Issue 4 - 2012 by International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers

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BAC ISSUE 4 / 2012

PURSUING INNOVATION,

EXPANDING WORK OPPORTUNITIES

in this issue

Journal BAC

on the cover

9 ADC 1 of IL volunteers lend a helping hand to members hard hit by the economic downturn.

3 PURSUING INNOVATION, EXPANDING WORK OPPORTUNITIES

P R E S ID E N T ’S M E S S A G E /M E N S A J E D E L P R E S ID E N TE

M E M B E R S AT WO R K

Local 1 New York – Latest Technology, Time-tested Craftsmanship Add Up to Rain Screen Success in New York City

EXE C U TIV E CO U N CIL

Executive Council Report

BA C S E R V ICE

Giving BACk

IMI ®

MasterSpec Now Calls for IMI Supervisor Certification Credentials s New IMI National Training Director Brings Strong Experience s IMI, BAC Sponsor “The Big Build” s Elmore Named New IMI Job Corps Director C A N A DA

Canadian Congress Report s Rapport du Congrès canadien s IPF Canada Turns 40, Reaches One Hundred Million Dollars in Benefits Paid s Le RPC, qui va fêter ses 40 ans d’existence, atteint les cent millions de dollars en prestations versées I N TE R N ATIO N A L F U N D S

2011 IPF/IHF Annual Report – Forty Years of Service, $2 Billion in Benefits Paid and Customized, Affordable Healthcare s Solid Future Forecast for IPF

15 IMI, BAC SPONSOR “THE BIG BUILD”

R E TIR E E S

“Art from the Heart” s Making Pizza the Old-Fashioned Way s Cycling, Painting and Volunteering s Local 1 Oregon Hosts Retiree Luncheon N E WS IN B R IE F

Local Leaders Elected to Area Building Trades s BAC Tool Sales Helps Members Save LO CA L C O M PA S S

I N M E M O R IA M

p r e s i d e n t ’s m e s s a g e J A M E S B O L A N D , P R E S I D E N T, I N T E R N AT I O N A L U N I O N O F B R I C K L AY E R S A N D A L L I E D C R A F T W O R K E R S

Sure and Steady Wins the Work

s we launch into 2013, I want to express the deepest thanks of the IU Executive Board for the extraordinary resilience and loyalty of BAC members during some of the toughest years our Union has experienced. Despite these challenges, however, the selﬂess outpouring of service and support by BAC members on behalf of their neighbors and communities both near and far (“Giving BACk”, page 9-13) remains undeterred, and we salute each and every volunteer. One way to describe our approach to our central mission in the year ahead – expanding work for members in all our crafts on every possible front – is the bricklaying maxim “one on top of two.” The building blocks that go into BAC and IMI programs to advance this mission may not be applied with a trowel, but elements like inventive planning, wellresearched preparation, collaboration, execution, evaluation and an unfaltering commitment to job creation are applied with a steadiness and resolve that may seem familiar to many of you. One example is our systematic tracking of construction activity in the U.S. and Canada (for more on the U.S. construction outlook, see page 5 and page 16 for Canada). Together, BAC and IMI target upcoming projects, then work with signatory contractors and Locals to ensure projects are bid. To keep pace with broader construction trends like the growing reliance on technology, BAC and IMI partnered with other industry leaders to develop and deploy Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Masonry. Ensuring that BAC-installed materials are plugged into the latest structural design software, says one expert, “will unleash the power of masonry for architects” (page 6), a

huge plus for members. In market development, the fruits of BAC’s and IMI’s laser-like focus on securing the assignment of new and emerging products to BAC craftworkers are reflected in the rain screen system installed by Local 1 New York members on page 3. And let’s not forget the impact that our capacity to influence issues like prevailing wages, Project Labor Agreements, and the right to organize has on jobs for our members. The re-election of Barack Obama represents a real victory for our members and working families. Nationwide, the President carried union households by 18 percentage points, a margin that got a decided boost from the thousands of BAC members who knocked on doors, manned phone banks, and got their friends and families out to vote. Again, I thank our members and Locals for doing their part. Even after an election as critical and decisive as this one, there is no respite from anti-union extremists, as we saw in Michigan last month when the Right-to-Work-for-Less forces staged a power grab, with other Midwest targets possible. In Canada, labour continues the fight to prevent the anti-union Bill C-377 (page 16) from becoming law. We’ll have more on these in our next issue. Whatever clash or “cliff ” comes our way, knowing that BAC has weathered every construction and political cycle since 1865 lends even more force to our 2013 commitment to never lose sight of what BAC members want – the opportunity to put their training and skills to work and earn a decent wage. Our efforts to improve the availability of work will remain sure and steady with a strength of purpose worthy of our members.

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mensaje del presidente

La Firmeza y la Seguridad Ganan el Trabajo

hora que iniciamos el año 2013, quiero expresar mi más profunda gratitud a la Junta Ejecutiva de IU por la extraordinaria resiliencia y lealtad de los miembros del BAC durante uno de los años más difíciles que ha experimentado nuestro Sindicato. No obstante, a pesar de estos retos, la desinteresada efusión de servicio y apoyo por parte de los miembros del BAC en nombre de sus vecinos y comunidades tanto cercanas como distantes (“Giving BACk” (“Devolviendo al BAC”), páginas 9-13) sigue inalterada, y le rendimos homenaje a todos y cada uno de los voluntarios. Una manera de describir el enfoque de nuestra misión central en el transcurso de este año – ampliar el trabajo para los miembros en todos nuestros oﬁcios y en todos los frentes posibles – es la máxima de la albañilería, “uno sobre dos”. Los componentes fundamentales que integran los programas del BAC y del IMI para impulsar esta misión pueden no ser aplicados con una llana, pero elementos tales como la planeación inventiva, la preparación bien investigada, la colaboración, la ejecución, la evaluación, y el compromiso inquebrantable con la creación de empleo son aplicados con una ﬁrmeza y resolución que pueden parecerles familiares a muchos de ustedes. Un ejemplo es nuestro rastreo sistemático de las actividades de construcción en los EE.UU. y Canadá (para más información sobre las perspectivas de la construcción en los EE.UU., ver la página 5, y la página 16 para Canadá). Juntos, el BAC y el IMI apuntan a los proyectos en ciernes y luego trabajan con los contratistas signatarios y los Locales para asegurarse de que se hagan ofertas para los proyectos. Para mantenerse al ritmo de las tendencias más amplias de la construcción tales como la creciente dependencia en la tecnología, el BAC y el IMI se asociaron con otros líderes de la industria para desarrollar y desplegar el Modelado de Información de Construcción (Building Information Modeling - BIM) en Albañilería. Asegurar que materiales instalados por el BAC sean incorporados en el más avanzado software de diseño estructural, dice un experto, “desatará el poder de la albañilería para los

arquitectos” (página 6), un enorme plus para los miembros. En el desarrollo del mercado, los frutos de la concentración tipo láser del BAC y del IMI para asegurar la asignación de productos nuevos y emergentes a los artesanos del BAC se reflejan en el sistema de fachada ventilada impermeable instalada por miembros del Local 1 de Nueva York en la página 3. Y no nos olvidemos del impacto que nuestra capacidad para influir en asuntos tales como los sueldos vigentes, los Contratos Laborales por Proyecto, y el derecho a organizarse, tiene sobre los empleos para nuestros miembros. La reelección de Barack Obama representa una verdadera victoria para nuestros miembros y las familias trabajadoras. A lo largo y ancho de la nación, el Presidente ganó en los hogares de los trabajadores sindicalizados por 18 puntos porcentuales, un margen que recibió un firme impulso de los miles de miembros del BAC que fueron golpeando puerta a puerta, manejaron bancos telefónicos, y alentaron a sus amigos y familias a salir a votar. Agradezco a nuestros miembros y Locales por hacer su parte del trabajo.

The Official Journal of the International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers (issn 0362-3696)

Journal BAC

issue 4, 2012

Executive Board James Boland President

Henry F. Kramer Secretary-Treasurer

Gerard Scarano Executive Vice President

Timothy Driscoll Executive Vice President

Regional Directors N O RT H E A S T

Al Catalano IU Regional Director, Northeast 22 Glendale Avenue Delmar, NY 12054 (518) 439-8296 SOUTH

Ed Navarro IU Regional Director, South 6201 S.E. Beaver View Rd Lawton, OK 73501 (580) 357-3048 N O RT H C E N T R A L

Steve Bailey

Incluso después de una elección tan crítica y decisiva como esta, los extremistas anti-sindicales no dan tregua alguna, como lo vimos en Michigan el mes pasado cuando las fuerzas de Right-to-Work-for-Less (Derecho a Trabajar por Menos) esceniﬁcaron un intento por acaparar más poder. En Canadá, la mano de obra continúa luchando para evitar que el Proyecto de Ley anti-sindical C-377 (página 16) se convierta en ley. Tendremos más información sobre estos temas en nuestro siguiente número.

IU Regional Director, North Central 60 Gailwood Drive, Suite D St. Peters, MO 63376 (636) 794-4878

Sea cual sea el enfrentamiento o “precipicio” que se cruce en nuestro camino, saber que el BAC ha sorteado todos los ciclos de construcción y políticos desde 1865 le imprime aún más fuerza a nuestro compromiso para 2013 de nunca perder de vista lo que los miembros del BAC quieren – la oportunidad de poner a trabajar su capacitación y sus habilidades para devengar un sueldo decente. Nuestros esfuerzos para mejorar la disponibilidad de trabajo seguirán ﬁrmes y seguros con la fortaleza y determinación que se merecen nuestros miembros.

IU Acting Regional Director, Canada 2100 Thurston Drive #3 Ottawa, ON K1G 4K8 (613) 830-0333

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Dave Sheppard IU Regional Director, West P.O. Box 261 Nine Mile Falls, WA 99026 (509) 465-3500 CANADA

Craig Strudwick

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members at work

Local 1 New York

Latest Technology, Time-tested Craftsmanship Add Up to Rain Screen Success in New York City

demanding and complex restoration by members of Local 1 New York of one of New York City’s premier rental properties will provide the owner with a far more energy efﬁcient property, tenants with a more comfortable environment, and a gorgeous new terra cotta exterior that Lenox Hill residents and visitors will appreciate for years to come. From a BAC perspective, says Local 1 President Jeremiah Sullivan, Jr., the recladding of the “34-story, postWWII glazed brick building on which the brick was failing and which is being replaced with a cutting-edge terra cotta rain screen system, has kept as many as 50 Local 1 members working at a time over a two-year period, producing close to 100,000 work hours for our members. It’s also helped demonstrate BAC’s prominence in this emerging market along with that of the signatory contractor on the job, Brisk Waterprooﬁng and the Western Façades team,” adds Sullivan.

The brick exterior of this 34-story New York City apartment building was removed and replaced with a terra cotta rain screen system, installed by members of Local 1 NY employed by Brisk Waterproofing. Below, the finished product.

Brisk and Western Façades are members of the Western Construction Group, one of the nation’s top restoration ﬁrms. Western Façades was formed last summer to take on rigorous projects like the Rudin family-owned building at 215 East 68th Street described above. Brisk executive Michael Radigan was tapped to lead the new team as Senior Operations

From left, Local 1 President Jeremiah Sullivan, Jr., with members John Sweeney, Stephen Rivenburgh, and Timothy Rogers on the jobsite.

