the stood together in droves, with the present themselves - we have to make Brotherhood, a Reti ree Club, and much Carpenters in the forefront, to show them. more. I encourage each and every one non-union JDS Developers that New of you to get involved because your York City is a union town. Now we are Always remember, solidarity = success. parti cipati on is important. looking at a possible union contract Skill and unity create the at 111 West 57th Street, for what foundati on of our union and we are is slated to be one of the world’s focused on expanding all opportuniti es skinniest residenti al skyscrapers, and for member parti cipati on and for which we have rallied outside for
WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 5 NEWS AND NOTES The NYCDCC Gives Back This Holiday Season
Union Carpenters had plenty of opportunity to donate this holiday season, and they did so in an enormous way. Whether it was canned food drives, toy and gift drives, or volunteering with local hospitals, they helped build a bett er holiday for those around the city.
Women's Committee TOYS4TOTS Drive The NYCDCC's Sisters In the Brotherhood Chapter put together a Toys4Tots drive to coincide with their winter meeti ng, taking in toys and gift s from a number of donors over the span of a few weeks.
Local 157 Toy Drive & Canned Food Drive Local 157 hosted an offi ce canned food drive and Toys4Tots drive, taking in hoards of items in both, to give back in multi ple ways around the city.
NYCDCC Canned Food Drive The NYCDCC collected canned food to be donated to City Harvest including packaged pasta, canned vegetables, and hot and cold cereal.
Local 1556 Toy Drive Local 1556 held a Toys4Tots Drive in partnership with Mount Sinai Hospital. Unwrapped toys were donated on December 21st with a party for hospital child pati ents.
Latino Club Holiday Party The NYCDCC's own Lati no Club hosted a holiday party at the end of the year, with a Toys4Tots drive which brought in quite a haul of toys and gift s for less priveleged children around the city.
6 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG Impressive views from 220 Central Park South, a residential skyscraper located in Midtown Manhattan, NYC.
WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 7 NEWS AND NOTES * News & Notes
Keep your certifi cations CURRENT!
It is your responsibility NYCDCC Represents at Bronx Meeting 205 union Carpenters came together to show their support at the Bronx to monitor your Coaliti on for a Community Vision meeti ng on October 21, 2015. The Bronx certi fi cati ons and keep Coaliti on for a Community Vision formed aft er learning about the City's them up-to-date. plans to rezone 73 blocks along Jerome Avenue, from 167th Street to 184th Street. To fi nd out when your Visit www.bronxcommunityvision.org to learn more. certi fi cati ons expire : Are you registered to vote? VISIT: March 25 iiss the deadline fforor new voters to register to be eligibeligible to www.nyclabortechnicalcollege.org parti cipate in New York Republican and Democrati c primaries on April 19. or Registrati on can be completed in the following ways: CALL: - In person at any county Board of Electi ons or Department of Motor LTC: 212-727-2224 Vehicles offi ce, and many other government agencies and educati onal Out of Work list: 212-366-3330 insti tuti ons; - Online at electi ons.ny.gov/VoterRegFormRequest.html. - Via mail by requesti ng a form at 1 (800) 367-8683 (FOR-VOTE)
Live in New Jersey? Visit htt p://www.nj.gov/state/electi ons/voti ng- informati on.html for informati on about registering in your state
Fundraiser for AM Rodneyse Bichotte The District Council hosted a fundraiser for Assembly member Rodneyse Bichott e of Brooklyn. Allies in labor, as well as members of the Minority and Women's Business Enterprises (MWBE) community, were in att endance. Rodneyse is a relati vely new member of the Assembly, yet she has proven to be a proacti ve advocate for worker protecti ons and middle class jobs. We were proud to support her at this event.
Assembleywomen Visit LTC New York State Assembly Members Rodneyse Bichott e (District 42), Diana Richardson (District 43) and Latrice Monique Walker (District 55) visited the District Council and the Labor Technical College to see why union Carpetners are essenti al to New York City and the State.
