L-83's Knox wins national apprentice competition

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Vol. 46 No. 4
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Oct • Dec 2007
The Official Publication of the
International Brotherhood of
Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders,
Blacksmiths, Forgers,
and Helpers, AFL-CIO
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L-83’s Knox wins national
I T P
N HESE AGES
apprentice competition
L-40’s Vanmeter takes second place;
Southeast Area sweeps top spots two
years in a row
CHRISTOPHER KNOX, Local 83 (Kansas City, Mo.),
placed first in the 20th annual National Outstand-
ing Apprenticeship Award competition Sept. 23-27,
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and teammate William Vanmeter, Local 40 (Eliza-
Tripartite focuses on manpower
. . . . . . . bethtown, Ky.), took second. The pair also won the
team award for the Southeast Area. This is the second
consecutive year the Southeast has won the top two
individual places as well as the team honors.
Results of the grueling four-day competition, held
at the Boilermakers’ National Apprentice Training
Center in Kansas City, Kan., were announced at the
annual banquet Sept. 27 in Kansas City, Mo.
Other graduate apprentices competing this year
were, from the Western States, Leo Seitz, Local 11
(Helena, Mont.), and Thomas Baker, Local 92 (Los
Angeles); from the Great Lakes Area, Joseph Garfield,
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Eastern Canada Tripartite eyes safety Local 107 (Milwaukee), and William Sumner, Local
. . .
374 (Hammond, Ind.); and from the Northeast Area,
David Cook, Local 197 (Albany, N.Y.), and John Wil-
liamson, Local 154 (Pittsburgh).
Christopher Knox of L-83 (Kansas City, Mo.) All eight contestants earned their way to the
admires his first-place trophy during the 2007 National national event by winning the top spot in their local
Outstanding Apprenticeship Award banquet held in lodge competition and finishing in one of the top two
Kansas City Sept. 27. spots in their area competition.
See BNAP, page 8
Heart attack
IEC confirms Warren
claims life of IVP
15 Fairley as IVPAL for
L-169 completes “makeover” Othal Smith Jr.
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quent Consolidated Conventions.
to their regional Interna-
Smith served as General Counsel to the Stove
tional Vice President.
Workers union from 1980 until their merger with the
The Council voted to
Boilermakers union in 1994, when he withdrew from
realign the International
law practice to serve as the Boilermakers’ Assistant
Vice President-at-Large
to the Director of Research and Collective Bargaining
position that was held
Services. He became Director of the SFEAW Division
by Othal Smith until his
in Jan. 1999.
untimely death on Oct.
A veteran of the U.S. Army, Smith also served on
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Tripartite conference grapples with
construction industry issues
Alliance seeks solutions
to manpower shortage,
other challenges
OWNERS, CONTRACTORS, AND the
Boilermakers union — partners in the
MOST Tripartite Alliance — grappled
with the looming manpower shortage
and other construction industry chal-
lenges at their annual conference in
Myrtle Beach, S.C., Oct. 1-4.
It was the first meeting put on
entirely by MOST (Mobilization, Opti-
mization, Safety, and Training). Last
year MOST assisted the International
in running the conference. In previ-
ous years, the Boilermakers union had
always planned and run the event.
Bob Powers, an Ameren Services vice president, describes how the EPA MOST administrator Bill Palmisano
The alliance partners examined prob- controls scheduling of environmental upgrades. encourages owners and contractors to
lem areas, reviewed recruiting efforts, use MOST programs.
and received an update on the man-
power tracking system. They heard The tracking system will provide
industry consultant Mark Breslin’s “Three quarters of our capital spending over the tripartite partners with up-to-the-min-
proposal for recapturing market share. next seven years is mandated by the EPA. They set ute data showing how Boilermakers
They listened to Local 154 (Pittsburgh) the deadlines for when these projects have to are allocated on various projects. It will
BM Ray Ventrone describe a new ini- enable system users to understand
be done.”
tiative to educate Boilermaker lodges demand on local, regional, and national
about drug and alcohol intervention. — Bob Powers, vice president for Ameren Services levels and to print custom reports.
And they learned from a medical doc-
tor about how addiction impairs work- Breslin seeks to put
ers on the job — even when there is no skilled craftspeople must have work to The recruiting program, now under union construction on
evidence of drugs or alcohol remaining sustain them during non-boom periods the direction of AIP Gary Evenson, has
“cutting edge”
in their systems. as well. “It’s like the chicken or the egg shown significant success, said Larry
— which came first? You can’t build a Wargo, speaking on behalf of the own- “THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY is
“Which came first, the boiler Boilermaker if you don’t have boilers ers. Wargo is a consultant for contractor probably one of the most poorly-man-
or the Boilermaker?” for him to work on and learn his trade. services with FirstEnergy Corp. and aged enterprises in North America,”
And if you don’t take care of the Boiler- Chairman of the Tripartite Committee Mark Breslin told the tripartite confer-
NEARLY TWO MILLION new craft maker, you won’t have a boiler.“ for Manpower Tracking. ence as he introduced his presentation,
workers will be needed in the United Jones added that if Boilermakers are “Everybody [in the owners’ caucus] titled “The Cutting Edge.” He admitted
States over the next 10 years, according not used wisely, their ability to pro- feels the recruiters are doing a great job, that his goal is not to make people feel
to recent estimates. Canada will need duce quality work on demand will be had a great start, but the owners need good or to motivate them. Instead, he
nearly 200,000. affected. He urged contractors to retain to get more involved,” Wargo said. said his mission is to provoke and chal-
With such projections, Boilermak- only the welders needed for a given “As owners we need to take all of our lenge those in the unionized construc-
ers are in high demand. IP Newton B. project, so that other contractors will [MOST] successes to the next level.” tion industry to rethink how they do
Jones addressed the issue, noting that have access to welders, too. He also Wargo demonstrated refinements business — and to make changes.
urged owners to plan outages so they made to the manpower tracking soft- Breslin hails from a contractor fam-
are less likely to occur at the same time, ware. The system now includes a size- ily spanning four generations. He
creating a Boilermaker shortage. “You able database of Boilermaker members has written two books about union-
are the drivers of the industry,” he told — including their skills and certifica- ized construction and has addressed
some 40 owner representatives attend- tions — from various construction unions and contractors across North
ing the conference. lodges. “We are ready to start moving America. He has previously addressed
Bob Powers, a vice president of forward with contractor and owner Boilermaker audiences, including
Ameren Services, addressed the issue access to this information,” he said. the construction conference at Marco
from an owner’s standpoint. “We do “First we will need to develop proto- Island, Fla., in 2006.
need to be more flexible in our outages. cols for how this access will work.”