Brisk Waterproofing Superintendent Nick Marini.

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members at work Manager. Radigan is also a member of the BAC Labor-Management Restoration and Retroﬁt Committee. In a recent interview (nreionline.com), Radigan commented on the project’s innovations, which can be replicated elsewhere: “The building’s white brick façade is being replaced with a highly advanced NBK-designed white terra cotta cladding. We’re installing a new ‘Passive Rain Screen System’ that represents the latest development in the continuing evolution of façade construction. The system was developed in Germany, and 215 E 68th Street represents the largest use of this system in a restoration project of an occupied building. The new system will provide energy savings by preventing heat transfer from the exterior skin through a 3-inchto-4-inch air and insulation barrier, while providing full air and vapor protection. It also requires less maintenance than traditional masonry systems and makes repairs easier. These innovations and systems can be implemented in most any façade replacement project on the market today.”

Local 1 member John Sweeney sets a terra cotta unit into the aluminum framing system.

and replaced,” says Marini. He adds, “It’s very important to have a proper craftsman here. It’s a specialized project, and I’m very proud that all the members of Local 1 have done an outstanding job.”

The start of the project, according to Brisk Waterprooﬁng Superintendent Nick Marini, entailed the removal of all of the exterior glazed brick to expose the back-up block work. The block work was patched and repaired as necessary prior to applying an air and vapor barrier membrane. Rigid insulation board was installed tight to the wall to provide cooling and heating efﬁciencies for the tenants. The next step is

installing the track system that holds the terra cotta units, which vary in size. After the track systems are plumbed, leveled and ranged, the terra cotta units are slipped in. Installation is fairly straightforward, “but it is a delicate process, and requires a steady hand and good craftsmanship to install properly and not damage any of the material… The terra cotta has ﬂanges on each side and a kerf that locks into the tracks… If a terra cotta unit should become damaged, it can be easily isolated, removed

A wall section where the brick exterior has been removed and an air/vapor barrier has been installed over the CMU backup wall.

Local 1 President Sullivan, right, discusses the project with member James “Jimmy” Renda.

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Stay tuned for the next “Members at Work” and a look at another premier high performance rain screen system project, the new DePaul University Theatre School in Chicago installed by Local 21 IL members working for W.R. Weis Company/Stone Systems.

executive council

Executive Council Report

embers of the BAC Executive Council, representing the Union’s diverse regions, crafts and constituency groups, gathered in October in Washington, D.C. for three full days of deliberations on a wide range of topics including the 2012 election, what’s ahead for multiemployer health and welfare and pension plans, the U.S. construction outlook, and BAC’s prolific efforts with IMI and industry partners to create jobs for BAC members and contractors. Council members also joined the IU Executive Board in honoring BAC Executive Vice President Ken Lambert, who retired from the Board in August. The common thread throughout the meeting, said BAC President James Boland, “is how we adapt and respond creatively to secure work for our members in the most difficult economy since the 1930s. Our capacity to do so has been bolstered by various forms of Local Union and ADC market recovery programs, the targeting of specific jobs and markets such as structural masonry, seismic applications and prevailing wage work, and advancing masonry’s place

in the latest information and software technologies.” Construction Outlook Mark Sherwood, Senior Consultant, FMI Center for Strategic Leadership, highlighted the industry’s macroconditions, the prospects for near- and far-term growth in various construction categories, and broader trends that will impact BAC and shape the direction of the industry in the months ahead. Sherwood projected that overall, across the three classes of construction – residential, non-residential (commercial, institutional, and industrial), and nonbuilding (public works and power/ utilities), construction activity will have posted “modest yet encouraging” gains for 2012, pointing the way to a similar scenario in 2013. Percentage gains in total construction put in place were 5% in 2012 with 7% expected this year. With notable increases in “residential and several institutional categories” and an uptick in “construction spending in every region of the country for the coming year,” things are “moving in the

Construction industry expert Mark Sherwood.

right direction,” according to Sherman. Despite this generally positive outlook, volatility and ﬂuctuation continue to lurk in the shadows of growth, and while the recovery continues, it is likely to be “lumpy” even in high growth regions. Good news for BAC in particular is evidence that the green revolution is here to stay, as owners will continue to demand the efﬁciencies green building brings to keeping life-cycle costs down.

BAC Market Recovery Initiatives A central way BAC continues to adapt to challenging market conditions can be found in the range of Local and ADC market recovery programs, which are yielding substantial work hours for members during the downturn. BAC Secretary-Treasurer Henry Kramer led the Council’s examination of various strategies being used by Locals and ADCs. Council members Ed Navarro –5 OK/AR/TX, Steve Mullen – 15 MO/KS, Les Kauffman – 5 PA, Gene Caccamise – 3 NY and Mike Cook – 1 MN/ND and guest speaker Matt Eleazer – 1 OR, outlined their respective Local’s successful efforts. Speaking at the Council meeting, above, from left, are Brothers Kauffman and Cook.

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executive council Securing Masonry’s Place in Software, Information Technologies Building information modeling, or BIM, is increasingly the go-to design and delivery method for buildings – a computational tool that is becoming an umbrella for the construction industry. A related technology, Digitally Assisted Masonry, or DAM, attempts to reconnect architects to masons in the traditional ways they have worked together. Advancing these technologies as a means of improving structural design software and estimating software as well as scheduling, and energy analysis, all of which affect how masonry is designed, are behind the masonry industry’s decision to work with Georgia Georgia Tech Associate Professor and BIM Tech University’s School of Architecture expert, Dr. Russ Gentry to develop a road map for masonry’s full participation in the latest design and information-sharing processes. Associate Professor Russ Gentry, Georgia Tech’s project manager on this effort – the national Building Information Modeling for Masonry initiative, which is supported by leading industry stakeholders like BAC and IMI – spoke to Council members on their shared goals. “We want to build more masonry buildings. We want masonry to compete with other materials. So we have to think like architects, because ultimately, architects work for building owners and they are the ones who initiate masonry buildings,” said Dr. Gentry. Referring to masonry masterpieces such as Frank Lloyd Wright’s Johnson Wax Building, which required the architect to work hand in hand with bricklayers on the jobsite to execute his complex designs, Gentry said today’s architects will be able to unleash the “power of load bearing masonry and engage and use the material in new and novel ways using the promise of BIM.” BIM lets architects and engineers look “beneath the surface at a drawing and say, ‘I want to know where the lentils are; I want to know how many ties to order; I want to know where I need to brace the wall today because I’m not coming back until Monday.’ All of that information can be embodied in a BIM model,” said Dr. Gentry. BAC President James Boland pledged BAC’s and IMI’s unqualiﬁed and ongoing support for the project, adding “BIM’s potential is boundless.”

Journalist, Author Bob Woodward Celebrated author and investigative reporter Bob Woodward addressed the Council on October 22nd on a range of topics, including his latest book, The Price of Politics. BAC President James Boland, right, welcomes Woodward to the meeting.

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Among the strongest segments in 2012 were power and education. The weakest was lodging. In the coming year, total non-residential construction is expected to grow by 5%, driven by education, commercial and health care. A closer look at the commercial sector shows signs of improvement in ofﬁce construction (up 4% in 2012 with a 6% gain projected for 2013) and retail construction (up 5% in 2012 with an 8% gain projected for 2013), although retail’s long-term future would be affected should consumers replace ‘brick and mortar’ shopping in favor of smartphone/online shopping. In the institutional sector, a rise in health care construction will be modest in coming months due to uncertainties connected to health care reform, which will not be fully implemented until 2014. But in view of the country’s aging population, experts are “bullish” on health-related building in coming years. Education construction is expected to grow at an annual rate of 5% through 2016, fueled by the rise in student population, overcrowding, and antiquated facilities. Gains have been more robust among higher education institutions that can draw on healthy endowments but limited public resources have prevented some areas from replacing/renovating deteriorating K-12 schools to the extent that is necessary. As the economy rebounds, Sherwood predicts education activity will “get rolling again” in earnest. Gains in residential are encouraging; Sherwood reported that the value of total residential construction put in place was expected to rise by 8% in 2012 with an

executive council Executive Council Honorees Council members acknowledged the special efforts of two members and paid tribute to retired IU Executive Board member, Ken Lambert, a 32-year member and former principal ofﬁcer of Local 21 IL, who retired in August. Brother Lambert had served as BAC Executive Vice President since 1999. Local 3 MA/NH/ME/RI President Chuck Raso was recognized for the unparalleled editorial excellence he has brought to the Local’s newsletter and as a guest contributor to the BAC Journal. Local 5 OK/AR/TX’ Ed Navarro, now full-time BAC Regional Director for the South, was saluted for spearheading the passage of a new Oklahoma law to stop an inﬂux of tax-dodging out-of-state contractors. In the photo above, BAC President James Boland, right, and retired BAC Executive Vice President Ken Lambert.

In photo at left, BAC Executive Vice President Tim Driscoll, Secretary-Treasurer Henry Kramer, Council honoree Chuck Raso, and Executive Vice President Gerard Scarano. In photo at right, Brother Navarro proudly displays his award plaque.

annual growth rate of 11% on tap for 2013. Growth has been spurred by rising property values and lower mortgage rates. Also driving up percentages is multifamily housing, an emerging “bright light” (32% increase in 2012), which could continue for the next two years. Through 2013, improvements will still constitute the largest portion of residential spending. In the non-building sector, waning revenues and political gridlock over government-ﬁnanced construction have been the cause of recent “fatigue” in infrastructure activity. One category, however, that promises “to be strong for the long haul,” said Sherman, is power/ utilities. Growing emphasis on achieving energy independence from foreign producers has in turn, expanded explora-

Sister Simone Campbell Sister Simone Campbell, leader of the “Nuns on the Bus” tour for social justice that took former Romney running mate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) to task for the moral and social shortcomings of his budget proposals, brought her stirring message to the BAC Executive Council. The respected religious leader, attorney and social advocate who captured national attention following her remarks at the Democratic National Convention, told Council members, “the most important thing about our democracy is, ‘We the people form the more perfect union’. We’ve got to be in this together. We’ve got to stand together; we’ve got to work on the hard issues. We’ve got to be able to talk to each other. Otherwise we are going to lose this democracy. Money is going to trump people if we let it.”

Nancy Leppink, DOL Wage & Hour Division Acting Administrator Nancy Leppink of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division outlined the administration’s vigorous commitment to identifying and enforcing prevailing wage rates on federal construction work that has virtually transformed the Division since President Obama’s 2008 election. Additional personnel and new ﬁeld ofﬁces have enabled Wage and Hour to respond to more complaints and collect (as of October) $740 million in back wages from contractors who violated the laws.

