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IBEW LOCAL 103 NEWS • SPRING 2021
IBEW Local 103 members take on Children’s Hospital build out.
INSI DE THIS ISSU E B U S I N E S S M A N A G E R ’S R E P O R T .........................................................3 INDUSTRY NEWS COVID-19 Update.....................................................................................................5 IBEW Local 103 Fights NH Right-to-Work Legislation .............................................6 Massachusetts Off-Site Pre-Fabrication Bill ..............................................................7 Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act .............................................................8 President Biden’s Jobs & Infrastructure Plan ............................................................9
P I P E L I N E P R OJ E C T S Pipeline Projects: Arsenal Yards, Watertown ...........................................................10
COMMUNIT Y Congratulations, Boston Mayor Kim Janey ............................................................12 Congratulations on Retirement, Donald Sheehan ..................................................13 Jim Fleming Ascends to Role of Business Agent ...................................................14 John Kelly Appointed to Quincy Planning Board....................................................14 Member Spotlight: Glayce Miranda-Sena ..............................................................15 Habitat for Humanity................................................................................................16 JATC Update ..........................................................................................................17 Trust Fund Update ..................................................................................................18 In Memoriam ..........................................................................................................19 44th Annual Pin Night ............................................................................................20
I B E W L O C A L 1 0 3 ’S M I S S I O N : To provide Greater Boston’s developers with the best-trained, most efficient, safest electricians and telecommunications specialists, while fostering our Union’s values of economic fairness, equal opportunity, and charitable giving in the communities where we work, live and raise our families. Our unwavering commitment to professional excellence is personified by our Joint Apprenticeship Training facility. The Local 103 JATC is among the most advanced electrical apprenticeship programs in the country. Working for better wages, better benefits and fair working conditions is just one part of our Union’s focus. Local 103 members take pride in giving back their time and expertise to causes and charities serving those less fortunate.
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From Lou Antonellis Business Manager / Financial Secretary IBEW Local 103
Hello Brothers and Sisters —
REPORT
It’s been a long, cold, COVID winter, but the good news is that the COVID cloud that has been hanging over our head for the last year has been lifted. More people are being vaccinated, COVID hospitalizations are decreasing, economic spending is opening back up, and so is the work. President Biden continues to prove that he is Organized Labor’s champion. We finally have a President for the first time in most of our lifetimes who has made working folks and unions the centerpiece of his agenda. The Biden Administration is in constant, close consultation with the IBEW and President Lonnie Stephenson; and it paid off for us directly in the $1.9T economic stimulus package, The American Rescue Plan.
Included in that plan were direct payments to Americans who have been suffering and hurting due to lagging COVID unemployment. Also in the plan was the Butch Lewis Act provisions that will literally save many multi-employer defined benefit pension plans — Union Pension Plans! $86 Billion in direct payments will be made to underfunded plans in jeopardy of becoming insolvent, a critical allocation roadblocked time and time again by Senate Republicans in Congress. The Butch Lewis amendment was pushed by Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, and it was Lonnie Stephenson’s persistence and work behind the scenes that kept that language afloat and in Biden’s final bill. That piece of the bill is a huge win for Unions and multi-employer pension plans like ours, and a big win for working people. The Federal Government consistently bails out big corporations and the ultra-wealthy in this country; it’s about time that working people get some help from Congress! Next on President Biden’s agenda is his bold and aggressive Infrastructure Plan. Let’s face it, our country has been starved over the last several decades, not just of meaningful investment in infrastructure, but of investment in working people. Republicans in Congress want you to think a robust infrastructure and jobs investment is a Trojan horse for socialism and wasteful spending, but that is the same old tired trope used to hold working people and unions down! The American people have been waiting decades for an investment in our nation’s crumbling infrastructure, and it reaches far beyond roads and bridges, as it should. We need those investments in modern infrastructure and technology, as well. We do need to fix our highways, roads and bridges, but we also need to modernize public transit, electrify Amtrak, upgrade our shipping ports and airports, invest in electric vehicles (500K EV Charging Stations), invest in retrofitting our homes, schools and commercial buildings for weatherization and efficiency, and invest in broadband infrastructure and upgrades to the nation’s power grid, including power plants and substations. 103 TODAY | SPRING 2021
