Fall/Winter 2022 SMW 104 Local News

2022/23 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING SCHEDULE

General Membership meetings begin at 5:30 pm

*November 17, 2022- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Maria, and South San Francisco

December 15, 2022- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Fairfield, Manteca, Castroville, and Ventura

January 19, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Maria, and South San Francisco

*February 16, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Fairfield, Manteca, San Jose, and Ventura

March 16, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Sacramento, Castroville, Santa Maria, and South San Francisco

*April 20, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Fairfield, Manteca, San Jose, and Ventura

May 18, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Maria, and South San Francisco

General Membership meetings will all be held in Livermore and can be attended from the remote locations listed each month pursuant to the S.M.W. Local Union No. 104 Remote Participation Policy and Procedures.

*June 15, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Fairfield, Manteca, Castroville, and Ventura

July 20, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Maria, and South San Francisco

August 17, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Fairfield, Manteca, San Jose, and Ventura

*September 21, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Sacramento, Castroville, Santa Maria, and South San Francisco

October 19, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Fairfield, Manteca, San Jose, and Ventura

*November 16, 2023- Livermore

Remote meetings: Fresno, Sacramento, San Jose, Santa Maria, and South San Francisco

December 21, 2023- Livermore

Remote meeting in Fresno, Fairfield, Manteca, Castroville, and Ventura

* Supplemental Pension meetings start at 4:00 pm on designated dates and are held via Zoom at all meeting locations, excluding District 3 *

OFFICERS OF

SHEET METAL WORKERS’

LOCAL UNION NO. 104

RICK WERNER

President/Business Manager

MIKE NESBITT

Financial Secretary-Treasurer/ Recording Secretary

KEITH GARCIA

Vice President

ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS

Brian Masters, District 1

Sal Rotolo, District 2

Richard Niday, District 3

DISTRICT 1

BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES

Keith Dias, Eric Haynes, Richard Koenig, Adam Masters, Jeff Salvotti, Rob Stoker, Keith Sylva, Dominic Torreano, Anthony Urbina, Casey Van Den Heuvel, Josh Vallis, Matt Vallis, Brian Werner, Randy Young.

DISTRICT 2

BUSINESS REPRESENTATIVES

Robert Kuks, Fred Latu, Mike Lopez, Michael Mark, Matt Richard, Corey Van Rys.

LOCAL 104 EXECUTIVE BOARD

Steve Alarcon, Steven Burnett, Andrew Ferrales, Keith Garcia, Jesus Huerta, Jason Hutton, Keith Mansfield, Alicia Mijares, Larry Narr, David O’Hagin, Joe Parra, Greg Peden, Zach Risley, Liz Sutton, Tom Trayer, Ruben Velasquez, Peter Weston .

LOCAL 104 TRUSTEES

Jeremy Anderson, Jaime Garcia, Nate Jordan, Joel Magdaleno, Celio Melo, Anthony Middleton

LOCAL 104

WARDEN/CONDUCTOR

Steven Catalli

CONTENTS

SPECIAL ELECTION RESULTS

On September 15, 2022, SMW Local Union No. 104 held a Special Election nomination for a District 3 Trustee. Also, on October 1, 2022, SMW

Local Union No. 104 held a Special Election nomination for a Business Representative-Area 5 City and County of San Francisco.

Below are the results and the names of those elected to serve the membership for the remainder of the term ending July 2024. Officers and Representatives Recently Elected for the Current Term

Business Representatives District 1: Josh Vallis, Area 5 - City and County of San Francisco

Trustee District 3: Jaime Garcia

I have submitted both reports of the 2022 SMW Local Union No. 104 Special Election nominations to the International Association of SMART on behalf of the Election Judges, Vice President Keith Garcia and retired Financial Secretary-Treasurer/Recording Secretary Joseph A. Maraccini. I would like to sincerely thank Judges Garcia and Maraccini for their time and continued dedication to SMW Local Union No. 104.

