JANUARY 2010 - Ironworkers

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President’s Page

JOSEPH HUNTGeneral President

Good News on the HorizonThe media never ceases to print

or broadcast a disproportionate amount of negative news. If you ask a reporter why this is, they will invariably tell you it is necessary for their mar-ket share because it’s “what the public wants to hear.” That may be the case, but unfortunately, this negativity has a disproportionate effect on our economy. Every expert will tell you that the pulse of our economy is grounded in the psy-chological perception of our consumers and investors. Our industry is especially sensitive to this since our members are hit fi rst with the effects of an economic downturn because when investors stop lending, we stop building.

Recessions have occurred as part of an economic cycle in just about every decade of the twentieth century and can be measured very accurately. While this one has been more damaging than most due to corporate greed, econo-mists here and abroad have declared that this most recent one is offi cially

over. You may be saying, so how come I don’t have a job, and the answer is because job growth comes only when in-vestors and lending institutions become optimistic, which usually occurs many months later. The good news is that

lending is starting to happen now due to some very aggressive action by our government. It is a little known fact that during the Great Depression when unemployment hovered around 25%, it was a good time to be a bridge-man. Government funded bridges were built on the East Coast, Pacifi c North-west and West Coast. Some of the more notable ones were the George Wash-ington in New York, the Tacoma Nar-rows Bridge in Washington State, the San Francisco Bay Bridge, the Golden Gate, and many others. This infusion of government funds into infrastructure

projects creates jobs faster than any other stimulus and has had a proven record of accomplishment for jump-starting the economy ever since Frank-lin D. Roosevelt developed this tactic.

Infrastructure jobs from stimulus funds have just started to come to frui-tion and the recently passed Federal Budget contains another $447 billion for six government agencies, much of which is earmarked for Davis Bacon covered infrastructure projects. I believe these preemptive tactics will keep our mem-bers heads above water until the econo-my heats back up for the start of another economic cycle. There is solid evidence this has already begun and investor optimism is on the rise. The unemploy-ment rate has actually turned the corner and many economists project signifi cant growth of the GDP for the coming year.

There are also other factors that make me positively optimistic about job oppor-tunities for our membership. There are a tremendous amount of shovel ready projects just waiting for funding. I have sent out a request to every local union to identify labor-intensive projects in their jurisdiction in need of funding. I promise you that our International will use every bit of its political infl uence to get these projects funded and get our members back to work as soon as possible.

Other positive factors have to do with the demographics of our mem-bership, attrition and the Baby Boom-er effect. These statistics point to an inevitable shortage of qualifi ed iron-workers and the workforce in general. When you couple this with the return of the normal fl ow of investment capi-tal, the future looks extremely bright. So stay the course, and stick together until we can dig our way out of these lean times. Be assured your general offi cers will do everything in our pow-er to jumpstart Iron Worker projects and get you back to work.

“I promise you that our International

will use every bit of its political

infl uence to get these projects funded

and get our members back to work as

soon as possible. ”


JOSEPH J. HUNTGeneral PresidentSuite 4001750 New York Ave., N.W.Washington, DC 20006Office: (202) 383-4810Fax: (202) 638-4856

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FEATURES

The Hoover Dam Bypass Project

Ironworkers Get the Job Done Right

Inked Ironworkers Show Their Pride

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Thoughts from an Old Timer

Departmental Reports

IMPACT

Local News

Lifetime Honorary Members

Official Monthly Record

DEPARTMENTSJANUARY 2010

Official Publication of the

International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers1750 New York Ave., N.W. • Suite 400 • Washington, D.C. 20006 • (202)383-4800

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Volume 110 January 2010 Number 1

On The CoverLocal 75 (Phoenix), 416 (Los Angeles) and 433 (Los Angeles) ironworkers and more are employed on the Hoover Dam Bypass project.

EDITOR: Scott Malley, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR: Nancy Folks

THE IRONWORKER ISSN:0021163X Published monthly, except for a combined July-August issue, for $15.00 per year by the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006. Preferred periodicals postage paid at Washington, D.C. and additional mailing offices. Printed on union-made paper. Postmasters: Send change of address to Ironworker- 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006Canada Agreement Number 40009549.


Local 75 (Phoenix), 416 (Los Angeles) and 433 (Los Angeles) ironworkers and more employed on project

The construction contract for the Colorado River Bridge was awarded to the joint venture partnership of Obayashi Corporation and PSM

Construction USA, Inc., in October of 2004 for $114M. Construction began in early 2005 and is expected to be completed in 2010. When completed, the 2,000 foot-long Colorado River Bridge will span the Black Canyon (about 1,500 feet south of the Hoover Dam), connecting the Arizona and Nevada Approach highways nearly 900-feet above the

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Colorado River. The construction requirements and challenges are as diffi cult as any in the world.

By November 2008, the joint venture contractor had completed over $78M worth of construction. Major milestone work completed included the abutments, approach columns, girders and deck, and arch skew-back footings. A number of the arch segments were cast using a tempo-rary form traveler system. The contractor established a new cableway system developed specifi cally for this project and site. The cable crane system spans the canyon, delivering materials and equipment used in constructing the bridge. Other completed work included the precast seg-ments for the bridge columns, which support the roadway on the arch.

On August 10, 2009, the arch portion of the Colorado River Bridge was physically connected. Removal of the supporting cable system was complet-

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ed on August 27, and the arch is now self-supporting and free standing. The bridge is approximately 85% complete.

Continued work includes setting the precast columns, erecting the steel girders, and casting of the roadway deck and barriers. The bridge remains on schedule for completion in late August 2010. Opening of the bypass is on track for November 2010.

A LITTLE HISTORY OF THE HOOVER DAM BYPASSPhase Two of the Hoover Dam Bypass, the Nevada

Approach project, was completed in November 2005. Edward Kraemer & Sons, Inc., the contractor for the Nevada Approach project, completed this $30.1 mil-lion roadway improvement from Nevada U.S. 93 to the new Colorado River Bridge crossing nearly two months ahead of schedule.

Construction of the Nevada Approach, began in Oc-tober 2003, and within its short 24-month duration, the contractor constructed 2.11 miles of new four-lane highway alignment including six new bridges, a new

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traffi c interchange at U.S. 93 near the Hacienda Ca-sino, retaining walls, wildlife crossings, and a 1.6 mile extension of the River Mountain River Loop hiking trail. To accomplish this feat, the contractor moved over 1.5 million cubic yards of blasted rock materi-al, placed 2.8 million pounds of reinforcing steel, and poured over 12,000 cubic yards of structural concrete.Phase One of the Bypass was fi nished in December 2004. Completion of the Sugarloaf Mountain Bridge signifi ed the end of construction on the Arizona Approach project.

The project involved building a connection between U.S. 93 and the Colorado River Bridge. Major components of the $21.5 million project include nearly two miles of four-lane roadway, a 900-foot bridge on the east side of Sugarloaf Mountain, a new traffi c interchange at U.S. 93 and Kingman Wash Road, wildlife crossings, trail access parking, improved drainage and rock staining. The joint venture contractor, R. E. Monks Construction and Vastco Inc., were responsible for construction activities on the Arizona Approach. The project was completed on time.

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Ironworkers Get the Job Done Right

American Bridge Company, in partnership with Local 79 (Norfolk, Va.), erected the 73.5-ton bascule gird-ers and 93-ton counterweight box on a brand new bascule bridge in Chin-coteague, Virginia that will connect the island to the mainland replacing the aging Black Narrows approach and swing bridge from the 1930s.

Local 79 ironworkers also erected the mainline approach bridge con-crete girders for the 4,035 feet total of the bridge. The mainline bridge features a single-leaf bascule span-ning the 60’ Lewis Creek Channel. The mainline approach spans con-sist of typically 80’ 66,000 pound concrete bulb-T and 96,000-pound facia beams.

The bascule span utilizes two main girders, each weighing 73.5 tons with fl oor beams, lateral brac-ing, and longitudinal bracing be-tween them. The span is balanced by a 93-ton counterweight box fi lled with 385 tons of concrete and 70 tons of lead blocks. Each girder has a 22” diameter by nearly six-foot long trunnion shaft supported by circular bearings atop columns anchored to the bascule pier. These bearings and the structure support-ing them required extremely precise alignment with tolerances as low as a few thousandths of an inch super-vised by American Bridge Manager of Bridge Construction and Balti-more Local 16 member Ugo “Hokey” Del Costello. The span employs a rack and pinion system driven by two 75 horsepower motors.

Union ironworkers involved in the erection of the bascule span in-cluded Foreman Chris DeMarco, Lo-cal 17 (Cleveland, Ohio), Foreman Paul Prowant, Local 17, Local 79

Bridge Completed in

Chincoteague, Virginia

members Steve Olson, J.T. Milyko, Ian Lucero, Vince Lietuvninkas, Tom Murphy, Joe Fleming, Mike Red-mon, and Thomas Bell. Other locals were represented in the construction by fellow union ironworkers Greg Chafi n, Russ Hannah, Mark Felton, Roosevelt Daniels, Terrell Jackson, Lenny Lamarga, and Pariss Stull.


CHW Marian Medical Center (Santa Maria, Ca.)

Tops Out

Photos courtesy of Jane Ray, Santa Maria

Folsom Lake Bridge Completed on Time

and Under Budget

Congratulations to Ironworkers Local 118 (Sacramen-to, Ca.) and to Kiewit Pacifi c for completing on time and under budget the Folsom Lake Bridge.

Bay Area Ironworkers

and AB/Fluor Setting

the Suspension Span

Sequences

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Local 433 (Los Angeles) and Local 155

(San Francisco) On Site

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Marmet Gang of Local 301

Local 301 (Charleston, W.V.) com-pleted another monumental phase for the Marmet Locks and Dam replace-ment project. While working for Kokos-ing/Frucon, based out of Ohio, the iron-workers installed sixteen 10x10x105’ fi ve hundred ton pre-cast guide wall beams with the help of River Salvage’s (Pittsburgh) crane support.