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We need to make upgrades to our water supply, ensure clean drinking water, and invest in new systems and treatments to help the environment by eliminating wastewater and storm water pollution. We, at IBEW Local 103, know a little bit about infrastructure and clean water projects. Two of the biggest infrastructure and clean water projects in the country were right here in Boston: the Deer Island project and clean-up of the Boston Harbor, and the Central Artery project and Third Harbor Tunnel. Those projects put hundreds of Local 103 members to work. Biden doubled down on his support for labor by appointing Boston Mayor Marty Walsh as our Secretary of Labor. I couldn’t be happier or prouder that the US Secretary of Labor has spent as much time in our Union hall and on job sites around this city as he has done. We finally have someone in the Oval Office of the White House looking out for us while important decisions that affect workers are being made! As much as we hate to lose Walsh as Mayor, he’ll be the point man directing a great deal of that $2T in infrastructure money back to the Boston area. We are now a year plus into COVID, and work hours are coming back. Jobs that were delayed are now moving forward. It appears the economy is kicking into high gear as more and more industries reopen and economic stimulus money is spent. Part of our local economy that has remained strong and is in high demand is the Cambridge and Boston Bio-Tech Boom. Lab Space in Boston is among the hottest in the country right now and looks like those jobs are going to continue to provide highly technical construction jobs for those of us in the Building Trades for at least the next four or 5 years Overall, this year long COVID Pandemic has really brought out the strength and resiliency in our organization. I couldn’t be prouder of how we’ve responded and rebounded. Fraternally,
Louis J. Antonellis Business Manager / Financial Secretary
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C O V I D - 1 9 U P D AT E As Massachusetts emerges from difficult times, IBEW Local 103 is working to keep our members safe on and off the job. Over 1,500 rapid COVID-19 tests have been administered at the IBEW Local 103 testing site, exclusively for our members and their families. As vaccines continue to roll out statewide, and in conjunction with CDC guidelines, Massachusetts officially lifted the mask mandate for both indoor and outdoor spaces on May 29th, everywhere except medical facilities and public transportation. This includes re-opening our Union Hall to normal functions, such as the JATC Graduation and Pin Night A total of 8.4 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been shipped to Massachusetts, of which 7.2 million doses — or 85.6% — have been administered. The Biden administration has invested an additional $10 million in efforts to help more people receive the vaccine. “Without a doubt, the vaccine that will end this scourge has and will be brought to you by the skilled craft unions. They are every bit as important as the person working at the lab bench they built,” said Tim Dickson, executive director of the Pharmaceutical Industry Labor-Management Association. IBEW members have worked on most, if not all, of the major pharmaceutical and biotech research facilities in the United States.
2021 IBEW LOCAL 103 SCHOL ARSHIP RECIPIENTS Congratulations to Local 103’s 2021 Scholarship Recipients. The students below were awarded $10,000 each after competing against several hundred applicants participating in the Massachusetts AFL-CIO Labor History Exam: Daniel Boutin Grandson of Robert Wallace Boutin Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Elizabeth Gill Daughter of Peter Gill Bowdoin College
Brandon Chen Son of Jackie Han Chen University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Griffen Hession Son of Thomas M. Hession University of Vermont
Carissa Covello Daughter of Sam Covello Simmons University
Lina Nguyen Daughter of Quang C. Tran Northeastern University
Molly Curley Daughter of Brad Morochnick Curley Case Western Reserve University (Cleveland, OH)
Luke Stockless Son of Joseph Stockless Princeton University
Jason Eggert Grandson of Thomas Leyne University of New Hampshire
Carol Sullivan Daughter of Richard J. Sullivan, Jr. University of Massachusetts – Amherst
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IBEW LOCAL 103 FIGHTS NH R I G H T - T O - W O R K L E G I S L AT I O N
A threat to workers anywhere is a threat to workers everywhere! That’s why IBEW Local 103 joined a coalition of unions to support “New Hampshire Families For Freedom”, in opposition to a big-money attack against unions in the state. Our coalition is standing together against a so-called “Right to Work” (RTW) bill before the state legislature. The New Hampshire Building Trades Council union coalition has launched petitions, letter campaigns, and a widespread media campaign that includes radio and television advertising. IBEW Local 103 distributed lawn signs for all New Hampshire IBEW members, plus members of other trade unions, to display. If successful, the RTW bill would make New Hampshire the 28th right-to-work state, but the first in New England, setting a dangerous precedent in this region. It would also weaken the strength of unions in New Hampshire and New England. In RTW states, workers earn about $10,000 less annually than those in non-RTW states. Passage of the bill would harm workers’ ability to bargain, advocate, unionize and earn a livable wage. The real goal of “right-to-work” is an all-out assault on working people and unions - disguised as freedom for individual workers. Its real aim is to cut off funding to unions, depleting their resources to the point they can no longer effectively represent their members, tipping the scales overwhelmingly in favor of the employer. That’s why IBEW Local 103 will always be there to fight on the side of unions and working families, and is fighting to defeat this bill.