8 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG News & Notes * 300 HITTERS Another round of NYCDCC members completed the looking for applicants. Be sure to periodically check the Building Leadership for a Strong Future Program at the District Council website or ask your business representati ve UBC's Internati onal Training Center in Las Vegas, NV. for updates. Proving to be a successful program, we are conti nuously
Online Member Training Carpenters’ Bill of Rights The UBC's Carpenters and Responsibilities International Training Fund Carpenters believe that every working (CITF) is offering eligible UBC man and woman has certain rights, members the opportunity to but we also realize that with rights complete online courses at come responsibiliti es - and we take their convenience and without both seriously. Our Bill of Rights and losing time on the job, using a photo credit: LaborPress Responsibiliti es tells the world what we Learning Management System believe in, and what we are prepared to (LMS) called CITF Online LaborPress Awards Learning. Access to CITF Online LaborPress honored our Executi ve contribute. Learning is authenticated Secretary-Treasurer Joseph Geiger All working people have a right to: through the members section with their annual Legislator Leadership of the Carpenters.org website, Award, pointi ng to his role in helping A good job with benefi ts. where upon login members can the NYCDCC get back on the road A living wage that can support a family. navigate to Training & Tips and to self-governance. “We refuse to be Security and dignity in work and select the CITF Online Learning complacent while workers are not being reti rement. option to view available courses. paid the prevailing wages and benefi ts to More information can be found which they are enti tled,” they quoted Mr. A safe and secure workplace. in the member News section on Geiger as saying. Educati on and training to reach our full the District Council website. potenti al. LaborPress is NYC's premiere labor news source. Follow the coverage at With rights come responsibilities: www.laborpress.org Being producti ve and effi cient workers. HAVE A PIECE OF HISTORY WE Producing work of the highest quality CAN FEATURE? that we stand behind. Whether it's the experience of retired members, Improving our communiti es. old tools, or historical charter books we'd like Helping fellow workers achieve safety to feature it. The NYCDCC has a long and proud history in New York City. As a recurring feature in the and security in the workplace. magazine, Carpenters History is a story we're always looking for. Email us at Being acti ve citi zens and informed [email protected] if you think you've got a cool piece of voters. history to share. WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 9 * Area Standards
Taking It To The Streets
The Area Standards As expected, the Provisional Department conti nues to aggressively Concrete Initi ati ve expanded into carry out member driven acti viti es Queens with two jobs currently throughout the 5 boroughs. In 2015 in progress. Overall, three jobs at over 14,400 members took to the which Provisional Carpenters were streets of NYC to uphold and defend uti lized have been completed, one the Area Standard for all Carpenters in Manhatt an, and two more in within our jurisdicti on. There is no Brooklyn, one of which was the questi on that non-union contractors high profi le BAM South Project for know that we are prepared, at a developer Two Trees. Overall we moment’s noti ce, to take the good have recaptured and/or retained fi ght directly to their jobsites. Be it via 4,253,276 sq. feet of concrete work demonstrati ons, hand-billing, banners since the program's incepti on. and infl atables, or traditi onal and In recent weeks Area social media, bad actors cannot hide Standards Representati ves from our presence or our wrath. Long mounted an aggressive campaign in established and hard won standards Williamsburg Brooklyn against Jed Area Standards representation outside the will not be abandoned. Walentas' Two Trees Management, Virgin Companies business location. Our department has recently replete with infl atable rats, banners initi ated an aggressive social media and handbills. Also, substanti al them through a gauntlet of infl atable campaign centered around concrete resources were dedicated by way of rats and members, as they left the ceremony. There is no question that non-union At City Hall nearly 1,000 union Carpenters came out in support contractors know that we are prepared, at of the Constructi on Worker Safety a moment’s notice, to take the good fi ght Rally and a symbolic funeral procession directly to their jobsites. organized by the NYC Building Trades. Black coffi ns representi ng those who have passed were carried around City workers and the bad actors. Named traditi onal and social media to assist Hall, and one of our newly inducted the Concrete Rebellion, workers the eff ort. The goal: Get Walentas Provisional Carpenters who lost a have become emboldened by our back on board uti lizing our signatories brother last year in the non-union overtures on jobsites and social media; on his projects. For reasons that sector did his brother's legacy proud they are not only watching, they are remain unclear, he has chosen to by speaking out against the dangerous, acti ng. Carpenters from Parkside fl irt with the idea of using non-union oft en fatal practi ces of non-union Constructi on and Rovini Concrete, carpenters at the Domino Sugar Plant contractors. While Mayor Bill DeBlasio encouraged by word on the streets site. To this end, our doors remain did not speak at the rally, many local and on the net initi ated Class Acti on open, and discussions are ongoing. offi cials did, speaking out against those Lawsuits involving millions of dollars Meanwhile, we maintain a very visible who would place profi ts before safety. and hundreds of workers employed vigil at the site where we're expecti ng 2015 proved a deadly year in NYC throughout the city. That we are the likes of RNC Industries to begin Constructi on, as the death toll reached aggressively making strides in the work on one of Walentas' adjoining 17 dead, 15 of which occurred on Concrete Residenti al Sector has not sites. Expect to hear more on this as it non-union sites, most of which were fallen on deaf ears; indeed some develops. minoriti es. We call on Mayor DeBlasio of the plainti ff s are newly inducted Queens Area Standards to bring an end to the slaughter of members, and others hope to someday Representati ves staged a carefully constructi on workers in NYC. His join our ranks. As of this writi ng, Area orchestrated surprise domonstrati on Honor's housing agenda cannot be Standard Representati ves are also focusing on Durst Development during allowed to proceed as is, it is not working on new cases involving the their Ground Breaking Ceremony at acceptable that 17 Workers' lives are usual unscrupulous contractors and Hallett s Point. Union Carpenters the cost of doing business, not in this potenti ally bogus, counterfeit unions. stood side by side with Building Trades city! Stay tuned on social media for more members as they informed policy on the Concrete Rebellion. makers and developers, funneling
10 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG Rally For More pictures can be found at www. WORKER'S SAFETY flickr.com/ nycdistrict On December 9, 2015, the NYC on all jobsites need to be upheld. The council Building and Construction Trades Carpenters were out in force with union Council orchestrated a massive brethren to address the frightening demonstration to show City Hall and climb in construction fatalities in new policy makers that high safety standards construction projects around the city.
" To honor the 16 workers who have died this year — most of them immigrants who worked on non- union projects — the marchers bore witness to a symbolic memorial procession featuring 16 wood cof- fins, as bagpipers played 'Amazing Grace'...The investigation found that the rise in deaths and injuries has far exceeded the rate of new construction over the same period. It also found in the cases in which workers died, basic steps had not been taken to prevent them from falling and supervision was lacking... As a result, most of the deaths were “completely avoidable,” federal safe- ty investigators concluded."
The New York Times David Chen December 10, 2015
Join the Movement at MiddleClassStrong.Com Middle Class Strong believes good wages and benefi ts help build strong communiti es. In the face of stagnati ng pay and eroding rights for workers, Middle Class Strong is fi ghti ng for those families striving for the middle class. By protecti ng the interests of union and non-union workers alike, we can ensure that working people can provide for their families and build bett er lives.