Many challenges were overcome on the project, including pre-tied re-bar structures, mats, culverts, and walls that had to be lifted into place, secured, and cut loose.

The job entailed 200.00 cubic yards of concrete, 5.6 million lbs. of

rebar, and 1.7 million lbs. of structur-al steel. The lock chamber is 110 ft. wide, and gate to gate is 800 ft. long.

Members of Local 301 have been working on the project since August 2002 and completed in 2009. On the job were Greg Flynn, Brian Good, Rob Harding, T.J. Dixon, Travis Butcher, Eric Boner, Nolan Carver, general foreman, Basil Workman, Ken Fowler, Q.C., Paul Lott, C.D. Hughes, general foreman, Jim Carr, project engineer, and Jerry Zeiglar, superintendent. Local 301 would like to thank Kokosing/Frucon and the COE.

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Table Rock, Upper Level Complete

ES Fox, Structural Steel and Local 736 (Hamilton, Ontario) ironwork-ers completed an 880-ton addition to a very old historic site in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada named Table Rock. The original building was built in 1853 by Saul Davis of Buffalo, New York. The building was taken over by the Niagara Parks Commis-sion in 1886.

There were three main areas of construction on the project. The fi rst was a three-fl oor addition to the west side of the structure using a 300-ton crane to erect. The next major area was a grand hall on the east side, just 45 feet from the brink of the Falls. The last main area included a clock tower/entrance and a pedes-trian bridge that crosses the Niagara Parkway.

CustomerNiagara Parks Commission

Erector/FabricatorES Fox Limited, Structural Steel Division

Ironworkers on the ProjectSteve Matthews, superintendent, Norm Schwarz, foreman, Kirk Vallieres, Richard Cote, Monty Joudrey, Dave Aimesbury, Donald Bateman, Alan Jose, and Bryan Lambert.

(right) Topping Out

Topping Out at the Columbia-St. Mary’s Hospital

(Milwaukee, Wisconsin)

Michael Muntean from Local 111 (Rock Island, Ill.) works for J.P. Cullen out of Janesville, Wiscon-sin. The general contrac-tor was CG Schmidt - Bar-ton Malow.


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The Philharmonic Center at Miami Beach started in Septem-ber 2008 with approximately 3,000 tons of structural steel. It is a unique building with large trusses with hanging balconies, and large open areas with curtain glass. The building topped out in April 2009 by Local 272 (Miami) ironworkers. The project is ex-pected to be completed in 2010.

J.S.R. Steel and ADF International are the steel erectors. Sylvia Fallen, owner of J.S.R. Steel, was in charge of operations and steel erection, along with Serge Brisson, superintendent of ADF Inter-national of Montreal.

The curtain wall is being installed by Harmon Glass with fi eld superintendent Daryl Wilson being in charge of operations.

Redinger Steel Erectors, Inc., with Local 25 (Detroit) iron-workers, topped out the new se-nior center in West Bloomfi eld, Michigan. On the job are Phil Nichols, Brad Redinger, Josh Redinger, Jon Esch, Jeff Ros-ier, and Mike Haataja. All are members of Local 25 and em-ployees of Redinger Steel Erec-tors, Inc. Butch Redinger is a 40-year member and the owner of the company. He retired from Local 25 eleven years ago.

Local 25 Signatory Company, Redinger Steel

Erectors, Erects New Senior Center

Philharmonic Center at Miami Beach

Bottom row: John Becton, president, Local 272; John Crow, general foreman; Sylvia Fallen, owner, J.S.R. Steel; and Jackie Sloan, general foreman. Second row: Jean Guy Bienvenue, raising gang foreman; Bob Wisehart, apprenticeship coordinator, Local 272; Yader Rodriquez, apprentice of the year, Local 272; and Larry Ward, operating engineer. Raising gang on top-top row: Hector Tabares and Alex Rinks. Second row: Alex Perez, John Becton Jr., and William Lares. Third row: Jean Noriega and Edwin Olive.


Stonebridge Steel Erectors, along with Local 11 (Newark, N.J.) ironwork-ers, is currently working on the Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey. The $250 million dollar project employs 85 members of Local 11. The project‘s construction manager is Hunter Rob-erts Inc., under the direction of Pat An-gelo. The Red Bull Arena is able to hold 25,000 soccer fans. It will be the newest and most modern facility in America.

The project was years in the plan-ning stages with the town of Har-rison and Hudson County. With the New Jersey State Building Trades President William Mullen and other state and local offi cials, the project was started over a year ago with site and foundation work beginning.

The erection of steel started in August of 2008 and is presently on schedule for completion. At the height of erection, Stonebridge Erec-tors had four cranes erecting steel at once. With the help of Local 825 oper-ating engineers under the guidance of Lead Engineer Lee Hubbard all crane operations went smoothly.

The steel fabricator for the Red Bull Arena is Structal, which is the

heavy structural steel division of the Canam Group. Structal-Canam provided 7,000 tons of structural steel, which required approximately 70,000 man-hours to fabricate and required 375 trailer loads for the steel to be delivered to the site in Harrison, NJ. Structal-Canam also provided approximately 12,000 bolts, which Stonebridge used to erect the structural steel.

The ironworkers on the project are from Local 11. Business Manager Ray Woodall and Assistant Business Agent Bret Torppey did a great job in refer-ring qualifi ed ironworkers to the proj-ect. During the erection process, the four rig foremen were Ken Toscano, Bernie Lalley, Tom Cox, and T.J. Han-sen. The bolting up foremen were Mike Cloither, Bobby Carr, Bob Hermance, Fred Wolf, and Tom Bartley. The plumb-ing up foreman was Tom Sullivan. All work was supervised by General Fore-man Shawn Torppey, Northeast Gen-eral Superintendent Kevin Kellett, and Project Manager Mike Davis.

Tom Kellett is a member of Local 11 (Newark, N.J.) and has been an iron worker for 45 years. He started out as a journeyman in 1964, and worked his way to owning Stonebridge Steel Erectors with partner, Jack Falcone. With his wife of 43 years, Peggy, they have raised three children; Kevin, an ironworker for 25 years, Brian, an ironworker for 20 years, and daughter Stacy. The remainder of his family in-cludes two daughter in-law’s Adrienne

and Lisa, and one son in-law Bob Hermance, an ironworker for 10 years; as well as six grandchildren. Tom has many other family members in the business, making it a family affair. Tom has always been involved with his family as well as Local 11. He is proud of his career and union that he has been part of for so long. Tom believes being part of a union makes America strong. He also believes in a strong work ethic, “work hard to play hard.” His commitment to fi nishing the job on time has always been a big part of his success. Over the years, times have changed as well as the way business is done, with new safety reg-ulations and educational courses. But, the end result has always been to fi n-ish the job right, on time and always keeping safety fi rst.

Local 11 at Work on the Red Bull Arena

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Local 10 ironworkers working on the recovery of a Manitowac 18000 at the Iatan Power Plant near Weston, Mo.

Local 10 (Kansas City, Mo.) Ironworkers at Work

Harris Rebar Ottawa’s largest job to date is complete after seven long months. The $475 million project is a wind turbine farm housing 86 wind-mills, which will be a major source of electric power for Kingston, Ontario, and surrounding areas. The footings of all 86 windmills totaled 5600 tons.

To keep on schedule, the rodmen from Local Union 765 built one footing every other day. Each footing weighed approximately 60 tons each. Each blade of the windmill was 165 feet in length.

Just as the construction crews were packing up to leave Wolfe Is-

land, the community centre board realized that they could use these resources to help complete their long anticipated ice rink, which before had only been talked about, due to the lack of funds.

So, with $700,00 donated from Frontenac Islands Council, $90,000 raised by CCB and $100,000 donated from sports personality Don Cherry (also a Wolfe Island resident), along with the donation of materials, labor, services and equipment from construc-tion companies already there, the job was completed in only 11 days.

Local 765 (Ottawa, Ontario) Works on Wind Turbine Farm Photos courtesy of Paul Hogan

The Harris Rebar Ottawa placers from Local Union 765 that worked on The Wolfe Island project are (front row) Gilles DesRosiers, Anthony Laginoniere, and Brad McPherson, and (back row) Brandon McPherson, Kevin Duffy, Ian McConnell, Jeff Godfrey, Robin Kehoe, Thomas Blair, Wayne Doucette, Rob Binkley (crane operator from Mammoet), and Trevor Blair.

Harris Rebars’ Wolfe Island Project Foreman Trevor Blair, alongside Hockey Night in Canada’s own Don Cherry.



My Ironworking DaysRobert K. JohnsonBook #180234

I had dropped out of high school in my senior year for several rea-

sons, and started in the ironworking business in 1940 at eighteen years of age. The ironworking trade was a line of work that I felt I could do well in. I knew it was hard work, and the work was seasonal and dirty at times, but one thing I did know was that the trade paid well and I liked the idea that it was an outdoor, fresh air type of work.

The business agent for the Iron-workers Trade Union Local 86 in Seattle at that time was Richard “Dick” Tracy and the offi ce girl, dis-patcher, was Peggy. They knew of my father’s death, Robert A. John-son, while working at the trade and were both very helpful.

Whenever a job I was working on would end, I would report to Peggy and she would send me out on an-other job, usually within a day. I had acquired a reputation as a steady hard worker and very seldom missed a day of work. Besides Peggy took a liking to me.

The Ironworkers Union encom-passes many types of work. I start-ed as a reinforcing ironworker. That consists of laying and tying rebar into place on bridges and buildings before the concrete is poured. Struc-tural ironwork is erecting the iron beams and columns and trusses for buildings and bridges and then riv-eting the framework together.

Nearly all work in the metal line in the building trades industry in those early days was claimed as within the ironworkers’ jurisdic-tion. Actually, I think we ironwork-ers would be given most of the dirty, heavy work.