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OF F - SI TE PRE -FABRICATION BILL WILL ENSURE FAIR TRE AT MEN T F OR ALL IBEW Local 103, along with other building trades unions, is lobbying for updates to Massachusetts’ prevailing wage laws to eliminate a loophole that allows bad players to shortchange workers and undermine unions and responsible employers. The current prevailing wage law does not apply to off-site construction work, allowing many contractors to skirt the law and avoid paying workers a fair wage by utilizing off-site prefabrication facilities. This loophole allows companies to lower labor standards and worker protections. As a union, we strive to build equitable workplaces, where all members are paid a fair wage for their labor. Union workers are paid the same rates for work done in the shops and on-site work. However, the existing loophole in our laws allows for non-union contractors to underbid our NECA partner contractors by paying workers significantly lower wages for off-site work. This creates an uneven playing field that puts unions and our members at a disadvantage.
Building Trades Unions representatives and state elected officials meet to discuss the pre-fabrication wage loophole.
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Business Agent Jay Frasier (right) advocates for IBEW Local 103 members.
Local 103 is fighting to ensure our members have access to good jobs with family-sustaining wages. We have been pushing for the passage of the Off-site Fabrication Bills, introduced by Jeff Roy in the House and Paul Feeney in the Senate. This legislation will ensure that workers are paid the prevailing wage for prefabrication work, thus eliminating a dangerous loophole that hurts our working families and lowers community standards. As our industry becomes more technologically advanced, off-site work is slowly becoming more common, thus underscoring the urgent need for a legislative fix to close the existing loophole and strengthen our prevailing wage laws. 7
“PRO ACT ” WILL BRING SWEEPING CHANGE TO THE L ABOR SECTOR President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion PRO Act represents a major shift toward empowering workers by creating millions of new, well-paying jobs, and dramatically enhancing the power of workers to organize and bargain collectively for better wages, benefits, and working conditions. The Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act reverses years of national anti-worker public policy, with a range of provisions making it easier for workers’ to form unions, conduct strikes, bargain collectively, and protect whistleblowers. The coronavirus pandemic made clear the need to put added focus on worker’s rights, as Americans continue to struggle with job security and the health risks associated with returning to work. The PRO Act adds new teeth to existing labor law and institutes new National Labor Relations Board-levied fines and civil penalties for labor rights violations. Such changes make it harder for employers and corporate interests to undercut companies who partner with union labor.
K E Y P R O - W O R K E R F E AT U R E S O F T H E P R O A C T I N C L U D E : • Prohibits employers from requiring their employees to attend “captive audience” meetings or participate in anti-union activities. • Ensures that workers can quickly finalize a contract after a union is formed. • Prohibits employers from replacing workers who choose to participate in a strike.
• Repeals harmful ‘Right to Work’ laws that compromise workers’ wages and safety. • Empowers the National Labor Relations Board to penalize corporations that fail to comply, thus holding them accountable for any anti-worker actions. • Protects whistleblowers from discrimination and termination.
