Vol. 48 No. 4 Oct • Dec 2009 The Official Publication of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers, AFL-CIO http://capwiz.com/boilermaker http://www.boilermakers.org IN THESE PAGES MOST Tripartite Conference...... 2 Twelve million dollars is big money, as this mock, oversized check symbolizes. Celebrating the record settlement are, l. to r., IVP-ISO Warren Fairley, Blake & Uhlig attorney Mike Stapp, IP Newton Jones, ED-CSO Kyle Evenson, United Association Asst. Gen. Pres. Stephen Kelly, IVP-WS Tom Baca, and IST Bill Creeden. IBB hosts USA shoot ..............7 Boilermakers share in $12 million Fluor Daniel settlement History-making payment ing the company discriminated but which does not have a sub- ends nearly two decades against union members in Ken- stantial or direct interest. of litigation over antiunion tucky, Louisiana, and Arizona in A total of 167 union members violation of the National Labor will receive back pay and inter- hiring practices in Relations Act (NLRA). est payments ranging from $8,000 construction industry The two other charging parties to $217,000. include the International Broth- “The 2009 settlement agree- INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT erhood of Electrical Workers ment ends nearly two decades of L-1814 sends off New York ..... Newton B. Jones announced in (IBEW) and the United Associa- litigation involving Fluor Daniel’s 12 October that 50 Boilermakers tion of Journeymen and Appren- refusal to hire voluntary union will share in a record $12 million tices of the Plumbing and Pipe organizers,” said Jones. settlement with Fluor Daniel Inc. Fitting Industry (UA). A fourth “This is a substantial amount over the firm’s antiunion hiring union, the United Brotherhood of of money, and all of it will be practices. The IBB is one of three Carpenters (UBC), joined the liti- divided among union members. international unions that brought gation as an intervener — a party charges against Fluor Daniel in that has some bearing on the case, See SETTLEMENT, page 5 the early and mid-1990s, alleg- Local 45’s Brown wins national apprentice competition Title is first for Richmond, Ark.), placed second in the national Va., lodge; L-69’s Tucker event, and the pair also won takes second place the national team award for the Southeast Area. GRADUATE APPRENTICE Tucker broke ground of his own this Jason Brown broke new ground past summer by winning the South- for his lodge Sept. 27 – Oct. 1 by east Area competition, becoming the becoming the first L-45 (Rich- first L-69 member to do so. mond, Va.) member to win the Results of the four-day national Boilermakers’ national out- competition, held at the Boilermakers’ standing apprentice competi- national training center in Kansas City, tion. Brown was also the first Kan., were announced at an awards L-45 member ever to place in the banquet Oct. 1 at the Westin Crown Southeast Area event — he was Center in Kansas City, Mo. runner-up in that competition, Other graduate apprentices com- held July 27-30 at L-199 in Jack- peting this year were, from the West- sonville, Fla. ern States, Luke Lafley, Local 242 Brown’s teammate, Thomas Local 45’s Jason Brown (Spokane, Wash.), and David Hoogen- 753 State Avenue, Suite 565 Kansas City, Kansas 66101 Tucker, Local 69 (Little Rock, works through the stud welding exercise. See COMPETITION, page 15 2 - the Boilermaker Reporter HeADLI ne new S Oct • Dec 2009 Tripartite conference grapples with energy, other challenges IP Jones details had to learn on the proj- “revolutionary” manpower “Canada is doing it ect. Every one of them delivery system has had to recover their [carbon capture and [former] position.” THE FUTURE OF coal and nuclear Hawthorne said that’s power was a primary focus of the sequestration] right.” one of the reasons no new 24th annual National Tripartite nuclear power plants are Alliance Conference h e l d i n — Travis McLing, scientist being built in the United Myrtle Beach, S.C., Oct. 11-16. States. “We have in the U.S. Industry experts — including a sci- Idaho National Laboratory what I refer to as a massive entist, a leader in nuclear power rush to be second,” he said. development, and a legislative panel CCS refers to various methods of “Nobody wants to build the — addressed emerging technolo- removing carbon dioxide from indus- first plant, because it carries gies, political challenges, economic trial processes and confining it deep with it a lot of risk.” obstacles, and related issues. underground or deep undersea. He said the current focus Conference participants also McLing said that because of Wash- on wind and solar power, received an update from International ington gridlock, industry, investors, along with the economic President Newton B. Jones on the and state governments are uncertain recession, also work to Intl. Pres. Newton B. Jones discusses the MOST latest tripartite initiative, called the of how to proceed with new power deter owners from starting Boilermaker Delivery