As part of our eff ort to create a strong middle class, Middle Class Strong is educati ng the public and elected offi cials on the importance of training, safety standards, middle class wages, pensions, and benefi ts in creati ng a thriving middle class in New York City. WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 11 * Political Action
Source: www.bklynlibrary.org Source: New York State Governor's Office
Governor Cuomo’s The 421a Tax Abatement - the City Council voted to approve the Investment in Last year, the District Council of Brooklyn Heights redevelopment project. Carpenters, the Laborers, and both of Hudson Companies, the developer of the Infrastructure their respective labor management project signed an agreement with the NYC The Governor announced an organizations launched UP4NYC, a Building and Construction Trades Council, unprecedented investment in campaign to attach labor standards to a ensuring the project will create good jobs, infrastructure in the FY 2016-2017 budget. lucrative state tax credit for developers. with family sustaining wages and benefi ts. This investment includes a $1 billion The 421a tax credit expired after the real expansion of the Jacob V. Javits Center, estate industry and the NYC Building 2016 Election Cycle adding an additional 1.2 million square and Construction Trades Council failed to This election year, we have the ability feet to the complex. This expansion will reach an agreement over wage rates for to elect candidates that will do more to ensure the Javits Center can compete in construction workers. This year, we hope increase opportunities for our members. the ever-expanding convention center to ensure any renewed form of 421a will Elections for both federal and state offi ces market and will guarantee hundreds of include the attachment of wage standards. will be held, providing us with the chance jobs for our membership. Additionally, We remain committed to the position that to create real change. To have an impact, the Governor announced a $3 billion public subsidies should require a public it is imperative that all members not only renovation of Penn Station and the James benefi t. register to vote, but vote in each election. A. Farley Post Offi ce. A newer, more Registration can be done online with a expansive station will replace the current Brooklyn Heights Public drivers license for the states of New York hub. This renovation will spur economic Library and Pennsylvania, but must be printed development downstate, adding needed and mailed for New Jersey. Links and After an exhaustive campaign by Build Up construction jobs. The Executive Budget’s information can be found on the District NYC - a coalition of SEIU 32BJ, the Hotel commitment to infrastructure spending Council website and on the News and & Motel Trades Council, and the NYC will move New York forward and have Notes page. Building and Construction Trades Council tremendous benefi ts for our membership.
Mayor de Blasio’s Aff ordable Housing Plan New Yorkers deserve more than what Mayor de proposed plan. Mayor de Blasio has an opportunity Blasio has proposed in his aff ordable housing plan. to reform the past abuses perpetrated against By failing to include labor protecti ons, the Mayor’s workers, yet he has thus far squandered that plan does nothing to stop the rampant worker opportunity. We will conti nue to advocate for labor exploitati on on aff ordable housing constructi on standards to be att ached to the Mayor’s aff ordable sites. Historically, aff ordable housing has been built housing plan, as all workers deserve to earn a fair with non-union labor, devoid of any labor standards, wage and be safe while doing so. and this trend will only conti nue under the
12 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG Labor Technical College * * ------Union Carpenter Apprentices
PanelMax Drywall Machine Training Drywall fabricating machines are becoming increasingly popular in NYC jobsites as well as W&C company warehouses and drywall vendors. The LTC has purchased a PanelMax drywall fabricating machine, and we will be conducting seminars to get members familiar with the operation of drywall cutting machines. Check the LTC website for more details.
Storefront Architectural Metal 47th Annual Marine Training in Certifi cation Apprenticeship Contest Philadelphia Come to the LTC on March 23rd and Training was completed in Philadelphia The storefront class will be ongoing, and see the pride and skill of our graduating by members and Apprentices at the refi lling spots. This is a 40 hour hands Apprentices as they compete for Carpenters Training Center. We work on skills class. This course is designed valuable prizes. Vendors from all phases in partnership with their director and to provide the participant with the of the construction industry will be on instructors to coordinate training, as well necessary skills and knowledge to work hand to showcase new tools and safety as training in Vegas is completed at the with storefronts, curtain walls, and glass equipment. International Training Center. We have door installation. See our new PanelMax drywall cutting 15 welders that took underwater welding Classes will be scheduled as needed. machine in action, or try your hand at our (13 in Philadelphia and 2 in Las Vegas). Available seating = 12, Minimum virtual welding machine. enrollment = 8
Apprenticeship Spotlights Edwardo Dominguez, Local 1556 Jose Marin, Local 45 1st Year and giving me numbers saying where he’s worked as an Apprenti ce, on “call me when you’re done with Apprenti ce so far: Mostly where he’s school.” On why he’s excited interior jobsites, all over the at in the about being an Apprenti ce: city, mostly acousti cal ceilings program: Basically the educati on, from and sheetrock. On what he Right now what I see now, the sky’s the limit wants to be as a Journeyman: I’m in my here. You don’t only have to be I want to be the guy that 40 hour a dockbuilder, you can conti nue everyone goes to for the scaff olding on with the educati on, and go answers, I want to eventually class, and I’m from dockbuilder to supervisor, be a foreman. On how the really enjoying it because I get to foreman, etc. On why he’s 4th Year Apprenti ce, on what he Apprenti ceship Program will to work with my hands, get to excited about being an NYCDCC likes about the Apprenti ceship help when he gets onsite: work with my future peers, and member: The career, making Program: The thing I like most You’ll always see the same guys it shows a lot of teamwork and excellent money, and just being a is all the responsibility, there’s working, the guys who want to networking; a lot of people I’m part of history, helping build New a lot of fi nished product that keep working, and doing the working with now have jobs, York City, one of the greatest you’re responsible for. On right thing. and they’re already reaching out citi es in the world. WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 13 1