As Local 103 members, we appreciate workplace protections and dignity that our union membership affords us. Through provisions that protect the freedom to organize and strengthen unions, the PRO Act will provide all workers with an opportunity to benefit from union values. 103 TODAY | SPRING 2021
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P R E S I D E N T B I D E N ’S J O B S & I N F R A S T R U C T U R E P L A N President Joe Biden has unveiled a bold, robust, $2-trillion American Jobs Plan, executing his vision to rebuild and reimagine our economy. As America slowly recovers from the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, President Biden’s plan aims to strengthen our infrastructure and create millions of well-paying, union jobs that will help our country Build Back Better. The American Jobs Plan underscores President Biden’s strong commitment to protecting workers and empowering working families. Biden also released a Made in America Tax Plan that would increase the corporate tax to 28 percent and ensure that large corporations pay their fair share. IBEW Local 103 commends President Biden’s ambitious American Jobs Plan and his commitment to investing in working families and our public infrastructure. The American Jobs Plan will help create equitable socio-economic conditions and generate good-paying jobs for working families, the backbone of our economy. We are confident that this plan will deliver the strong push our economy and communities need to thrive both now and in the years to come.
The American Jobs Plan underscores President Biden’s strong commitment to empowering working families, also displayed in his support for the PRO Act. In addition to creating good, union jobs and worker protections, other key features of the American Jobs Plan include: Prioritizing the development and construction of high-quality transportation infrastructure, new bridges, upgraded public transit systems and 20,000 miles of modernized highways, roads, and main streets across the country. Eliminating lead pipes and service lines in our drinking water systems. Investing in manufacturing, small businesses, research and development, and training for good, middle-class jobs. 103 TODAY | SPRING 2021
Delivering a renewed energy grid and expanded access to affordable, high-speed broadband to all Americans. Building and retrofitting over two million homes and commercial buildings in a push for affordable housing. Modernizing schools and veterans’ hospitals. Employing highly-trained union building trade workers. 9
P I P E L I N E P R OJ E C T S
ARSENA L YARDS
Arsenal Yards is a vibrant mixed-use development in Watertown. The million-plus square-foot project will transform the former Arsenal Mall into an urban village with 250,000 SF of shops and eateries, 200,000 SF of office and lab space, 300 contemporary residences, a 150-room hotel, a movie theater, and more. Arsenal Yards will also house the first U.S. location of Japan-based yakitori chain, Tori Jiro, a new City Works Eatery and Pour House, and a Roche Bros. supermarket. Another key attraction is 100 Forge, the first purpose-built lab building in Watertown. The nine-story, 165,600 SF building is expected to be completed in Fall 2022. Arsenal Yards also features colorful murals by Detroit-based artist Ouizi, Easthampton-based geometric painter Kim Carlino and Boston-based abstract impressionist Felipe Ortiz. C I T Y W O R K S E AT E R Y & P O U R H O U S E
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Developer: Bottleneck Management LLC General Contractor: Cranshaw Construction Electrical Subcontractor: Aspire Electric, LLC Electrical Project Value: $172,300
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General Contractor: Cranshaw Construction Electrical Subcontractor: Greenworks Energy, Inc Electrical Project Value: $92,250
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Developer: The Wilder Companies General Contractor: Cranshaw Construction Electrical Subcontractor: Aldon Electric Electrical Project Value: $5,300,000
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Developer: Boylston Properties General Contractor: Cranshaw Construction Electrical Subcontractor: Aldon Electric Electrical Project Value: $6,500,000
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Developer: Boylston Properties General Contractor: Cranshaw Construction Electrical Subcontractor: Amps Electric, Inc. Electrical Project Value: $558,035
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BREAKI NG THE GLASS CEILING
C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S B O S T O N M AYO R K I M J A N E Y IBEW Local 103 congratulates Kim Janey, who in her new role as Acting Mayor of Boston, becomes the first Black woman to serve as mayor of the city. Mayor Janey, a Boston native, has served on the City Council representing Roxbury since 2017 and was elected City Council president in 2019. During her political career, she has championed education and social justice issues. While in office, she worked with former Boston Mayor Walsh to overhaul how the city awards licenses to businesses in the city’s burgeoning marijuana industry. Janey’s work led to the creation of the Boston Cannabis Board, which has the primary goal of expanding benefits to communities of color and working-class communities. She’s also advocated for expanding access to public transit for low-income people, and recently called upon the MBTA to restore service cuts. Mayor Janey, whose roots in the South End and Roxbury go back six generations, has promised that “today is a new day” in the City of Boston. She has announced initiatives to boost business equity such as providing minorities and women new bidding opportunities, capacity-building grants, virtual networking, and new measures to hold the city more accountable when it comes to reaching its diversity goals. We look forward to her work on behalf of workers and working families and a bright new day for all of Boston.