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executive council tion of domestic sources and with it, an increased demand for new housing and infrastructure to support it, presenting work opportunities for BAC members. In reviewing construction’s cyclical nature and comparing the historic patterns of each low-high-low cycle of activity since 1966, Sherwood contends that the sluggish recovery of late is due in part to the length of the cycle immediately before this one, which was “much longer than normal, creating excesses in building stock inventory, [which] we are still burning through,” he said. The downturn has shaped other changes in the industry, from a heightened reliance on technology to accelerated industry consolidation to declining proﬁt margins for general and multiple trade contractors that has fueled an unprecedented pursuit of productivity. This pressure-cooker environment will remain even after the industry sees steeper gains as part of the ‘new normal’ or “Construction 2.0”, along with a projected “war for talent” over craftworkers and supervisory personnel, all of which compel contractors and building trades unions to meet future challenges with strategic vision and ﬂexibility. “The key is being willing to adapt and recognize that some past drivers of success no longer exist, and the more we understand and respond to the changes in the marketplace with positive new solutions, the more the outlook becomes very favorable and positive,” said Sherwood.

Securing Masonry’s Future The Executive Council welcomed two speakers who, for more than a decade, have orchestrated one of the nation’s top university-based masonry design competitions, the Masonry Design/Build competition at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) in Newark sponsored by the Masonry Contractors of New Jersey (MCNJ). Signatory contractor, IMI Board member and immediate past MCNJ President Mike Schmerbeck traced the evolution of the program from its humble start to one that unquestionably helps future design professionals understand the full potential of masonry and really “get” that masonry is the best solution for the building enclosure. Schmerbeck’s co-presenter at the Council Mike Schmerbeck, President of Back Brook Masonry, addresses the Executive meeting was Urs Gauchat, Professor of Council on the annual Masonry Design/ Architecture and Dean of the College Build competition sponsored by of Architecture and Design at NJIT. the Masonry Contractors of New Jersey. Together, they narrated video clips of each segment of the competition, which gears up each spring semester, when second year NJIT architecture students are assigned a studio project to design a masonry building. After organizing into teams, students pick the best design from among their team members, reﬁne it, then select a section and develop a full scale mock-up. During a single weekend, each team works with members of New Jersey Administrative District Council Locals 2, 4 and 5 to construct its mock-up. The following Monday, verbal and graphic presentations are given to a panel of jurors, with awards presented that evening. A former juror himself, BAC President James Boland praised the competition’s impact on creating future work hours for members and also commended NJ ADC Director Rich Tolson for all that he and his members do to advance the program, including “convincing these soon-to-be practicing architects just how critical skilled craftworkers are to fulﬁlling their designs,” he said.

U.S. Rep. Sander Levin of Michigan At a working breakfast during the Council meeting, ranking Democrat on the House Ways and Means Committee, Rep. Sander Levin (D-MI), urged Council members to make the days leading into the November election a time of spirited mobilization, saying, “Never before have working people had to beg and scrape for the right to have a say in their wages and working conditions.” Rep. Levin, center, with Local 1 MI members, from left, Financial Secretary-Treasurer Chuck Kukawka, Field Representatives Frank Rodriguez and Tim Ochalek, and President Mark King. 8

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bac service

Giving BACk From time to time, the Journal is gratiﬁed to highlight the range and scope of the vast number of charitable and servicerelated endeavors undertaken by BAC members, Locals and ADCs to extend a helping hand to those in need, near and far. We salute the selﬂess volunteers whose good deeds appear in these pages and countless other brothers and sisters whose service and contributions enhance the lives of so many.

Administrative District Council 1 of Illinois

Working Together for Hunger Relief

n winter 2012, volunteers from the Administrative District Council 1 of Illinois distributed food to about 200 members that have been ﬁnancially affected by the sustained downturn in the construction economy. Held at District Council Training Center, the ADC-funded event was coordinated by Recording Secretary Pete Culver in conjunction with the Northern Illinois Food Bank (NIFB), a nonproﬁt organization based in Geneva, IL.

ADC 1 of IL volunteers lend a helping hand to members hard hit by the economic downturn.

The lingering effects of the worst recession since the Great Depression made hunger an unwelcome reality for many hard-working adults and the children and seniors in their households. “We are always looking to ﬁnd ways to help fellow Union members in need,” said Jim Allen, ADC 1 of IL President. “This time we are working together with the NIFB to ﬁght hunger in our community.” Allen added, “It’s a 100 percent community effort.” Every year, NIFB distributes donated and purchased food for an estimated 502,400 different people in 13 northern Illinois counties. To learn more, visit: www.northernilfoodbank.org

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Above, members of Local 4 IN/KY set granite in place at the Police/ Firefighter Memorial in Fort Wayne, IN. At right, the completed Memorial.

Local 4 Indiana/Kentucky

Honoring a Community’s Bravest Public Servants

t took six years and $250,000 in contributions, including labor donated by Local 4 Indiana/ Kentucky’s Chapter 2 members, to complete the Police/Fireﬁghter Memorial in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Construction began in 2005 with donations of materials, cash and labor. Delays with lights and concrete, not to mention periodic funding shortfalls, resulted in many challenges along the way but the project’s hundreds of volunteers never gave up. “The heart and soul they put into this effort was just as important,

if not more so, than the money and building materials they raised and donated to ﬁnish this project,” said Local 4 President Ted Champ.

in our community had a hand in this project; it is a true labor of love.”

With the skilled assistance of Local 4 apprentices, Local 4 Field Representative Glenn Head and Apprentice Instructor Ken Reiter spearheaded the installation of footer block, engraved black granite, and carved Indiana limestone.

Late last year, more than 1,500 men and women including city and county leaders, law enforcement and firefighter representatives, and the project volunteers assembled to dedicate the Memorial in honor of the police and firefighters who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty.

“Everyone is happy to see the completion of this Memorial after six years of hard work,” said Head. “So many people

The structure is one of only seven combined police and ﬁreﬁghter memorials in a major city in the U.S.

Courthouse Cornerstone

undreds gathered from across the state of Indiana in Winchester to observe the cornerstone laying ceremony of the Randolph County Courthouse, hosted by Masonic Lodge 56 of Winchester on July 7th. The 136-year old Courthouse recently underwent an extensive multi-million-dollar renovation and expansion. Local 4 IN/KY Field Representative Patrick Rowles said the setting of a building’s cornerstone doesn’t happen much nowadays, and requires the skilled, creative craftsmanship to make it a success. Because of this, Rowles said the Local was honored to be part of the ceremony.

Local 4 IN/KY members Jim Hummel, left, and Todd Landess finish setting and securing the cornerstone following the renovation of the Randolph County Courthouse in Winchester, IN. 10

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The Local’s 62-year member Jim Hummel and 23-year member Todd Landess performed the actual setting of the stone. Other members who participated in the ceremony included Dean Demuyt, Dana Koontz, Kenny Linsday, Tom Passmore, and Derrick Abel.

bac service Local 5 Tennessee

“Tuesday Crew” Renders Decades of Service to Columbia Academy

n the heart of Columbia, Tennessee, a beautiful 67-acre plot of land is home to Columbia Academy, which houses 700 students from preschool through 12th grade. Originally built in 1890 as the Columbia Arsenal, the campus was repurposed in 1905 as the Columbia Military Academy, and again in 1979 as Columbia Academy. Seven of the original nine masonry buildings of the Columbia Arsenal remain in use, as does a brick sidewalk dating back to 1892 that still provides a walkway for students on campus. The root of this longevity can be traced to two remarkable members of Local 5 Tennessee. “Over a quarter of a century ago, two brick masons [Darrell Connelly and Monroe Lovell] helped to organize a group of members to do weekly volunteer work at the Academy,” says Andrew Williams, Chief Financial Ofﬁcer of Columbia Academy. “Since that time, they, along with the volunteers in the ‘Tuesday Crew’ have provided a tremendous service to our school and students.” Both Life Members of Local 5, Brothers Connelly, 88, and Lovell, 84, have dedicated their Tuesdays to maintaining the campus and its historic buildings for

Local 5 TN Life Members Darrell Connelly, left, and Monroe Lovell repairing the sidewalk of Columbia Academy.

more than two decades. They not only initiated the volunteer program, but extended it to a group of retired craftworkers who contribute their time every week to the school.

“Mr. Lovell and Mr. Connelly exemplify everything that Columbia Academy is about,” Williams said. “Their example of hard work, service, and selﬂessness is seen and admired by everyone.”

Local 5 Ohio

Volunteering in West Africa

ohn Crouse, a 25-year member of Local 5 Ohio, has served as pastor of a rural church south of Cleveland for seven years. A proud Union bricklayer, Brother Crouse is always ready to lend a hand to communities, regardless of location. That commitment recently brought him to Liberia, West Africa on a mission trip to help a community there build a bunkhouse and water tower-generator house. “My trip was an amazing experience,” Brother Crouse said. “As you would imagine, safety is a huge concern and yet the workers did the best they could with what they had. I was surprised by how much they can accomplish with so little.” Mindful of the local workers’ limited resources, BAC donated construction tools, lines, pins and shirts, conveyed to them via Brother Crouse. “I want to thank my Union for the generous donation; my African friends are very appreciative too,” Crouse added. “The work and craftsmanship are done with pride. It made me even more grateful to be an American and a Union craftsman.”

Local 5 OH member John Crouse, second from left, with the local workers in Liberia, constructing a house with hand-made, sun-baked bricks.

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bac service Local 4 and Local 13 Wisconsin

New Dugouts Advance High School Baseball Program

s part of an effort coordinated by Camosy Construction and the Southeastern Wisconsin Building Trades, BAC members donated their time and craft skills to upgrade the baseball facilities of Tremper High School in Kenosha, WI in September. Forty-year member Jim Dersnah of Local 4 WI and 25-year member Mark Graf of Local 13 WI joined the volunteer team in the baseball ﬁeld to build new dugouts. Thanks to their help and the completion of the dugouts and other facility improvements, the school now has the capability to host tournaments.

Local 4 WI members Mark Graf, left, and Jim Dersnah volunteer their time on September 13th to build a baseball dugout for an area high school.

foundation of a new home slated for a deserving family.

Local 5 New Jersey

Habitat For Humanity Gets a Helping Hand

n response to an appeal for volunteers, members of Local 5 New Jersey headed out to a Cumberland County residential construction site

sponsored by Habitat for Humanity in October. After several evenings on the job, their donated time and craft skill yielded an impeccably constructed

“It is our commitment to serve our community,” Local 5 President Donald Engelhardt said. “Our members worked hard to ﬁnish the foundation of the home in time, so the organization can be better prepared for winter.”

From left, Local 5 NJ Vice President Joe Pillo, members Philip Merlock, James Allen, David Minsky, Theodore (Ted) Clay, Allen Guilford, Ogren Construction Superintendent Joe Santini and member Jason Jakubek. Not pictured are members John Belfi and Donald Knight who also worked on the project.

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bac service Local 1 Missouri

St. Louis Building Trades Create Homebuying Incentive Fund

n February 2012, Local 1 Missouri and eight sister St. Louis building trades established a $600,000 stimulus fund to provide cash incentives to homebuyers ranging from $2,000 to $10,000. The incentive program, called “Neighborhoods Build by your Neighbors,” was made available to people purchasing homes built by members

of the St. Louis Union Homebuilding Partnership. Each union’s contribution was based on the percentage of trade hours it takes to build a home. The average incentive was roughly $5,000 per home depending on its price, which was presented to the buyers at closing. “It is a win-win strategy in this tough economy,” said Local 1 MO Business

Manager Don Brown. “The program has not only provided ﬁnancial support for home buyers, but also created work for our members.” The program has generated positive results. According to the St. Louis Labor Tribune, 120 homes were sold, representing more than 168,000 union construction work hours.