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1. Brooklyn Nets Training Facility, Sunset Park 2. Central Park Tower, 6 217 W. 57th Street 3. 30 Rockefeller Plaza 4. Barclay Interconti nental Hotel, 111 E. 48th St. 5. Triangle Building Products, Medford Long Island 6. 220 Central Park South
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WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 15 * MESSAGES FROM THE INSPECTOR GENERAL AND CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER SCOTT C. DANIELSON INSPECTOR GENERAL e must always bear in mind that the system at the expense of our honest, wrongdoing, please do not hesitate to corruption thrives when there hardworking members. We need to use call 1-855-UBC-TIPS. You may remain Wis a lack of oversight and when all the tools in our toolbox to ensure anonymous if you wish to do so. an effective mechanism for policing our that the infrastructure that the District own union affairs does not exist. This Council has put in place to protect We now live in an inter- is where the importance of the Office our members remains intact. I urge connected world and must work of the Inspector General lies. Since members to utilize Operation Watchdog, together in order to continue moving this Office was established, it has been which was developed as a tool to aid in our District Council forward. We must charged with the mission of combating protecting both our members and the be dedicated to working for a common union corruption and serves the Benefit Funds from fraud in real time. cause through collective efforts. It is membership by acting as an independent Those who abuse the system should our responsibility to raise awareness and and nonpartisan watchdog. We have fully expect to be caught. educate our members today so we may and continue to hold our members, build a better, stronger, union tomorrow. employees, and signatory contractors We are open to hear from accountable if they violate any of our members who would like to share their rules and regulations, or engage in thoughts and ideas for combating fraud Scott C. Danielson misconduct. This Office is committed in our trade. Please feel free to contact Deputy Chief Compliance Offi cer our Office at 212-366-3354 to set up to preserving the progress our District (212) 366-3361 Council has made by continuing to an appointment. We continue to ask vigorously investigate allegations of that all members act in good faith and SDanielson@nycdcigoffi ce.org fraud, corruption and wrongdoing. help the District Council in its efforts in policing fraud and corruption and The Office of the Inspector would like to thank all members that General will use all available resources to have been utilizing the I.G. Hotline. If relentlessly pursue anybody who abuses any member would like to report any
O ffi ccee ooff tthehe I nnspectorspector Geeneralneral H OOTLINETLINE (855) UBC-TIPS DETER DEFEND PROTECT DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT: New York City District Council of Carpenters - Members working for less than Offi ce of the Inspector General the Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) Phone: (212) 366-3354 - Cheating on the OWL Fax: (212) 366-7363 - Violating UBC Constitution and NYC by-laws email: ig@nycdcigoffi ce.orgg - Contractors that are violating the CBA Reports can be made anonymously or confi dentially
JOSH LEICHT CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER
he District Council is in the that contains informati on about the member or employee may confront process of updati ng its website District Council’s compliance and on the jobsite or during the work Tto make it easier to navigate and ethics program. At the bott om of day. Whenever an issue arises to broaden the informati on available the page, members will fi nd links where you are unsure how to act, to members. From a compliance to various rules that govern the make sure you seek guidance from perspecti ve, one functi on of the District Council, including the UBC a Council Representati ve or Offi cer website is to provide a single locati on Consti tuti on, the District Council before going further. members and where members, Shop Stewards and Bylaws, the District Council Code employees should also feel free to District Council employees can go to of Ethics, the Shop Steward Code of contact the Offi ce of the Inspector obtain copies of the rules that aff ect Conduct, Out of Work List Rules and General or the Chief Compliance their daily work acti viti es. others. Offi cer whenever they have concerns. The current website menu The rules are posted on the bar contains a “Compliance” link that website so that members can easily Josh Leicht can only be accessed by District obtain and review them whenever Chief Compliance Offi cer Council members. Aft er signing in necessary. Even so, the rules cannot (212) 366-7236 and clicking the link, members will and do not att empt to address every [email protected] be brought to a compliance page conceivable issue a District Council
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MEMBERS PROTECTING BENEFITS WITH TECHNOLOGY
Each member has the ability to act like a watchdog. You can check the amount of hours and total number of carpenters posted daily by the shop steward on the jobsite.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR VIEWING YOUR WORK HOURS:
Õ Visit www.nycdistrictcouncil.org
Õ On the black navigation bar, hover your cursor over the “I.G.’s Office” text. From the dropdown list, click on the “Operation Watchdog” link. Once you are on the “Operation Watchdog” page, click on the letter to view information and instructions on how to view your jobsite’s hours and carpenters. Õ You can access the page to view your work hours by either scrolling to the bottom of the home page for the New York City District Council of Carpenters and clicking on the Operation Watchdog logo or, you can click on the “Watchdog Check Hours” link from the “I.G.’s Office” dropdown list and clicking on the Operation Watchdog logo on the page you are directed to. You can also access the viewing page directly by going to: https://memberhours.sdcconnect.com/nd/mmhrs_rpt.txt/input
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WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 17 DRYWALL MACHINE OF THE FUTURE
rywall construction in New York DCity is a force to be reckoned with. While the number of high rise condos or massive offi ce buildings seems to grow every day, when you consider the interior systems involved in every building that goes up, or has already gone up, you begin to realize that a Carpenter could work on one building their entire career.