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C O N G R AT U L AT I O N S O N R E T I R E M E N T,
DONALD SHEEHAN
IBEW Local 103 would like to congratulate Business Agent Donald Sheehan on his upcoming retirement in June, closing out years of dedicated service and a decadeslong, storied career. A reliable and devoted union brother for 46 years, Donald began his journey with IBEW Local 103 as an apprentice in 1974, working on key projects like the Hyatt Hotel in Cambridge, the Prudential Center, The Boston Globe, and New England Telephone. In 1985, he began a successful, 15-year career with electrical contractor J&M Brown Company, Inc., where he worked as a steward, foreman, and general foreman. Business Agent Donald Sheehan, retired after 46 years with Donald rose through the ranks at Local 103 IBEW Local 103 to win his first seat on the Executive Board in 1990. Later, in 2000, he was appointed Business Agent by former IBEW Local 103 Business Manager Rich Gambino, skillfully negotiating contracts with The Boston Globe, Boston Herald, and TD Garden, as well as PLAs with Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University. Donald also served as a Greater Boston Labor Council Executive Board member, and President of the Harvard Trade Labor Program Alumni Association.
We are proud to honor our union brother and friend. As Donald completes a significant career milestone and embarks on a new chapter of his life, we are thrilled to celebrate his many achievements and remain confident that he will continue to serve his community with profound dedication.
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J IM F LEMIN G , B U SI NE S S AGEN T F OR B OSTON AND CA MBRI D GE IBEW Local 103 looks forward as Jim Fleming takes on representing the membership and covering areas of Boston and Cambridge. A 21-year member, Jim has served on the IBEW Local 103 Examining Board, the Executive Board, the Negotiating Committee, and is presently the Recording Secretary for the union. He was appointed in September 2020 by Business Manager Lou Antonellis to represent the membership and cover areas of Boston and Cambridge. Jim Fleming, Business Agent. Parts of Boston & Cambridge
J O H N K E L LY S T E P S U P TO SE R V E O N Q U I N C Y P L A N N I N G B OA R D We congratulate John Kelly, IBEW Local 103 Steward and former Executive Board Member, for his appointment to the City of Quincy Planning Board.
(L-R): Quincy Planning Board member and IBEW Local 103 Executive Board Member John Kelly, Quincy Mayor Koch, Business Manager/Financial Secretary Lou Antonellis
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In his new role, Kelly, a union member since 1986, will serve on the five-member body that approves subdivision plans and issues special permits for site plan review. The Planning Board also makes recommendations regarding planned unit development, special permits, amendments to the zoning ordinance, and street abandonments.
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M E M B E R SP OT L I G H T : G L AYC E M I R A N DA- SE N A Glayce Miranda-Sena remembers the days when she worked back-to-back, 12-to-14-hour shifts, at a pizza shop and then at a convenience store. The hours were compensated for with low to no pay and no benefits. “I was working extra hours, with no overtime,” Glayce said of her career before going into the construction field. “Because I was undocumented for a long time, I ended up working for someone that used my status against me and didn’t pay me,” recalled Glayce, who was born in Brazil and came to the U.S. in 2005, fleeing violence in her native country. “As soon as I got my (legalization) papers, I said “‘I’m done with this, I’m going to join the union.’”
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Because I was undocumented for a long time, I ended up working for someone that used my status against me and didn’t pay me. -Glayce Miranda-Sena
Glayce, 39, who lives in Woburn, was awarded the John A. Penney Memorial Scholarship late last year in support of her ongoing electrical trade studies at the Joint Apprenticeship & Training Center of Boston.