Wisconsin District Council

Mission Possible in Mexico

ince 2007, Jeff Leckwee, Director of the Wisconsin District Council, has made several mission trips to Leona Vicario, Mexico with members of the First Presbyterian Church in Lodi, WI.

WI DC Director Jeff Leckwee lays block for a school administration in Leona Vicario, Mexico.

During his visits to Leona Vicario, Brother Leckwee helped build a school administration building and more classrooms for the local school. From planning the project to laying the foundation, from drawing blueprints to pouring cement, Brother Leckwee did it all. His construction know-how and strong work ethic made him irreplaceable to the project coordinators, who also credited his sense of humor with keeping morale up. In the evenings, Leckwee and other volunteers conducted a Vacation Bible school for local children.

At left, Brother Leckwee pours concrete office floors, and right, fills in the foundation of the administration building.

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MasterSpec Now Calls for IMI Supervisor Certification Credentials ®

MI’s Supervisory Certification Program (SCP) is now listed in MasterSpec®,, the pre-eminent specification for the construction industry, as one of the criteria for selecting qualified contractors. The primary mission of SCP is to develop highly skilled, confident and effective supervisors for the union masonry industry. Each level of the certification requires successful completion of 16 hours of instruction. After a recent SCP session at the Flynn Center, Local 1 Maryland/Virginia/DC member James Farris said, “I highly recommend this SCP course for entry level foremen. Not only were the instructors very informative but they also encouraged class discussion that was useful as well.” The benefits of this program provide BAC members with expanded career opportunities and the industry with more competitive union contractors. Doug Gilleland of Advanced Masonry in Oklahoma City said, “All signatory contractors should take advantage of this and the other training programs IMI has to offer. Our group is definitely looking forward to SCP II!”

Presenters Pete Loughney, left, and Dave Collins of the International Masonry Institute and members of Locals 1 MO, 5 and 9 PA, 1 and 5 NY, 5 OK/AR/TX, 19 WI and 1 MD/DC/VA at a recent SCP I session at the Flynn Center in Bowie, MD.

New IMI National Training Director Brings Strong Experience

ob Arnold, IMI National Director of Apprenticeship and Training, only began his tenure in August at the national level but his previous experience running Chicago’s District Council Training Center, one of the largest in the country, had him well-prepared to hit the ground running in his new job. “Chicago’s training program with multiple crafts and all types of construction markets from residential to commercial to industrial is really a microcosm of our national training needs,” said BAC President James Boland. “Bob’s experience developing programs to address those needs as well as his own personal experience working 14

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in the trade at various levels really gives us the best of all worlds.” Arnold has been a bricklayer member of Local 21 Illinois since 1978, and began his career working on multi-family apartment complexes, commercial and industrial structural masonry. He worked in refractory in the early 1980s on coke batteries, blast furnaces, and glass tanks, etc., and held his ﬁrst foreman job at age 23. In the mid ‘80s, he went into partnership as a small mason contractor doing residential and small commercial projects. He then returned to refractory in the early 1990s, as a foreman, general foreman and superintendent. In 1999, he became a Job Corps instructor, and a year later, a masonry instructor for Local 21. He took over as director of the District Council Training Center in 2001 and held that position until this past August. Arnold is also a voting member of ASTM C12, C15 and C18.

imi

IMI, BAC Sponsor “The Big Build”

osted by National Building Museum, IMI and BAC were key participants in “The Big Build”, a one-day family festival held September 22nd in Washington, D.C. The annual event focuses on the joy, wonder and satisfaction, not to mention the training and skill, which are part and parcel of the building trades. Inside and outside the crowded Museum, visitors not only observed skilled artisans demonstrating an array of building techniques, but also took advantage of numerous hands-on activi-

ties, practicing and learning alongside building professionals. Among the volunteer professionals were IMI instructors and BAC members, who generously donated their weekend time to be part of the most successful Big Build event yet. They were especially pleased that the IMI/BAC bricklaying, arch construction (both Roman and Gothic) and stone carving stations were among the festival’s busiest. Participants included Local 1 Maryland/Virginia/DC President Scott Garvin, Director of Apprenticeship and Training Matt Redabaugh, and

Local 4 IN/KY’s Michael Anderson, right, helps Big Build participant David Cunningham.

onas Elmore, Job Corps Regional Director and member of Local 4 Indiana/ Kentucky, has been named National Director of IMI’s Job Corps Program. Elmore himself represents a Job Corps success story, having gotten his start in the trade at the Golconda, IL Job Corps Center in 1993. He went on to

complete his apprenticeship in 1997 as a Local member. He earned his Associate of Applied Science degree at Ivy Tech State College in Indianapolis in 2002, while serving at the same time as an instructor in IMI’s mobile training program. He served as a brick instructor at the Atterbury Job Corps in Edinburgh, Indiana from 2002 until 2008, when

“By the end of the day, families and their kids gained knowledge of building skills, but more importantly, they get to learn more about the building trades by talking with our instructors,” says Garvin.

IMI National Director of Apprenticeship and Training Bob Arnold guides this youngster in the basics of constructing a Gothic arch.

Elmore Named New IMI Job Corps Director

Coordinator of Apprenticeship and Training Bob Humbertson; Local 9 Pennsylvania PCC Pre-job student Daniel DeJesus; Local 4 California Brick Pre-job student Xavier Adame; and Local 4 Indiana/Kentucky Terrazzo Cross-craft student Michael Anderson. Also representing IMI were President Joan Calambokidis, National Director of Apprenticeship and Training Bob Arnold, and Director of Sustainability and Program Development Maria Viteri.

he became Regional Director of the Job Corps for several states in the Midwest. “Jonas has a strong record of performing and excelling at every task he has been assigned,” said IMI President Joan Calambokidis. “As a Job Corps graduate himself, he knows how to reach the young people we are trying to reach out to, but as a very active member of his Local, he also knows what the industry needs and expects in terms of new entrants to the workforce. We look forward to tremendous growth in our Job Corps program with his leadership.”

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canada of trade on the Canadian economy, Casaletto predicted that global demand for resources such as metals, oil, and gas will drive construction mega-projects, including future mining in Quebec and Ontario’s “Ring of Fire”, and oil and natural gas production in Alberta. This growth has the potential of propelling Canada’s construction industry to become the fourth largest in the world.

Canadian Congress Co-Chair Oliver Swan, left, and Local 8 NB President Gerald Reinders discuss possible topics for the November Canadian Congress. De gauche à droite, Oliver Swan, Co-président du Congrès canadien et Gerald Reinders, Président de NB la section locale 8 discutent des thèmes potentiels du Congrès canadien du mois de novembre.

Canadian Congress Report

anada’s political and legislative landscape, future prospects for the nation’s construction industry, BAC member attitudes and the work outlook for Local Unions were just a few of the pressing issues considered by delegates to the BAC Canadian Congress, which met November 26th in Toronto. Bob Blakely, Director of the Canadian Office of the Building and Construction Trades Department (BCTD), updated delegates on the disturbing manifestations of the Right to Work forces in various provinces along with the “march of Merit Canada,” a growing voice for non-union contractors that has partnered with the similarly purposed Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) in the U.S. and is utilizing the ABC’s “materials and propaganda,” says Blakely. He also reviewed the BCTD’s aggressive campaign to derail Bill C-377, which would require public disclosure of unions’ and related trusts’ most sensitive financial records. Despite labour’s best efforts, the Bill was passed by the House of Committee on December 12th by a vote of 147 to 135 and has moved on to the Senate. Congress Co-Chair and Local 7 Canada President Oliver Swan said recently, “It’s important to note that C-377 is not law yet. BAC will continue to work with our allies to lobby against it in the Senate and fight it in court – whatever it takes to counter this attempt to 16

harass unions, invade the personal privacy of Canadians and cost taxpayers millions.” In an overview of the construction economy, Mark Casaletto, Vice President of Reed Construction Data, projected modest short-term growth in each province over the next few years in key sectors of industrial-commercial-institutional (ICI) and residential construction. While outlining the longer-term impact

In other reports, BAC Secretary-Treasurer Henry Kramer presented the results of the recent Canadian membership survey (look for excerpts in the next Journal), BAC Executive Vice President Tim Driscoll discussed trade jurisdiction matters, Co-Chair Swan outlined a 2013 Work Plan for Canadian Locals, and International benefit fund staff and professionals delivered a series of fund updates. Delegates also welcomed Jake McIntyre, U.S. National Refractory Director, who led a discussion on the benefits and barriers to developing a similar national refractory agreement in Canada. In addition to the formal business of the Congress, the meeting’s Toronto location afforded delegates and IU officers the opportunity to speak informally with representatives of the Ontario-based Brick and Allied Crafts Union (BACU). “Keeping the channels of communication open,” says James Boland, BAC President and Canadian Congress Co-Chair, “has put us on a more constructive path to better advance the interests of both our respective memberships.”

IPF Canada Turns 40, Reaches One Hundred Million Dollars in Benefits Paid

une 29th marked the 40th birthday of the International Pension Fund. In recognition of the historic milestone, BAC President and Labor Co-Chair of the IPF Board of Trustees James Boland and Eugene George, President of GA Masonry (Breslau, ON) and Management Co-Chair of the IPF Board, issued this joint statement:

“Today marks the 40th anniversary of the founding of the International Pension Fund (IPF) – the defined benefit plan that covers BAC members throughout the U.S. and Canada.” IPF Canada entered its fifth decade with another significant milestone, achieved in October when the Fund’s total benefits paid reached one hundred million dollars. IPF Canada currently has 793 pensioners receiving on average of $286 per month with the highest monthly benefit at $1,304. The IPF Canada Board of Trustees remains as strongly committed as ever to providing defined benefits to IPF participants and their families through efficient administration and fiduciarily responsible investments, including job-producing real estate funds, and working to achieve long term, comprehensive provincial pension funding relief for multiemployer funds. In the proudest tradition of labor-management cooperation, the Board looks forward to many more decades of service by IPF to BAC participants.”