The shoes that I wore as a struc-tural ironworker were pliable lace-to-the-toe boots. The footwear was a soft-soled shoe that allowed me to feel the rivet heads on the beam I was walking on. My outer garments were Carhartt overalls, a Hickory shirt, and a rain slicker if needed. When working outdoors in the Pa-cifi c Northwest, rain gear is almost always needed. A heavy leather belt was strapped on my waist, carrying my tools, which consisted of two spud wrenches, a 12-inch crescent wrench, a bull pin in a leather sheath, a can-vas bolt bag, and a four-pound ham-mer. This belt could amount to 10 lbs. of added weight to carry around, depending on the number of 3/4-inch bolts carried in the bolt bag.

When working as a fi nish iron-worker, installing aluminum store-fronts, you were required to have a drill motor, sets of drills, sets of taps for threading holes and a tape mea-sure, with the ability to read that instrument. I mention that require-ment because I have worked with some fellows that, depending on which side of the tape measure they were standing on while taking a measurement, would read the tape either 67 inches or 76 inches.

A reinforcing ironworker’s tools were a pair of 7 to 8-inch pliers, a reel of tie-wire, a stick of chalk, and a six-foot collapsible wooden ruler. When I started in 1940, there were no tie-wire reels. For lack of the reel, we would wear a roll of tie wire around our neck over the right shoulder and under the left arm. That was in the days before OSHA—Occupational and Safety Hazards Administration. There were no safety helmets re-quired on the job and no safety lines to tie oneself off to the structure.

The pay at that time, in the early 1940s, was $1.00 per hour for ap-

prentices and $1.67 for journeymen. That rate of pay was considered very good at the time and any hours worked over forty hours per week we were always paid double time.

When I started working at the ironworking trade after leaving high school, one of my fi rst jobs was in the Bremerton Naval Shipyards. I lived in Seattle at that time and I rode the Kalakala Ferry back and forth to work. That made close to a 12-hour day. I would get up at 4 a.m., take a bus to downtown Seat-tle area, and then walk to the ferry terminal and board the ferry for the ride to Bremerton, where I would eat breakfast. I would then enter the Naval Shipyard ready to go to work at 8 a.m.

In Bremerton, we were erecting a high bay building. The roof was ap-proximately 60 feet off the ground. This building was constructed of iron, and it was held together with rivets. The riveting gang consisted of four men. A heater was the main man, and it was his job to heat the rivets in a small coke fi red forge and throw them using a set of met-al tongs to the rest of the gang on another fl oat, or scaffold. One gang member caught the rivet and put it in the hole. One man would drive the rivet and the other man would buck-up the rivet with a heavy buck-ing tool, and the driver would form a rivet head on the opposite side with a #90 pneumatic gun.

The rivets had to be a cherry red, just the right temperature and col-or. If the rivet were too hot it would start to burn and disintegrate and could not be used, and if it were too cold it could not be formed correctly. The rivets had to be the exact correct temperature or they would make a poor connection. Later an inspector would check the work. If it were bad,

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the rivet would have to be removed and redone.

One of my duties as an appren-tice was to keep the heater supplied with rivets. He would write down the length and number of different rivets and throw me down a list, written on a scrap of cardboard. I would get the rivets from the shack, put them in a bucket, fastened the bucket to a line, and pulled them up to the heater on his platform, called a fl oat. If the count was right and the size of the rivets was correct, the heater would not even acknowledge that you had sent him what he asked for. If you sent him the wrong size or count he would kick the entire bucket off his platform and all of the rivets includ-ing the bucket would come raining down on your head. As I said, that was before the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, OSHA, was formed. There were no hard hats required on any job as there are today. For that reason, I stayed well away from being directly beneath a heater’s platform. To me heaters were an ornery lot. All the heaters I ever worked with, or knew, were a grouchy, grumpy group of old men. The heater’s name on this particu-lar job was Bill Turvey. I never saw him crack a smile or say a kind word to anyone.

While working in the Bremerton Naval Shipyard on that high bay building a young laborer was stand-ing below an opening in the roof. He had just sent up a load of roofi ng ma-terial. The corner of the load hung up on the opening in the roof and a 2 x 6 x 10-foot plank slipped out of the load, came down vertically, and smashed the back of this fellow’s head. I don’t know whether a hard hat would have saved him or not.

Another job I was on was up near Startup, Washington. It was

a railroad bridge we were working on over the Wallace River. I had become a journeyman ironworker and was selected to be part of the riveting gang. Bill Turvey was the heater on that job and John Doyle, who weighed about 250 lbs., was the riveter. The riveting gun was heavy and John handled it like a toy pop-gun. Bud McGee and I traded off catching the rivets and bucking-up. It was my turn to catch and Bill Turvey tossed one to me, a distance of about 25 feet.

To catch the rivet we used a cone shaped metal can with a handle at-tached. The trick is to tip the can at the exact instant the rivet hit to stop the rivet and keep it from bouncing out and away. I caught the rivet but didn’t tip the can soon enough and it sailed out and down into the river. I could see the look in Turvey’s nar-rowed eyes as he tossed a second one to me. I felt embarrassed about losing that fi rst one but what the heck; I was new at being a part of the gang. I lost the second one also and into the river it went. The third rivet came like a shot out of a gun. He didn’t toss this one—he threw it with all his force. Luckily, I managed to catch this one in the can and put it into the hole. I didn’t lose but one more after that. That second mishap occurred on the same bridge many days later. I was again the catcher and one hot rivet I caught, and lost, went down the front of my jacket. It was cherry red and glowing and it was inside of my shirt.

I did the only thing there was to do and simply leaned over while the rivet burned through my shirt and jacket and again went into the river. Everyone laughed at that, even Bill Turvey had a smile on his face.

Another job I worked on was the construction of the Boeing buildings

in Renton, Washington. We were erecting the large saw tooth trusses that, when completed, would be used for building the Boeing Airplanes. I was a connector on that job. Con-nectors work in pairs. They receive the iron beam that is hoisted up by a crane and guide it and place a bolt in each end to secure it. My connec-tor partner, Jack, was riding on the top of a wooden A-frame with a grip on the choker cable as the A-frame was being swung into place to sup-port the bottom chord of another truss. Just for an instant, the choker cable touched the bottom chord of the truss where my partner was holding on and he lost one of his fi ngers. He didn’t know he had lost it until blood started running out of his glove. He came back from the doctor’s offi ce lat-er that day with his fi nger wrapped in a piece of gauze to show us.

On that same job, a tobacco sales-man handing out free packages of Beech Nut chewing tobacco met us one morning at the gate. We all took a sample and went to work. During the day, it was chewing tobacco spit fl ying through the air and staining everything it landed on. Workers working on the ground were targets for most of the morning.

After lunch each day Steve Full-er, the foreman, usually took a little nap in the web of a 24-inch column. He would sit on the ground and with his back up against the col-umn would catch 40 winks in the sun. Bud McGee was watching him from about 40 feet up and waited until Steve had dozed off. He then took our water bucket and poured a little down the column where Steve was dozing. This woke Steve up, and he looked up to fi nd the source of the water and saw Bud directly overhead pretending to button up his fl y. There were some choice

Thoughts from an Old Timer continued



words to be heard throughout the rest of the afternoon.

One afternoon after most of the week in rain, we were sitting on the top of a saw tooth truss putting up the purlins, which extend from truss to truss. Skinny Jenne, on the ground in the mud, would hook on to the purlin and hook a tag line to one end of it to guide it up to us as it was being hoisted.

Harry Nielsen, the superinten-dent for Pacifi c Car and Foundry, was standing next to Skinny in a business suit and overcoat shouting at Skinny telling him how to guide the purlin up through the steel to us where we were waiting to bolt it to the truss. The ground was covered in about 6-8 inches of mud. The crane was sitting on a huge wooden mat for a solid base. Harry was standing on a cleaner portion of the wooden mat in his shiny shoes as he was giving instructions to Skinny, who was standing in six inches of mud. As the purlin was being guided up to us, Skinny was hanging on to the rope tag line and the mud from the line was running down Skin-ny’s arms as he guided the iron up to us. He was a muddy mess from head to toe. Skinny listened to all the instructions from Harry that he could tolerate and jammed the tag line, mud and all, into Harry’s arms and yelled, “Do it yourself you old bastard.” Then he walked off. Harry was jerked off into the mud with his street shoes, and had to fi nish guid-ing the purlin up to us. I thought to myself—good for you Skinny. Noth-ing ever came of that incident, but Harry never again came around shouting instructions to anyone.

Any old timers from the Seattle area reading this tale will prob-ably remember Ben Paris. This was a large sporting goods store

with restaurant located in the basement on Westlake Avenue and Pine Street in downtown Seattle. Ben Paris had a brother that was an ironworker and his name was Spike Paris. Spike was a heater and one of the best. He was also, like all heaters, an ornery cuss. I worked in his gang on many oc-casions. It rained most days dur-ing the winter months in Seattle. I can remember Spike wearing his overcoat; the large brim on his hat turned down because of the rain, and the pipe that was always in his mouth would be clenched in his teeth upside down to keep the rain from putting the fi re out.

The ironworkers’ trade was al-ways hard work, sometimes danger-ous, and 99 percent outdoors. The work, for me, was rewarding, always steady with good pay.

Before Helen and I were mar-ried, we were both employed. I had become an ironworker apprentice, a “punk,” and was doing reinforcing ironwork on the newly remodeled Ballard Bridge in Seattle. This con-sisted of carrying one-inch-square rebar 40 feet in length from the point, the steel trucks dropped them out to where they were placed and tied on the bridge prior to pouring the concrete.