PanelMax website: www.grabberman.com/PanelMax
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“The man hours that we do (on drywall) is a ridiculous amount,” says Joe Campo, a Shop Constructi on Steward at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, noti ng that “we Products. A portable do a lot of drywall, that’s probably the majority board milling machine, the of our work.” With this heavy investment in PanelMax does previously diffi cult processes a single aspect of the constructi on industry, a very effi ciently with less materials and less technological advancement in interior systems labor, described as “a revoluti onary system that could either give union Carpenters an avenue makes creati ng intricate shapes and assemblies to more work, or leave them behind in the dust. from drywall much more aff ordable,”. And if That technological advancement right now is the you’re a union Carpenter, you have access to PanelMax machine designed and sold by Grabber one.
WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 19 he Labor Technical College this in their career more than we the architect has specifi ed,” says has recently purchased will,” notes Campo. And while Campo, who has been using the Tone of their very own (and it’s an important training in the machine at 30 Rockefeller Plaza. even christened it the Amy Rose), Apprenti ce’s arsenal, the College But along with making such intricate and are already at work putti ng is trying to get Journey men and design work easier, the PanelMax Apprenti ces through their paces women to get in and train on it as also facilitates a less labor intensive with it; and they’re determined to well. “Another great reason to put method, and presents a very heavy get our members out to the jobsites Apprenti ces on it is that they can benefi t for the contractor. “It does that use it with the knowledge of communicate to Journeyman onsite very clean work, very accurate how to run it. “We have to have that the College has this tool and work, it minimizes the waste of the it here, because the members out that they should check it out. Most materials, so in the long run, the there are going to see it, and there’s Journeymen are coming down here economics of it for the contractor no reason why we shouldn’t run for 32 hour, CPR, fi rst aid, etc., but are very good,” say Nieves. While it,” says Walter Warzecha of the not to take a drywall class,” says most drywall is long single sheets, LTC, noti ng “We always expose Warzecha. anything that requires complexity the Apprenti ces to new tools, and But the main draw for can take a lot of ti me to cut and then they bring it with them.” For buying a PanelMax (which can run assemble, and is prone to error. Instructor Manny Nieves, training into the tens of thousands), is the “The main thing that this Apprenti ces on the PanelMax is an machine itself. Complex shapes machine is going to accomplish evoluti on, but a needed one. “The which previously required complex is accuracy, a project being done importance of having it here now, labor have now become simpler, at correct the fi rst ti me…and the is that some have already seen least in terms of producti on. “It’s client is going to be more likely to it on the job, and they get out in specifi c thing is that it will bend call back because the work is done the fi eld, and when the contractor and make all square corners and right the fi rst ti me,” says Warzecha. asks who’s used it, they raise their shapes…and as long as the board Joe Campo sees it taking hold in a hand… I’ve been teaching this class is so big, it can do any kind of setti ng where massive interior work for four years, and this machine shape; it can go down, it can go is being done in a short amount has changed the way I teach the over, it can come up, and then it of ti me, noti ng that “If I can save curriculum.” can come back; it can do all these ten minutes on 20 feet of detail, “They’re going to see complex shapes based on whatever ti mes 1600 linear feet, in the end FFROMROM TTHEHE SSCHOOLCHOOL TOTO THETHE SSITEITE
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that makes me more producti ve, because of this machine,” (Nieves). starti ng to change the industry,” and and in the end that makes us more With all this innovati on Nieves says “it’s a great investment; competi ti ve.” The possibility of contained in one machine, union if a non-union site can’t aff ord to more complex shapes also exists, Carpenters are going to have one buy the machine, they can aff ord possibly allowing architects to more tool to help them stand to buy the product from someone with the machine,” which right now means union Carpenters. Which is “The main thing that this machine is going to why Warzecha was so passionate accomplish is accuracy, a project being done about getti ng one for the College. correct the fi rst time…and the client is going to “When the CNC machine came out, be more likely to call back because the work is everyone thought it would cost done right the fi rst time,” - Walter Warzecha jobs, but you can’t look at it that way. With new technology, if you imagine more elaborate interiors, above the non-union sector, and just bury your head in the sand, meaning that “Architects and hopefully secure more man hours it’s going to pass you by. We have designers, who were a litt le that would have gone non-union. to make sure that we have that inti midated because of cost, they Along with 30 Rockefeller Plaza, technology, and that our members may have these great visions of 11 Madison Avenue was producing know how to use it, and adapt to detail, and when they see how material with the PanelMax, and it, and make it work for them so we quick this is and the labor that it Carpenters are noti cing that with stay above the non-union sector. reduces, you might start seeing the accuracy and effi ciency of the In fi ve years, I see most companies more intricate design in projects,” fi nished product, the machine either having one or having access (Warzecha). It’s opened up a new can be used to produce material to one, because it’s going to save avenue of Carpenters practi cing for sites around the city. Campo you money: on labor, on callbacks, their specifi c skill set on site, and explains that “it hasn’t sunk it’s on materials, on everything.” now “the architects want their teeth into the New York City market products to look the way they look unti l the last two years; it’s really
WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 21 Civil Service Spotlight City College Renovation This project is a new space $1.6 million and was projected to have a for the Student Clubs designed by deadline of January 31, 2016. Bringing Architect Stephen Ely. It is being built on board two additi onal Civil Service almost enti rely in-house with NYC Carpenters, Bob Mayer and Gerard Department of Buildings approval, a Sampson, the in-house Carpenters registered Architect, and all the required at City College - Glenn Boucher, Joe permits due to the Carpenters relentless Schmid, and Kevin Raleigh - completed push for a safer jobsite, meeti ng code the project right on schedule and way requirements, and a safer space for the under cost esti mates, even while having students occupying it. The new Assistant the bulk of the work on the project, Vice President of Faciliti es David maintaining the campus, and having Robinson and Chief of Staff Khadesha multi ple changes on the project. Maxim should both be commended for going along with this push by the Carpenters that started over a decade ago. The space was originally a Cafeteria in 1907 and the current planning was required to go through Nati onal Historic Landmarks. We located a suitable fastener for hanging struts off a 100 year old deck, made of fl at arch terracott a, which the Architect approved. The project started in late October, 2015 and was priced at $1.2 –
Bringing Union Jobs to NYC with enhances the value of our portf olio for their fellow union investors. It’s an honor and pleasure working with them on BIT The AFL-CIO Building projects.” Investment Trust Currently, the BIT is pursuing an aggressive growth strategy that focuses The AFL-CIO Building million for the development of over on building high-quality real estate Investment Trust (BIT) has been working 2,000 housing units and 1.4 million in ti er-one citi es across the country, with the New York City District Council square feet of commercial real estate. including New York City. Riverside of Carpenters since fund incepti on to Development and acquisiti on costs total Center is a $480 million, 43-story bring reti rement security and jobs to the $1.69 billion in the State of New York in development project being built in skilled tradespeople of New York. the past 27 years. the Upper West Side of Manhatt an. The BIT is a commercial real The project is expected to create estate fund available to qualifi ed union Together with the NYC approximately 2,000 jobs by completi on. pension plans. It acquires, constructs, It will feature 616 apartment rental units, and owns a diverse portf olio that spans District Council of market leading ameniti es, retail space, the country. The BIT also operates Carpenters, the BIT has and a New York City public school on the with one of the most comprehensive brought world-class real fi rst fi ve fl oors. union labor policies in the U.S. real Since beginning operati ons estate industry. All projects are built estate to New York. in 1988, the BIT has invested $6.2 using 100% union labor, and serviced billion for the development and and maintained by union members “The NYC Carpenters have always been acquisiti on of more than 200 offi ce, aft er completi on. The BIT is not just an a criti cal part of the success of the BIT’s retail, multi family, hotel, warehouse, and investment fund, but an engine that development projects in New York,” said mixed-use properti es across the country. drives large scale union job creati on Mike Stotz, President of the AFL-CIO These investments have generated across the U.S. Investment Trust Corporati on, which approximately 72 million hours in Together with the NYC District provides marketi ng and investor support union constructi on work and created Council of Carpenters, the BIT has to the BIT. “Their skill, dedicati on, and thousands of union jobs in the service, brought world-class real estate to New pride in their trade allows us to bring maintenance, and operati ons of BIT York. The BIT has committ ed over $600 world-class real estate to market safely, properti es. on-ti me, and on-budget. Their work 22 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG Project Spotlight Brooklyn Nets Training Facility The Nets have fully integrated masonry work, and Millwrights installing into Brooklyn with the unveiling of their a spring fl oor in the training room. state-of-the-art Sunset Park facility in Further, the fl ooring for the main practi ce mid-February. This project, done enti rely basketball courts was mati culously with union work, transformed the eighth assembled by the skilled Floorcoverers fl oor and rooft op of an historic waterfront of Local 2287. “For the basketball court, warehouse in Industry City into a world there are two subfl oors, and then the class NBA training center. The 70,000 sq. hardwood fl oor that’s maple. And then foot center contains two full basketball aft er that there’s the sanding, the staining, courts, a weight room, training room, two games lines, decals and then the waxing” hydro pools, a rooft op entertainment explained Local 2287 Shop Steward Ray space, an 18-seat multi media theater, Foley. a 3,000-sq. foot player’s lounge, and a According to Business Agent media/interview room. Marti n Tuozzo, “We’re a big player in The NYCDCC was in full force building for the NBA. If they have a job throughout all phases of this project, which and they want it done right they call us.” took roughly two years from start to fi nish, Town & Country is the same company that employing carpenters, concrete workers, hired union Carpenters for the fl oors at millwrights, and fl oor coverers to build the Barclays Center, and union members out the $50 million HSS Training Center. have recently worked on the locker rooms Eurotech handled the build out, including and refurnishing for the New York Islanders some prett y heavy destructi on to get to who have moved into the Brooklyn constructi on: ”They blew out the middle stadium. In the past few months you could secti on of the roof to raise the roof and even see union Carpenters on the Barclays build the basketball court. There’s three “Green Roof” doing work. So much of secti ons to the building, A, B, and C; A downtown Brooklyn is being transformed is the river side, with the locker rooms, with the help of companies like these hydro therapy, saunas, and whirlpools; B and Forest City Ratner, who of course is the middle secti on, which they made was one of the fi rst to take on Provisional the basketball court; and the C secti on is Carpenters and Aff ordable Housing with towards Gowanus, with all the offi ces,” says union labor. Shop Steward Mike Rebovich. “It was one of those jobs that The job incorporated many was fun,” says Rebovich. “When you work skills unique to the NYCDCC, including with good people it’s enjoyable to come to Carpenters doing the locker rooms, work.” millwork on enti relyy, wooden lockers,
WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 23 NYCDCC Sisters In The Brotherhood The NYCDCC's own chapter of Sisters In The updated informati on on meeti ngs, events, and news Brotherhood is helping to give Journeywomen about the Women's Committ ee and other NYCDCC and Apprenti ces a voice in the Carpenters union. clubs and committ ees. Be sure to check the District Council website for
A total of 19 women att ended the recent Building Leadership for a Stronger Future program in Las Vegas, NV. We claimed the highest number of female Carpenters in att endance for any Council in the enti re UBC.