On behalf of the officers and representatives, I am grateful for the continued confidence and support of the SMW Local Union No. 104 membership.

2022/2023 SMW Local 104 Holiday Schedule

Friday, December 23, 2022 Christmas Day (District 1)

Monday, December 26, 2022 Day after Christmas (Observed)

Monday, January 2, 2023

New Year’s Day (Observed)

Monday, January 16, 2023

Martin Luther King’s Birthday (Districts 1 & 3)

Monday, February 20, 2023 Presidents’ Day

Friday, April 7, 2023

Good Friday (District 1, Sacramento/Redding/Fresno)

Monday, May 29, 2023 Memorial Day

Monday, July 3, 2023 Day before Independence Day (District 2)

Tuesday, July 4, 2023 Independence Day

Friday, September 1, 2023

Friday before Labor Day (District 2)

Monday, September 4, 2023 Labor Day

Friday, November 10, 2023 Veterans Day (Observed - Districts 2 & 3)

Thursday, November 23, 2023 Thanksgiving Day

Friday, November 24, 2023 Day after Thanksgiving

Monday, December 25, 2023 Christmas Day

Tuesday, December 26, 2023 Day after Christmas (District 1)

Phone

Fax (209) 939-9379

Rick Werner President/Business Manager

The Business Manager's Report

NAVIGATING AND UNDERSTANDING OUR UNION.

Following my apprenticeship and 16 years working in the trade, in 2000 I became a Business Representative, and it was then that I learned a great deal more about SMACNA, the various related entities and the structure of our organization. During a recent conversation with one of our Business Representatives he mentioned that it wasn’t until he’d been in the trade for several years and had attended a SMACNA foreman training at their facility that he really understood anything about SMACNA. So as a result of that conversation and past experience, I thought it would be beneficial to provide our membership with what I hope will serve as a clear understanding of the Labor and Management organizations and our joint structure as it relates to the trust funds and bargaining. And as many of us are visual learners, a diagram of the structure is also being provided. The following paragraph addresses only the sheet metal portion of the International.

The International Association of Sheet Metal, Air, Rail

and Transportation Workers (SMART) is comprised of the General President, 11 General Vice Presidents (Business Managers throughout the U.S. and Canada), General Secretary-Treasurer, and 65 additional positions that make up the Accounting, Business Development, Canadian Affairs, Communications, Governmental Affairs, Human Resources, Jurisdiction, Legal, Membership, Organizing, and Production and Railroad Departments. There are over 100 sheet metal locals within the International and a membership of roughly 150,000. For more than 135 years the International has been committed to improving the working conditions, benefits, and market share of its membership.

SMW Local Union No. 104 is comprised of over 10,000 members with 49 elected positions: 25 full-time positions (Business Manager, Financial Secretary Treasurer, Assistant Business Managers and Business Representatives) and 24 part-time positions (Vice President, Executive Board, Trustees

and Warden/Conductor), and all are required to serve the membership as outlined in our Constitution and Ritual. In addition to the duties and obligations outlined, over the past few decades we have expanded our duties (for example, the formation of the Campaign for Jobs) as a means of increasing opportunities to gain market share in order to better the lives and working conditions of current and future members and their families. This is our sole purpose. It is why we exist. Actually, we improve the working conditions of everyone in our industry, including the unrepresented.

Included with the elected positions mentioned above, there is a Codes and Standards Representative, a Political and Public Relations Director, and a Political and Public Relations Representative. In addition, there is a Business Development Department that consists of the Business Development Director and 12-14 additional positions; we have an administrative staff of 22, and an IT Department of three, all of whom are instrumental to our administration and its success. Comprehensive job descriptions of these positions will be provided in the 2023 Member Directory.

The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors’ National Association (SMACNA National) is made up of over 3,500 signatory contractors with more than 100 chap-

ters--which are similar to local unions—throughout the United States Canada, Australia and Brazil who perform heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), architectural sheet metal, industrial sheet metal, kitchen equipment, specialty stainless steel work, manufacturing, decking and siding, testing and balancing, service, and energy management and maintenance work in the commercial, residential, industrial markets.