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Rapport du Congrès canadien

e paysage législatif et politique du Canada, les développements futurs pour le secteur de la construction dans le pays, les comportements des membres du BAC ainsi que les perspectives de travail pour les sections locales des syndicats illustrent quelques unes des questions urgentes traitées par les délégués lors du Congrès canadien du BAC qui s’est tenu le 26 novembre à Toronto. Bob Blakely, Directeur du Département des métiers de la construction (DMC) du bureau canadien, a présenté une mise à jour aux délégué(e)s sur les manifestations préoccupantes de la main-d’œuvre pour le Droit au travail dans plusieurs provinces ainsi que sur la « marche du Mérite du Canada », une voix de plus en plus puissante pour les entrepreneurs non syndiqués qui, en chœur avec l’Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) aux États-Unis avec lesquels ils partagent des objectifs similaires et qui, d’après Bob Blakely, « se sert des matériaux et de la propagande d’ABC . Bob Blakely a également passé en revue la campagne acharnée menée par DMC pour saboter le projet de loi C-377, qui exigerait la divulgation publique des états ﬁnanciers les plus sensibles des syndicats et des ﬁducies connexes. Malgré tous les efforts fournis, le projet de loi a été adopté par la Chambre le 12 décembre par un vote de 147 contre 135 et a été soumis à l’examen du Sénat. Oliver Swan, Président de la section locale 7 du Canada et co-président du Congrès a récemment souligné « Il est important de remarquer que le projet de loi C-377 n’est encore qu’au stade de projet. BAC et ses alliés feront collectivement pression contre ce projet au Sénat et, le cas échéant, le contesteront

BAC Regional Director for Canada Craig Strudwick gave a report on membership and work trends in Canada. Craig Strudwick, Directeur régional du BAC pour le Canada présente un rapport sur l’adhésion et des tendances de travail au Canada.

devant un tribunal. Peu importe les moyens utilisés pour contrer ce harcèlement que subisse les syndicats, cette invasion de la vie privée des Canadiens qui coûtera par ailleurs des millions aux contribuables ». Lors d’une présentation de l’économie du secteur de la construction, Mark Casaletto, Vice-président de Reed Construction Data, projetait une croissance modeste à court terme dans chacune des provinces au cours des prochaines années dans les domaines clés de la construction industrielle, commerciale et institutionnelle et résidentielle. Soulignant l’impact à long terme du

Le RPC, qui va fêter ses 40 ans d’existence, atteint les cent millions de dollars en prestations versées

e 29 juin a marqué le jour d’anniversaire des 40 ans d’existence du Régime de Pension du Canada (RPC). En reconnaissance de ce jalon historique, James Boland, Président de BAC et co-président du conseil des ﬁduciaires du RPC et Eugene George, Président de GA Masonry (Breslau, ON) et co-président de la direction du conseil du RPC, ont fait la déclaration commune suivante: « Aujourd’hui marque le 40e anniversaire de la création du Fonds international de

retraite (IPF), le régime à prestations déterminées qui couvre les membres du BAC aux États-Unis et au Canada ». Le RPC a entamé sa cinquième décennie d’existence avec un autre jalon signiﬁcatif atteint au mois d’octobre lorsque les prestations versées dans la caisse ont atteint les cent millions de dollars. 793 retraités sont inscrits au RPC et perçoivent en moyenne la somme mensuelle de 286 dollars avec l’avantage mensuel le plus élevé de 1 304 dollars. Le conseil des ﬁduciaires du RPC est plus déterminé que jamais à fournir

métier sur l’économie canadienne, Mark Casaletto avait prévu que la demande globale en ressources, telles que métaux, pétrole et gaz guideraient les projets majeurs en construction, y compris les futurs projets miniers au Québec et le « Cercle de feu » dans l’Ontario, ainsi que la production du pétrole et du gaz naturel en Alberta. Cette croissance a le potentiel de propulser le secteur de la construction au Canada pour se hisser en quatrième position à l’échelle mondiale. Dans d’autres rapports, Henry Kramer, Secrétaire-trésorier de BAC présentait les résultats de la récente enquête sur l’adhésion au Canada (reportez-vous aux extraits dans le prochain Journal), Tim Driscoll, Vice-président exécutif de BAC traitait des questions juridiques du métier tandis que, Oliver Swan, Co-président, présentait les grandes lignes du plan de travail des sections internationales et locales canadiennes pour 2013 et des professionnels faisaient quelques mises à jour sur les fonds. Les délégués accueillaient également Jake McIntyre, Directeur des Réfractaires nationaux aux États-Unis, qui a mené une discussion sur les avantages et les obstacles au développement d’un accord réfractaire national semblable au Canada. En sus des travaux ofﬁciels du Congrès, l’emplacement choisi pour la réunion, qui était Toronto, a permis aux délégués et aux représentants du SI de dialoguer de façon informelle avec les représentants de la Brick and Allied Craft Union basée en Ontario. « Le fait de maintenir les voies de communication ouvertes » dit James Boland, Président de BAC et co-président du Congrès canadien, « nous a permis d’améliorer notre tracé de manière plus constructive pour faire progresser les intérêts de nos adhérents respectifs ».

des prestations définies aux participants du RPC et leurs familles par le biais d’une administration efficace et d’investissements responsables en regard des fiduciaires, y compris des fonds immobiliers créateurs d’emplois et des efforts fournis pour atteindre des mesures complètes d’allègement de capitalisation au niveau des provinces pour des fonds auxquels contribuent de multiples employeurs. Dans la tradition la plus fière de coopération en gestion du travail, le conseil espère passer de nombreuses années au service du RPC pour le bénéfice des participants du BAC ».

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2011 IPF/IHF Annual Report

Forty Years of Service, $2 Billion in Benefits Paid and Customized, Affordable Healthcare

ublished in September, the 2011 IPF/IHF Annual Report highlights the 40-year history of the International Pension Fund (IPF) and its achievements in improving the financial security of participants through sound investment strategies and management practices. In addition to updates on financial data, program options, and other useful details on the benefits offered by IPF and the International Health Fund (IHF), the Report features human interest stories and focuses on the steps that IPF and IHF have taken to improve services using technological innovation.

required by the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (PPA). To this end, the FIP approved in December 2010 outlines a path to improve funding levels over time by formulating adjusted accrual structures and increases in current contribution levels, including the following key measures: 9 No changes in Plan benefits paid or already earned 9 Contribution and accrual rates unchanged through 2012

As of May 2012, IPF paid out a cumulative $2 billion dollars in benefits since the Plan’s inception in 1972. This milestone represents more than a three-fold acceleration in the Fund’s level of disbursements in the past decade. This increase is the product of both a rise in the number of pensioners, which has increased 21% over the past nine years, as well as in the amount of individual benefits paid, which is up 47% for the same period. More than 92 percent of BAC’s membership participates in IPF. IPF Update Throughout the last four decades, IPF has provided pension coverage to members without access to a local plan, and supplemental pension benefits to those who do. IPF has also allowed traveling members to pay into a single pension plan even when their work took them away from home. Since its inception, the Fund’s Board of Trustees have worked to develop new programs to provide additional financial security for participants. These programs include the BAC SAVE Retirement Savings Plan, the BAC SAVE 401(k) Plan, the Trowel Trades S&P 500 Index Fund and its proxy voting activities, Direct Deposit benefit disbursement, and job-producing real estate investments. As outlined in the Report, IPF adopted a Funding Improvement Plan (FIP) as 18

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9 Annual 3% or 4% IPF PPA rate increases starting in 2013 9 Current accrual rates remain in place for Locals which negotiate initial 4% IPF PPA contribution rates in 2013, and specified increases in later years 9 Ten-year IPF FIP will be reviewed annually and improved as conditions warrant 9 If neither 3% nor 4% PPA rate increases are achieved, all future accruals will cease

international funds While no adjustment in benefit accruals or contributions was required in 2012, the FIP will be reviewed on an annual basis and adjusted as needed. BAC SAVE Established in 1989, the BAC SAVE Retirement Savings Plan, a savings vehicle designed specifically for trowel trades workers, boosts the capacity of participants to provide for their families through their working years and into retirement. Participation in BAC SAVE’s supplemental annuity and 401(k) programs are available to all collective bargaining groups who pay a combined minimum of $1.00 per hour into IPF and Local defined benefit pension plans. Both plans offer limited hardship withdrawals. IHF Update True to its founding mission, the International Health Fund offers high quality, cost-effective health care and prescription drug benefits to participating members through a self-funded arrangement with United Healthcare® and Sav-RX. In addition, IHF provides dental, vision, life, accidental death and dismemberment insurance to all covered members. IHF continues to maintain its modified eligibility hours’ reduction, ensuring that more participants are covered as the economy rebounds. IHF ended 2011 with $20 million in net assets, its 7th year of asset growth. In implementing the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), IHF now covers all dependent children up to the age of 26 years old. In addition, IHF has removed all pre-existing condition limitations for dependent children up to the age of 19. IHF has also removed the Lifetime Maximum, as well as annual limits on Essential Health Benefits and all rescission provisions with the exception of rescissions due to fraud or intentional misrepresentations.

Also in 2011, IHF began providing Medicare eligible retirees with a Part D prescription drug plan through AARP and United Healthcare®, and supplemented this plan with a wrap around plan by Sav RX, providing signiﬁcant savings to both retirees and the Plan. In addition to the Medicare Part D Plan, United Healthcare® created Pharmacy Saver as a further commitment to help participants save money. United Healthcare® has negotiated with some of the AARP network pharmacies to give members even lower costs on many commonly prescribed drugs. Hundreds of generic drugs now cost as little as $2 for a 30-day supply. These include drugs to treat high cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes and many more. Most recently, IHF introduced the Not Me Diabetes program, which allows enrollees to receive diabetic drugs and testing supplies at no cost to our members. IHF Canada remains strong and growing, and continues to provide supplementary health, dental, life, accidental death and dismemberment and a weekly indemnity beneﬁt.

In the U.S. and Canada, IHF remains committed to providing optimal health and welfare solutions for participants while evaluating new programs to provide the best possible healthcare beneﬁts and discounts.

Solid Future Forecast for IPF

espite construction’s slower than hoped for recovery and the resulting reduction in contribution levels, the actuary to the International Pension Fund confirmed that the Fund is able to pay expected benefits and meet expected expenditures over a thirty year period commencing January 1, 2011 and running through December 31, 2040. The actuary made the 30-year projections using plan provisions, participant data, IPF financial information and expectations of industry performance to project plan solvency.

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Local 1 NY retiree and sculptor, Pietro Cordani, right, and wife Elina, in front of Elina’s paintings. At right are two wood sculptures by Brother Cordani.

“Art from the Heart”

hen an art gallery named “Art from the Heart” opened its door in historic Marlboro, New York on August 26th, no one was more excited than owners Pietro and Elina Cordani, a happily married couple of nearly 30 years. Pietro Cordani, a 56-year member of Local 1 New York, moved to New York City as a bricklayer from Varsi, Italy in 1958 to work on many of Manhattan’s skyscrapers. Retired in 1992, he actively pursued his passion for woodcarving, earning several awards for his sculptures as

well as spots for their prominent, public display such as the Town Square in Jensen Beach, Florida and a nature park in Italy. Despite the ongoing challenges of Parkinson’s disease, Brother Cordani carves every day. “My husband has always been a very humble person. He is truly incredible and I hope he can inspire other retired bricklayers,” says wife Elina. “Not only he is 82 years old, but he does these imaginative wood sculptures without ever having had any formal training.”

A talented painter herself, Elina studied privately with many prominent watercolor artists in New York and Italy. After 25 years of teaching at The Lavelle School for the Blind, she started her new career as a painter in 1995. Exhibiting each year in the U.S. and Italy, many of her paintings are in private collections in both the States and overseas. “I am 73 years old and it’s been a lifetime dream to have a gallery,” Elina says joyfully. “We welcome all Union brothers and sisters to visit our beautiful town and our art gallery.” Check out the gallery opening on YouTube: http://youtu.be/BE2b8ccAIKY.