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24 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG Member Spotlight Andrew and Kevin McCauley, Local 157 * Father and Son in the Union
On when they joined the union and what it a litt le bit of improv. We might be using was like – diff erent tools than when he started, but A: I joined in 1985, Local 608, and I’m hoping it’s the same idea, same concept, we’re to reti re this year. looking for the same fi nal product. K: I got sworn in to the union the 19th or 20th A: Being an overall mechanic, hanging of January, and I joined Local 157. doors, framing, blocking, putti ng in ceilings; when I fi rst came onto the union, guys did ceilings, and other guys did On what jobs they’ve worked on – framing and blocking. That has changed K: I’ve been working on 280 Park, I did a so much because you used to have delivery on 285 Madison and on W 92nd St. likelikke ceiling companies and you had drywall to see more turnout at the electi ons and A: I started out in the union with Nastadi companies, today companies are doing it all, meeti ngs. There’s defi nitely a lot more women White, and we started on the Marriot Hotel so you’d be bett er off learning as much as you involved, which I like. I feel like it’s defi nitely on 8th Avenue, and that was the biggest can about every aspect of the trade. heading in the right directi on. job I was ever on. I was doing framing and blocking, over a year at that job. The toughest On how the union is diff erent today, and A: He’s got to work hard in New York; as I would say was AOL in Columbus Circle, not what changes can sti ll be made – a union worker you work hard, you learn necessarily because of the work but because an awful lot. The experience with all the A: There was more work (for the union) back Carpenters is that there’s always someone of the weather conditi ons, it was very, very when I got into it, I do remember that when cold at ti mes. who’s going to help you. I would love for him we went into a recession things slowed up, to grasp as much experience with the tools but I don’t think we’ve gained any ground as possible before he goes out. You’ve got to On what skills you need onsite – whatsoever from the recovery part of it, we get up and get to work; a lot of them are not A: Although I became a Shop Steward at 50, sti ll seem to be lacking in that department. showing up for deliveries, they want to pick I think people should have more experience and choose diff erent jobs; the industry’s not with tools before they become Stewards, I On what older generati ons of Carpenters set up that way anymore, the industry’s set think a minimum of ten years behind it aft er have/can impart on the younger generati on, up so that you must know every aspect of the their Apprenti ceship. and where they see the union trade. K: Problem solving, being able to get things in the future – done regardless of the fi rst trial not working, K: Don’t stop working unti l it’s done. I would
Tom Vercelli recently att ended and he thinks members need to get out to Tom Vercelli, Local 157 completed the 300 Hitt ers leadership see the training center, and what he Describe the leadership program for those program in Las Vegas, NV. He told us found important from his visit out west. who haven’t been yet. what he gained from the program, why T: It was very informati ve, I think one of the most impressive things you get out of it is really classes you knew a lot of the guys, and that T: One of the main things they were trying getti ng a good grasp of where the money in made you a lot more relaxed being in classes to insti ll was that it’s about the product that assessments is going. It is going to quality with those from all over the country. we are putti ng out there, like any other top things, and it gives you confi dence that the company. They did a good job of showing diff erent companies that invested more in union is going in the right directi on, and leading What can you tell us about the training to success. I think that the initi al message is center? their product, to make it a more expensive that we have to band together to be more product, and the only thing that shot up was successful and to be bett er leaders. It was T: I think the Internati onal Training Center was their producti on. They’re trying to show you good to get a grasp from members in other one of the top aspects of going out there, that people will be willing to spend money on parts of the country and it brought to and if you were going to get anything out of the union because they know it’s top notch life that we’re just a small part the conferences, you’d really get something product, and they’re only going to get the best. of what the Internati onal is out of that. Highly impressive, from Looking to be more organized, looking to be about. everything that they had, to the size of more producti ve doesn’t have to mean that it, the diversity of it from underwater you work harder, it means you work smarter, welding to the millwrights exhibits, and that you’ve got to work together to What was the group like that went out to Vegas? the Internati onal controls a lot of the increase that producti on. tapings around the country so there T: We had a very good was something for drywall taping, a lot Why would you recommend the program to group; we did have a wide of the new systems that are going to other members? spectrum of experience, more come about in our future, Armstrong’s so than I thought there would coming out with an LED grid, the T: Without a doubt, going out there and seeing be. I’m a Foreman but there was a sheetrock machine was out there; so not only everything that we are a part of really gives lot of Shop Stewards out there as well, they did NYC is training on that, but the Internati onal as you a feeling that the union is setup never to have a couple of younger guys who just got in, well, so we can get away from these non-union fail, but instead to grow and be strong. It’s but also a couple seasoned veterans. So it was shops making these sheetrock pieces. something that you’re paying into that you a good wide spectrum to att ack every angle of should be a part of and get the opportunity experience, and everything from Journeymen How is the UBC making bett er leaders on to advance your skills, I think that everyone to Shoppies. It was good to be with New York jobsites? What specifi c lessons are you going should go out there at least once to get the full City brothers and sisters, because even in the to take to your work? experience.
WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 25 * Recent Retirees Congratulations to all of our Retirees.
