Ironworkers Erect New Home for America's Team

JANUARY 2009 

Ironworkers Erect New Home 

for America’s Team 

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President’s 

Page 

JOSEPH HUNT 

General President 

“Many of the experts 

are saying it may take 

as much as one to two 

years to recover, but 

recover we will.” 

It’s the Economy! 

There is no doubt that the economy 

is on the minds of every 

ironworker in North America 

and for good reason. However, I think 

it is important this temporary slow 

down in our economy is put into proper 

perspective. While doing a little research 

on the subject I came across these 

bulletins. 

“Financial crisis in the United States 

features widespread foreclosures, bank 

failures, unemployment, and a slump in 

agriculture and manufacturing.” 

“Sharp downturn in the American 

economy was caused by bank failures 

and lack of confi dence.” 

“Stock markets crash worldwide 

and a banking collapse took place in 

the United States, sparking a global 

downturn.” 

“A quadrupling of oil prices by OPEC 

coupled with high government spending 

due to war leads to economic crisis.” 

I am sure this all 

sounds familiar, but 

you might be surprised 

to know these quotations 

were about 

recessions that took 

place in 1819, 1837, 

1947, and 1973, respectively. 

A recession 

is defi ned as two or 

more quarters of sustained 

negative Gross 

Domestic Product (GDP) growth, and 

according to the U.S. Department of 

Commerce the United States has been 

through seventeen recessions and one 

depression since 1797. 

I am not making light of the current 

situation by any means. Many locals 

are seeing a tremendous amount 

of work that was slated to start in the 

near future being put on hold. The projects 

that affect ironworkers the most, 

infrastructure, power generation, pet- 

rochemical plants, offi ce buildings, etc., 

are all extremely expensive projects and 

typically require some type of credit fi - 

nancing, venture capital or government 

funding before they can be built. As you 

know, credit in any form has become 

very diffi cult to obtain due to the current 

state of the economy. Many of the 

experts are saying it may take as much 

as one to two years to recover, but recover 

we will. 

The one bright spot we have is that 

your hard work has helped put a union 

friendly administration in the White 

House that considers putting tax dollars 

into infrastructure projects as 

one of the best ways to create jobs and 

stimulate the economy. President Elect 

Obama understands that when you 

build infrastructure the people actually 

get a product for their tax dollar 

that drives development and keeps our 

economic engine humming for years 

to come. The bad news is there is a lag 

time between the funding of a project 

and when an ironworker actually gets 

on the job. Consequently, there will be 

some lean times ahead at least in the 

near term, but you can rest assured that 

the construction industry will rebound 

from the recession just as we have from 

the last seventeen. 

I know fi rst hand that ironworkers 

exemplify what the United States and 

Canada stand for—strength, patriotism, 

and hard work. These attributes 

are what makes us the most productive 

and resilient work force in the world. As 

I said earlier, we have made it through 

tough times before, and as long as we 

stand together, we will get through 

them again. 

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Volume 109 January 2009 Number 1 

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Ironworkers Erect America’s Team New Home 

Local 720 Erects Spinning Rollercoaster 

Local 580 Volunteers Build 9/11 Memorial 

Ironworkers on the Job 

Local 584 Tops Out 19 Story Hotel 

Local Officer Highlights IMPACT Success 

DEPARTMENTS JANUARY 

Officer’s Forum 

Departmental Reports 

Local News 

Lifetime Honorary Members 

Official Monthly Record 

2009 

Ironworkers Erect New Home 

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On The Cover 

Ironworkers Local 263 (Dallas/ 

Ft. Worth, Tex.) and six of their fair 

contractors proudly built a new 

stadium for America’s Team—the 

Dallas Cowboys. The new stadium is 

located in Arlington, Tex. 