We have a national [manpower] short-
age,” he agreed. Powers stressed that
the degree to which owners can plan
environmental projects is affected by the Boilermaker The Boilermaker Reporter is the official pub-
the Environmental Protection Agency. Reporter lication of the International Brotherhood of
Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths,
“Three quarters of our capital spending
Forgers, and Helpers, AFL-CIO. It is published
over the next seven years is mandated quarterly to disseminate information of use
by the EPA. They set the deadlines for and interest to its members. Submissions
when these projects have to be done. from members, local lodges, and subordi-
nate or affiliated bodies are welcomed and
We’re competing with each other
Oct • Dec 2007 Vol. 46 No. 4 encouraged. This publication is mailed free
[owners attending the conference]
of charge to active members and retired
and with owners around the country Newton B. Jones,International President members holding a Retired Members Card.
IP Newton B. Jones discusses the for resources.” and Editor-in-Chief Others may subscribe for the price of $10 for
demand for Boilermaker services. William T. Creeden,Intl. Secretary-Treasurer three years. Standard Mail (A) postage paid
Recruiting program, International Vice Presidents at Kansas City, Kan., and additional mailing
offices. ISSN No. 1078-4101.
Lawrence McManamon,Great Lakes
“You can’t build a manpower tracking system
Sean Murphy,Northeast POSTMASTER: Send address changes to:
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don’t have boilers for George Rogers,Central
THE TRIPARTITE CONFERENCE Kansas City, KS 66101
Tom Baca,Western States
him to work on and discussed two initiatives created to
Joe Maloney,Western Canada [phone]; FAX [phone]
address manpower issues: the MOST
learn his trade.” Ed Power,Eastern Canada
recruiting program and the Internet- Web sites: www.boilermakers.org and http://capwiz.com/boilermaker
— IP Newton B. Jones based Boilermaker National Resources Warren Fairley,Industrial Sector (at-Large) PUBLICATION AGREEMENT No. 40010131
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Breslin said unions and union con- an interactive level and start talking to with labor and management working
tractors lost their dominant position them as business people with goals, together to solve a problem.” “Marijuana is crappy
in the industry because they failed to not blue collar commodities. That’s a
medicine. It has been
change with the industry’s demands. jump for a lot of people. I’m here to tell L-154 announces education
At one time, unionized construction you that I’ve talked to 50,000 of them for drug/alcohol intervention linked to schizophrenia
held an 80 percent market share; that last year; they are starving to hear from and depression.”
share has dwindled to just 13 percent you.” He said the rank and file must RAY VENTRONE, BM for Local 154
today, he noted. understand what is in it for them, and (Pittsburgh) told tripartite members his — Dr. Brendan Adams
Breslin pushed for a dramatic make- that unions and contractors must show lodge will help form a new MOST com-
over of labor’s market image, citing the way. mittee to educate other locals on how to
sleepy worker isn’t a safe worker; his
stereotyping and misinformation as Breslin addressed the looming set up member assistance programs for
head is not in the moment.”
obstacles to overcome. manpower shortage as baby boomers help with drug and alcohol addiction.
One of the drugs shrouded in myth
“Our job is to rebuild our business retire, describing the shortage as one Local 154 is proactive in dealing with
is marijuana, Dr. Adams said. Many
model in accordance to what the mar- of the biggest challenges ever faced by drugs in the workplace, and has been
people argue that it has helpful medic-
ket wants,” he said. “What is it that the industry. He talked about genera- for a number of years, Ventrone said.
inal properties. Not so, says the doc-
we’re putting out there that is going tional differences and work ethics and The lodge established a drug hotline
tor. “Marijuana is crappy medicine.
to return us to market dominance?” how past recruiting methods may not for members and families to call, and
It has been linked to schizophrenia
Breslin ticked off the qualities union be effective. it provides regular member education
and depression.”
construction can offer: productivity, a He said one new technique is for the on drug-related topics, including how
Dr. Adams also described the dangers
flexible work force, extensive training union and management to hold a joint to get help. In addition, Local 154 has
of new synthetic drugs, some of which
arranged for treatment services with
make a person feel drunk quickly, and
a rehabilitation center that has shown
can cause one to slip into a coma.
“Everybody [in the excellent results in getting members
back to work clean and sober.
owners’ caucus] feels Take advantage of MOST,
“Drug addiction affects the owner
the recruiters are doing community, the union, and the contrac- say participants
tors,” Ventrone noted. “Oftentimes,
a great job, had a A RECURRING COMMENT from
chronic absenteeism is a key factor in
great start, but the many attending the conference was
identifying a person with an addiction.
the need for contractors and own-
owners need to get We all know that absenteeism is a prob-
ers to take advantage of the various
lem out there; it is a problem across the
more involved.” MOST programs.
country and across all trades.”