At that time, I weighed about 90 lbs. soaking wet. My partner in this carrying process was another young “punk” and his weight was near the 180 lb. mark. He had feet that fi t into size 13 shoes. He would grab three of these 1-inch square rebar and hoist them to his shoul-der while I tried to get the other end of these three 40 ft. long bars up on my shoulder. He would start walking out to the drop spot. I was struggling to bring up the rear and sometimes I would get the three

bars to my shoulder and other times, because of the weight, I could only get them as high as my waist. Away we would go. This would go on eight hours a day. Many days I overslept on the bus on the way home and went past the street where I was supposed to get off.

I was working at the Bremerton Naval Shipyards Sunday morning on that December 7, 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Har-bor. I can remember riding the Kalakala Ferry back to Seattle wondering what was going to hap-pen next.

During the following weeks, all my high school friends signed up in the Washington State National Guard. My mother wouldn’t let me but later, after I married, I enlisted in the Army Air Force and fl ew com-bat missions over Germany.

Some of the men I have worked with as an ironworker in the 1940s that I can remember:

Paul Collop 86Ray Collop 86Skinny Jenne 86Dutch Jenne 86Chauncey Forte 377Felix Martiniez 86Ernest Janet 86Allan Engler 86Danny Plaza 377Bobby Shull 377Bobby Haack 377Mac Graves 377Dick Roberts 377John Doyle 86Bud McGee 86Steve Fuller 86Matt Schille 86Henry Torheim 86Angus Cameron 86Jerry Nolan 86


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APPRENTICESHIP DEPARTMENT REPORTMike White

National Training Fund Receives Department of Labor Grant

General President Joseph Hunt recently announced

that the National Training Fund has received a $536,000 grant from the Department of Labor (DOL) to support development and testing of distance learning. The title of the project is “Ex-panding Ironworker Appren-ticeship: Establishment of a Hybrid-Progression Model.”

This grant was secured with the assistance of IMPACT and GSP Consulting, a grant writing

consultant organization. GSP’s services are provided by IM-PACT free of charge to all IMPACT signatory local unions.

The National Training Fund will be revising their National Apprenticeship Guideline Standards to accom-modate both traditional and “hybrid-progression” appren-ticeship programs. The hybrid program will include the traditional hands-on component and a distance learning component. The Ironworker’s revised National Standards will also be updated to refl ect the recent changes to “La-bor Standards for the Registration of Apprenticeship Pro-grams (Title 29, CFR Part 29).” Once the new National Apprenticeship Guideline Standards are completed and approved, they will be sent to all local unions for imple-mentation and approval by the local union JATC and their authorized registration agency.

The National Training Fund will be working with four local union apprenticeship programs to test distance learn-ing under this grant. These include Local 387 in Atlanta, Local 732 in Pocatello, Idaho; Local 495 in Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Local 848 in Charleston, South Carolina.

According to the Department of Labor announcement:

“This funding will promote the development of fl exible training options that allow organizations to continue to provide workers with state-of-the-art apprenticeship opportunities” said Secretary

of Labor Hilda L. Solis. “Traditional as well as new and emerging industries, such as those re-lated to green technologies, will benefi t from the innovative program designs that this $6.5 mil-lion will help to support and expand.”

We are defi ning distance learning as a method of learning for apprentices who do not attend the classroom component of training center courses. The information or knowledge part of each course is delivered by self-study and will include periods of training center attendance for skill development, practice and testing.

Apprentices using this distance learning approach will complete the same courses as apprentices taking cours-es at the training center, will attend the training center for the same number of shop hours, and will complete the same knowledge and skill tests. It is only the tradi-tional classroom component that is being completed at a distance. Note that the core safety courses are not taught using distance learning and the apprentice must complete these at the training center.

As part of this grant, we will be “enhancing” the DVDs that accompany many of our training packages. We will be adding audio to DVDs for a number of our core cours-es including Orientation, Structural, Reinforcing, Rig-ging, Cranes, Architectural and Ornamental, and Weld-ing. These DVDs will have audio explaining the content on each slide. These will be used by apprentices working through the classroom component of their program at a distance. After reading a unit in the reference manual, the apprentice can then go through the instructor slides for that unit and hear a subject matter expert explaining the information. The apprentice will then complete the unit assignment sheet and mail this to their instructor.

We will be implementing grant activities through Au-gust of 2011. We will keep you informed regarding our progress and will share materials as they are developed. In the event there are questions regarding this grant and distance learning, please contact Rick Sullivan at [email protected].

Jeremiah DeArmond of Local 732 (Pocatello, Ida.) studying at home.

Paul Forbes of Local 495 (Albuquerque, N.M.) studying at the training center.

Anthony Mora of Local 495 tying rebar at the training center.


JANUARY 2010 19

SAFETY AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTFrank Migliaccio

For the last eleven months, we have been under the guidance of a Democratic President, along with a

Democratic controlled Congress and Senate. They have had their hands full trying to right the wrongs that were put into place by a Republican Administration that “pushed an anti-union and anti-worker agenda through the DOL, OSHA.”

Now that we have control, what does this mean for safety, the Iron Workers, and the working class? With control of the White House and both chambers, labor will have a stronger say in who sits in important posi-tions in this administration. You have already seen a big change at the Department of Labor. The new Sec-retary of Labor, Hilda Solis, comes from a strong union background and feels as though every working man and woman should belong to a union. The new Assistant Secretary of Labor-OSHA, David Michaels, has begun work on expanding workers rights. Michaels Deputy, Jordon Barab, who was Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor, OSHA, until Mr. Michaels was confi rmed, has made the greatest impact by assisting the Iron Workers in rescinding two areas of Subpart R—Steel Erection dealing with Structural Steel Assembly, 1926.754(b) (3) and 1926.754 (c). The directives from the old ad-ministration allowing open fl oors over two stories was suspended along with allowing shear connectors to be factory installed, which presented a tripping hazard to our men and women ironworkers. Now contractors must deck every two stories or 30 feet, whichever is less. This allows for a rescue platform and also adds protec-tion from falling objects. Also, shear connectors cannot be installed on the steel until it arrives on the job, is set in place, and a walking/working surface is installed. With labor friendly men and women in just these three positions, you will see a more positive attitude towards

safety for blue-collar workers. The days of looking out for the concerns of BIG BUSINESS at the expense of worker safety and health are over.

This administration will still try and pass an Employee Free Choice Act, but by the looks of things, the health care package is getting most of the attention. The administration is a strong supporter of job creation and workforce devel-opment so Americans can le-verage our strengths to create new high-wage jobs and prosper in a world economy. They understand it is the American worker who is the backbone of our great nation, and should be the focus of our national policies.

The fi nancial problems that our country now faces will be felts for years to come. The banking industry was given a federal bailout and some are beginning to pay back the American taxpayers already. Two of the big three auto manufacturers also received bail-out monies. The unemployment level is at the highest it’s been in years. The housing industry is still falter-ing, but with foreclosure rates lower than 6 months ago. American jobs have been farmed out to overseas sweat shops. With all these problems and more that I haven’t mentioned, it will not be an easy task to bring change. With the right people in the right positions, it will get done.

With that said, lets all work together and get our great country back on top with rest of the countries of the world looking up to us again as leaders once again.

A New Year

NoticeChange In Magazine Label

You may have noticed on our mailing label that your book number now has an extra digit on the end. Rest assured your book number has not been changed. In an effort to reduce costs and duplication of work, the Iron Workers International is using the Address Change Service (ACS) from the U.S. Postal Service. ACS allows the majority of address changes and non-deliverables to be submitted electronically to headquarters. ACS requires a certain amount of characters in the identifier line on our magazine’s mailing label. To achieve standardization, we add one more number to the end of your book number, but your official book number is still the same.


20 THE IRONWORKER

DAVIS-BACON/PREVAILING WAGE REPORTas provided through IMPACT Chris Burger, Wage Compliance Administrator

Another year has passed, and Davis-Bacon prevailing wage has been on the radar of just

about all Iron Worker locals. Here’s hoping you all had a Merry Christmas and are rested and geared up for 2010 when we’ll continue to be tested. We sometimes forget that the original prevailing wage laws were passed to help local communities (in ef-fect local unions and their signatory contractors) going back as far as President Ulysses S. Grant right after the Civil War. That’s right- before FDR, and before Hoover who later signed the Davis-Ba-con Act in 1931. The prevailing wage is still with us and for good reason.

But with local union turnover, we can lose a lot of know-how. And when we don’t make use of this “level-playing fi eld” (fi ling complaints, getting involved in the bidding process and par-ticipating strategically in wage surveys), we lose out. We’re beginning to turn this around. And one way is that we are beginning to join fair contracting organizations. Through them, we can combine in labor-management partnerships with other trades, contractors and allies, and can push for higher standards for public works in our communities.

Prevailing Wage Complaints: Cheaters on the Defensive

Last year, for the fi rst time in years, we have been able to get the word out that the Wage & Hour Division of the U.S. Department of Labor is back in the business of its original mission. This means that we can again put forth credible complaints about cheating by the unscrupulous contractors that try to cheat on the prevailing wage. So please call me to help develop cases when you identify a wage and hour or trade clas-sifi cation problem. This applies as well for many states with their own “Little Davis-Bacon” laws.

The Wage Surveys ReturnThe US DOL is supposed to do surveys about

every three years, but this has hardly been the case until now. Some states had surveys that sat around for a decade and when fi nally published, included “stale” wage rates. Other regions hadn’t

been surveyed in decades such as big parts of Texas. Thankfully, the Lone Star state (due to the diligence and leadership of their state BCTC and our district council president) has done a huge turn around. I’m told nearly all trades pre-vailing in all counties, which shows what can be done. Likewise, West Virginia’s trades have got-ten fully involved in the process through educa-tion and awareness.

According to the DOL’s currently posted schedule, already underway or about to begin are surveys in most of the New England states, Ari-zona, New Mexico, the Carolinas, West Virginia, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. We do know that participation by all locals can make all the difference. Please call me for more information on the subject.