Making Pizza the Old-Fashioned Way

etired Local 3 Arizona/New Mexico ofﬁcer Dennis Cahill spends most of the summer at his slump block cabin in Bear Flat in northern Arizona, which he built himself with the help of Union bricklaying friends back in the mid ’70’s. After learning about an ancient masonryconstructed, wood-heated bread oven called a Forno (pronounced or-no), he was intrigued. Thanks to Italian immigrants who brought their oven building skills with them, Brother Cahill was able to convert that knowledge to good use. Because of the oven’s unique brick dome design, cooking heat can be retained for hours at a time. He built his ﬁrst oven at his home in Tempe following with a second at Bear Flat. “The best thing to cook in these ovens,” according to Brother Cahill, “is pizza.”

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Cycling, Painting and Volunteering

etired bricklayer Douglas Carlson has been a member of Local 1 Minnesota/North Dakota for more than 34 years, with the signs of craftsmanship evident throughout Minnesota’s built environment, from the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul to a Wendy’s in Rosemount. Yet bricklaying is not his sole interest.

Brother Carlson spends much of his summers long-distance cycling. “I used to bike to work. Since I retired in 2010, I developed it as a hobby,” Carlson said. “Now I’m focusing on long-distance cycling.” In August 2012, he ﬁnished a 600K ride (378 miles), beginning and ending in Stillwater, MN with a time of 37 hours and 41 minutes.

When winter comes and snowy roads are no longer friendly to cyclists, Carlson practices his painting skills. While biking and painting appear to be very different activities, Carlson sees a distinct similarity. “I bike by myself and paint by myself so that I can have my ‘solitary’ time to concentrate on my thoughts.” Carlson explains, “While I am biking, I always pay great attention to the scenic view along the trails, photograph the landscapes with my eyes, and brand them onto my brain. Cycling is my source and inspiration for my paintings.” Brother Carlson owns a gallery (www.dougcarlsongallery.com) in St. Paul where a collection of his oil paintings can be found. Despite retirement, Brother Carlson remains active in the trade through his volunteer work in the States and overseas. He has traveled to remote areas in Africa an extraordinary six times to help build houses. “All building materials are made, transported, and unloaded by hand there,” Carlson said. “It was a different vision, but I will certainly go back again.” “I am just an ordinary bricklayer,” Carlson says humbly. “I am sure that many retired bricklayers have their own ways to enjoy life, but I highly recommend all retired bricklayers to volunteer and give back to your communities.”

Local 1 MN/ND member Douglas Carlson finished his 600K ride in under 38 hours.

Brother Carlson and his wife, Marcia, have two grown children and eight grandchildren.

Local 1 Oregon Hosts Retiree Luncheon

ocal 1 Oregon hosted a luncheon for retirees at its Union Hall on September 19th. Front row, from left, Bud Parsley, William Bogh, Louis Brown, and James Barrett. Second row, from left, Dave Litster, Pete Rinaldi, Dennis Price, Steve Weihl, Jim McNannay, Ken Bader, Gary Brown, Mike Brown, Buzz Gagne, and Steve Chambers. Third row, from left, Wesley Swanger, Gary Weihl, Robert Leighton, Keith Wright, Miles McCary, Jeff Schmidt, and Bill Belanger.

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Local Leaders Elected to Area Building Trades Benny Wright Local 1 Washington Local 1 WA Field Representative Benny Wright was elected President of Olympic Peninsula Building and Construction Trades Council (BCTC) by delegates of the affiliated trades in August. Brother Wright, a 26-year member, is the first bricklayer to serve as President of the Olympic Peninsula BCTC. By virtue of his office, he will serve on the Executive Board of the Washington State Building & Construction Trades Council, a position not held by a bricklayer for more than a decade. Brother Wright continues to serve Local 1 as a Field Representative, Executive Chairman, and Chairman of the Organizing Committee, and as a trustee on several local trust funds. One of Wright’s primary responsibilities as BCTC head will be facilitating the first-ever Project Labor Agreement (PLA) on a U.S. military installation. The project, Bangor Nuclear Submarine Base/Weapon Handling Wharf construction, now underway, is hoped to lead to other military construction PLAs throughout the country.

Joseph Andriano Local 7 New York/New Jersey In early August, Local 7 New York/New Jersey Field Representative Joseph Andriano was elected President of the Staten Island, New York Building and Construction Trades Council where he had previously served as Vice President for a year and half. Brother Andriano continues to serve Local 7 while carrying out his responsibilities on behalf of the Council, including serving as a building trades’ liaison in the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy, which caused widespread damage on Staten Island. Local 7 President Tom Lane has also been a post-Sandy contact in his capacity as an officer and Executive Board member of the Building and Construction Trades Council of Greater New York.

BAC Tool Sales Helps Members Save

he latest BAC member survey revealed that only 7% of members purchase their hand tools from BAC Tool Sales (“Finding the Best Hand Tools”, Issue 3 – 2012 Journal). BAC Secretary-Treasurer Henry Kramer says, “This economy has many of our members stretched thin, and we think that a lot of them just don’t know about the savings available through BAC Tool Sales.” The International Union purchases union-made products and apparel manufactured in the U.S. or Canada in bulk, then passes the savings along to members. Members can order online or by phone. “We hope you’ll check out the savings and give Tool Sales a try. Most of the members who do, end up becoming repeat customers,” Kramer says.

BAC Tool Sale Prices vs. Other Tool Sources W. Rose 11” Narrow London Leather

Lufkin 6’ Modular Folding Rulers

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U.S. Purchases

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to order.

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Local 5 Ohio

Local 1 Nova Scotia

Local 5 OH member Tony Immormino received his 75-year service award in Cleveland on September 26th. Seated next to brother Immormino is his wife, Josephine. Standing, from left, OH-KY ADC Field Representative Dave Wondolowski, Local 5 President Joe Coreno, and Retirees’ Club President Gene Summa. Brother Immormino worked on many residences and churches in the Cleveland area including the home of Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller. “Thank you for respecting the workers for their abilities and keep up the good work,” said Brother Immormino, to those who gathered to honor his contributions to the trade and his Union.

Local 4 Indiana/Kentucky’s Dale Johnsen Retires

Forty-year member Daniel Deleskie, right, received his service award from Local 1 President James Moore on August 29th.

Local 5 Oklahoma/ Arkansas/Texas

ocal 4 Indiana/Kentucky hosted a retirement party for 35-year member and Local 4 Field Representative Dale Johnsen on August 17th in Merrillville, IN. “We wish we had a dozen more like him,” says Local 4 President Ted Champ, in expressing the Local’s gratitude for Brother Johnsen’s untiring dedication and service to the members, BAC, and the building trades.

From left, International Union Secretary-Treasurer Henry Kramer, Dale Johnsen, and Local 4 IN/KY President Ted Champ. 24

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In the first week of October, Local 5 OK/AR/TX conducted wellattended Chapter meetings in Houston, Beaumont and San Antonio and that included Local 5 President and BAC South Regional Director Ed Navarro, Local 5 Field Representatives Antonio Fernandez and Raymond Palacios, Vice Chairman Zak Chapman, and member John Lucero. Ninety-five year-old retiree Joe Hutardo, center, shown here with Brothers Navarro, left, and Fernandez, traveled 170 miles with his son-in-law from Laredo to attend the San Antonio meeting. Effective January 2, 2013, Brother Navarro assumed the duties of South Regional Director for the International on a full time basis and Brother Lucero became President of Local 5.

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Local 3 Washington/Idaho/Montana

Local 3 WA/ID/MT member Frank Valach, center, receives his 75-year service award from Local 3 President Tim Thompson, right. At left is Brother Valach’s son, Robert. Brother Valach started his career working for his father, John, in and around Lewistown, Montana. After serving as an apprentice bricklayer in Seattle, he returned to Lewistown, taking over his father’s company, now owned and run by son Robert who is also a member of Local 3. “I wish I could still be on the job,” Brother Valach, 94, said at the presentation of his service award. His love for the BAC crafts remains unyielding.

Joseph Marostica receives his Gold Card, commemorating 50 years of dedicated BAC service at the Local’s Billings Chapter meeting in Montana.

Fifty-year members Herb Benn, left, and Carroll Smith are presented with their Gold Cards at the Local’s Boise Chapter meeting in Idaho.

Members Vaughn Chatterton, left, and George Pavey receive their Gold Cards and 50-year service awards at the Local’s Pocatello Chapter meeting in Idaho.

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in memoriam

July

Death Benefit Claims for July 2012

MEMBER - LOCAL UNION

BRANCH OF TRADE

Total Amount Paid Total Union Labor Life Claims Total Death Benefits Total Number of Claims Average Age Average Years of Membership

Hutchinson, Jr., Charles R. - 09, PA

Innerbrickler, Manuel A. - 04, CA

B, M, MM

Jackson, Jr., Charles E. - 09, PA Jones, Howard F. - 03, CA

B TL

57 92

37 64

Kalnins, Talivaldis - 21, IL Kerkow, Weymuth A. - 01, MN/ND Ketelsen, Arthur E. - 03, IA Kinnard, Sr., William E. - 01, FL Knight, Frank F. - 06, LA/MS/AL Koepke, Kurt G. - 01, NY Kolosiwsky, Teodor - 05, OH Kuehu, John H. - 01, HI

B CB, CM B, CM B PC B B M

77 76 90 91 81 89 91 83

56 47 63 62 61 54 30 43

Labriola, Gerald E. - 09, PA Lechlitner, Thomas M. - 09, MI Leggett, John - 08, WI Lethco, Clay E. - 05, TN Luzi, Benny - 05, NY

MM, TL B, M B MM, B, M B

78 79 85 84 80

58 57 54 49 59

Madigan, Francis F. - 05, PA Massey, Wilfred J. - 05, OH Matty, Thomas J. - 09, PA McCorkle, Olen G. - 44, OH Moruzzi, Guido - 01, PA/DE Murabito, Santo J. - 04, CA

B B B, W B MM, TL, CH B

82 89 85 79 87 89

58 65 61 60 43 62

Peterson, Paul L. - 08, WI Petruccelli, Anthony - 01, CT Phillips, William B. - 15, MO/KS

B B, P B, M

76 88 78

43 61 51

Rebuck, Robert H. - 05, PA Reese, Jerry L. - 13, NV Remai, Robert C. - 18, CA Richardson, Jr., John A. - 04, IN/KY Ritchie, Allen K. - 04, CA Ritchie, Sr., Raymond G. - 09, PA

B B FN B B, M B

80 82 76 86 87 81

54 60 21 66 39 65

Schaedler, Erwin - 01, MN/ND Schimberg, Ralph J. - 08, WI Scully, Robert K. - 04, NJ Snider, Homer R. - 15, WV Stamm, Henry B. - 01, MO Stanchina, Albin A. - 03, CA Sult, Robert H. - 01, PA/DE

B B B B B B B, M

77 87 84 92 89 86 77

54 65 61 63 51 59 58

Thorell, Kenneth E. - 09, MI Todd, Darrell E. - 03, CA

B, P B

82 88

61 61

Variale, Anthony - 01, NY Vercher, Sr., Ivy - 06, LA/MS/AL Verwest, Aciel C. - 01, MI