She began her apprenticeship in the fall of 2020, working four days per week for the J&M Brown Company, and expects to graduate from the electrical apprenticeship program in 2025 as a licensed journeyperson. “It’s hard when you don’t have healthcare. Before IBEW Local 103, I couldn’t get sick. I couldn’t call in sick. I had to work,” Glayce said. She’s especially relieved that her spouse, whom she married in 2018, is now covered by her health insurance. “She has everything that I have,” Glayce said. “I know that if something happens to me, god forbid, she’ll be all set. That’s real peace of mind.”
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H A B I TAT F O R H U M A N I T Y IBEW Local 103 is proud to collaborate with Habitat for Humanity to give back to our communities across eastern Massachusetts. We look forward to more volunteer opportunities, with safety measures in place, uniting the skills of IBEW Local 103 members with service to our neighbors in need.
BILLERICA The day before Mother’s Day, Business Agent Kenell Broomstein and several members of the IBEW Local 103 Women’s Committee stepped up to help in the final stages of this build. Located on Alpine Street, right off of Route 3A in Billerica, the existing singleunit home has been renovated for a local family. In an effort symbolic of the true Mother’s Day origins of peace and service, Local 103 women took on this project with energy and enthusiasm.
E ASTON IBEW Local 103 and Local 223 apprentices, students from Building Pathways, and retirees worked hard together to wire a new home being constructed for a single father and his family in Easton, MA. Electrical contracting company, Sullivan & McLaughlin, generously donated tools and supplies.
SALISBURY Local 103 also invited Nashoba Valley Technical High School students to help construct six family homes in Salisbury, MA. Apprentices, students, and volunteers were touched to receive heart-shaped notes of gratitude from the kids whose families will be moving into the building.
ANDOVER The Boston JATC partnered with schools, including Nashoba Valley Technical High School, Medford Vocational Technical High School, and Greater Lawrence Technical School, to build four family homes and a two-family duplex in Andover, MA, with additional support from IBEW Local 103 retirees. Since these students were unable to access the usual hands-on shop classes this past year, the JATC engaged them in this project to help them hone their craft and give them an opportunity to experience the joy of serving their community. 103 TODAY | SPRING 2021
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JATC UPDATE A P P L I C A N T U P D AT E The Trustees expect to open the applications for the 2021-2022 cycle in November of 2021.
J AT C T R A I N I N G A C T I V I T I E S All in-person apprentice classes resumed in March. The school year will run through the summer and into September. Journeyman and Technician in-person code update and continuing education classes are postponed until further notice. A decision to return to in-person Journeyman and Technician classes will be made in the Fall of 2021. In the meantime, please visit our website (https://bostonjatc.com/continuing-education-courses/) for online continuing education classes. Class offerings include Master License Prep, OSHA-10 & 30, Hot Works, Harassment Training, and a variety of Introductory and Advanced Cisco Learning Academy classes.
C O D E U P D AT E C L A S S E S The deadline to complete the required 15-hours of continuing education and 6-hours of related education for Massachusetts licenses is July 31, 2022. To date, the Board of State Examiners of Electricians (BSEE) has not extended the deadline. The deadline to complete the required 15-hours of continuing education for New Hampshire licenses is June 30, 2021. The NH deadline was extended from December 31, 2020, due to the pandemic. Please visit the NH Board of Electricians website for more info; www.oplc.nh.gov/electricians-board-forms-and-other-documents Local 103 and the JATC are offering for members free online Code Update 15- and 6-hour classes available on our website. This covers the JW Electrician “B” and Master’s “A” and is now being offered to all Systems Technicians “C” & D” License holders. Members may pick up a codebook at the Woburn office or the Financial Office. For more information about code update please visit our website, www.bostonjatc.com/ code-update-courses.
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JATC UPDATE (Contd.) J AT C G R A D U AT I O N The JATC is preparing to conduct the 74th Annual Apprentice Graduation exercises in the main hall on Thursday, June 3, 2021, at 6:30 pm. The JATC Trustees, Staff, and Instructors are proud of our 141 Electrical & 21 Telecom graduates. Please join us in congratulating them on their successful completion of our five-year programs and wishing them well in their careers in the union electrical industry. Graduation will be conducted safely and in accordance with State and City gathering capacity and social distancing guidelines. Due to capacity limits, attendance will be limited to JATC Trustees, faculty, graduates, and their guests by invitation only.
