JANUARY 2012 Ironworker Instructor Training Program 10158_Magazine.indd 1 1/11/12 3:11 PM President’s Zero Fatalities in 2012 Page s we start off the year in 2012, journeyman upgrading classes of- ANew Year resolutions are com- fered; sign up now. You owe it to your- mon, and as general president, I make self and your coworkers. the following resolution on behalf of It is your actions, not only in work- our members. NO IRONWORKER ing safe, but also in speaking up that WILL DIE ON THE JOB! This will will enable us to save lives. Safety be the year when our union does not awareness, hazard recognition, and suffer a single jobsite fatality—ZERO prevention are only words if not fol- FATALITIES in 2012. lowed through with deeds. See a A few naysayers may echo, “But frayed choker, speak up; see an open accidents happen.” “Accident” infers hole, speak up; someone not tied off, that it happens by chance or is un- speak up. SEE SOMETHING—SAY avoidable. That is not the case. In re- SOMETHING. Better to speak with viewing past fatality reports, one ele- your foreman or coworker than your ment stands out. They all could have brother’s widow. We have no higher been prevented. As a union dedicated obligation of brotherhood than to to safe working conditions, we will make sure everyone goes home safely. WALTER WISE not allow the death of one ironworker Your employer, our contractor General President anywhere to be treated as an inher- partners, understand safety is one of ent risk of our profession. This will be the best investments they can make. accomplished through the solidarity From the owner, to contractor, to iron- of our members and the partnership worker, everyone has a vested inter- with our signatory contractors. est in a safe worksite. Your employer’s Safety must remain in the fore- safety record is a critical element in front of our thoughts and actions dur- their selection as an owner’s contrac- ing the workday. tor. Through joint labor-management We will achieve efforts, the Ironworkers-IMPACT Na- “ It is your actions, not only in this through o u r tional Safety Honors Program has working safe, but also in ZERO 2012 been established to recognize iron- campaign. Hardhat workers and contractors who achieve speaking up that will enable stickers, gang box outstanding safety performance. us to save lives...” signage, and local Safety must be ingrained as part union, JATC, and of our DNA, and as second nature to jobsite posters have us as signaling a crane. By adopting been distributed to every local union. practices that produce zero fatalities, These visible reminders are a tool to we will reduce all worksite injuries reinforce what is at stake and that it because we never know the severity will take everyone to save a life. of a hazard until it is too late. As iron- Our greatest asset is our broth- workers, we have always found a way er and sister ironworkers, and the to get the job done, to do what had not knowledge you have of our trade, your been done before. We have never had ability to recognize hazards and un- a year without a brother ironworker safe practices. I have assigned each being killed. Until now. ZERO 2012! district council president to closely Thank you for helping to build our monitor the safety training progress great union. and credentials of each local union as required through the Key Perfor- mance Indicators. If you have not taken advantage of Subpart R, OSHA 10/30 training or any of the many 10158_Magazine.indd 2 1/11/12 3:11 PM Official Publication of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers 1750 New York Ave., N.W. • Suite 400 • Washington, D.C. 20006 • (202)383-4800 www.ironworkers.org E-mail: [email protected] INTERNATIONAL OFFICERS WALTER WISE JAY HURLEY Volume 112 JANUARY 2012 Number 1 General President Fourth General Vice President Suite 400 191 Old Colony Ave., P.O. Box 96 1750 New York Avenue, NW S. Boston, MA 02127 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (617) 268-2382 Phone: (202) 383-4810 Fax: (617) 268-1394 Fax: (202) 638-4856 Email: [email protected] JOSEPH HUNT JOE STANDLEY FEATURES General President Emeritus Fifth General Vice President Suite 400 1660 San Pablo Ave., Suite C 1750 New York Avenue, NW Pinole, CA 94564 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (510) 724-9277 27th Annual Ironworker Instructor Training Program Phone: (202) 383-4845 4 Fax: (202) 638-4856 Fax: (510) 724-1345 ERIC DEAN TADAS KICIELINSKI 6 Local 27 Mobile Wind Turbine Training Center General Secretary Sixth General Vice President 1750 New York Avenue, NW 212 N. Kingshighway Blvd., Suite 400 Ste. 1025, St. Louis, MO 63108 7 Hillsdale Fabricators’ Long Fabricating History Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (314) 454-6872 Phone: (202) 383-4820 Fax: (314) 618-8328 Fax: (202) 347-2319 Email: [email protected] 11 Iron Worker Appointments and Retirements EDWARD C. McHUGH MARVIN RAGSDALE General Treasurer Seventh General Vice President Suite 400 3003 Dawn Drive, Ste. 104 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Georgetown, TX 78628 Washington, DC 20006 Phone: (512) 868-5596 Phone: (202) 383-4830 Fax: (512) 868-0823 Fax: (202) 383-6483 DARRELL LABOUCAN GEORGE E. KRATZER Eighth General Vice President First General Vice President Franklin Square Office Center #8-205 Chatelain Drive 8401 Claude Thomas Road St. Albert, Alberta T8N 5A4 Suite 55 Canada Franklin, OH 45005 Phone: (780) 459-3389 Phone: (937) 746-0854 Fax: (780) 459-3308 DEPARTMENTS Fax: (937) 746-0873 JANUARY 2012 RON PIKSA RICHARD WARD Ninth General Vice President Second General Vice President 10828 Grevelly Lake Boulevard, 14 Ironworkers. 