“We’ve got the best program in the
— Larry Wargo Ventrone thanked IP Jones for sup-
building trades,” IVP Sean Murphy
porting the idea of a drug education
told the conference. “Everybody’s out
committee. “President Jones told me:
there copying what we’re doing. Don’t
Larry Wargo of FirstEnergy Corp. ‘Ray, if we save one guy’s life, we’ve
reinvent the wheel, implement what
talks about progress on the manpower job fair. The union handbills industrial done our job.’”
we’re doing. The whole Northwest
tracking system. facilities in the area, while the employ- Ventrone also acknowledged the
Ohio building trades is utilizing MOST.
ers work the fair. “What this does is it efforts of IVP George Rogers and other
It works. We can make it work for
and apprenticeship, skilled supervi- moves the discussion [away] from a trustees on the National Health &
you owners if you give us the oppor-
sion, quality job performance, on-time union organizer to an applicant com- Welfare Trust for raising the lifetime
tunity. And it’s cheaper [than creating
project delivery, focus on a drug-free ing in and seeing 20 contractors at maximum benefit for drug and alcohol
new programs].”
work force, and a labor-management tables recruiting the next Boilermaker, treatment from $30,000 to $50,000.
commitment to greater value. the next welder, the next specialist that MOST administrator Bill Palmisano
He asserted that unions and contrac- they need. In one market, in one night, reminded the alliance partners of the
tors must do a better job of connecting they got 260 qualified nonunion jour- importance of drug testing. “We’ve
with the rank and file. He said union neymen and signed them up. Friday been drug testing since 1991,” he said.
members/contractor employees are morning they all go in for drug testing “Unless you implement the random
too often left out of the equation, so they and orientation, and Monday morning portion of this program, you don’t have
work only for the paycheck. they all [those that qualify] go to work, a program. As contractors, you should
“The cutting edge says we are going with a new employer and a new job — implement, and as owners you should
to start engaging the rank and file at demand [random testing].”
Addiction specialist dispels
“The construction industry is probably one of the
drug myths
most poorly-managed enterprises in
“FOOD, SEX, AND drugs are all the
North America.”
same thing to our brain,” asserted Dr.
— Mark Breslin, industry consultant Brendan Adams, M.D., a specialist in
addiction who addressed the confer-
ence. He said all three trigger a release
L-154 BM Ray Ventrone announces
of dopamine, a naturally occurring hor-
an initiative for educating local lodges
mone associated with feelings of plea-
about drug and alcohol assistance.
sure. It is this stimulation of the brain
that addicts repeatedly seek to achieve.
Palmisano echoed Murphy’s com-
Dr. Adams said he has worked
ments. “Look around you at the 16
closely with IVPs Joe Maloney (West-
banners in this room. Those 16 banners
ern Canada) and Ed Power (Eastern
represent the MOST program. Every-
Canada) on drug education.
body that’s in this room is a member of
“Drugs that can be smoked or
that family. It’s your program, you’re
injected are typically addictive drugs,
paying for it. You deserve it. Use it.”
but, statistically speaking, alcohol is
One way that MOST is being
still the most dangerous,” he said. “Ten
better utilized is through area and local
percent of the population is alcoholic.”
tripartite committees. Six committees
With so much information available,
reported on their activities, includ-
and from so many sources, Dr. Adams
ing IVP Murphy, Northeast Area;
said a number of myths have arisen,
IVP Power, Eastern Canada; IR Marty
such as drugs being harmless, that
Stanton II, Ohio Valley; IR Tony Palmi-
they help people relax, or that they
sano, Upper Midwest; AIP Kyle Even-
enhance sex.
son, Western States; and IVPs Rogers
None of these myths are true, he
and Sam May, Central Section/South-
said. He stressed that, on the job, the
east Area.
question becomes one of, “What
Wargo said the owners’ caucus
is impairment?”
discussed area and local tripartite
“Impairment is quite different than
successes. “We heard amazing stories
intoxication. There are other forms of
from some of the ones that are really
Industry consultant Mark Breslin discusses qualities that set some impairment besides slurred speech and
coming along…and some that are just
organizations apart from others. staggering. These may include lack of getting started.” ❑
attention, irritability, and sleepiness. A
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Eastern Canada Tripartite
emphasizes safety, manpower
THE TOPIC OF safety drew much of
the attention at the Eastern Canada Tri-
partite meeting, but discussion quickly
turned to another pressing problem for
everyone in the industrial construction
sector: manpower.
At the pre-meeting reception, the alli-
ance presented awards to two contrac-
tors, one owner, and three Boilermakers
for making workplaces safer.
International
Babcock & Wilcox Canada received
an award for the comprehensive safety
wins three
plan it developed during the Nova
Scotia NOx Reduction Project. Alstom
Canada was recognized for its “Safety ILCA awards
Dashboard” initiative, an innovative
way to promote safety through statisti-
History book, convention
cal analysis to discover trends. Recognized for their contributions to safety are, l. to r., Blair Allin (Local 128),
Web site capture
The alliance recognized Nova Scotia Leslie Linco (Local 73), and Bill Healey (Local 203).
Power for the firm’s collaborative safety first-place prizes
efforts with other owners, contractors, Manpower, chaired by Boilermakers But all participants continued to be
THE BOILERMAKERS’ Commu-
and the Boilermakers. International Rep Kent Oliver. hopeful for workable solutions. Bruce
nication Department received two
The three Boilermakers recognized Power CEO Duncan Hawthorne
first-place awards and an honor-
at the conference included Local 203 (St. Blue-ribbon panel encouraged all in attendance to keep
able mention at the International
John’s, Newfoundland) President Bill addresses manpower working on the tripartite approach, Labor Communications Associa-
Healey, Local 73 (Halifax, Nova Sco- because, as his parents in Scotland used
tion (ILCA) convention in New
tia) member Leslie Linco, and Local 128 THE HIGH NOTE of the conference to tell him, “Many a mickle make a
Orleans Oct. 20.
(Toronto, Ontario) member Blair Allin. was a series of presentations by owner muckle.” That is, many small efforts
“Grace Under Pressure,” a his-
The conference itself began on a representatives. Bob Blakely, director of eventually make a big difference.
tory of the Boilermakers union,
safety theme. Ron Ellis, from the Our the Building Trades of Canada, opened Participants also learned from a vari-
captured the top award for “edito-
Youth at Work Association, gave a the discussion, followed by Duncan ety of presenters on such topics as the
rial excellence” in the non-periodi-
moving presentation to dramatize the Hawthorne, president and CEO, Bruce Boilermakers’ master rigger training
cal special publication category for
importance of being a “safety cham- Power; Pierre Charlebois, executive program, the project manager training
international, national, and other
pion” by changing your own behavior. vice president, Ontario Power; Rick program, the Canadian Web site (www.
labor organizations. The Boiler-
Ellis’s teenaged son David was killed Janega, vice president, Nova Scotia boilermaker.ca) and travel card pool, and
makers’ convention Web site took
his second day on his first job. “I took Power; and Gaëtan Thomas, vice presi- the value of the pre-job mark-up. Other
first for “best content” in the Web
for granted that his employer would dent, New Brunswick Power. topics included proposals to create a
site category for international
provide a safe workplace,” Ellis said. Presentations ranged over the entire national safety committee, a disaster
unions as well as “honorable men-
“I never discussed worksite safety spectrum of future work in power gen- response program, and a national hear-
tion” for Web site design.
with David. I just wanted him to be a eration construction and maintenance. ing test for Boilermakers. ❑
Both “Grace Under Pres-
good employee.” The issue of manpower touched vir-
sure” and the convention Web
Through the Our Youth at Work tually all aspects of the industry. The
site were produced in 2006.