EDITOR: Scott Malley, 1750 New York Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 

ASSISTANT TO THE EDITOR: Nancy Folks 

THE IRONWORKER 

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Ironworkers Erect 

America’s Team 

New Home 

T he 

Dallas Cowboys moved 

thirty something years ago 

to what is now known as 

Irving Stadium, and in 2009 the 

Dallas Cowboys once again will 

move to a new stadium, this time 

right down the road in Arlington, 

Texas. The city of Arlington 

and the Dallas Cowboys reached 

a deal to bring America’s team 

to Arlington. The city picked up 

part of the cost through increased 

sales tax revenue, to the tune of 

325 million dollars, and the Cowboys 

foot the bill for the other 350 

million. That expected cost has 

since escalated to a reported 1+ 

billion dollars. 

Ironworkers Local 263 (Dallas/Fort 

Worth, Tex.) is fortunate 

to have six different fair contractors 

working on the project. Manhattan 

Construction was selected 

as the construction managers 

who in turn selected Derr Construction 

of Euless, Texas as the 

steel erectors for the new project 

(incidentally, Derr erected 

the roof structure for the Irving 

Stadium). The roof structure is 

full of some interesting facts. The 

total tonnage is 14,500 tons. The 

structure is the longest spanning 

roof structure in the world. Each 

arch is 3,500 tons and is 1225 feet 

long (about as long as the Empire 

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State Building is tall), and 300 feet 

above the fi eld (as tall as the Statue 

of Liberty). The main trusses 

were supported by false work until 

they could be tied together by 260 

feet towers; the heaviest single 

crane pick was 300,000 pounds 

(150 tons). There are six box trusses 

172 secondary trusses, and 32 

retractable roof trusses, (200+feet 

in length and 14+ feet deep planar 

trusses) all held together by 

400,000+ bolts. The trusses will be 

covered by 5,413 squares of 3 inch 

type N roof deck. Derr started receiving 

iron in June of 2007, erected 

their fi rst piece in July of 2007, 

and completed in approximately 

November 2008. Derr employed 

approximately 100 ironworkers on 

site at the height of steel erection. 

Two local erectors installed the 

bulk of the miscellaneous iron. C.N. 

Erectors of Fort Worth, Texas, erected 

264 stair stringers and landings 

9,250 feet of handrail and wall rail, 

along with 7,875 feet of ramp rail. 

They had six to eight ironworkers 

for almost a year. Azteca Steel of 

Dallas, Texas will install several 

hundred tons of miscellaneous supports 

for counters, doors, walls and 

storefronts. They will install over 

11,000 feet of supports for the overhead 

hung suite operable glazing 

system and over 23,000 feet of cable 

handrails. They have ten to twelve 

ironworkers on site. 

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Haley-Greer of Dallas, Texas is 

the glazing contractor for the project 

with 16 ironworkers on the job. 

Their work is on the exterior skin 

of the building. The bowl is a 24 

degree canted and radiused bowl 

enveloping fi ve levels of the stadium. 

It consists of 2052 units with 

5,829 pieces of glass that average 

8 feet wide by 4 feet tall. The area 

called the Lenz, which are on the 

north and south sides, is recessed 

between the low roof and the high 

domed area. This is a stick built 

project with 454 pieces of glass six 

feet wide and nine feet tall. The 

end zone doors is a tick built curtain 

wall attached to operable steel 

framed doors. The east and west 

doors will have 1,008 pieces of 

glass fi ve feet wide by ten feet tall. 

Also included in the end zone doors 

are 24 pedestrian doors. The work 

is scheduled for 32 ironworkers 

between October 2008 until February 

2009. The above and beside 

the doors are a stick built curtain 

wall found on either side of the end 

zone doors. It consists of east and 

west sides, each having 210 pieces 

of glass seven feet wide by four feet 

tall. The below area is store front 

including clerestory glazing (168 

pieces of glass), storefront with 

aluminum doors (24 doors and 252 

pieces of glass), and VIP entries 

with storefront (252 pieces) glass 

doors (16), aluminum doors (48), 

skylight system (23 lites) and planar 

wall systems (147 pieces). Sixteen 

ironworkers will work from 

June 2008 until February 2009. 