LOCAL 20 Padraig J Galligan Charles Edwards Mark A Giordano Richard Garces Frank Evangelista Eric W George Gary A Lail LOCAL 45 Timothy S Granfors Evol Lewin Sr Edwin Andrews Edgar Haynes Michael Simone Carlo Como Patrick Horgan Bruce Wasiewski Joseph Corra Kenneth Jacobsen Frank Costantini Padrick A James LOCAL 1556 Joseph A Difede Dennis J Johnston Kenneth B Altmann Frank Kenny Stephen J Keenan Higinio Bonilla Ryszard Kotulski Martin F Kelly Rafael Davila Nicola Mariani Patrick Lafferty Gregory Fleming Bogdan Rozewicz Seamus J Maguire Dennis E Guenther Joseph N Venezia Manuel Martins Harold Johnson Edward Maudsley Thomas Kilduff LOCAL 157 James J McCue Andrzej Kolakowski John Allan Winston McPherson Mark A Larsen Astor I Andrew Eric P Mesorana Michael P Mcerlean Philip Apap Brian G Mooney Freddy D Navarro Peter Atha John Nolan Sergio Polidori Gary Ayling Richard P O’Keefe Jr Thomas P Russell Joseph F Bilello Jr Frank W Pascarella Gary L Shelton Julio Blanco Michael Pasipanki Joseph Staria Patrick Brennan John C Pepel Richard M Taylor John P Brunet Jr Joseph Ruggiero Thomas S Tompkins Freddie M Burder Lloyd W Rye Joseph Ugrovics Wayne Bush Kevin P Rynn Pasquale Capasso Michael Savoia LOCAL 2287 William G Carlin Giuseppe Scandariato George DiBendetto Edward Carroll Frank J Seccafico Christopher Doyle Richard H Christie Elvis Simon Gedalyaho Paier Frank Colonna Ronald Valerio Michael Santillo Louie Comparato Hector M Vega Anthony Scali William B Connors Jose L Velez Joseph Weber Jr Martin P Cotter Ancil A Whittle Salvatore Cuffaro Frank V Zarro LOCAL 2790 Graham Davis Manuel R Alvarez Alric Davy LOCAL 740 Leonard Esposito Joseph C Dee Gifford S Cross Leonardo Flores Aurelio Derose John S Jesek Gary Holzmann Kevin Dillon Hollis King Thomas Marchese Jr James W Fay Craig A Upshaw John G Fischer Albert J Foley LOCAL 926 Rinaldo Formato Edward V Adrien Christopher J Galgan Joseph DiMaria
26 WWW.NYCDISTRICTCOUNCIL.ORG In Memoriam * We honor the following members for their dedication and service to the New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters. Our sincere condolences to their fami- lies, friends, and those who worked with them.
LOCAL 20 Jose Goncalves LOCAL 1556 Charles Chicola William Gray Ralph Aanonsen Joseph Gambal Samuel E Hunte Thomas B Fitzpatrick Gustav Jensen Wilhelm Lehmann Nathan Kennerly Rosario Mannino Joseph Lozano LOCAL 45 Kevin McGrath Guarionex R Perez Carlos F Ainslie Thomas McGuire Ronald Thomson Alden Carpenti er William Palmieri Miao K Chen Vincent Pesce LOCAL 2287 Carl Coluzzi Clement Sampson James Kilpatrick Kenneth R Hahn Osborne Thomas Lloyd Meberg Kenly D Joseph John Tully Robert Schaff er Felix Neri Joseph C Vara Joseph Raimondi LOCAL 2790 LOCAL 740 Eugenio Argiro LOCAL 157 Werner Gossmann Joseph Arleo Hugh J Brady Vincent A Pagano Sime Benic Thomas G Burke Alfred M Daigger David A Bustamante LOCAL 926 Erwin K Grosch Ralph Camasta Mariano Abbruscato Angelo Ippolito Robert Caputo Alfonso Divirgilio Efraim Kleinworm Joseph A Coda Aristi dis Ignati adis Siegbert Lorch James A Colaianni Milton O Jacobsen Eddy A Marti nez John A Conte Allen M Kvenvik Walter McDuffi e James Costabile Wilson Morton Rafael M Pascal Richard Defi no Anthony Naccarato Victor Rodriquez Guido Gandolfi Dominick Sforza Jonathan Gomez
WINTER2016 THE CARPENTER 27 New York City and Vicinity District Council of Carpenters 395 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014
Important Phone Numbers District Council Main Offi ce - (212) 366- 7500 Anti -Corrupti on Hotline – (877) 712-4896 Anti -Harassment Hotline – (212) 366-7452 Area Standards– (212) 366-3342 Assessments - (212) 366-7375 Benefi t Fund – (212) 366-7373 or (800) 529-FUND Business Representati ve Center (Manhatt an)- (212) 366-7345 (Queens)- (718) 468-4056 Change of Address - (212) 366-7336 Communicati ons - (212) 366-7326 Daily Reporti ng Hotline - (212) 366-3331 Inspector General- (212) 366-3354 IG Hotline- (855) UBC-TIPS Labor Technical College – (212) 727-2224 Out of Work List – (212) 366-3330 OWL Toll Free – (800) 858-8683 Union Acti vity/Picketi ng – (212) 366-7810 Local 20 Staten Island – (718) 568-4530 Local 45 Queens – (718) 464-6016 Local 157 NYC – (212) 685-0567 Local 740 Millwright – (718) 849-3636 Local 926 Brooklyn – (718) 491-0926 Local 1556 Timbermen & Dockbuilders – (212) 989-2284 Local 2287 Floorcoverers – (212) 929-2940 Local 2790 Shop & Industrial- (646) 490-3444