PRESIDENT DAVE JACKSON - Fall...Fall 2013 From the Desk of PRESIDENT DAVE JACKSONI hope that you...
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Fall 2013 From the Desk of PRESIDENT DAVE JACKSON I hope that you enjoyed the Thanksgiving Holiday with family and friends. I also hope that you are among the many members who have went back to work, as work hours in general have increased for the second year in a row. Projections for the next couple years show that construction will continue to increase and provide jobs for local 3 members. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been a topic of discussion at recent Chapter and General meetings. If the ACA is implemented and works as planned, it should provide some long term savings for our BAC 3 Health and Welfare plans. As currently written, the problems that the ACA presents for multi-employer plans include; additional costs and fees for which plan participants receive no benefit; multi-employer plans not having access to the ACA’s premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions; and being penalized for negotiating good health benefits by having them subjected to special taxation beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The AFL-CIO has passed a resolution that points out the key facts in the ACA that must be addressed by the Obama administration and if needed, by Congress, to correct these problems for union HW plans. Some members may benefit from the California Health Insurance Exchanges. (www.coveredca.com) Retirees may be able to get a good plan for a reasonable rate. Members who lose coverage under a BAC 3 plan may be able to get similar coverage at a lower price than COBRA. We have a handout of Health Insurance Exchange Frequently Asked Questions that will answer some basic questions. We have posted the FAQ’s on our website (www.bac3-ca.org) and will continue to update them as more information becomes available. The work picture looks good in the Bay Area, in San Francisco and the South Bay in particular. The San Francisco skyline continues to change as multiple high-rises’ continue to be built. As the 49er Stadium nears completion, the Earthquakes Stadium is coming out of the ground, as well as multiple high tech projects in the South Bay. If you are interested in Refractory work, you need current RSO (925-335-5000) and TWIC cards. (866- 347-8942, www.tsa.gov/twic) I would like to thank the following members who recently took the time out of their schedules to attend our Level 1 Supervisor Certification Program (SCP) Foreman Training. I encourage all BAC Journeymen to continue taking advantage of Journeyman Upgrade classes to sharpen your skills and share knowledge. Recent SCP attendees: Ruben Audelo, Anthony Bissig, Honorio Casas, Stuart Dando, Agostino Di Grazia, Henry Diaz, Cody Eberle, Steve Gamboa, Pete Garcia, Anatoli Gerchberg, James Hansen, Tom Hurley, Wayne Jordon, John Martinez, Juan Ornelas, John Paradiso, David Pierson, Robert Robles, Martin Samboni, Tyler Simpson, Jeff Smith, and Kirk Smith. Another Level 1 SCP class will be scheduled soon and take place before Level 2 classes are scheduled. The next Rain Screen Training course is scheduled for January 18, 2014. Please contact Steve Kantoniemi if you are interested in attending. The 15th Annual BAC 3 Crab Feed will be held on January 25, 2014 in Vallejo. The Annual Crab Feed is the only fund raiser for the Sullivan-Kraw Scholarship Fund. The proceeds from this event directly impact the amount and number of scholarships awarded to families of BAC 3 members. Please mark your calendar and watch your mail for more information. January Chapter meetings for San Jose, Sacramento, and Fresno will be cancelled due to the Holidays. We look forward to seeing you at future meetings to share information and ideas. All of us at BAC 3 wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year. Work safe and honor all pickets. Dave Jackson L-R: President Dave Jackson, 25 year member Jaime Espinoza, Sec/Treas Tony Santos, Field Rep Randy Smith.
Transcript of PRESIDENT DAVE JACKSON - Fall...Fall 2013 From the Desk of PRESIDENT DAVE JACKSONI hope that you...
Fall 2013
From the Desk of PRESIDENT DAVE JACKSONI hope that you enjoyed the Thanksgiving Holiday with family and friends. I also hope that you are among the many members who have went back to work, as work hours in general have increased for the second year in a row. Projections for the next couple years show that construction will continue to increase and provide jobs for local 3 members.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has been a topic of discussion at recent Chapter and General meetings. If the ACA is implemented and works as planned, it should provide some long term savings for our BAC 3 Health and Welfare plans. As currently written, the problems that the ACA presents for multi-employer plans include; additional costs and fees for which plan participants receive no benefi t; multi-employer plans not having access to the ACA’s premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions; and being penalized for negotiating good health benefi ts by having them subjected to special taxation beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The AFL-CIO has passed a resolution that points out the key facts in the ACA that must be addressed by the Obama administration and if needed, by
Congress, to correct these problems for union HW plans.