Keeping Your Davis-Bacon Wage Rates Up-To-Date: A Local Union Priority

It is highly advised for all outside U.S. locals that the local union (through the business man-ager) regularly review their wage determina-tions throughout the year at WDOL.gov. Any as-signed local union offi cial or qualifi ed secretarial employee can also do this. The goal is to see that they are in line with the most current CBA of the local. When a project comes up and goes out to bid, don’t get caught with an old wage rate. Your contractors will have to bid at a disadvan-tage due to the lower, older rate.

This can be done 2-4 times a year at www.WDOL.gov depending on when and whether pre-vailing wages should have been published by the DOL. If your local covers more than one state or has several distinct regions (or even states), it is that much more important to watch WDOL.gov closely. When there is something that does not appear with your local’s wages, please im-mediately contact me at (202) 834-9855 at the Davis-Bacon Offi ce. I will review the matter and if needed directly contact the proper wage ana-lyst at the DOL. We also invite you to contact this offi ce for brief training by telephone on this essential Web site.

DOL Prevailing Wage Conferences Begin Nationwide


IMPACTIMPACT Provides Turbine Erection Training for IronworkersIronworkers have been erecting wind turbines for many years.

However, according to many of our signatory contractors, there is a growing need for worker certifi cations in several areas includ-ing tower climbing/rescue as well as torque and tension training. IMPACT is now making training in these areas available.

In order to provide just-in-time training for Iron Worker lo-cal unions and signatory contractors, IMPACT has established an agreement with the Francis Tuttle Technology Center in Oklahoma City. This technology center has an excellent wind turbine training program and they have designed a course that will meet the needs of the Iron Workers.

The need for training for ironworkers working on wind turbine erection projects will vary around the United States and Canada. This training course will be made available on demand. If a local union or signatory contractor has up to 10 ironworkers who need this training in order to work on a wind turbine erection project, IMPACT will arrange for the course to be conducted within 45 days of the request. Note the following important points regarding this training course:

The goal of this course is to rapidly train ironworkers and ➣

get them on to wind turbine erection sites. This is not a train-the-trainer course.

Because this course is delivered in an accelerated man- ➣

ner, only journeymen ironworkers with a minimum of 3 years fi eld experience who already have the OSHA 10, Subpart R, and First Aid/CPR/AED training will be eli-gible for this course.

Course length is 36 hours over 4 days. Participants will ar- ➣

rive on a Sunday evening and return home on that Friday.

The course tuition and lunches during the course will be ➣

paid for by IMPACT.

The cost of the hotel ➣

(about $100/day in-cluding breakfast and taxes) as well as travel costs, wages and benefi ts must be paid by either the local union, signatory contractor, or by a regional IMPACT grant.

The course can accommodate up to 10 ironworkers. If ➣

there is a need to train less than 10, the determination as to whether the course will be conducted will be made by IMPACT. Efforts will be made to fi ll each course.

This course designed for ironworkers will focus on two ma-jor areas. These include tower safety and torque certifi cation.

The tower safety part of the course focuses on the differ-ent forms of fall protection, rescue and evacuation techniques and types of equipment. Participants will also learn the proper use, care, and maintenance of height safety equipment used in the wind energy workplace. Upon successful completion of this part of the course the participant will receive a nationally recognized DBI Tower Safety Certifi cate.

The torque certifi cation part of the course will certify the participant in all aspects of torque. From basic fasteners and safety, mechanical torque, electronic torque, and hydraulic torque. This part of the course is very intense and allows the participant a tremendous amount of hands-on learning, appli-cation, and certifi cation from two industry leaders in torque: Snap-on Tools and Hytorc. The participant will receive three industry recognized certifi cates upon successful completion of this part of the course.

For more information about this wind turbine training course, contact Harvey Swift, IMPACT assistant director of Education and Training at 800-545-4921 or by e-mail at [email protected].

Ironworker learning tower safety. Local 25 (Detroit) erecting a wind turbine.

Ironworkers learning torquing procedures.

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22 THE IRONWORKER

Jeff Ingersoll, Local 25 (Detroit)

Rick Centers, Local 25 (Detroit)

Alvin Carden, LOCAL 25 (Detroit)

George Galicia,

Local 155

(Fresno, Ca.)

David West, Local 84 (Houston, Tex.)

Jay Casino, Local 361 (Broolyn, N.Y.)

Diego Dumas, Local 361 (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Ed Hancock, Local 229 (San Diego, Ca.)

Freddie Treece,

Local 229

(San Diego, Ca.)

Robert

Hansen,

Local 135 (Galve

ston, Tex.)


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Darcy McLean,

Local 384 (Knoxville, Tenn.)

Jeff Jaskiewicz, Local 25 (Detroit)

Thomas Young,

Local 155

(Fresno, Ca.

)

Todd Helvey, Local 25 (Detroit)

David Johnston Jr., son of David

Johnston Sr., Local

395 (Hammond, Ind.)

Michael Flesch

ner,

Local 361

(Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Joe Vanderpoel, Local 25 (Detroit)

Michael Cregin, Local 36

1

(Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Anthony DeBlasie,

Local 361 (Brooklyn, N.Y.)

Craig Chapulis, Local 1 (Chicago)

Danny Drozd,

Local 1 (Chicago)

Rob Petrey

, Local 1

(Chicago)

Robert Ribby, Local 25 (Detroit)

Toby Jarrett, Local 229 (San Diego, Ca.)


24 THE IRONWORKER

25 Year Members Donald Anderson, John Eckart, Mel Fitzpatrick, Sr., Les Her-nandez, Gary Jennings, Henry Kingsbury, Robert Massingale, Lincoln May, Anthony Simpson, Rick Vick, W. Jay Wheatley, Ray-mond Wilson, and Ronald Zabel.

30 Year Members Donald Brown, James D. Brown, Clem Cain, Kenneth Crawford, Michael Daly, Ray Darby, Doug Daugherty, Craig Delarm, Kenneth Elward, Jerry Fischer, Bill Fish, Fred Fish, Mel Fitzpatrick, Jr., William Gladfelder, Roger Glinski, Glenn Gordon, Mory Grigg, Michael Grimes, Dennis Groom, Donald Hamrick, Theodore Hanley, Calvin Harris, Robert Henderson, Teryl Langford, Charles Maffei, Fred McClure, Wayne McGee, Jr., Donald McKerlie, Danny McLaughlin, William Morgan, Rick Mor-ton, Thomas Moyer, Terrance Nelson, Robert Ojala, Thomas Pe-terson, Gary Phillips, Lupe Rangel, Kevin Sanders, Thomas Seeley, Stephen Stapley, Ron Van Tine, William Vandergriff, John Wedin, Dalis Weideman, Patrick Woodward, and Kelly Zielinski.

35 Year Members Albert Allen, Joseph Allen, Richard Andrews, Jeffrey Bare, Dennis Bauer, Robert Bravenec, William Burns, Gary Chapman, Eugene Criswell, Irvin Dust, John Dyes, Pable Esquivel, Den-nis Fuller, Bruce Gradisher, Pat Haffner, Ivin Harris, Wes Hoover, Gary Hundeby, William Johnson, Gary Kennedy, Warren Kropf, Steven Larue, Don Mar-thaller, Billie Martindale, Raymond Miles, Bill Miley, William Moore, Ken Noble, Joseph Ohlhauser, Gary Osburn, Dennis Palmer, Leroy Peters, Rodney Peters, Ray Powers, Glenn Richardson, Clarence Rief, Ellie Smith, Edward Smith, John Snell, Paiboon Svas-tislee, James Toland, Paul Tunnell, Glen Underwood, Allen Watts, Doug Wise, and Dennis Young.

40 Year Members Michael Abentroth, Ron Ackerman, John Adams, Rudy Arvidson, Dwight Biggers, Richard Cunningham, Stan-ley Downen, Joe Engel, Gordon Flora, Rob-ert Grimes, Peter Hausen, Glenis Johnson, Grady Johnson, Carl Mansfi eld, Larry Man-they, James W. Martin, Michael McKinnon, Eddie Miller, Walter Miller, Charles Mitchell, Ordean Moore, Lon Olson, Doug Pomrankey, Roy Rasmussen, William Roberson, Edward Rydstrom, Thomas Sandell, David Starke, Robert Steffens, Richard Thompson, Robert Wood, Richard Young, and Cecil Youngs.

55 Year Members Jimmie Blanton, Lamar Dunyon, James Durfee, Charles Forsyth, Harold Freese, Richard Gale, Richard Gussenhoven, Larry Hanner, Clifton Hardy, Carroll Johnson, Virgil Krieger, Joe Lamping, Charles Mason, Wayne McGee, Don Miller, Kenneth Prock, Plato Saltz, Edwin Schubert, John Wilson, Ron Wineland, Dallis Young, and Marvin Young.

45 Year Members Paul Adams, Sidney Avery, Leland Barta, Ralph Bledsoe, James Brotherton, Claude Clafl in, John Daw-son, Roy Elliott, John Gill, Donald Gimbel, James Godier, Floyd Grigg, James Grimes, Ralph Hauck, Ellan Hinsz, James O. John-son, III, Norman Koenig, Darrel Lobdell, Robert Melton, Dwight Newman, John Ronfeld, Harold Schacher, Ernest Strebeck, Hal Sutton, Ronald Vick, Gerald Wolvington, and Richard Wyman.

60 Year Members Dale Hotchkiss, Arnold Klugman, Donald Nelson, Kenneth Parker, Richard Phillips, Wallace Phillipson, Stanley Rawley, Pat Sanders, William Shank, James Sousley, James Wallace, and John E. White.

50 Year Members James Anderson, John Culver, Joe Gillispie, Henry Gordon, Edward Haven, Donald Holter, Norman Hudnall, Marvin Jones, Fred Keels, Mel McKer-lie, Henry Radezky, Jay Rhodes, James Ryan, Terrence Steiner, Duane Weideman, and Don Winterfi eld.