Uni-Systems is responsible for 

the design and installation of the 

retractable roof drive system. The 

drive system is made up of 16 transporters 

(four in each quadrant). 

Each transporter rides on two 24 

inch steel wheels and is driven by 

two rack and pinion tractors. Each 

tractor is powered by two 7.5 horse 

power motors. 

The four transporters are connected 

by linkages that rotate vertically 

as needed to accommodate 

variations in the rail and prevent 

any wheel from becoming overloaded. 

The retractable roof drive system 

has a total horsepower equivalent 

of four Ford F150 trucks, and 

has the capacity to pull 800,000 

pounds vertically. The total weight 

of the retractable roof is 260 tons. 


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Uni-Systems is also responsible 

for the design and installation of 

the end zone wall drive systems, 

structural assemblies and seals. 

Each end zone has seven wall 

panels; two are fi xed and fi ve 

are operable, and each weighs 60 

tons. The wall system in each end 

zone is 120 feet tall by 260 feet 

wide, and is the tallest of its kind 

in the world. Uni-Systems’ home 

offi ce is located in Minneapolis, 

Minnesota. 

Precast Erectors of Hurst, Texas 

erected the precast concrete units 

consisting of risers, tubs, stairs 

and walls. The stadium has approximately 

3,000 pieces weighing 

up to 60,000 pounds. Precast 

had up to 13 men on site for the 

installation and detailing. Erection 

started in April of 2007 and 

fi nished in July 2008. The Precast 

concrete installation has required 

fi ve mobilizations with fi ve different 

crane capacities. 

The Field is actually 50 feet 

below ground level, so fans entering 

on the plaza level will have a 

panoramic view over the entire 

fi eld. There will be eight video 

boards in the facility. The most 

unique being the four board cluster 

suspended 110 feet directly 

over the center of the playing 

fi eld. The boards will run from 

the 20 yard line to the 20 yard 

line measuring 180 feet in length 

and 50 feet in height, making it 

the largest video board installation 

in the world. There will be 

200 suites in eight different locations 

on fi ve separate levels. Over 

286 concessions points as well as 

1,600 toilets, with some of the restrooms 

will be reversible based 

on the needs of the events. 


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Local 720 (Edmonton, Alberta) 

Erects Spinning Rollercoaster 

at Canada’s Largest Shopping Mega Mall 

Contractor: Pure Steel Welding & 

Fabrication Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta 

Owner: Ken Johnson, 20-year Local 

720 member 

The unique spinning roller coaster 

was originally manufactured in 

Germany and shipped in sections to 

Edmonton. The construction/erection 

of West Edmonton Mall’s newest 

rollercoaster is now in full operation. 

The new “Galaxy Orbiter” is designed 

for people of all ages. The coaster is 

visible throughout Galaxyland Park. 

There are a total of fi ve cars; each 

car on the coaster spins on its own 

axis while moving along the track at 

a speed of 30 mph. This is the fi rst 

coaster of its kind in Canada. 

The new coaster represented a 

unique challenge for Local 720 mem- 

bers and their contractor Pure Steel 

by moving columns and track sections 

through the park’s arcade using 

a 30-ton crane/lift. There were many 

restricted movements and unique 

challenges for our members to lift 

and fi t pieces of track into place. 

Pure Steel’s owner, Ken Johnson, 

would like to commend the ironworker 

crew on their completion of a project 

which had a three week start delay. 

The crew met the challenge and 

made up schedule to bring the project 

in on time without jeopardizing safety 

or quality under very demanding 

conditions. 

Pure Steel would also like to recognize 

and thank Stewart Houston, 

construction manager for West Edmonton 

Mall on the project, for his 

cooperation and support. 