The five Local SMACNA Contractor Associations/ Chapters within the jurisdiction of Local 104 are: Bay Area, Central Valley, Northern San Joaquin, Sacramento Valley, and Tri-Counties. Each has a board of directors consisting of the business owners (or their appointees)—these are the contractors who employ our members. Depending on the association’s size, there may also be a full-time staff, which in most cases includes an executive vice president.

The Monterey Bay Area Sheet Metal Contractors Association (MBA) is an independent association and similar to SMACNA in its structure, although they do not belong to a national organization.

The Silicon Valley Contractors Association (SVCA) is also an independent association and is also similar to SMACNA in its structure, although they do not belong to a national organization. There are also some UA employers

represented by SVCA. In the same way Local 104 represents its members, these Associations represent the employers. When collectively bargaining, we bargain with the Association covering the area agreement being negotiated.

There are approximately 290 employers signatory to Local 104.

NOTE: There are a few employers who are independent, i.e., Simpson Strong-Tie, with whom we bargain directly. The diagram provided indicates most of the related Labor/Management Trust Funds wherein benefits are provided as specified in the agreements that a majority of our membership and employers participate in. These trust funds are collectively bargained; each with a Board of Trustees made up of equal representation by Labor (Local Union 104) and Management (employers of Local 104) who bear the responsibility of managing the funds and their assets. The various collective bargaining agreements obligate employers’ contributions to these funds. Assets are placed in the trust funds, legally distinct from the union and the employers, for the sole and exclusive benefit of the participant, and depending on the fund, their beneficiaries as well.

Under National Trust Funds you will see National Pension, SASMI/HCRA, ITI, SMOHIT and NEMIC, each

Rick Werner President/Business Manager

The Business Manager's Report

with trustees from Labor and Management who are appointed by SMART International (Labor) and National SMACNA (employers) from across the country for the purpose of overseeing these funds.

Under Local Trust Funds you will notice three separate funds. There are a total of 12 Labor trustees on these three funds appointed by the Business Manager. On the District 1 Plan the seven Management trustees are appointed by Bay Area SMACNA. On the District 2 Health Care Plan there is a total of four Management trustees: one for Sacramento, one for Central Valley and two for Northern San Joaquin. There is only one trustee on the District 3 Health Care Plan. This Plan is part of a larger plan that includes Local 105 in Southern California, Locals 26 and 88 in Nevada, and Local 359 in Arizona, with each having Labor and Management trustees.

The Northern California Pension and PSP/401k consist of 11 Labor trustees and 11 Management trustees, and the appointing of those positions is the same as described under the District 1 and District 2 Health Care Plans.

The Tri States Pension trustee structure is similar to the structure described under the District 3 Health Care Plan. The District 3 401a consists of two Labor trustees and two Management trustees appointed by Local 104 and Tri-Counties SMACNA, respectively. Training Trusts: There are five

separate Training Trusts: One covers District 1, three cover District 2, and one covers District 3. All have the same type of trustee structure as described above. Throughout Local 104 there are nine training facilities with over 100 full and part-time employees who are dedicated to educating the current and next generation.

Mike Nesbitt Financial Secretary-Treasurer/ Recording Secretary

The Financial Secretary's Report

JAMS 2.0 UPDATE

There are some new features coming to your JAMS member portal that we are excited to tell you about! Before the end of 2022, you will be able to download your dispatch report and payment receipts from the member portal, as well as upload a profile picture to personalize your portal experience.

We continue to encourage all of you to “get online” if you haven’t done so already. Log into the member portal or mobile app regularly to, first and foremost, ensure your information is current, and second, look through the features and functionality there because we regularly push out new features and improvements to existing functionality.

Lastly, this is YOUR software, so if you have suggestions or feedback of our member portal and/or mobile app, please let us know. The best way to provide your feedback to us at this time is to go to the Contact Us section of the member portal or mobile app, fill in the form with your question or suggestion and someone will respond to your inquiry.