65 Year Members Art Altenburg, John Deffen-baugh, Dale Clapper, Joseph Lynch, George Mans-fi eld, and Willis Yockey.

Local 14 (Spokane, Wash.) honored its members with a Senior Pinning Ceremony at the Red Lion Inn at the Park Hotel on the beautiful Spokane River in downtown Spokane. Over 500 people, who included members, their families and special guests, were able to attend the special event. Local 14 honored 224 members with 13 receiving the 25-year pin, 46 receiving the 30-year pin, 48 receiving the 35-year pin, 33 receiving the 40-year pin, 27 receiving the 45-year pin, 16

receiving the 50-year pin, 23 receiving a 55-year pin and 12 receiving a 60-year pin. For the fi rst time, Local 14 was able to present six members with a 65-year pin! The festivities included a golf tournament held in the morning, followed by a cocktail/social hour and concluded with a dinner buffet, the awards presentation and dancing. A great time was had by all! The next Senior Pinning Ceremony for Local 14 will be held in June of 2011.

Local 14 Holds Senior Pinning Ceremony


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Local 290 presents retired apprentice coordinator Rick Cornett with a gold watch. Left to right: William A. Woodward, business manager/FST, Rick Cornett, retired apprenticeship coordinator, and George E. Kratzer, general vice president.

30 Year Members Front row left to right: Kirk Wil-marth, Gary Arnold, and Curtis Dabney. Second row left to right: Hank Poff, business agent, William A. Woodward, business manager/FST, Abdullah Shakir, Robert Ratermann, president, George E. Kratzer, gen-eral vice president, Rick Cornett, and Bruce Snyder.30-year member not pictured: Mitchell Tryon

35 Year Members Front row left to right: James Armstrong and Pablo Gonzalez Jr. Second row left to right: Hank Poff, business agent, William A. Woodward, business manager/FST, Tommy Ash-brook, George E. Kratzer, general vice president, and William Ruddy. Back row left to right: Robert Ratermann, president. 35 year members not pic-tured: Roger Barnett, John Brubaker, Rick Bush, John Greenwald, Frederick Hollifi eld, and John Moon.

40 Year Members Left to right: Hank Poff, business agent, William A. Woodward, business manager/FST, Paul Tolley, Joseph Erwin, and George E. Kratzer, general vice president. Back row: Robert Ratermann, president. 40-year members not pictured: Paul Bak-er, John Cayton Jr., Richard Heinzen, Donald Lansdale, John McCain, Gary Preston, Lee Roy Reynolds, Richard Walker, Thomas Willis, Edward Woods, and William Woods. 45-year member not pictured: Kendall Joseph

60 Year Members Left to right: Hank Poff, business agent, William A. Woodward, business manager/FST, George Snyder with nephew Bruce Snyder and brother Claude Snyder, and George E. Kratzer, general vice president. Back row: Robert Rater-mann, president.

50 Year Members Left to right: Hank Poff, business agent, William A. Woodward, business manager/FST, Lawrence Gonzalez, Harley Phil-labaum Jr., and George E. Kratzer, general vice president. Back row: Robert Ratermann, president. 50-year members not pictured: Robert Deaton and Nelson Smith. 55-year member not pictured: Billie Adkins

45 Year Members Ralph Copley Jr., president, Jeff Stinson, business man-ager, Eugene “Toad” Haney, Michael Stinson, Jerry Swafford, Earnest Thomp-son, business agent/organizer, and Tom Mauser, FST.

40 Year Members Ralph Copley Jr., president, Larry Ron Stinson, Jeff Stinson, business manager, Calvin Foust, Earnest Thompson, business agent/organizer, Phil Gray, Gilford Threet, Euel Wilmoth, Tom Mauser, FST, and Fred Haulk.

35 Year Members Ralph Copley Jr., president, Jeff Stinson, business manager, Charles Koch, Jerry Ramsey, Earnest Thompson, business agent/or-ganizer, and Tom Mauser, FST.

30 Year Members Ralph Copley Jr., president, Jeff Stinson, business man-ager and 30 year member, John Camp-bell, Jeff Shipman, Larry Lowry, Earnest Thompson, business agent/organizer, Bruce Frazier, and Tom Mauser, FST.

60 Year Members Left to right: Hank Poff, business agent, William A. Woodward, business manager/FST, George Snyder, and George E. Kratzer, general vice president. Back row: Robert Ratermann, president. 60-year members not pictured: Ted Cyr and James Luttrell

Local 290 (Dayton, Ohio) Honors Longstanding Members

Local 22’s (Indianapolis, Ind.) Christmas Party/Years of Service Pin Ceremony


26 THE IRONWORKER

25 Year Members Gary Bene-dict and Thomas Byrne

35 Year Members Bottom row: Richard Dannis, Michael Suciu, Michael Fry, Jeffrey Honsinger, Danny Owen, Leonard McAlpine, and William Wilburn. Top row: William Hicks, Gerald Fisher, Michael Miller, Mark Miller, Thomas Ellery, James Brown, and Ron-ald O’Donnell.

25 Year Members Phillip Vaughn, John Ryznar, Alan Miller, Joseph Kane, and Arthur Ellul.

40 Year Members Bottom row: Donald Brown, William Cova, Larry Remsnyder, Paul Fuester, Edward Rieves, and Paul Kukoda. Top row: William Thomas, Thimothy Brown, Roy Kennedy, Bernard Nutter, and Bruce Bloomingdale.

30 Year Members Bottom row: Kevin Jones, Daniel Horan, Tom Pohl, Ed-win Smith, Gary Swanson, Albert McGuire, Thomas Lazlo, Thomas Young, and Mark Otley. Middle row: Frank Reihl, Gale Toner, Joseph Frey, Mark Hall, Kevin Durham, Curtis Schmidt, Steven Honsinger, and Patrick Spafford. Top row: Timothy Pung, James Scott, Robert Lavery, Donald Joyner, Winton Wright, Arthur Goleniak, Richard Swihart, Dennis May, and Martin Hill.

45 Year Members Henry Campbell, Felix McGuire, and Andrew McKinnon.

50 Year Members Charles Shattle-roe and James Hitt.

55 Year Members Ronald Birgy, James Carnegie, and Peter Woochuk.

60 Year Members Clarence Wright, William Dunlop, and Charles Medley.

65 Year Member Raymond Daley

Local 25 (Detroit) Honors Members at Awards NightEach year, Local 25 pays tribute to the men and women who have been members of the Ironworkers International for 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, 50, 55, 60, and 65 years of uninterrupted service. It is always a special night for members who have given

so much to the trade. During Awards Night, Local 25 also paid tribute to anyone who retired with Local Union 25 between June 1, 2007 and May 31, 2008, and who has complied with the rules and regulations under normal retirement.


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The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veteran Affairs presents Allan MacIsaac, former Business Manager of Local 721 (Toronto, Ontario) with a commendation. Brother MacIsaac is a former Merchant Seaman, who served Canada in the Second World War. He went on to become an ironworker and served as job steward, executive board member, president of Local 752 (Hali-fax, Nova Scotia), and then transferred to Local 721 where he served as a business agent and then business manager/fi nancial secretary-treasurer until his retirement in 1986. Brother Mac-Isaac worked tirelessly for his membership as an offi cer and was one of the architects behind the local union pension plan at its inception. Upon retirement, Brother MacIsaac took his values of equality and skills as a negotiator and worked tirelessly in the pursuit of a service pension for the Merchant Marines, who before then were not recognized by the federal government in the capacity of combat troops. His experience as an ironworker helped a great deal in negotiations with the federal government for the Merchant Navy Settlement. Congratulations Brother Mac-Isaac on the commendation for a lifetime of service to Iron Workers and Merchant Marines!

Bottom row left to right: Training Coordinator William Lawson, Adam Mulligan, Christian Miller, Leo Scully, Thomas Gallo, and Administrative Assistant Patty DeSimone. Middle row left to right: Instructor Robert Shaw, Claude Franz, Daniel DeChellis, Michael DePaolo, Anthony Parker, William Neuberger, and Instructor Charles Hartung. Top row left to right: Instructor Mark Leyble, Jeremias Gloria, Marcelo DaSilva, Gary Ward, Joann Gillison, Warren Fils-Aime, Greg Plock, and Instructor Allan Fox.

Kenneth Botkin, Local 433, graduated as the top apprentice in his class in March 2009. Vincent Botkin, Kenneth’s dad, is a 28-year member and is proud to stand by his son with his new full belt received for graduating with top honors.

At the April Local 24 union meeting, there were a total of 92 members present, 40 apprentices, and 52 journeymen. Many in the group just erected a 750 meg-watt powerhouse boiler months ahead of schedule. Ninety-four percent of the JIW’s have completed an OSHA 10; 92% have completed Fall Protection; 100%

have completed Scaffold Erector/Dismantler class; 100% have completed Subpart “R”; 100% have completed Rigging class; and 78% have over 32 additional training hours. From April 2008 through April 2009, Local 24 has had 2,933 participants attend their training programs.

A Report from Local 24 (Denver)

Member Honored

Top Apprentice of Local 433 (Los Angeles)2008 Apprenticeship Graduation of the District Council of Northern New Jersey Ironworker Training Programs


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Kathy Price, wife of the late (Local 84 ironwork-er) Don Price, along with Business Manager Ed Vargocko, handing out the plaques from the First Annual “Don Price Memorial Scholarship.” Ac-cepting for his daughter Rachael Garza is Business Manager Wally Garza. Also accepting her award is Jessica Vanover, daughter of the late (Local 84 Iron-worker) Chris Vanover, and grandaughter of iron-worker L.D.Vanover.