M B, M B

84 85 95

52 64 73

Walker, Gerald L. - 03, IA Westendorf, Lawrence M. - 09, MI Wiechart, Roger L. - 03, OH Wild, Eugene L. - 56, IL Wilson, Darwin E. - 05, OK/AR/TX

TL B B B B

74 65 61 81 79

48 33 42 56 58

Zerebny, Michael - 04, IN/KY

$175,950.00 $3,000.00 $172,950.00 93 82.57 53.65

MEMBER - LOCAL UNION

BRANCH OF TRADE

YEARS OF AGE MEMBERSHIP

Anderson, Marvin P. - 08, NB Asp, Merton E. - 08, WI

B, M B, M

35 84

3 60

Baccanini, Sergio - 04, NJ Bardocz, Alexander A. - 01, MI Behmen, Warren - 01, MN/ND Bertinelli, Louis M. - 07, NY/NJ Blackwell, Jr., Alfonzo - 08, WI Bockstruck, Larry E. - 03, WA/ID/MT Borton, Clifford H. - 01, MO Bottando, Jack F. - 21, IL Brackett, David - 05, NJ Bylund, Sten V. - 01, MN/ND Byrne, Stephen - 07, NY/NJ

CM CB M, B FN B B, M B B B TL, MM TL

76 82 94 71 80 79 88 82 69 94 87

57 46 65 21 51 57 60 57 39 58 63

Carlson, Dale M. - 05, OK/AR/TX Carlson, Roger C. - 01, MI Cassella, Vincent - 01, CT Charatian, Ararat - 05, OH Circle, Edwin Y. - 22, OH Clark, Harry A. - 03, CA Commins, Raymond W. - 01, MI Cooksey, Howard - 18, OH/KY Correa, Lawrence J. - 01, HI Cragin, Harold J. - 18, CA Crognale, Giovanni - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI

B, M B B, P B B B CB, CM B B TL, MM B, M

90 78 97 99 82 86 86 88 71 84 75

46 58 64 61 54 56 52 65 22 61 54

Daleen, Harvey D. - 01, MN/ND DeDecker, James F. - 06, IL Decker, Marlin T. - 05, PA DelBianco, Domenico - 09, PA Dohnel, Herbert E. - 18, CA Drabek, Henry E. - 06, LA/MS/AL Driver, George T. - 04, IN/KY

CB, M, B B B, M FN TL B, P B

75 86 81 88 78 83 80

46 49 58 20 57 64 56

Evans, Grady - 04, IN/KY

Feldman, Roland H. - 18, OH/KY Floeter, Edwin F. - 09, MI

B CM

86 87

60 51

Galbraith, Joseph W. - 04, NJ Garlick, John H. - 09, PA Gatto, Mario S. - 06, ON Gural, Walter A. - 04, CA Gutwein, Joseph - 21, IL

B, CM, P B TW, TL B B

86 88 75 89 86

56 66 52 65 62

Hartman, Ramon - 01, MD/VA/DC Haven, Chester - 01, PA/DE Heath, Lafayette - 01, MI Hickerson, Omer M.- 22, OH

TL, TW B B B

86 92 101 79

41 57 66 55

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in memoriam

August Death Benefit Claims for August 2012

MEMBER - LOCAL UNION

BRANCH OF TRADE

Total Amount Paid Total Union Labor Life Claims Total Death Benefits Total Number of Claims Average Age Average Years of Membership

Hoffman, Norman R. - 08, IL Hower, Jr., Charles H. - 05, NJ Hume, Jr., James S. - 09, PA

B B, CM, P B

73 81 78

55 50 59

Ivankovich, Sr., Milan P. - 01, MO

James, Arthur D. - 03, CA Johnston, Lawrence W. - 21, IL

B, M B

77 81

56 57

Klavonick, George V. - 09, PA Knoche, James R. - 13, WI Kunz, Sr., Carl J. - 01, PA/DE

B TL M

85 84 69

61 55 49

Lantz, Glen R. - 04, IN/KY Loik, William J. - 09, MI

B, M B, CM, M, W

77 70

26 45

Martinez, Gusman O. - 03, CA McKee, John D. - 06, OH McNulty, Mark G. - 01, PA/DE Minami, Ronald - 08, WI Morris, William E. - 20, IL Moyers, Clarence T. - 05, OK/AR/TX Musolf, Robert D. - 09, MI

B B B B B B B

77 92 65 93 82 83 84

58 66 42 55 57 46 61

Neal, John D. - 01, ON Netti, Nicholas R. - 02, NY/VT Nordbye, Hartley D. - 05, SD

B B, M, P B

89 85 87

66 56 58

Oehme, Claude W. - 15, MO/KS

Paulus, Douglas M. - 01, MN/ND Peevely, Sr., Robert E. - 01, MD/VA/DC Perricone, Victor P. - 01, CT Peterson, Cecil V. - 04, CA Pierce, Jr., Hiawatha - 01, MD/VA/DC

B, M B, M, TL B, CM B B

83 91 74 86 80

59 45 54 66 45

Regalia, Fred B. - 18, MO Rietow, Vernon H. - 21, IL Robinson, Harry B. - 04, IN/KY Roosevans, Joseph M. - 01, MO Rozman, Morris - 07, NY/NJ Ruscio, Bruno J. - 21, IL Ruth, III, Joseph L. - 15, WV

TL TL B B, M TL B B, M, PC

91 84 88 90 93 92 68

61 44 66 62 51 61 35

Sain, Roy C. - 05, TN Sarros, John S. - 04, IN/KY Saxton, Jr., Howard A. - 21, IL Scheck, Jr., Frank J. - 21, IL Servadio, Anthony - 02, NY/VT Simpson, Charles - 01, MI Smith, Herman W. - 05, OK/AR/TX Smith, Jerry L. - 05, OH Stahl, Robert F. - 09, PA Stammet, Earl R. – 03, CA Sullivan, Leslie M. – 01, NL

B B B B CM B B, M CM, B PC, CM B B,M

81 82 83 88 84 94 87 70 69 93 88

60 62 62 66 52 63 63 23 22 70 60

Vaughn, Robert J. - 01, WA Verteramo, Peter A. – 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Vickerman, Sr., Daniel C. - 01, MN/ND

PC P,CM B

54 90 85

21 64 61

Walterich, Charles J. - 03, NY Walton, Gerald L. - 44, OH Weaver, Arthur T. - 15, MO/KS Wendorf, Donald H. - 08, WI Wiehoff, Jr., Charles H. - 01, MN/ND Williams, Joseph E. - 04, IN/KY Williams, Ralph H. - 21, IL Wojchowski, William - 01, CT Woodford, Willie - 05, OH Wright, Sr., Jerome R. - 33, GA/NC/SC

B, M B, CM, M, PC B B, M B, M B B B B B

90 78 87 84 83 72 81 77 85 92

65 52 51 53 64 49 57 50 61 64

$190,850.00 $1,000.00 $189,850.00 107 81.81 53.93

MEMBER - LOCAL UNION

BRANCH OF TRADE

YEARS OF AGE MEMBERSHIP

Abbott, Clifford F. - 07, OH Abreu, Celestino - 01, FL Acevedo, David E. - 03, CA Aguirre, Frank V. - 18, CA Albert, Levi D. - 03, WA/ID/MT Almendarez, Sr., Tomas P. - 05, OK/AR/TX Aracich, Shawn C. - 09, PA Ash, Donald E. - 01, MO

B TL B TL B TW B B

88 89 68 83 89 77 38 85

64 32 12 47 66 53 7 66

Barker, Jesse L. - 03, CA Bayne, Jr., Everette T. - 33, GA/NC/SC Belfi, Sr., Thomas E. - 05, NJ Bellows, Raymond H. - 01, MI Boice, Bobby J. – 44, OH Booth, Wayne E. - 13, NV Bridgewater, Tommy L. – 05, OK/AR/TX Bruni, Anthony L. - 09, PA

B B B, CM, P B B B B B

77 88 80 92 88 78 85 83

39 61 58 12 66 23 55 63

Cairns, Sr., Robert L. - 08, IL Cardaci, Joseph - 01, NY Castaldini, Pietra A. - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Chomyk, Antin - 05, OH Cook, Jr., Dewey - 01, MO Cope, George C. - 05, OH Cordova, Larry A. - 03, AZ/NM Corn, Roy M. - 01, FL Cranshaw, Charles E. - 55, OH

B, M B B, M B B B B B, M B

78 77 83 90 87 88 76 94 82

59 58 39 60 66 66 43 56 62

Dahmer, Herbert H. - 04, NJ Davis, Joseph L. - 06, LA/MS/AL Delfs, Bernard R. - 02, NY/VT DiPiero, Bernard J. - 21, IL Dix, Delbert R. - 04, IN/KY Dodson, Walter L. - 08, IL Donahoe, John P. - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Draves, Jr., George C. - 01, MI

B, M, PC B, M B, M, P B B B B B

81 83 70 81 84 94 74 88

62 65 46 56 62 64 44 60

Esgro, Paul M. - 05, PA

PC, B, CM, M

Fasnacht, Cyril J. - 01, MN/ND Florios, James R. - 04, IN/KY

TL B

85 75

61 43

George, Arthur D. - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Gergel, Bruce R. - 01, MI Gordon, Joseph - 01, PA/DE Gordy, Sr., David L. - 04, IN/KY Gorrasi, Leonard L. - 07, NY/NJ Graf, Willi G. - 06, IL Groppe, Charles J. - 01, NY

B, RE, TL B B B FN B B

64 54 80 68 82 81 76

33 32 34 46 24 53 54

Hadley, Dennis L. - 01, MO Hall, Elize - 01, MI Hansen, Robert J. - 01, MN/ND Hanzawa, Fred G. - 01, HI Harper, Charles D. - 03, IA Hiscock, Frederick - 01, NL

B B, CM, PC B, M M B B

59 19 92 93 70 86

33 1 66 37 45 50

YEARS OF AGE MEMBERSHIP

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in memoriam

September

BRANCH OF TRADE

YEARS OF AGE MEMBERSHIP

Death Benefit Claims for September 2012

MEMBER - LOCAL UNION

Total Amount Paid Total Union Labor Life Claims Total Death Benefits Total Number of Claims Average Age Average Years of Membership

Fellowes, Frederick J. - 03, NY

Goldenstern, Robert W. - 21, IL

Haeg, Floyd J. - 01, MN/ND Hamby, Jr., Daniel R. - 06, LA/MS/AL Harris, Bernald F. - 13, WI Harris, Donald - 21, IL Howle, Soloman P. - 05, OK/AR/TX Hutto, John W. - 04, IN/KY

CB B PC B B B, M

90 87 84 82 87 87

50 65 51 64 53 64

$171,850.00 $0.00 $171,850.00 95 80.71 54.44

MEMBER - LOCAL UNION

BRANCH OF TRADE

YEARS OF AGE MEMBERSHIP

Acosta, Ronald J. - 06, LA/MS/AL Allport, Alan J. – 21, IL Alva, Joaquin N. - 04, CA Angelucci, Frank A. - 02, DE/NJ