System. MOST Boilermaker Delivery System. plants and the widespread applica- new projects. tion of CCS technologies. Gose expressed concern that with- MOST Administrator Bill Pal- out specific energy legislation the misano opened the conference with “In 2003 and 2004 in the Northwest, Panelists detail there were about 13 advanced coal Environmental Protection Agency a tribute in absentia to Boilermaker legislative push could set regulations that would International President Emeritus power plants that were on the draw- ing boards or had been announced,” A FOUR-MEMBER panel represent- be especially costly and difficult Charles W. Jones. Palmisano said for owners. Jones “had the courage and strength McLing recalled. “Currently, there are ing the tripartite partnership told zero that are getting ready to go online, conference participants about efforts Also serving on the panel were to recognize that a program such Abe Breehey, Legislative Director for as MOST was sorely needed in the simply because of the uncertainty. to fashion an energy bill that takes “Canada is doing it right,” he said, into account the needs of the indus- the Boilermakers; Tony Jacobs, SAIP- construction industry. He is today CSO; and Brad Bradford, consultant still the only international president referring to an $865 million CCS proj- try. John Gose, senior site manager for ect in Alberta’s Athabasca oil sands Consumers Energy, said that overall to the International President and [in organized labor] to have imple- consultant to BWCC. These three men mented a mandatory drug testing pro- region, financed by the provincial and his company supports federal leg- federal governments. The money will islation . to control greenhouse have been working together to build a gram for his members. No other craft coalition of owners, contractors, and has done that.” go toward a large-scale pilot project gases. “We want [that legislation] to capture and store carbon diox- to be reasonable and cost-efficient,” Boilermakers with the purpose of pre- Scientist calls carbon ide at the Shell Canada Scotsford he stressed. senting a united front on Capitol Hill. “We’ve tried hard to make our legis- challenge next “moon shot” upgrader. “That amount of money — for this one project — is roughly lative approach a tripartite approach,” GETTING CONTROL OVER carbon equivalent to the total U.S. govern- dioxide emissions in the United States ment budget for all seven regional “We have in the U.S. is a challenge equivalent to the “moon carbon sequestration partnerships shot” effort of the 1960s, a Depart- across the country,” said McLing. ment of Energy scientist told the The U.S. partnerships are charged what I refer to as a conference. Travis McLing, who leads with developing the knowledge the carbon sequestration research pro- base and infrastructure requirements massive rush to be gram at the DOE’s Idaho National for commercialization. Laboratory, said it would take that second” [to build a kind of a national commitment to nuclear energy faces overcome a myriad of obstacles. tough challenges, says nuclear plant]. However, the growing menace of industry expert global warming — and an emerg- — Duncan Hawthorne, ing threat to U.S. energy security — DUNCAN HAWTHORNE, president President and CEO demand that the United States move and CEO of Bruce Power, discussed Duncan Hawthorne, president and forward, stressed McLing. Among the future of nuclear energy and the CEO of Bruce Power, reports on the of Bruce Power the primary obstacles, he said, are the challenges faced by owners, inves- future of nuclear power. absence of a federal energy policy and tors, and contractors. He said there the lack of an industrial-scale pilot are 440 nuclear reactors world- program to test carbon capture and wide, with 67 under construction. The Boilermaker Reporter is the official pub- lication of the International Brotherhood of sequestration (CCS) methods. Also “Many of them, not surprisingly, Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, called “carbon capture and storage,” [are] in China and India and Russia Forgers, and Helpers, AFL-CIO. It is published — places that have a desperate need quarterly to disseminate information of use for power.” and interest to its members. Submissions from members, local lodges, and subordi- Hawthorne said some of the proj- nate or affiliated bodies are welcomed and ects his firm is involved with overseas Oct•Dec 2009 Vol. 48 no. 4 encouraged. This publication is mailed free of charge to active members and retired have suffered major cost overruns newton B. Jones, International President and and delivery problems. He cited a Editor-in-Chief members holding a Retired Members Card. Others may subscribe for the price of $10 for new plant in Finland that is coming in william T. Creeden, Intl. Secretary-Treasurer three years. Standard Mail (A) postage paid three years late and at twice its bud- International Vice Presidents at Kansas City, Kan., and additional mailing offices.