25 Year Members 25 year member and statewide ap-prentice coordinator Greg Schulze with Trustee Glenn Spenser, E-Board Member Terrel Thomas, Vice President Gary Cook, President Terry Sieck, Business Manager Ed Vargocko, E-Board Member Bubba Phillips, Examining Board Member John Mendoza, E-Board Member Tom Hat-ton, District Council President Marvin Ragsdale, Trustee Doug Patterson, and E-Board Member Mike Patterson.

30 Year Members Obby Flinn, Glenn Spenser, and Kris Stanaback.

35 Year Members James Wooten, Donald Smith, Eddie Apple, Art Paul, George Morrison, Aceson Al-bert, and Mike Patterson.

55 Year Members Thomas Phillips and Jammie James

40 Year Member L.D. Vanover 45 Year Members Robert Hammock and Lee Di-abola

140 Years of Ironworking History David Pat-terson, Mike Patterson, Henry Patterson, and Doug Patterson.

60 Year Members Manuel DeLosSantos, Paul Ford, and James Watkins.

Local 84 (Houston, Texas) Pinning Ceremony


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Monthly Report of Lifetime Honorary Members

Lifetime Honorary members are published in the magazine according to the application approval date. Members previously classifi ed as Old Age or Disability Pensioners that were converted to Lifetime Honorary membership effective January 1, 2007 will not be reprinted in the magazine.

OCTOBER 2009Local Name

1 BARRETT, ANTHONY 1 BLOODWORTH, ELZA C1 CURRAN, MARK A1 ECK, LEON 1 GLUCHMAN, MICHAEL J1 GLUCHMAN, PAUL S1 KIRAN, ARNOLD H1 LENNON, WILLIAM A1 LYONS, JAMES J1 PICKHARDT, JAMES W1 PLATA, EVERETT 1 REYES, FRANK R1 RYMKEY, RONALD W1 STOKES, ROBERT J1 SULLIVAN, TERRY M1 WINTER, FRED H3 BABILON, ROBERT A3 BURK, GARY L3 CRUNY, MICHAEL F3 FERRIS, MICHAEL E3 KOPPENHAVER, FREDERICK P3 MATHEWS, STANLEY L3 MEYER, DENNIS L3 PENNINGTON, HARRY L3 REAGAN, JOSEPH R3 SOMMERS, EDWARD F3 STEVENS, THOMAS J3 TILGER, JAMES E3 TURKOVIC, JOSEPH R3 VAUGHN, CLIFFORD W3 YOUNG, JAMES J5 SEAMAN, LARRY W5 WASHINGTON, THOMAS 7 DE SIMONE, THOMAS H7 HATCH, EDWARD A7 MALESKY, PAUL 7 MARCOTTE, RAYMOND A7 SPRAGUE, WILLIAM R7 WILSON, DAVID J8 ADER, KARL G8 ARROWOOD, FLOYD E8 ASPLUND, WILLIAM A8 AVERY, RANDALL L8 DALLAS, MILTON R8 HUNTER, WILLIAM J8 IGNATOWSKI, MICHAEL C8 KRUMNOW, ROBERT W8 LILLY, JERALD P8 MEYER, WALTER P8 VANBROCKLIN, DANIEL P10 KING, JOE H10 WALLACE, CLYDE C11 BICKHARDT, WILLIAM A11 CAROLAN, KENNETH A11 GREEN, HUBERT P11 HARTNETT, EDMUND V11 JOHNSON, JOSEPH A11 ROSSI, MICHAEL 12 CATALDO, ANTHONY F12 JOHNSON, GEORGE H12 MAKI, DONALD O12 YOUNG III, ROBERT E14 DUST, WAYNE C14 FREESE, GARY L14 STREBECK, ERNEST E15 EVANUK, LARRY E16 MAZUREK, ANDREW N16 STACHNICK, WILFRED M17 GONCZAR, JOHN 17 MATVIYAK, MICHAEL S17 RIZZO, ROBERT A

21 KOWAL, MARK V21 LYONS, DOUGLAS L22 HARWELL, ROBERT P22 HOYT, ARTHUR C24 HUGHES, LESLIE V25 DEAN, JOHN R25 KOPKA, MICHAEL A25 SYMBORSKI, DAVID F25 WOODS, DONALD A28 BLEVINS, WILLIAM C29 CUSMA, FRANCESCO 29 MICKEL, JAMES L29 TUBBS, CHARLES C29 VAN SCOY, DANIEL A29 WILLIAMS, PORTUS W33 TKACZOW, JOHN N37 BACON, THOMAS E37 EASON, WILBERT 37 SCALZI, ROBERT A37 SCIOTTI, NICHOLAS 40 HAYES, RICHARD F40 HOWLETT, LUKE F40 KENNY, JOHN V40 PISARZ, JAMES 40 QUINLAN, WILLIAM 46 GRIMSLEY, GEORGE W46 PICKFORD, WILLIAM H46 L BODIE, JAMES A46 L LYVER, THOMAS R48 MCCLENDON, BILLY R55 DEMPSEY, HENRY M63 HARRIS, CARL L63 MURPHY, ROBERT 67 HUMBLE, TROY 68 MAGLIONE, THOMAS 70 DAVIS, MICKEY W70 DIXON, HAROLD 70 INGRAM, WILLIAM R84 MOUSER, DAVID C86 ATTIG, JAMES E86 CARTER, PAUL E86 FRISK, JAMES M86 HARDIN, STEVEN K86 HOLT, JEREMIAH 86 SONNENBURG, JAMES L89 FROST, STEVEN P97 BOUTIN, JAMIE R97 HAMILTON, DAN 97 KRESINA, STANKO 97 MACDONALD, JAMES E97 MCKEE, HARVEY C97 POWER, RONALD 97 QUINN, GERALD 97 SWITZER, ROBERT 97 WESTCOTT, IVAN A112 OLSON, JESSE 118 STEWARD, JACK W118 TARR, ARTHUR L135 DUKE, JAN C155 LUCERO, TITO A172 GRIFFIN, RALPH M172 LILLEY, KENNETH E172 LINDER, EARL 172 MARTIN, JAMES M172 MENDER, STACE R172 MYERS, JOSEPH L172 SHARPE, TOWNEY L201 BENNETT, EUGENE M207 GENSKO, PAUL H207 ZETTERQUIST, ERIC H292 MORNINGSTAR, RONALD

340 JOHNSON, ALBURTON 350 BAKELY, JOHN A361 CONKLIN, EDWARD 361 HELDT, ROBERT F361 HORAN, MICHAEL J361 SUPER, RICHARD C373 CICALESE, VICTOR 373 ELBRECHT, JOHN J373 RODNEY, WAYNE T373 SEARLES, WILLIAM 373 SMITH, FRANCIS W377 DAVIS, STEPHEN D377 DECKER, JAMES E377 DUSTIN, LOREN K378 AICHINGER, FRED 378 BLANKENSHIP, LARRY J378 GAY, LESTER L378 HOPPER, NELSON 378 JACQUES, ROBERT E378 JOHNSTON, RAYMOND W378 MEESE, WILLIAM A378 NEELY, HERBERT B378 REISWIG, GERALD R378 ROSTRON, LARRY J378 SIMONI, ALFRED C383 MOORE, THOMAS R383 SCHOONOVER, JAMES W384 BOLING, FARRELL E384 DRUMMONDS, ROY T384 JONES, BILLY R384 KENNEDY, RONALD D387 CAUSEY, WILLIAM E387 CLIFTON, RHOLAN E392 MATT, GARY L392 ROBERTS, DENTON R395 GIDNEY, WILLIAM H395 GOODRICH, DONALD E395 HUSKEY, VEARL E395 KORTE, MAX L395 KREIGER, THOMAS B395 MILLER, GEORGE A395 MYERS, KEITH W395 PEREZ, DANNY 396 FRESE, ROBERT T396 WILLIAMS, RONALD L397 TEEM, ROBERT T401 GAGER, SAMUEL W401 GILLIN, GEORGE H401 KEHAN, JAMES J401 MC STRAVICK, WILLIAM 401 SCARY, JAMES P401 WALSH, EDWARD J402 MARTIN, JOSEPH E416 DURAN, SAMUEL S416 LEWIS, TERRY W416 STANFIELD, RICHARD D424 GOTT, GEORGE D433 HANSEN, JOHN L433 MEYER, LARRY L433 SHAFFER, ROGER D433 STRAWN, PAUL 433 WARGO, CRAIG 444 ELLIS, GERALD E444 LESH, DAVID J444 PLUTZ, EARL 444 THACKER, LLOYD E451 CRUM, THOMAS E451 SHARPE, GEORGE W477 DODSON, FLOYD O489 COSLETT, ROBERT 489 DONLIN, EDWARD J

489 KOSMACH, JOSEPH S492 CHANCE, BARRY 492 DINKINS, JOHN R492 FERGUSON, EDWARD C492 JONES, AUDIE R492 JONES, CLARENCE H492 REED, R THOMAS 492 ROPER, RONALD H498 ESPY, PAUL E512 BJERKE, CYRUS C512 EPSEN, ROLAN F512 HENRICKSON, DEAN P512 JACOBSON, JOE 512 JACOBSON, JOHN L512 LOHR, KENNETH D512 LOUGHEAD, KENNETH R512 RONNING, ROGER 580 DONOGHUE, LAWRENCE 580 KIRKPATRICK, KENNETH E580 MOONEY, JOSEPH P580 PORTALATIN, NOLAN 623 AUTREY, ROY M625 BAGUIO, RUBEN C625 NEAL, JOHN W704 ABLES, JOHNNY T704 BAKER, JOHN T704 BONNER, JAMES L704 LAYNE, CHARLES R704 SUMMERS, ROBERT W709 BRAGG, RAYFORD 720 CAIRNS, KENNETH H720 CASTEEL, HARVEY L720 FLIEDER, MAURICE J720 HUNKER, LAWRENCE 720 SLOBODIAN, DENNIS P720 VERHAEGHE, GORDON K721 BOSSE, JEAN P721 CAMPBELL, WILLIAM 721 CORREDOURA, ANTONIO 721 DURANT, JACK W721 GIALLONARDO, TONINO 721 RAYMOND, JEAN P721 SIGISMONDI, CESARE 721 VINISH, JOSEPH A721 WHITEMAN, BRUCE 725 HAWKINS, ROBERT 725 HOLMES, DAVID 725 SPEHAR, DRAGO 728 SOMERS, MURRAY 736 BATCHELOR, JAMES B736 KOVACS, RUDY J736 MITTEN, ROGER 736 O DONNELL, HARRY L759 BERUBE, DONALD 759 DUBOIS, JOHN 759 HUNNICUTT, JOHN 759 RUTTAN, NORMAN 765 PELADEAU, REJEAN 769 COLLINS, FRANK D771 IRVINE, GORDON J R782 HILL, LARRY J782 PICKETT, MALCOM W808 BAKER, TERRY R808 SPICER, BILLY J842 AUBIE, WALTER 842 BOUCHARD, ROGER 842 RIOUX, GERARD 842 TULIP, COLIN 848 PERKINS, JOHNNY J