LEARN AS YOU WORK AT THE EAST BAY TRAINING CENTER

Classes are underway and Local 104 apprentices are hard at work at the brand-new Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104 East Bay Training Center, a state of the art 32,000-square-foot facility in Livermore, California.

When you first enter the doors of the training center, you are greeted with walls of Sheet Metal history, from tools to documents and equipment. The Sheet Metal Industry is ever evolving, and the training center does an amazing job of being at the forefront of technological advances in the industry while paying respect to the history of

the trade.

The open layout of the training center allows for a free-flowing workspace centered by a large two-story red iron steel structure used for training on everything from field installation to 3D modeling.

“We have that structure in the center which brings the jobsite to the apprentices in the classroom, where as before, we were trying to teach concepts in the classroom that can relate to the jobsite. We now have it all in-house to incorporate the lessons here”, said Ben Rive-

ra, an Administrator at Sheet Metal Workers’ Local 104 and Bay Area Industry Training Fund. “Aside from the training structure, every classroom in the building has large windows and open ceilings with working exposed ductwork, allowing instructors to use the duct systems as classroom lessons.”

“The entire building teaches — there is no other training center like it. It is top-of-the-line, inside and out…Every square foot of the building is intended to be used for teaching and learning” said Tim Myres, an Administrator at Sheet Metal Workers

Local 104 and Bay Area Industry Training Fund. “We saw this firsthand on our visit to the training center with apprentices taking turns climbing the ladder to take readings and performing testing and balancing work inside of their classroom.”

“Part of what makes this facility unique is that some of the equipment we’re servicing is going to be part of the active building, so we have to go through lockout/tagout procedures and even some experience walking on decking and working on the various heating and cooling systems on top of the building,

which is typical to what you’ll see on a jobsite” Rivera added. The facility provides live working spaces for a service, welding, and testing, adjusting, and balancing (TAB) lab, three technology labs with raised flooring for easier future technology upgrades, ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi, and an entire rooftop service lab with HVAC equipment.

The instructors expect up to 3 classes with 20 apprentices in each to be going on simultaneously. Along with the jobsite feel, the facility also provides 40 computer stations set up for 3D scanning and layout, with Auto

CAD training expected in the future.

With signatory contractors Brown Sheet Metal, Kinetics Mechanical Services, Service Metal Products, and Silicon Valley Mechanical on the project, Local 104 members had the unique opportunity to build a facility that will be actively train the next generation of Union members.

SOLIDARITY SPOTLIGHT

BY: VINCE SUGRUE

Rosella Jackson “Rosie the Welder”

At 101 years of age, Rosella Jackson is full of life and proud of her legacy as a “Rosie.” As a welder, she worked at the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond and has been featured in parades, honored at the Rosie the Riveter Museum, and is a big supporter of getting more women into the trade! She’s stayed healthy in her retirement by staying off the couch and having fun with line dancing, art, and enjoying life. We were excited to connect with her to hear her story and to share it with others.

Where did you grow up and what was your path to working in the Kaiser Shipyards in Richmond?

I grew up in Salinas, California and graduated from Salinas High School in 1940. I was mar-

ried soon after graduation to a boy that went to school with me. Right after that, the war broke out. I remember sitting with my girlfriends in our car waiting for our men who were out dove hunting when we heard about the bombing at Pearl Harbor. We decided as a family we needed to do something about it to help. Eventually, my father-inlaw attended a class in Salinas for two weeks on welding, and after that, we moved up to an apartment in Oakland that was owned by my mother-in-law’s mother. Housing was nearly impossible to come by because so many people around the Bay Area were moving close to the Kaiser Shipyards to go to work. One day my mother-in-law said, “I think I’m going to go work in the shipyards to be a welder” and had to battle with my father-in-law over the decision, but she made it clear that she was going. In the shipyards,

they had a big tent where the training took place, so she went, my husband went, and then I said, “I want to go and be a welder too.”