5964 Dayton Boulevard SW, Ste. 212 Chattanooga, TN 37415 Lakewood, WA 98499 Phone: (423) 870-1982 Phone: (253) 984-0514 Departmental Reports Fax: (423) 876-0774 Fax: (253) 984-0533 17 Email: [email protected] RONALD C. GLADNEY EDWARD J. WALSH General Counsel 20 IMPACT Third General Vice President Bartley, Goffstein, L.L.C. 505 White Plains Rd. 4399 Laclede Avenue Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63108 21 Local News Tarrytown, NY 10591 Phone: (314) 531-1054 Phone: (914) 332-4430 Fax: (314) 531-1131 Fax: (914) 332-4431 Headquarters Office: Union Plus Email: [email protected] (202) 383-4868 28 Headquarters Fax: (202) 638-4856 29 Lifetime Honorary Members Ironworker Instructor INTERNATIONAL DEPARTMENTS Training Program Apprenticeship and Training Ironworkers Political Tel: (202) 383-4870 Action League Official Monthly Record 30 10158_IWJan12.indd 1 1/6/12 9:33 AM Fax: (202) 347-5256 Tel: (202) 383-4805 Fax: (202) 347-3569 Computer Department On The Cover Tel: (202) 383-4886 LU/DC Staff Retirement and Fax: (202) 383-4895 Shopmen’s Pension Fund Over 600 instructors, apprenticeship Tel: (202) 383-4874 coordinators, business managers, Davis-Bacon Office Fax: (202) 628-6469 Tel: (202) 834-9855 employers, contractors, guests, and Fax: (202) 347-5256 Magazine Tel: (202) 383-4842 special presenters participated in the Department of Canadian Affairs Tel: (780) 459-3389 Mailroom 27th Annual Ironworker Instructor Fax: (780) 459-3308 Tel: (202) 383-4855 Fax: (202) 638-1038 Training Program. Department of Ornamental, Architectural & Miscellaneous Maintenance and Jurisdiction Metals (DOAMM) Tel: (202) 383-4860 Fax: (202) 347-1496 Tel: (630) 238-1003 Fax: (630) 238-1006 Organizing EDITOR: Scott Malley, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202) 383-4851 Department of Reinforcing Fax: (202) 347-1496 ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR: Nancy Folks Ironworkers Tel: (866) 336-9163 Safety THE IRONWORKER Fax: (386) 736-9618 Tel: (202) 383-4829 ISSN:0021163X Published monthly, except for a combined July-August issue, for $15.00 per year by the Fax: (202) 383-6490 International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006. Preferred periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional mailing offices. Shop Department Tel: (202) 383-4846 Printed on union-made paper. Postmasters: Send change of address to Ironworker- 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Fax: (202) 783-3230 Washington, D.C. 20006 Canada Agreement Number 40009549. 10158_Magazine.indd 3 1/11/12 3:12 PM NATIONAL Ironworker instructors learning Ironworker instructor develops TRAINING scaffold erection skills. plasma-cutting skills. FUND Ironworker instructor tries out Lincoln Electric’s virtual reality welding simulator. Conducts comed the participants and thanked pletion of the Ironworker Apprentice- 27th Annual them for providing quality appren- ship Certification Program (IACP). ticeship training and journeyman In addition, Rick Sullivan, IMPACT Ironworker upgrading courses to meet the needs director of Education and Training, of our contractors. President Wise announced that 21 individuals were Instructor then introduced Management Co- receiving their Qualified Ironworker Chair and President of TSI/Exte- Instructor Certificate indicating com- Training rior Wall Systems Victor Cornellier, pletion of required courses as part of who thanked the National Training the annual training program. Program Fund and IMPACT for continuing to There were 47 courses offered expand partnerships with our con- during the annual program includ- tractors. ing several new courses. These new he National Ironworkers and General Treasurer Edward courses included Scaffold Orienta- TEmployers Apprenticeship McHugh and Executive Director of tion (using the new training pack- Training and Journeyman Upgrad- Apprenticeship and Training Lee age) and Using the International’s ing Fund conducted the 27th Annual Worley also addressed the partici- E-mail System (for apprenticeship Ironworker Instructor Training Pro- pants during the opening session. coordinators). gram this past July on the campuses Two special presentations were For the first time IMPACT offered of Washtenaw Community College made during the opening session.