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OFFICIAL MONTHLYRECORD

1 812523 CURRAN, MARK A. 98303 2,200.001 474941 DROZDA, STEPHEN J. 98368 2,200.001 514073 HARVEY, EDWARD W. 98304 2,200.001 374254 MC MAHON, ARTHUR 98305 2,200.001 634995 O CONNOR, KEVIN 98306 2,200.001 209932 REGA, FRANK P. 98391 2,200.001 1289456 SHERIDAN, JOHN P. 98367 1,750.001 785875 SUTTON, BOBBY G. 98392 2,000.003 165879 CONWAY, JAMES P. 98393 2,200.003 442522 DAMBRAUSKAS, PAUL F. 98395 2,200.003 742574 POLICICCHIO, FRANK J. 98394 2,200.003 174546 TOMSIC, JOSEPH P. 98334 2,200.005 1147628 ELLYSON, WILLIAM D. 98335 1,750.007 633704 BRADLEY, ALLEN L. 98369 2,000.008 628372 FARGO, PATRICK A. 98307 2,200.008 601354 ROMAN, JAMES R. 98396 2,200.008 926800 STANKOVSKY, RICHARD 98370 2,000.009 626140 BROWN, THOMAS H. 98336 2,200.0010 507883 BOWERS, JAMES 98372 2,200.0010 1131889 BURKE, MICHAEL G. 98371 2,000.0010 609353 KAMPHEFNER, ERNEST W. 98397 2,200.0011 845800 ESPOSITO, ALPHONSO A. 98373 2,200.0012 614993 WALSKI, EDWARD 98398 2,200.0014 872515 PARSONS, EARL V. 98337 2,000.0016 664229 HAFFNER III, JOHN J. 98399 2,000.0016 607157 RECKENBERGER, MARTIN G. 98400 2,200.0017 479456 CROSTON, QUENTIN C. 98401 2,200.0017 579955 LARSON, LOUIS E. 98402 2,200.0017 661867 MOON, LAWRENCE F. 98308 2,200.0017 824325 ZACHAR, MICHAEL J. 98309 2,200.0022 711445 BENEFIEL, WILLIAM L. 98404 2,000.0024 470202 FLINT, MELVIN E. 98374 2,200.0024 542936 WRIGHT, DARROL D. 98405 2,200.0025 1218886 FREEMAN, JOE E. 98375 1,750.0025 377643 SWEENEY, JAMES A. 98376 2,200.0027 1393598 ORTON, HAL A. 98338 500.0029 1358887 INGERSOLL, JOHN 98406 1,150.0029 543588 SMITH, JACK L. 98339 2,200.0033 778960 DIXON, RICHARD F. 98340 2,200.0037 1252682 HENDERSON, CURTIS 98377 1,750.0040 630284 CASEY, WILLIAM J. 98379 2,200.0040 1181209 GAULDEN, EMANUEL 98407 1,750.0040 1150472 MC, WILLIAM C. 98362 1,750.0040 1094929 ROSATO, JOHN M. 98378 2,200.0044 509884 SMITH, JAMES C. 98341 2,200.0046 624627 SEATON, WAYNE E. 98342 2,200.00

48 723938 WILLIAMS, CALVIN L. 98408 2,200.0058 375913 HAMMONS, WALTER J. 98310 2,200.0060 514258 BARDASCINI, CARMEN 98311 2,200.0060 788203 CAPSTRAW, GERALD F. 98343 2,200.0060 880672 MEDINOSKY, MICHAEL W. 98409 2,200.0063 1091294 BELDIN, LE ROY E. 98380 2,200.0063 1354820 DEUTER, CHARLES J. 98344 1,150.0070 1080976 SUDDUTH, KENNETH E. 98345 2,200.0075 471342 OXFORD, JACK C. 98312 1,750.0079 1159153 MUSICK, WILLIAM D. 98346 1,750.0084 193185 KING, JACK 98347 2,200.0097 696482 WILLIAMS, G W BILL 98332 2,200.00118 389890 GIFFIN, WILLIAM J. 98313 2,200.00118 427670 VIZENOR, LESLIE C. 98314 2,200.00135 461533 CARSON, JACK W. 98381 2,200.00135 220998 LABOVE, ARNOLD L. 98410 2,200.00136 895901 COLEMAN, DANIEL P. 98411 2,000.00172 337078 RUSSELL, JAMES E. 98412 2,200.00197 676175 GARREN, JOHN R. 98315 2,200.00197 612180 HARRIS, DONALD 98382 2,200.00229 986836 JONES, MACK L. 98383 2,000.00263 601900 MORRIS, CLYDE 98348 2,200.00263 314179 TAYLOR, SAM F. 98349 2,200.00272 1177032 JACOBSEN, JOHN N. 98384 1,750.00292 444947 MINIX, HARLOW 98350 2,200.00361 875831 HORAN, MICHAEL J. 98413 2,200.00372 584004 RECKERS, GEORGE C. 98316 2,200.00377 453178 FIOR, AMERICO 98415 2,200.00377 620401 FLANNERY, MICHAEL J. 98416 2,200.00377 266053 MC AULIFFE, JAMES G. 98417 2,200.00377 1073274 RADHE, NILS G. 98359 2,000.00377 633309 WILLBANKS, DAN J. 98414 2,200.00378 632146 CATES, ROGER W. 98351 2,200.00378 860285 SAMS, CLAUDE R. 98385 2,000.00387 1400666 HAWKINS, PAUL A. 98363 500.00393 516598 ROBBINS, CHARLES L. 98418 2,200.00393 619629 WARGO, ANDREW J. 98352 2,200.00395 583313 BACHMAN, WAYNE K. 98386 2,200.00396 795785 ILLERT, THOMAS M. 98387 2,200.00401 351013 HOCK, RICHARD 98364 2,200.00402 851019 WOODCUM, RICHARD E. 98353 2,200.00405 506205 PRO, JOSEPH V. 98317 2,200.00405 890051 ZAPPA, DOMINIC A. 98354 2,200.00416 320470 HERMOSILLO, FRANK 98419 2,200.00416 1164427 KOST, HOWARD A. 98318 1,750.00416 578678 LOFFLIN, EDWARD R. 98388 2,200.00

416 631646 MARTIN, HAROLD L. 98420 2,200.00416 628006 NAKAMURA, TSUGITO 98421 2,200.00416 822479 WOODS, JOHN M. 98319 2,200.00424 626361 MEYERS, GEORGE 98320 2,000.00433 819624 LOE, ROBERT H. 98423 2,000.00433 357742 PECORARO, DOMINIC C. 98422 2,200.00444 672337 JADRON, ROBERT S. 98321 2,200.00451 862407 COMER, CHARLES F. 98322 2,200.00498 472843 TUCKER, DONALD B. 98323 2,200.00506 811624 KOCH, RICHARD A. 98324 2,000.00508 1056045 WALKER, BOBBY J. 98424 2,000.00509 1341224 LOPEZ, ANDREW 98403 1,150.00516 997540 KRAFT, AUGUSTINE 98426 2,000.00516 875073 SPEARS, ROBERT H. 98425 2,000.00527 791810 NOVAK, BERNARD E. 98355 2,000.00527 838904 SEARS, JAMES D. 98325 2,000.00568 487841 MALONE, LELAND C. 98390 2,200.00584 1032064 CARTER, JOHN C. 98326 2,200.00584 502704 MORRISON, BILLY J. 98327 2,200.00625 673437 COLOBONG, EDWARD 98328 2,200.00709 1296960 CULPEPPER, JAMES L. 98329 1,750.00721 603892 BAKER, WALLACE 98356 2,200.00721 816676 CUSHNIE, DAVID C. 98357 2,200.00721 1312171 MELANSON, DANIEL 98427 1,750.00725 586095 GRAY, WILLIAM E. 98428 2,200.00736 660746 GOWING, GLEN 98366 2,000.00736 673990 MILNE, ALEXANDER 98429 2,200.00736 760734 VAN BERGEN, HENRY W. 98365 2,200.00764 1390068 COLLINS, DARREN D. 98358 500.00808 1299732 POOLE, WILLIAM K. 98330 1,750.00809 1105863 BUCHANAN, WILLIAM F. 98431 2,000.00809 938457 GRAY, GEORGE W. 98430 2,000.00847 1322401 HOOVER, WES N. 98331 1,750.00 TOTAL DEATH BENEFITS PAID:..................256,050.00

DISAPPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR OCTOBER 2009 46L 1020102 BOUCHEY, JEAN 98333 ON WITHDRAWAL433 1388860 OSTROM, MARK C. 98360 IN ARREARS468 1155552 KEENER, THOMAS 98389 IN ARREARS469 1414618 HOOD, ROBERT R. 98361 NOT 12 MOS MEMBER516 1219244 GOON, ANGELO 98432 ON WITHDRAWAL

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