I got on my husband’s crew who was a leaderman, and I was one of two women on the crew out of about seven of us. We were treated equally in the work tasks that we had to get done, and sometimes that meant each of us taking a turn to go down a deep well in the ship or being outside late at night in the wind and cold. I worked from 1942 until 1944, and then afterwards became a telephone operator until I retired.

What was your experience like as a “Rosie”?

I truly had a wonderful time and considered it to be quite a fun job. I’m an artist, and I think there’s something about welding where it feels like art. I enjoyed

welding the beads just right and creating uniformity. I also enjoyed the physical aspect of the work. I was only 98 pounds and I’d haul my equipment up and down ladders by slinging it over my shoulder. Some nights could be rough from the bay winds, but we were very safety conscious and my crew looked out for each other. I personally didn’t mind working the graveyard shift from 11pm to 7am because we’d get an extra $1.50 an hour. It just meant we would head home after our shift, sleep until 4pm, then I’d wake up and make our lunches and we’d head out to work. Remember, in the 1940’s, there wasn’t a freeway from Oakland to Richmond, so we had to take normal streets to get there which took longer. It was also such a unique time compared to any other time in recent American history. We worked most days because that’s really all you could do. All of your food and gasoline was rationed due to the war, so you really couldn’t travel too far. As a family, we would all travel in one car to work.

What does the legacy of Rosie the Riveter mean to you?

It means a lot to me and makes me think of the time I had helping make a difference during the war. It was really special to see the ships go from the basic frame, to the dry dock and then out to sea, knowing that we had helped build something huge. For women of today, I highly recommend pursuing a trade. I think the trades are for everyone, and if we could do it back in the day, you can do it too!

nia. If you’re ever in the area, it’s a great place to take your family for a visit and to enjoy beautiful views of the Bay. As part of our National Park Service, the museum is free. To find out more information, scan your phone over the QR code for more details.

Sheet Metal Workers’ Local Union No. 104 are proud supporters of the Rosie the Riveter Museum in Richmond, Califor-

The Importance of Mobilizing for Working Family Champions

This past election season has been a big one with huge opportunities and consequences for us. Whether or not we like to be active in local politics, it’s essential for us to have voices representing us. We face many challenges when it comes to growing work opportunities for our members. There are non-Union lobbying groups who actively rally in support of candidates who oppose prevailing wages, joint labor-management apprenticeship programs, and local Union construction jobs.

There is a growing sentiment within the housing developers to utilize out of town and out of state nonUnion contractors who exploit their workforce and pay less than

the area standard wages. However, because we have challenges, those provide us opportunities to get working family champions elected, and re-elected to be our voices and to stand up for Union construction jobs. Throughout Local 104, the Campaign for Jobs has been incredibly active this year spreading the word about the candidates that make sure in their community, developers are building with Union labor. We’d like to thank all the members who took a lawn sign, walked a precinct, phone-banked, and took the endorsements of Local 104 seriously. Your efforts have been immense and make the difference in growing our Union and supporting working families!

Here are some photos from different

Spreading the Word about our Trade and

the Value of the Union!

With the loss of trade introduction programs in high schools including wood shop and metal shop, many students throughout the United States aren’t exposed to the proper fundamentals or develop an understanding that a career in the Building Trades is both dignified and a great pathway to a successful life. As a society, we’ve learned over the decades that college is certainly not for everyone and students who are mechanically inclined and enjoy working with their hands should be given opportunities to harness those skills. As part of an effort to build up our pipeline into the apprenticeship, Local 104 has been actively participating in trade fairs with our pre-apprenticeship partners and different school boards throughout our jurisdiction. Over the last several months, our Training Center Staff, Business Representatives,

Organizers, and Local 104 members have been out helping spread the word and providing hands-on demonstrations of what it takes to be a Union Sheet Metal Worker. Check out some the photos from around Local 104!

teering and fighting the good fight.

How did you get into the Trade?