Association, Ellis teaches young peo- shortage of skilled workers in the
FAIRLEY The history book is now in
ple how to create a culture of safety. field of industrial construction is not
its second printing and is avail-
He offered the conference three steps confined to Canada, or even to North
able for purchase from the
toward safety: 1) Never be happy America, but is worldwide. And the
continued from p. 1 Boilermaker Archives.
with the status quo; 2) Have a family manpower problem will not be solved
The ILCA, founded in 1955, is the
atmosphere; and 3) Leadership action soon, as the demand for electrical
will continue to work from his office professional organization of labor
should move down the chain, so every- energy continues to outpace our abil-
in Chapel Hill, N.C. Smith’s office has communicators in North America.
one becomes a champion of safety. ity to produce new generating plants.
been closed. Its several hundred members pro-
Delegates also heard from the three Climate change and the production
IVP-IS Fairley will be the Broth- duce publications with a total circu-
Eastern Canada Tripartite committees: of CO also raised some good discus-
2 erhood’s principal liaison with the lation in the tens of millions.
Absenteeism, chaired by Local Lodge sion. While many look to nuclear power
Metal Trades Department, Transpor-
128 BM-ST Jim Tinney and Jim Scatter- for a solution — there are currently about
tation Trades Department, and other
good, from Bruce Power; Safety, chaired 125 nuclear plants being built world-
by Boilermakers National (Canada) wide — those plants cannot be built AFL-CIO affiliate structures that serve SMITH
industrial unions. He will also continue
Safety Director Jason McInnis; and fast enough, and other alternatives
the union’s labor advocacy work on the
to fossil fuels — such as wind power
international stage as the Brotherhood’s continued from p. 1
and solar — are not expected to yield
representative to the International Fed-
much capacity.
eration of Chemical, Energy, Mine and and Woods vs. Woods, dramatically
General Workers’ Unions (ICEM). changed Tennessee workers com-
Fairley began his Boilermaker career pensation law, leading to the Work-
when he joined Local 693 (Pascagoula, ers Compensation Reform Act of
Many a mickle
Miss.) in 1990 and worked in the rigging 1992 and subsequent worker compen-
department at Ingalls Shipbuilding. He sation reforms.
make a muckle.
was elected L-693 Business Manager in He is survived by his wife, Char-
1996, and became an International Rep lotte Bass Smith; his son and daugh-
(Many small efforts at the completion of his term. In 2003 he ter-in-law, Trey and Donna Smith, and
was made Assistant to the International grandchildren, Mari Olivia and Austin
make a large President and Assistant Director of the Trey Smith, of Gilbertsville Ky.; his son
Shipbuilding Division. and daughter-in-law, David and Leah
One month later, he was promoted Smith, of Lawrenceburg, Ky.; his step-
improvement.)
Deputy Director of that division, and daughter and son-in-law, Carrie and
in 2005 became Executive Assistant to Adam Wittekind, and grandchildren,
the International President and Direc- Maury Frances, Mada Marie, and Mark
Bruce Power President and CEO ~ Duncan Hawthorne, tor of both the Shipbuilding & Marine Andrew Wittekind, of Spring Hill,
Duncan Hawthorne suggests that many Services Division and Research and Tenn.; and step-daughter and son-in-
small efforts will make the industry Bruce Power CEO Collective Bargaining Services. He law, Morgan and Scott Shockley, and
more efficient, though each individual relinquished his duties as Research grandson, Austin Shockley, also of
one may seem insignificant in itself. Director one year later.❑ Spring Hill, Tenn. ❑
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Oct • Dec 2007 NEWSMAKERS the Boilermaker Reporter - 5
L-D408 members rally to save jobs
Michigan pollution rule did Jim Pressley, Executive Director of
threatens Holcim CLGAW Division Services, and Abe
Breehey, Assistant Director of Govern-
cement plant
ment Affairs.
IN AN ATTEMPT to keep a cement Allen read a prepared statement
plant operating in Dundee, Mich. — from IP Newton B. Jones stating the
and to protect jobs there — dozens of Brotherhood’s position on the matter.
Boilermakers from Local D408 traveled The statement noted that the Dundee
to Lansing, the state capital, Sept. 5 for facility “is the only cement-making
a public hearing before the Michigan facility in the world working to apply
Department of Environmental Qual- certain emissions control technology
ity. The DEQ is holding hearings before on a wet process cement kiln. This
implementing an air quality rule tar- has required investments [by Holcim]
geting the plant, which is owned by of approximately $30 million to date,
Holcim (USA) Inc. The rule would take and more than $10 million in modifi-
effect May 1, 2008. cations and upgrades planned in the
The cement plant employs nearly 400 coming years.”
people, 113 of them Local D408 mem- Jones’ statement further noted:
bers. Holcim has mounted a vigorous “We believe it is unfair to place the
campaign to halt DEQ from enforcing burden solely on the Dundee facility
the rule, which would require the com- and its employees. A more equitable
pany to invest $6.5 million on technol- distribution of the costs of complying
ogy to cut emissions of volatile organic with the federal standard across all Local D408 members gather at the Michigan state capitol building prior to the
compounds (VOCs). A byproduct of sources of emissions would help avoid Sept. 5 hearing in Lansing. Photo by Trumpie Photography (Dave Trumpie).