Some members may benefi t from the California Health Insurance Exchanges. (www.coveredca.com) Retirees may be able to get a good plan for a reasonable rate. Members who lose coverage under a BAC 3 plan may be able to get similar coverage at a lower price than COBRA. We have a handout of Health Insurance Exchange Frequently Asked Questions that will answer some basic questions. We have posted the FAQ’s on our website (www.bac3-ca.org) and will continue to update them as more information becomes available.
The work picture looks good in the Bay Area, in San Francisco and the South Bay in particular. The San Francisco skyline continues to change as multiple high-rises’ continue to be built. As the 49er Stadium nears completion, the Earthquakes Stadium is coming out of the ground, as well as multiple high tech projects in the South Bay. If you are interested in Refractory work, you need current RSO (925-335-5000) and TWIC cards. (866-347-8942, www.tsa.gov/twic)
I would like to thank the following members who recently took the time out of their schedules to attend our Level 1 Supervisor Certifi cation Program (SCP) Foreman Training. I encourage all BAC Journeymen to continue taking advantage of Journeyman Upgrade classes to sharpen your skills and share knowledge. Recent SCP attendees:
Ruben Audelo, Anthony Bissig, Honorio Casas, Stuart Dando, Agostino Di Grazia, Henry Diaz, Cody Eberle, Steve Gamboa, Pete Garcia, Anatoli Gerchberg, James Hansen, Tom Hurley, Wayne Jordon, John Martinez, Juan Ornelas, John Paradiso, David Pierson, Robert Robles, Martin Samboni, Tyler Simpson, Jeff Smith, and Kirk Smith.
Another Level 1 SCP class will be scheduled soon and take place before Level 2 classes are scheduled. The next Rain Screen Training course is scheduled for January 18, 2014. Please contact Steve Kantoniemi if you are interested in attending.
The 15th Annual BAC 3 Crab Feed will be held on January 25, 2014 in Vallejo. The Annual Crab Feed is the only fund raiser for the Sullivan-Kraw Scholarship Fund. The proceeds from this event directly impact the amount and number of scholarships awarded to families of BAC 3 members. Please mark your calendar and watch your mail for more information.
January Chapter meetings for San Jose, Sacramento, and Fresno will be cancelled due to the Holidays. We look forward to seeing you at future meetings to share information and ideas.
All of us at BAC 3 wish you and your family a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year.
Work safe and honor all pickets.Dave Jackson
L-R: President Dave Jackson, 25 year member Jaime Espinoza, Sec/Treas Tony Santos, Field Rep Randy Smith.
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LOCAL 3 NEWSpublished by
Bricklayers and AlliedCraftworkers Local 3 CA
www.bac3-ca.org
10806 Bigge StreetSan Leandro, CA 94577
1-800-281-8781
Sacramento916-554-1145
PresidentDave Jackson
Secretary-TreasurerTony Santos
Management CommitteeDave JacksonTony SantosGary Peifer
Troy GarlandSteve Kantoniemi
Field RepresentativesTroy Garland
Steve KantoniemiGary Peifer
Randy Smith
Offi ce StaffBev Callaway
Lani ChenCarmen Solares
Apprenticeship Offi ce
Joe SunquistMichael Height
BAC 3 JATEC CoordinatorsOlga Hurtado, Secretary25347 S. Schulte Road
Tracy, CA 95377209-830-7200
Jose “Lupe” Ortiz, No. CA Tile Industry JATC CoordinatorMonique Sanchez, Secretary
15091 Wicks Blvd.San Leandro CA 94577
510-632-8453
LOCAL #3 NEWS invites written comments, ideas, pictures or questions. Send yours to Editor, Local 3 News at the address above or leave a message on extension 18.
2014 DUESBAC Interantional Union mandates dues increase of $1.00 per month
Dues increase effective January 1, 2014.