I was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky and raised in Central Ohio. When I was 17 I had a choice between reform school or the Navy. I chose the Navy and came out to California in 1957. I got out of the Navy in 1961 and found a job at a plastics place outside of Camarillo. On my way to work, I’d end up passing by this group of people every day, they’d be outside this little building just laughing and drinking, so one day I pulled in and it turned out to be a sheet metal shop. I ended up talking to them and they invited me into the group. I would go by so often that they would buy me a 6 pack of Pepsi and I would sit there drinking soda while they drank their beers. One day the boss came out and told me he needed a shop boy. He offered me his 1957 pick up and $100 dollars a week to work there, which was a big jump from the $42 dollars a week from

the plastics shop. I thought I had died and went to heaven. I worked there for 6-7 months before the boss told me, “This is a Union shop so you’re going to have to join the Union” and that’s how I did it. I worked for numerous Union shops in that area, but when I moved up here in 1976, it was tough finding employment. Eventually, I found a job at Enterprise Sheet Metal and the rest was history. Without the Union and my G.I. Bill, I

I started off in the shop, loading up the trucks every day and making sure there was enough screws for the journeymen. I used to always tell people, “Treat your apprentice good, someday you might end up working for them.” At some point, a couple of us ran a shop, but I never signed on as an owner, instead I just made my wages like everyone else. I ran the field team; we did a lot of light commercial and residential work. We would work on projects with 500 tract homes and more. That was my experience.

You’re a man of many interests and titles, can you tell us a little about what you’ve been up to outside of the Trade?

I sit on the Shasta Local Agency Formation Commission, I’ve been elected and served 26 years on the water board and 42 years fighting fires. I’ve been a training chief, interm chief and even at 82 years old, I’m still a back up when they need help. I’m the Chairman of the board for the Hill Country Health Clinic which has a $59 milliona-year budget and serves Shasta County’s mental health needs, I’m on the finance committee for the Workforce Investment Board, a Sheet Metal Delegate and an Executive Board member for the Five Counties Central Labor Council, and Northern California Veterans Cemetery Commit-

tee. I also work for Shasta College with the fire academy, play professional paintball and go gold panning in my spare time. I also run my blog and stay active with whats going on with the Union. Some would say I live a simple life.

Why do you feel it’s so important to be active in the Union, especially our younger members?

If members don’t stay active and engaged in the Union, they may not end up with a pension. We have to make sure we keep our members working, and get those man-hours that feed into the pension and health benefits. I still pay my dues, it’s not much, but I pay it. Young people have to get involved. I wish there were classes in public speaking we could give to the members to give them the confidence to speak up at boards and commissions or interact with people at pickets and other public events and meetings, their voice is important. You’re never too young to get involved, I took my granddaughter down to a Labor Day event in Sacramento because I understand the importance of getting involved in understanding the labor fight.

What is some advice you can give to our members that live in not so Union-friendly areas but want to make change in their communities?

You cannot be afraid or ashamed of what you are. You need to walk up and say “I’m a hardcore

Union guy”. There is no need to hide it. Put who you are out there with pride. I used to have nonunion shops call me up in the middle of the night, just to tell me not to show up to their place of business, and I would surprise them by showing up before they even opened.

Any final thoughts for our members?

I’ve seen the highs of the union and I’ve also seen the hard times, but the fight continues. We have to get our members to invest back into the Union and let them know what they are fighting for. That’s what the Union movement is about. This is what I’ve done my whole life and it’s been a great life.

From the Retirees’ Clubs of Local 104: Congratulations to our well-deserving, recently retired members. Welcome to all on joining our ranks!