the limestone used in making cement, the potentially devastating impact of
VOCs contribute to smog on sunny this proposed rule on workers and “to continue working with Holcim in the patient,” referring to the possibility
days. Holcim said the technology pro- their families.” a collaborative process instead of uni- that Holcim may close the plant if the
posed by the state is not guaranteed to Holcim and Local D408 have gen- laterally imposing unreasonable rules proposed final rule is enforced.
work and that most VOCs in the region erated considerable support from with the sole purpose of shutting down Many in the Dundee community
come from auto emissions. political and labor interests in the area. Holcim’s Dundee plant.” expressed hope that a negotiated
In setting the new rule, the state of State Rep. Kathy Angerer (D-Dundee) DEQ held a second hearing Sept. 27, settlement can be reached that will keep
Michigan hopes to comply with U.S. attended the hearing and argued this time in Dundee, where the plant the plant from closing its doors. The
Environmental Protection Agency air against the DEQ rule. State Sen. Randy is located. Dozens of Holcim employ- DEQ said after the two public meet-
standards. The rule would require Hol- Richardville (R-Monroe) also has come ees, including L-D408 members, turned ings that it may be months before it
cim to reduce VOCs by 90 percent from out against the rule. out to support the cement plant and to will decide on implementing the rule.
May 1 through Sept. 30 of each year. Supporters say the Dundee plant has urge DEQ to work with the company to It first will respond to the hundreds of
“This is the plant’s busiest time of a good environmental record, that it resolve the emission issue. comments received during the public
the year,” said Carey Allen, Director provides good-paying jobs, and that Member Larry Kominek pleaded comment period.
of CLGAW Division Services. “If Hol- it brings $86 million into the local with the agency to “please work with The agency and Holcim renewed
cim had to restrict or cease operations economy each year. us so we can keep our jobs.” negotiations over the proposed pollu-
during this period, they would likely The Michigan State AFL-CIO has The head of the AFL-CIO Central tion rule in mid-September, after break-
have to shut down the plant.” Allen also gotten involved, submitting a state- Labor Council in Michigan, Stan Lewin- ing off discussions this past summer. ❑
also attended the Sept. 5 hearing, as ment to the DEQ calling on the agency ski, warned, “The cure is going to kill
Stewards receive awards for organizing efforts
Members encourage
co-workers to join union
at federal shipyards
AT THE 68TH annual Metal
Trades Department Convention
Oct. 24-25 in Las Vegas, stewards
from two Boilermaker lodges
earned recognition for their in-
plant organizing efforts.
John Kosinski of Local 290
(Bremerton, Wash.) and Allan
Andrews, Melissa Lamerson,
Keola Martin, Leo Miguel, and
Larry Moore of Local 90 (Pearl
Harbor, Hawaii) each received
a Can Do Spirit Award for their
Local 90 officers (front row, l. to r.) Leo Miguel, Larry
efforts to get their co-workers to
Moore, Allan Andrews, Melissa Lamerson, and (back row,
join the union. Local 290’s John Kosinski (second from right) accepts
far right) Keola Martin, receive Can Do Spirit Awards for their
Local 90 is one of several a Can Do Spirit Award for his organizing efforts at the Puget
organizing efforts at Pearl Harbor. Also pictured are, back row,
trade unions represent- Sound Naval Shipyard. Also pictured, l. to r., are IVP Tom Baca, l. to r., IVP Tom Baca, Intl. Pres. Newton Jones, IVPs George
ing workers at the Pearl Heather Baca, Intl. Pres. Newton Jones, IVPs George Rogers, Rogers and Larry McManamon, IR David Bunch, and (front
Harbor Naval Shipyard, Warren Fairley, and Larry McManamon, and Intl. Rep row, far right) IVP Warren Fairley.
located on 160 acres near Hono- David Bunch.
lulu. Pearl Harbor, a major
largest and most diverse shipyard on a monetary bonus; those who excel “Their efforts to increase the
ship repair and overhaul facil-
the West Coast. in their organizing efforts also earn number of members in their col-
ity for the Pacific Fleet, employs
As federal employees, work- recognition through the Can Do lective bargaining unit means
4,500 people.
ers at both naval shipyards are not Spirit Award. they will have a stronger repre-
Local 290 is one of the trade unions
required to join the union as a con- Since Kosinski began participating sentation at the bargaining table,”
representing workers at the Puget
dition of employment. So the Boil- in the in-plant organizing program reports Intl. Rep David Bunch,
Sound Naval Shipyard. Puget Sound
ermakers initiated an in-plant he has signed up 16 new members. who is the servicing rep at both
was established in 1891. Located
organizing drive at the facilities to Together, Local 90 officers Lamer- facilities. “These stewards work
on 190 acres on the Sinclair Inlet of
encourage union membership. As son, Martin, Miguel, and Moore have hard to make their local stronger and
Washington’s Puget Sound, it is the
an incentive, members who get their signed up 14 new members. more effective by increasing their
co-workers to join the union receive membership numbers.”
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6 - the Boilermaker Reporter NEW S M A K E R S Oct • Dec 2007
Striking Local 599
members ratify
contract 3-1
Union workers at Beall members together in a way they hadn’t
Trailers opt for better been before.”
George Ulrickson, L-599 secretary-
health care coverage
treasurer, said this is the first time work-
LOCAL 599 (BILLINGS, MONT.) mem- ers at Beall’s Montana plant have gone
bers voted by a three-to-one margin on strike in the 61 years they have been
Oct. 26 to end their 11-day strike against organized. “The company opened the
Beall Trailers of Montana and accept a Billings plant in 1946, and the Boiler-
new three-year agreement. The contract makers organized us that same year.
allows the 114 members employed by Going on strike was all new to us. We
Beall to switch from Blue Cross/Blue didn’t get everything we wanted, but
Shield to the Boilermakers National we got most of it.”
Health & Welfare Trust “Plan M.” L-599 members build fuel tankers,
“A lot of the issues we had were with belly dumpers, and dry bulk trailers for
the quality of the health care plan we Beall, which has been in business for
have,” said L-599 President David Bye. more than 100 years and has 17 loca-
During negotiations, Beall proposed tions in the western United States. ❑
keeping the existing plan and
allocating some of the cost to the Jason Scott gets a congratulatory kiss from his wife after graduating from
employees. “Many of our members an AFL-CIO-sponsored career education and orientation program.
said they wouldn’t mind paying
Katrina survivor pursues
part of the premiums if they could
get better coverage,” Bye said. Plan
M offers lower deductibles and bet-
Boilermaker career
ter long-term disability coverage
than what is available under the
members’ current plan.