2014 Dues Monthly Quarterly Annual Journey $28.00 $84.00 $310.00 Apprentice/Finishers $25.50 $76.50 $282.50 Disability $14.00 $42.00 $156.00 Retiree $18.00 $54.00 $200.00 40 yr + member (retired) $6.00 $18.00 $68.00
MEMBERS WITH 25 YEARS OF SERVICE:
2013 SERVICE AWARDS
Keith FrankfortGregory LawrenceDavid MosebarJohn DaviesDorsey HellumsGary MitchellPaul RicharzDavid Stone,Timothy EricksonTimothy TaylorJohn WilliamsRobert McDaniel Jr.Jerry RayChris EnnisFloyd FrostAlbano AlexandreTimothy AllenJames Donaldson
Michael LeeLarry Smith.Yi Min ShenMark AnsellPablo MadrigalJaime EspinozaChi C. HoangDarin ComptonIL DennisBobbie EdwardsRichard BanuelosBrent BarneyMark BrownJoseph Rivera Sr.Ulises ArenasLorenzo BettiLarry BloomDaniel Cisneros
Daniel ColonJoe GiannoneJuan GudinoMario MartinezDavid OrlandiXiao Hua OuyangUlises ArenasLorenzo BettiLarry BloomDaniel CisnerosDaniel ColonJoe GiannoneJuan GudinoMario MartinezDavid OrlandiXiao Hua Ouyang
MEMBERS WITH 40 YEARS OF SERVICE:Antonio NascimentoBiagio VultaggioMichael GreenRobert SinclairWilliam BlackJeffrey CaseRandy Ballard
Peter DameAngel Garcia Jr.Harvard GoldhammerJohn SzotkowskiRonald ToshS. Mark Wuelfi ngJohn Mondino
Carlo C. Moglia and Richard Tipton, Jr.Gregory MirandaStephen MarriottKlaus KummerlingJohn Scott
MEMBERS WITH 50 YEARS OF SERVICE:Egidio MarchiPatrick MarinoCliff PetersonFrank BrandRichard MartinettiPaul Holsworth Jr.
James Nichelini Jr.Leroy TreftGiovanni GuadagniniColin PeachRobert RattoRiley G. Hailey, Jr.
James WarrenJoseph BriarPeter PresleyRichard AvilaAntonio SantanaAlbert Rivera
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Advanced Brick Apprentices Create Inspiring Projects
Natural Cut Stone Column:Orlando Ortiz & Candelario Perez
Column with Herringbone Insert:Candelario Perez & Orlando Ortiz
Column with Arch & Panel:Nick Prater & Justin Delgado
Uh-Oh Peeling Brick:Nick Hernandez, Delvon Morgan,
Michael Rogers & Calvin Anderson
MDC Wall:Nick Hernandez, Michael Rogers, Erick Reynoso,
Delvon Morgan& Calvin Anderson
Apprentice: Erick Reynoso, Joe Sunquist, Justin Delgado, Orlando Ortiz, Nick Prater, Calvin Anderson, Delvon Morgan,
Henry Rivas, Candelario Perez & Michael Height
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Fifteenth Annual BAC 3COCKTAILS(No Host)6:00 pm
DINNERAll you can eat Salad, Pasta & Crab7:00 pm
HUGE RAFFLEFRIENDSFOODFUN
Advance Notice
Mark Your Calendar
Watch Your Mail
for Further Information!
JANUARY 25, 2014Vallejo Veterans Memorial Building – 420 Admiral Callaghan Lane, Vallejo
BRING YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS!All proceeds beenfi t the BAC 3 Sullivan-Kraw Scholarship Fund
For information about hotels, see our website @ www.bac3-ca.org
2013 California School Board Association ConferenceThe CSBA Conference was held in December at the San Diego Convention Center. BAC Local 3 joined forces with Southern California Locals 4 and 18, along with our IMI Director of Industry Development Mick Orr. The conference was attended by 3,000 School Board members and educators throughout California. This is a great venue to inform school boards about the opportunities for graduating students to join apprentice programs in the trades. We also educate board members on the advantages of using masonry materials on their school construction. Mick Orr is a certifi ed architect and very adept at explaining life cycle cost analysis benefi ts on our materials. The numerous exhibitors at the conference include architects, General Contractors, Construction Managers and other entities directly involved in school construction. Our message is simple; masonry, tile, terrazzo and stone are superior materials and we have the highest quality mechanics to perform the installation. BAC 3 and Mick Orr will continue to communicate and educate entities for the betterment of our industry and our members.
L-R: Pete Gerber Local 18, Gary Anthony Local 4, BAC 3 IMI Director Mick Orr, and Troy Garland BAC Local 3
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Enclosed you will fi nd your 2014 pocket calendar and a gift. We have found that these pocket calendars are a great way to keep track of your hours worked as well as a daily log.
Your hours worked are vital to your vacation pay, and credits toward your pension.
The new I.U. dues cards will be mailed in January.
The Officers and Staff wish you all a Happy Holiday Season
and a prosperous New Year. Fraternally,
Dave Jackson Tony Santos President Secretary/Treasurer
Field Representatives: Gary Peifer, Troy Garland, Steve Kantoniemi, and Randy SmithOffi ce Staff: Bev Callaway, Lani Chen and Carmen Solares