B, RE B B TW, W, CM, P

56 79 81 61

4 62 52 40

Barden, William A. - 01, NE Biagas, Percy G. - 06, LA/MS/AL Bradberry, Jr., Edward C. - 01, MO Brill, Jr., Paul H. - 05, NJ Brown, Winston - 08, WI Bruder, Allen R. - 21, IL Brunski, Jr., Frank M. - 04, IN/KY Bryant, John T. - 21, IL Bullington, Huey B. - 06, LA/MS/AL Burns, Alfred D. - 01, MB Busby, Ernest D. - 03, CA Businelli, Ugo - 06, OH Byrd, George - 01, NY

B, W B B B B, M PC B, M B TL B TL MW, TL, TW B

83 83 55 89 68 71 73 87 87 92 78 92 80

64 59 36 62 39 52 55 52 64 66 53 57 19

Calafiore, Salvatore – 01, CT Capriglione, Luigi - 01, NY Cavalieri, Sebastiano - 01, CT Chavez, Murel - 21, IL Chrysler, Sr., Dale R. - 09, MI Cipolla, Sam B. - 21, IL Conte, Mario - 05, OH Cooper, William J. - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Cottrell, Floyd V. - 09, WI Criniti, Vincenzo - 01, PA/DE Crocco, Francesco - 02, ON Cutter, James C. - 06, OH

B B B, M B B, MM B TL B P B B B

81 90 90 79 57 78 47 66 85 79 86 83

54 52 55 58 33 45 11 41 61 59 58 61

Davenport, John A. - 04, IN/KY Davis, Frank J. - 09, PA DeAngelis, Ralph - 01, CT DeFlorio, Vito V. - 21, IL DeVito, John T. - 05, NY DiFabio, Gorizio G. - 04, NJ DiGiacomo, Joseph - 08, OH DiPietro, Mario D. - 01, MB DiValerio, Sr., Anthony J. - 01, PA/DE DiVincenzo, John A. - 36, OH Donatelli, Mauro - 04, NJ Dougherty, James W. - 01, NY Dozier, Wilbert - 01, NY

B B B, P B B, P B B TL, TW TL TL B, M, P B B

68 87 90 78 88 95 93 75 79 88 87 75 75

47 64 65 56 63 53 66 45 52 56 61 59 55

Fabbruzzo, Giuseppe - 01, PA/DE

TW, B, CH, TL

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Johnston, Eugene E. - 05, PA

Karlsson, Sigvard S. - 03, WA/ID/MT Kennedy, John B. - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Klatt, Jr., John - 07, CO

B CM B

78 85 80

54 51 61

Lacava, Sr., Anthony - 01, NY LaPlante, Robert W. - 01, MN/ND Lauber, Michael - 05, OH Lautizi, Ferdinando J. - 01, MN/ND Locastro, Diego J. - 02, NY/VT

B PC B B, M B, CM, M, P, TL

73 79 77 88 87

49 54 52 57 55

Marciano, Peter P. - 03, NY Martin, Bruce G. - 18, CA Masney, William - 01, ON Mazzocco, Angelo G. - 01, MI McManus, Philip F. - 05, NJ McWethy, Roy E. - 08, IL Mench, Carl A. - 01, MI Meyer, Wallace H. - 07, CO Mossberg, Norman B. - 01, MN/ND Mrkacek, James R. – 21, IL Muirhead, Robert H. - 01, MI Mulbay, III, Frank X. - 55, OH

B, CM, M, P TL B B B B B B B B B B, M, MM

92 85 88 88 70 82 91 86 65 85 82 63

61 61 59 56 52 62 64 66 23 65 64 45

Opgenorth, Hermann T. - 01, OR Oskroba, Walter J. - 01, ON

B B

78 80

57 58

Palmer, Ronald J. - 01, MN/ND Papania, Regis J. - 09, PA Petrelli, John L. - 05, TN

B 78 PC, CM 91 B, CH, M, RE, TL, W 68

59 47 47

Reichert, Lester L. - 05, PA Rugg, George C. – 09, PA

PC, B, CM B

69 84

25 49

Satterfield, Calvin - 05, TN Scott, Jr., Robert D. - 05, NJ Sdao, Virgil - 33, GA/NC/SC Sisley, Jr., Walter L. - 07, OH Smith, John E. - 05, NJ Spadoni, Fred - 03, CA Steele, Douglas M. - 05, PA

B B, CM, P TL, TW B B CS PC, TL, B, CM

88 80 82 79 93 83 49

62 63 55 60 47 40 27

Ticknor, Edward L. - 04, NJ Tress, Leonard L. - 01, MI

B, CM TL

80 98

63 63

Ucker, Gary E. - 18, CA

Wagner, Karl - 21, IL Walsh, John F. - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Wegener, Wilbert J. - 01, MO Wentz, Randall L. - 46, OH Wilkins, Jr., Alton – 03, AZ/NM Woodrome, Charles K. - 04, IN/KY

B B B B, CM, M B B, M, MM, W

73 53 86 56 74 69

54 23 65 19 49 50

in memoriam

October Death Benefit Claims for October 2012

MEMBER - LOCAL UNION

BRANCH OF TRADE

Total Amount Paid Total Union Labor Life Claims Total Death Benefits Total Number of Claims Average Age Average Years of Membership

Kronberger, Frank J. - 01, MI Kubicki, Richard L. - 03, OH

B B

88 71

66 50

LaBarbera, Ralph F. - 01, NY Laiosa, Andrew - 04, NJ Larson, Jr., Richard F. - 01, MD/VA/DC Leyde, Richard E. - 01, MN/ND Loos, William E. - 18, OH/KY Luigi, Ragusa - 04, NJ

B B B B MM, CH, M B

86 82 76 83 80 77

62 44 58 56 57 55

Mahowald, Francis G. - 01, MN/ND Mari, Albert S. - 08, IL Marini, Jr., Natale A. - 09, PA McBride, Thomas A. – 04, IN/KY McDonald, Mark C. - 03, CA McLaren, John - 04, CA McPherson, William G. - 18, OH/KY McWhorter, Irrie L. - 06, IL Mead, Ronald E. - 09, MI Mechtley, George H. - 15, MO/KS Meister, Terry M. - 34, WI Meloche, Daniel R. - 01, PA/DE Mension, Joseph S. - 06, LA/MS/AL Michielini, Leo C. - 04, NJ Morrison, George D. - 04, IN/KY

CB B, M B B,M B, M, PC B B, M B B, M B, M B, M PC, CM B CM B

94 94 83 69 86 80 83 85 79 91 53 53 91 85 86

54 66 56 49 64 59 50 59 57 66 22 29 59 59 64

Nash, William B. - 01, WA

Okasaki, Lance I. - 01, HI Osborne, Bruce L. – 04, IN/KY

TL B

50 81

6 57

Parris, Hubert P. - 01, MD/VA/DC Peach, Trevor A. - 01, NS Perozeni, Adolph - 05, OH Persiconi, David M. - 01, MI Peterson, Leon L. – 21, IL Popp, Joseph J. - 01, MN/ND

B B B B B,M B, CM

88 61 83 42 81 87

66 43 60 9 56 64

Raggi, Adolfo S. - 04, NJ Reneau, Ambrose J. - 06, IL Reynolds, Gary W. - 03, NY Richardson, James F. - 01, NE Rivera, Alberto A. - 03, CA

CM P B, CM, M B, M B

95 84 79 94 82

63 65 57 74 48

Shackelford, Henry J. - 33, GA/NC/SC Shannon, Sidney T. - 03, CA Singer, Robert - 01, NY Smith, Darrell F. - 01, MN/ND Smith, Douglas R. - 04, IN/KY Solari, Bruno – 09, PA Soltown, Richard R. - 01, FL Sterbenz, Karl - 01, NY Stokes, Charles M. - 04, NJ Stoner, Sr., Richard H. - 05, NJ

B B B B B, CM M,W,CB B B B B, CM, P

91 70 74 87 73 78 85 91 69 80

64 44 57 50 24 32 65 58 39 59

Tramparulo, Paul - 01, NY

Vasconi, Robert G. - 09, PA VonDannenberg, Lothar B. - 07, CN

B B

77 77

54 50

Weber, Werner - 05, OH Wright, Jr., Earl W. – 22, OH Wright, Gale L. - 08, IL

B B,M B

81 85 68

56 63 18

$185,800.00 $0.00 $185,800.00 101 82.29 56.08 YEARS OF AGE MEMBERSHIP

YEARS OF AGE MEMBERSHIP

MEMBER - LOCAL UNION

BRANCH OF TRADE

Abele, Richard R. - 44, OH Adamkiewicz, Emil - 01, FL Adams, Elton E. - 08, IL Alex, Michael G. - 04, CA Anderson, Norris S. - 01, MN/ND Archibald, William - 05, NJ

B B B B B B

86 92 84 95 85 87

65 53 61 62 61 52

Bachi, James - 21, IL Bachman, John H. - 18, OH/KY Beckmann, Robert A. - 18, OH/KY Bonura, Sr., Joseph - 21, IL Brussa, James J. - 13, NV

PC B B B B

90 88 80 78 78

51 58 61 59 55

Callahan, Edward - 40, OH Catchpole, James A. - 02, NY/VT Chapa, Juan M. - 21, IL Chomzuk, Michael J. - 05, NJ Consigli, Aldo B. - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Cooper, Charles E. - 33, GA/NC/SC Crain, Paul D. – 06, IL Culos, Gidio - 01, MI

B, M B TL B, CM P, CM B, M B TL

87 89 62 87 90 83 66 87

56 63 29 53 62 22 45 56

Davis, Earl R. - 03, WA/ID/MT Dietiker, Mark A. - 01, MI Dineen, Sr., Thomas P. - 01, MO DiRienzo, John V. - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI

B, M B, CM, M, PC B B

74 49 82 83

42 28 57 64

Eck, Theodore A. - 05, OK/AR/TX

B, M

Fons, Stanley J. - 01, MI Foster, John - 03, MA/ME/NH/RI Fox, Jr., Charles J. - 07, NY/NJ Foy, Ramon A. - 05, OK/AR/TX

B, CM B TL B, M, MM

92 69 86 82

66 45 61 64

Gallagher, Francis E. - 01, PA/DE Galloway, Bobby L. - 15, MO/KS Giza, Joseph J. - 01, CT Gonzales, Arthur M. - 04, CA Goulart, Antonio - 01, MB Graeper, William - 04, CA

B B B B B B, M

77 80 89 87 83 84

58 61 61 54 49 47

Harris, Alvin - 07, KY Hawkins, Joseph H. - 01, MN/ND Heck, Charles J. - 04, IN/KY Heffernan, Frederick E. - 01, PA/DE Heffner, Paul H. - 09, MI Henderson, John P. - 05, OH Henzel, Leonard J. - 06, OH Holl, Karl - 05, NY Hughes, Lewis L. - 01, MD/VA/DC

B B B B B B, M, MM B B B

89 80 82 79 94 78 94 88 86

49 55 64 54 66 45 74 60 66

Jones, William J. - 01, NY

Yecco, Joseph M. - 05, NJ

King, Joseph - 06, LA/MS/AL Kolnes, Dennis G. - 01, MN/ND

B B

83 72

56 47

Zangrando, John V. - 07, NY/NJ

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