A commissioner from the Fed- Building trades’ program in terms of a career.” Local 582 (Baton
eral Mediation and Conciliation connects urban residents Rouge) BM-ST Danny Blackwell said
Service (FMCS) helped broker the his local has also received inquiries
to jobs
new agreement. L-599 members from program graduates.
will pay the difference in the pre- The GCCCC program operates out
JASON SCOTT CONSIDERS himself
mium cost of their current plan and of a small facility borrowed from Iron-
one of New Orleans’ more fortunate
Plan M — about $24 per week for workers Local 58. Scott and 12 other
survivors. Like tens of thousands who
family coverage. participants made up the sixth class to
rode out Hurricane Katrina in 2005,
The agreement also provides for graduate. Three others besides Scott
he escaped to safety by boat after
an FMCS commissioner to train the chose to pursue the boilermaker trade;
his home flooded. Although unem-
labor-management committee on others chose futures as electricians,
ployment and despair have gripped
communications and other top- plumbers, or another trade. In its first
much of the population, Scott, now
ics. “Members felt they were being four months of operation, the GCCCC
30, landed a job “flippin’ chicken at
disrespected,” said IR Amanda has graduated 105 participants. About
KFC for $10 an hour.” He has stayed at
Stinger. She said they are hopeful half are working at a trade; another
that job for nearly a year, hoping some-
that the training will help address 25 percent are awaiting work or addi-
thing better would come along. And
that problem. tional training.
something did.
The three-year pact also provides GCCCC instructors make it clear
Scott learned of an AFL-CIO pilot
wage increases of 4.3 percent in the that if the career center graduates are
program begun in June 2007 that links
first year and 3.3 percent in each accepted, that is when the hard work
Gulf Coast residents to job oppor-
subsequent year. really begins. Showing up for work
tunities in the construction trades.
Stinger said she was impressed on time is not optional. Drug and alco-
Alyssa Ulrickson, daughter of L-599 Known as the Gulf Coast Construction
by the solidarity shown by the hol testing is mandatory. There are no
member Loren Ulrickson and granddaughter Career Center (GCCCC), the program
membership. “No one crossed the of L-599 Sec.-Treas. George Ulrickson, shows offers three weeks of orientation and illusions about the nature of the work
picket line. They were solid. These her support for the lodge. instruction. Participants receive $10 or the penalties for failing to meet
guys manned the line in 12-hour the requirements.
an hour while attending classes in
shifts. I think it really brought the Like other graduates, Scott expresses
mathematics, labor history, tool iden-
a determination to succeed. “There
tification, safety, and other subjects.
are things I want to be and do as…a
Representatives from the trades make
man, as far as my family goes,” he said.
presentations to inform participants
“This program gives me an opportu-
about their unions — and to recruit
nity to better myself.”
new members.
At a time when the construction
Scott, who completed the program
trades face severe manpower short-
Oct. 19, said he was impressed when
ages, the GCCCC is bringing residents
Noland Landry, the apprentice coor-
of the hurricane-ravaged Gulf Coast
dinator for Boilermakers Local 37
into career fields they might otherwise
(New Orleans), made his presentation.
not have considered. The numbers are
“I understand that the Boilermakers
small in this pilot program, but the cen-
work hard, but the pay is very good,”
ter will soon move into its own facility,
Scott said. “I don’t have a problem
where it can expand operations.
working hard. I want something bet-
The AFL-CIO is hoping the program
ter than what I have right now. I don’t
can be expanded to other cities across
need a job; I need a career.”
the country, said GCCCC Training
Local 37 BM-ST David Hegeman
Director Charles Weatherly. “It really
said the GCCCC program has bene-
does make sense for any larger city.
fited his lodge’s recruitment program.
Where else can union training directors
This “is a good deal for the participants
find a [captive audience] who want to
and for us. Nolan Landry, our appren-
Members of Local 599 (Billings, Mont.) walk the picket line during the lodge’s become construction workers?” ❑
tice coordinator, does a great job of
11-day strike against Beall Trailers of Montana.
selling what the Boilermakers can offer
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Former Rosie the Riveters reminisce
Women support war efforts and burning boots. She described the getting to work up on the top deck,
through shipyard work area where they worked as cavernous where the beams came together.
— like an airplane hangar. Some nights, in the moonlight,
ALICE RIDDLE IS a member of “This allowed the huge cranes — it was such a delight to be on the
the Springfield, Ore., chapter of the which were probably about one story top deck.”
American Rosie the Riveter Associa- high — to travel in and out on their way Thorsen worked the night
tion (ARRA): women who did what with plates of steel. The plates were so shift, riding the “Red Car” home
was considered “men’s work” in large that they would sway from side at 3:00 a.m. (The Red Car refers to
defense plants, shipyards, etc., during to side as the crane traveled on tracks the electric railway lines operated
World War II. through the building. One man had his for 60 years by the Pacific Elec-
Riddle, 90, was a shipyard welder face sliced open by the swaying steel tric Railway in the Los Angeles
and member of former Boilermaker when he wasn’t watching out for the area.) Thorsen and her sister and
Local 568 in Tacoma, Wash. She worked crane,” Thorsen recounted. brother-in-law, Jill and Bill Boll-
at Washington’s Seattle-Tacoma ship- Unlike Thorsen, whose husband man, shared a home in Comp-
yards from 1941 to 1943. A shipfitter served in Europe during the war, Rid- ton, Calif., and worked different
for a year, she then became a welder dle’s husband was a certified welder shifts so they could help care for
on the finishing dock “because it paid working at the shipyard where he got each other’s infant. Thorsen had
more money.” his wife a job as a shipfitter. Corolous, a six-month-old daughter, Susan,
Marjorie Jean Thorsen, 94, was a steel now 96, continued that work through- at that time. The Bollman’s child,
burner in 1944 at the California Ship- out the war. Gerry, was also six months old.