RECENT RETIREES

Richard D. Baker

Scott A. Barton

Early J. Batt

Mark Bridge

Bob N. Carnett

Margaret M. Chew

Alan Delema

Ronald W. Frazier

Jeffrey T. Garrison

Larry D. Gomez

Mark Gormley

Ed W. Hampton

Raul Hernandez

Darryl Lampley

Edward G. Luebbert

Michael Lujan

Jose Maravilla

Ray R. Martinez

Bart W. Murray

Robert R. Pacheco

Thomas L. Parmley

Nicholas E. Patron

Dana L. Raishe

Felix Ramirez

Matthew J. Rausch

Jon A. Ribera

LOCAL 104 RETIREES’ CLUB

Stockton

Various Locations

Contact | Roy Perez (209) 471-5930

Meetings | Stockton area Retirees Breakfast Club will again start breakfast get together’s starting in September 2022 on the 2nd Wednesday of every month at 10am. September 2022 through May 2023 at various restaurant locations in the Stockton Area.

Fresno

3602 W. Shaw Ave. - Current Meeting Location

Contact | Frank Flores: (559) 283-5171, fflores55@msn.com

Meetings | second Tuesday of every month

Black Bear Diner

3602 W Shaw Ave Fresno,CA 93711

Everardo Rico

Gary J. Rocha

Ernesto V. Rodriguez

David A. Roemer

Rick B. Salamoni

Francisco Salomon

David Shepherd

Jeffrey T. Smith

Richard Souza

Steve A. Thomson

Troy D. Watt

Johnny J. White

James W. Wolfe

South Bay

2350 Lundy Place, San Jose

Contact | Gene Singer (408) 931-2322

Meetings | Second tuesday of the month. 11:00 AM Southbay Hall, San Jose.

Xmas party on December 8th, it will be held at Fiorillo’s 638 El Camino, Santa Clara, 11:00 AM

Luncheon !! $25,00 per person, Member and 1 Guest.

East Bay/North Bay

Contact | Linda LaMarre (510)-706-5332

Sheet Metal Retiree’s of Northern California

Come join the retiree’s club. We have field trips, spring and fall luncheons, also a Christmas luncheon.

We meet on the 2nd Tuesday of the month unless it’s a field trip or special call meeting. Come for coffee, doughnuts and talk with other retiree’s and win raffle prizes.

Upcoming meeting

December 7, 2022

Christmas Luncheon

Basque Cultural Center 559 Railroad Ave.

S. San Francisco

$35.00ea meal

11am (lunch at noon) end around 2pm

January 10, 2023 10am-12 noon

TOUR

Start at 1401 Greenville Road

Possible after we head to SMART SMW union 104 offices 3232 Constitution Dr. Livermore

Regular Meeting

February 14, 2023

10am-12 noon

4350 Central Place Fairfield, CA

Regular Meeting

For any questions or to reserve your place at the Christmas Luncheon and the January TOUR

please contact:

Linda LaMarre Cell (510)706-5332

email-lamarre.linda@yahoo.com

Roger Mason Cell (925)300-7247

email-rogermason104@gmail.com

East Bay/North Bay Retirees Club

South Bay Retirees Club

Fresno Retirees Club

DEARLY DEPARTED

Thomas S. Blackson

Gregory R. Blust

Alfred Carrillo

Randy E. Cawley

Ron L. Cook

Mason Geisinger

Reno Giuntoli

Gary Goldberg

Raymond D. Gucho

Robert L. Heinkel

Richard F. Kashner

Curtis Lawrence

John Moffett

Joe Moore

Michael Moroni

Paul C. Napier

Ernest Ornellas

Allen D. Racine

Frank Raimondi

Todd A. Rose

Donald Sullivan

Don Wilson

Jesse Womack

JATC ANNOUNCEMENTS / UPDATES

DISTRICT 3

District 3 is running welding certifications for Journeymen every Wednesday evening and Saturdays by appointment. Please call the JATC if interested.

Our multi-year graduation dinner and ceremony is scheduled for November 5th at the Pacific Corinthian Yacht Club.

The new 6,500 SF training center in Nipomo is in the correction phase of the County of San Luis Obispo Building and Safety plan check. We expect to complete the corrections within three weeks

and resubmit in November. The Planning Department has already approved their portion of the project. We’re hoping to break ground in the Spring of 2023. The new building will be almost 4x the size of our current Santa Maria training center.