WENTWORTH INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Due to the pandemic and reorganization efforts at WIT, they have temporarily paused all part-time undergraduate programs (part-time Bachelor’s and Associates). We hope to have an update in the Fall on when the partnership program will resume. In the meantime, the Graduate School is offering a 15% tuition discount (discount of roughly $5,300) for any union member if they already have a Bachelor’s degree and wish to further their education with a Master’s Degree. Most of the graduate programs consist of only 10 or 11 courses required to earn the degree. Part-time students could finish in less than two years. Visit: https://wit.edu/admissions/graduate for more info or contact Graduate Admissions Counselor Kathryn Melo at 617-989-4411 or via email at melok1@wit.edu. WIT is also offering members certificate training. Find out more by visiting their website https://wit.edu/careers/career-prep.
TRUST FUND UPDATE • Almost 1,500 Health Plan Participants have been tested for COVID-19 here at the Local 103 campus and another 300 have been tested at local CVS pharmacy locations. • Participants with loans from the Deferred Income Plan that took advantage of the payment suspension under the CARES Act, need to again begin making loan payments in April 2021.
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IN MEMORIAM IBEW Local 103 honors those members who have recently entered into Eternal Rest: Paul F. Kappler (Retired) ....................................................................................................9/17/2017 Robert J. Demuth (Retired) ..............................................................................................2/20/2020 Kevin F. Mahoney (Retired)..............................................................................................10/16/2020 James T. Ravanis ............................................................................................................12/28/2020 Richard R. Willard ................................................................................................................1/4/2021 Richard A. Burgess ...........................................................................................................1/15/2021 Roy E. Keefe (Retired) ........................................................................................................2/2/2021 Raymond J. Stockless (Retired) ..........................................................................................2/3/2021 George B. Washburn (Retired) .........................................................................................2/15/2021 Richard Leahy (Retired) ................................................................................................... 2/19/2021 Richard A. Lindsay, Jr. ...................................................................................................... 2/19/2021 Anthony Lauletta (Retired) .............................................................................................. 2/23/2021 Ronald B. Wright (Retired) ...................................................................................................3/3/2021 Paul J. Toner (Retired) .........................................................................................................3/8/2021 Aidan M. Coyne ...............................................................................................................3/11/2021 Hubert F. Comeau, Jr. (Retired) ........................................................................................3/25/2021 Donald McKearney (Retired) .............................................................................................3/28/2021 David A. Guilmet (Retired) ................................................................................................3/29/2021 Albert J. Siekman (Retired) ..................................................................................................4/6/2021 George F. Knapp (Retired) ................................................................................................4/14/2021 David A. Olsson (Retired) ..................................................................................................4/20/2021 James G. DeYoung (Retired) .............................................................................................4/27/2021 William J. Moore ...............................................................................................................4/27/2021 William F. Seaver (Retired) ................................................................................................4/27/2021 James M. Fahey (Retired) ..................................................................................................5/11/2021 Edward J. Geissler (Retired) .............................................................................................5/14/2021 Daniel M. Dacko (Retired) .................................................................................................5/20/2021 Justin M. DeBerardinis ......................................................................................................5/21/2021 Michael J. Sweeney (Retired) ............................................................................................5/22/2021 William R. Kramer (Retired) ...............................................................................................5/26/2021 Adolph J. Thibault (Retired) ..............................................................................................5/27/2021
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Lou Antonellis Business Manager/Financial Secretary 256 Freeport Street Dorchester, MA 02122
44TH ANNUAL PIN NIGHT ALL MEMBERS ARE CORDIALLY INVITED TO ATTEND THE 44TH ANNUAL PIN NIGHT
In honor of Members receiving a pin and certificate for their years of service and dedication to the Electrical Industry
20 ~ 25 ~ 30 ~ 35 ~ 40 ~ 45 ~ 50 OR MORE YEARS TUESDAY, JUNE 29, 2021 6:30 P.M. UNION HALL
256 FREEPORT STREET DORCHESTER, MA
Members receiving a pin and certificate will receive a personalized letter