building Company (Cal-Ship) in Wilm- Mementos from that time — ID For health reasons, both Thorsen
ington, Calif. A member of Boilermaker badges, Boilermaker union but- and Riddle left their work at the
Local 92 (Los Angeles), Thorsen was tons, her welder’s mask, his ship- shipyards before the war ended.
married at that time to William Seineke, builder’s helmet — are displayed “We got busy raising our fami- In 1943, Marjorie Jean (Seineke) Thorsen
holds her infant daughter, Susan, before
a private in the U.S. Army. She went to with pride in the Riddle home, a lies,” said Riddle, who raised six
going to work at a shipyard during WW II.
work at the shipyard because there was 400-acre ranch in Oregon where the
not enough money coming in from her Riddles moved to in the 1950s and
husband’s Army paycheck to support once farmed.
their family. As a shipfitter, the
Thorsen’s brother-in-law, Bill Boll- slightly-built Mrs. Riddle
man, worked at Cal-Ship and sug- helped carry heavy six-foot
gested she take a job there to earn some by eight-foot templates,
extra money. It wasn’t long before her laying them atop slabs of
talent as an artist came through in her iron that would become
new work as a steel burner. parts of ships’ hulls.
“I would set the template on the steel, “We’d punch and ham-
burn as many as six holes in each sheet, mer through the holes in the
and then just tap each one. The circles of template onto the steel, then
steel would fall almost simultaneously remove the template and chalk
from the sheet,” Thorsen said. where we’d marked,” Riddle
Her ability to burn perfect circles in said. “Then the burners (like Above left: This Aug. 27, 1944, pay stub shows that Marjorie Jean (Seineke) Thorsen
four-inch steel came to the attention of Mrs. Thorsen) would burn earned $59.20 (before taxes) for working 51.25 hours in her 35th week at the California
shipyard management, who selected around the chalk marks Shipbuilding Co.
Thorsen to demonstrate her burn- to cut the shape needed.
ing skills to military personnel. The Then cranes set the slabs Above right: Here is one of Marjorie Jean (Seineke) Thorsen’s Local 92 dues receipts,
Air Force was so impressed that they into place at the dock to be dated July 21, 1944, in the amount of $12.50.
offered her a job. But by then her doc- welded together.”
tor was recommending that she stop On the finishing dock,
burning due to a heat stroke she had Riddle tack-welded sheet metal on children. Thorsen had one more child thanks to the late Ms. Thorsen for sharing
suffered. She has been plagued by heat- ships being refitted. with her husband, Seineke — a son, Erik, her experiences.
related problems ever since. “I wasn’t a certified welder,” born in 1946. Excerpts from a story on Mrs. Riddle by
Thorsen often talks of her days Riddle said. “I made small welds Gini Davis for the Creswell Chronicle are
working in the shipyard — about to hold the pieces together; Editor’s note: Marjorie Jean (Seineke) reprinted here with permission. ❑
salt tablets at stations throughout the then a certified welder did the long, Thorsen, one of the two women featured in
shipyard, overhead cranes that could continuous weld.” this story, passed away shortly before this
cut people to pieces if you got in the Riddle, who worked swing shift, issue went to press. We extend our condo-
way of the swaying steel, dehydration, particularly remembers “sometimes lences to her family and friends — and our
This case of Boilermaker
memorabilia from the 1940s
can be found on display in the Alice and Corolous Riddle don the welding mask and hard hat
Riddle home. Photo by Gini Davis, they wore while working at a shipyard during WW II. Photo by Gini
Creswell Chronicle, reprinted Davis, Creswell Chronicle, reprinted with permission.
with permission.
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8 - the Boilermaker Reporter APPRENTICE NEWS Oct • Dec 2007
C O M P E T I T I O N
In the welding sec-
continued from p. 1
tion, judges evaluated the
contestants’ skills in tube
Apprentices compete
welding, plate welding,
in four areas burning, stud welding,
arc gouging, and safety.
BNAP INSTRUCTOR JOHN Standish
The apprentices
said the 2007 competition mirrored last
were given five hours
year’s event, with contestants vying for
to remove and replace a
points in four areas: classroom, rigging,
failed tube. They mea-
welding, and Boilermaker skills. Con-
sured and cut the tube,
testants could earn a maximum of 300
then replaced it using
points in each area.
heliarc and SMAW tech-
The classroom work included a 10-
niques. Judges assessed
hour written exam on Boilermaker his-
measuring skills, qual-
tory and organization, OSHA safety
ity of cuts, beveling, and
rules, and on-the-job training issues.
membrane welding.
Heavy rains on the second day led
Contestants also con-
to rescheduling the exercise in the rig- and assembled the replica. Another sure as well. John Robinson, a retired
nected vertical and horizontal plates
ging section. In that test, contestants task involved laying out a structural instructor with Local 502 (Tacoma,
using both 3/16- and 5/32-diameter
set up and performed a tank lift using member with precise alignment Wash.), said all of the judges strive for
welding rods.
winches, a boom derrick, and an equal- of bolt holes. absolute fairness. “We know what it’s
Apprentices competed in five areas
izer beam, controlling the lift using like to be in their shoes. We want all
under the Boilermaker skills’ section.
hand signals. The tank had to be placed Judges work under the candidates to do well. To a limited
These included tube rolling, layout and
onto a pad at a specific elevation and pressure, too extent, we can suggest certain things
fabrication, boiler component identifi-
nozzle location. The test required con- during the physical tests, but we are
cation, tool identification and use, and
testants to reeve a four-part line and WHILE GRADUATE APPRENTICES careful not to help one candidate more
CPR. Contestants laid out a small boiler
calculate the percentages of the load to feel the stress of being observed and than others.”
hopper replica to scale, calculated
be carried by the line and the derrick. graded, the judges themselves feel pres-
Also in this section, contestants showed dimensions, cut and bent the metal, continued on page 10
their skills with ropes and knots as well Above: Joseph Garfield (L-107) and William Sumner (L-374) lay out a scale-size hopper.
as blocks and reeving.