We will be conducting interviews for new applicants that have passed the entrance exam in November.

2023 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS

The 2023 Robert G. Mammini SMW Local Union No. 104 Scholarship Trust Fund applications will be available in January 2023. To date, your Union has expended more than $7.2 million in scholarships (1135 scholarships) to Local Union No. 104 members and their legal dependents. To be eligible, a member must have been employed under an agreement which contains the provision for the contribution to the scholarship fund.

There are currently three (3) Robert G. Mammini SMW Local Union No. 104 Scholarship Trust Fund applications available. The Merit Scholarship awarding $7000, the Mechanical Engineering Scholarship awarding $25,000 (offered to one applicant per year), and new this year, the Graduate Student Scholarship awarding $50,000 (offered to one applicant per year). To receive a scholarship application in January, please contact the FinancialSecretary-Treasurer/Recording Secretary’s office.

SERVICE PINS

Gabriel Avila

Steven Baylo

Jason Christiansen

Mike Franov

Timothy Hurley

Michael Ibarra

Kevin Jinkerson

Troy Lindbloom

Cameron Lujan

Caley Moore

Ramon Ortega

Kent Premo

William Roberts

Robert Rodriquez

Larry Sanchez

One Sypason

Jesus Valdovinos

Kyle Warner

Brian Werner

Konrad Xaysana

Daniel Yaeger

Rayson Allen

Richard Andrus

Mike Brown

James McFarlane

Ronald Porcelli

Lee Savoy

Norbert Wollak

Robert Heidner

Michael Tomko

Daniel Alger

James Coronado

Shane Hargrave

Glenn Mizzi

Carol Nolte

Gerald Novack

Robert Pascarella

Steve Thomson

Bernardino Valencia

John Connor

William Dutra

Richard Cde Baca

Service Pins presented to Richard V. Guardino (60 Years) and Lawrence A. Farro (70 Years) at the South Bay Retirees meeting

Service Pin presented to Lawrence Russell (40 Years) at the Five Counties Central Labor Council meeting in Redding, CA

Revocation of Contribution to Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local Union No. 104’s PAC

(If using this form, send it to SMART Local Union No. 104 c/o Recording Secretary/Financial Secretary-Treasurer’s o ce at 3232 Constitution Dr Livermore, CA 94551)

REVOCATION OF CONTRIBUTION TO THE SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS (SMART) LOCAL UNION NO. 104 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SMART-PAC)

I hereby revoke my authorization for my employer to deduct my voluntary five cents ($0.05) per hour worked or my monthly Northern California Pension contribution to SMART Local Union No. 104 PAC. I understand this contribution will no longer be deducted not later than one month after submitting this notice to SMART Local Union No. 104’s Recording Secretary/Financial Secretary-Treasurer’s office at 3232 Constitution Dr Livermore, CA 94551

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Retiree Monthly

Contribution to Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers (SMART) Local Union No. 104’s PAC

(Please ll out the form below, cut it out and send it to SMART Local Union No. 104 c/o Recording Secretary/Financial Secretary-Treasurer’s o ce at 3232 Constitution Dr Livermore, CA 94551)

AUTHORIZATION OF CONTRIBUTION FROM MY NORTHERN CALIFORNIA PENSION TO THE SHEET METAL, AIR, RAIL AND TRANSPORTATION WORKERS (SMART) LOCAL UNION NO. 104 POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (SMART-PAC)

I hereby authorize the below amount to be deducted monthly from my Northern California Pension and deposited in the SMART Local Union No. 104 PAC account. I understand this contribution will start being deducted the following month after submitting this authorization to SMART Local Union No. 104’s Recording Secretary/Financial Secretary-Treasurer’s office at 3232 Constitution Dr Livermore, CA 94551. I also understand that I can revoke this authorization at any time by submitting a “Revocation of Contribution” form to the abovementioned. ___ $5 ___ $10 ___$25 ________ Other amount

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