Below left: William Vanmeter (L-40) welds a tube.
Below right: Christopher Knox (L-83) burns out a tube during the tube rolling test.
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Above: David Cook (L-197) inspects blocks for damage.
Above right: John Williamson (L-154), left, and David Cook (L-
197) reeve a block during the rigging exercise.
Right: Leo Seitz (L-11) demonstrates proper hand signaling to
the hoist operator during a lift.
Below right: Thomas Baker (L-92) signals the derrick operator
to lift a tank.
Below left: William Vanmeter (L-40), left, and Christopher Knox
(L-83) thread string through blocks during the
reeving assignment.
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10 - the Boilermaker Reporter APPRE N T I C E N E W S Oct • Dec 2007
IP Newton B. Jones addressed the
continued from p. 8
banquet via videoconferencing. He
Lincoln Electric
Robinson and Dave Gleason of Con- called the BNAP competition, “a spe-
tractors Cargo were the Western States cial celebration of that which makes us
judges. Also serving as judges were, a skilled craft and a progressive union,
from the Great Lakes, Larry McCaf- specifically our commitment to appren- donates welding
ferty of GEM Industrial Inc. and Jim ticeship training, the passing down of
Condrich, an instructor with Local 744 our best craft knowledge and traditions
(Cleveland); from the Southeast Area, to those who will carry them on, and in equipment
Randall James, Babcock & Wilcox turn pass them on.
Training center, has the most modern tools avail-
top apprentices able,” Peters said.
Robert Simmons, a technical
get new gear
sales rep in the Kansas City area,
C O M P E T I T I O N APPRENTICES COMPETING said that in addition to the equip-
at the national training center in ment on loan to the center, Lincoln
Kansas City, Kan., got their hands is also providing free training at
Construction Co. and Camilo Jun- “You are now our standard bearers,”
on some hot new gear, courtesy its Cleveland welding school for
cal, IR; from the Northeast Area, Jones told the contestants. “You carry
of Lincoln Electric (Cleveland). any Boilermaker instructor as
Howard Hinkley of Day & Zimmer- the flag of the International Brother-
Prior to the competition, Lincoln well as free subscriptions to tech-
man NPS Inc. and John Doherty, hood of Boilermakers. You represent
Vice President and Apprentice Coordi- a new generation of this 125-year-old supplied the center with new nical bulletins for Boilermaker
nator for Local 28 (Newark, N.J.); and union that has survived beyond its machines for each of the facility’s training centers.
for the National Transient Lodge, Allan odds and beyond the expectations of so 21 welding booths. The Boilermakers’ national
Chadwick, Project Manager for Fisher many over our many years of service to Included were Invertec V350 training center recently pur-
Tank Co., and Ronny Vanscoy, IR. our country.” Pro multi-process welding ma- chased a self-cleaning welding
William Elrod, retired AIP, served The banquet also honored two indi- chines and LF-72 wire feeders. But fume extraction and filtration
as the test administrator. viduals who have contributed much system through Lincoln that pro-
that’s not all. Lincoln included TIG
to the apprenticeship program. Brad vides flexible extraction arms in
welding machines, plasma cut-
Banquet honors contestants, Bradford (Babcock & Wilcox Con- each welding booth as part of
ters, an engine-driven welder, arc
recognizes apprenticeship struction Co.) and Stan Miller (PSF a comprehensive upgrade of
Industries Inc.) shared the National Rec- gouging/multi-process welders, a the facility.
supporters
ognition Award for 2007. Bradford is the Power Wave 45M high-technology In addition to the equipment
AS IN PAST years, the results of the outgoing Vice Chairman of the Boil- multi-process welder, and portable on loan to the national training
competition were announced during ermakers National Apprenticeship fume extractors. There was more center, Lincoln also donated gear
the awards banquet held on the final Program. Miller is a retired National still, as Harris, a Lincoln subsid- for the apprentice competition.
day of the event. The banquet honored Joint Board member and a retired iary, provided 80 gas flowme- First-place winner Christopher
all of the contestants, as well as those Chairman of the Western States Joint ters/regulators, oxy-fuel cutting Knox won a Power MIG 255C
who promote the Boilermaker Appren- Apprenticeship Committee. torches, portable oxy-fuel cutting wire feeder/welding machine,
ticeship Program throughout the year. Bradford addressed the banquet as packages, and 6,000 pounds of while second-place finisher Wil-
the keynote speaker. He spoke of the liam Vanmeter received a Power
welding consumables.
lessons he learned as a Green Beret dur- MIG 215 wire feeder/welding
Lincoln’s director of training,
ing the Vietnam War and in his career machine. Both men also received
with B&W. He advised the apprentices Carl Peters, said the equipment a portable Power MIG 140C wire
to seek out a mentor, a person who is being made available for the feeder/welding machine for fin-
they admire, who is successful in their BNAP training center’s use as part ishing as the top team. Knox’s
field, and who embodies positive traits. of the company’s effort to promote first-place finish also meant
“Remember that good leaders set goals, a “partnership” where Lincoln can that Local 83 received a Power
not only for themselves, but also for showcase its products and appren- MIG 300MP multi-process wire
their people. Don’t try to lead by any tices can be taught using the latest feeder/welding machine for its
other fashion except by example.” ❑ equipment. “Each year, we’ll swap training program.
out the existing equipment with
new models, so the school always
Above: Stan Miller (r.)
of PSF Industries, co-
recipient of the 2007
National Recognition Award,
receives congratulations
from BNAP board member
Dean Andrisevic of B&W
Construction Co.
At right: Brad Bradford (r.)
Lincoln Electric representatives and BNAP staff show some of the
of B&W Construction Co., co-
equipmentdonated to this year’s winners of the Outstanding Apprenticeship
recipient of the 2007 National
Award competition. L. to r. are Carl Peters, Lincoln director of training; John
Recognition Award, accepts
Standish, BNAP instructor; Jason Schmidt, Lincoln technical trainer; Louie
the honor from BNAP National
Lombardi, BNAP instructor; Robert Simmons, Lincoln technical sales rep; and
Coordinator Pat Smith.
Mark Branscum, BNAP instructor.
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