WEST EDMONTON MALL 

SPINNING ROLLER COASTER 

PROJECT DETAILS 

Work Scope 

Removal of roof from mall 

Take out super trusses to accommodate 

additional roof for roller coaster 

Erection of spinning roller coaster— 

455 meters of track 

340 tons of steel erected 

—75% hand rigged 

Local 720 members employed in duration 

of assembling/welding/erection of 

coaster: 30 members (days & night 

shifts) 

Weeks of erection: Six weeks 

Addition of stairs and handrails 

Back row: Paul Barton, general foreman, Adam Whitton, 

connector, and Ken Barton, apprentice. Front row: Tom 

Jacober, connector, Matt Clark, connector, Lenhard Busch, 

connector, Cory Anderson, foreman, Scott Wiebe, connector, 

Ben White, apprentice, Ken Johnson, owner of Pure Steel 

and Local 720 member, and Mitchell Gislason, apprentice. 


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Local 580 Builds 9/11 Memorial 

Pat Buckley, Greg Owen, Kevin Miller, Chris Knapp, 

Kevin McKeon, Bob Youngman, and Bob Benesh. 

Local 580 (New York) participated in a 100% volunteer 

project of building a memorial for 9/11. The project took 

approximately two years on and off, as materials were donated. 

The project was completed in August of 2007 and 

dedicated in September 2007. The monument was designed 

perfectly for ornamental ironwork—from the stainless 

steel base accepting 54 45-inch mirror fi nish stainless 

tubes as the twin towers, the wrought iron fence around 

the perimeter, the three aluminum 80-inch and two 35-inch 

fl ag poles, the bronze plaques from the events of 9/11, the 

titanium lettering, the plaques with all 375 names of the 

people who perished from Nassau County and the sheared 

column and cross from Ground Zero. Local 580 had 50 volunteers 

during the project, including Business Manager 

Dennis Lusardi, Business Agents Jim Mahoney, Dennis 

Milton, and Pete Creegan, and the Executive Board. Local 

580 was extremely proud to be a part of the project, not 

only for the families that had loved ones perish, but for all 

the union building trades that assisted on 9/11/01 and the 

following weeks and months with their skills and efforts. 


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Local 580 Builds 9/11 Memorial 


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Gerry Jaszko, book #1137232, recent 

early retiree and member of 

Local 33 (Rochester, N.Y.) since July 1, 

1987. His father John is a retired 

ironworker, brother Bob who passed 

away several years ago was an ironworker, 

Brother John is still an active 

ironworker, and nephew John II is an 

apprentice in Local 33. 

In the fall of 2007, Gerry was having 

some mild abdominal pain. His 

doctor diagnosed it as a “lack of fi ber” 

in his diet. After weeks of being uncomfortable, 

the pain worsened and then 

became unbearable. Gerry was hospitalized 

and the testing began. Several 

days later the bad news was given to 

him, his wife and two teenage daughters. 

A cancerous tumor had grown and 

blocked 90% of his colon. After several 

more days of testing more bad news, 

some lesions were found on his liver 

and after biopsy was done, it was confi 

rmed he had liver cancer. The treatments 

began immediately, massive 

doses of chemo and participation in 

an experimental program was administered 

at the University of Rochester 

OFFICER’S FORUM 

Th e Strengths of an Ironworker 

Strong Memorial Hospital Cancer Center. 

The prognosis for this 43-year-old 

ironworker was not good and doctors 

were saying he had less than a 50/50 

chance of surviving. Although the tumor 

was shrinking in the colon, the liver 

cancer was much more serious. With 

the courage and strength that only an 

ironworker knows, surgeons removed 

2/3 of the center of his liver and sewed 

the two ends together. The long road to 

recovery began, more chemo, weight 

loss, neuropathy, and numerous side 

effects from the treatment were obvious. 

Finally, some good news, the liver 

regenerated and appeared to be cancer 

free! The doctors were getting more 

optimistic about survival and were 

amazed at how well he was responding 

to treatments. Several more months of 

chemo and another surgery to remove 

the cancerous section in the colon took 

up the summer and fall of 2008. 

At our December meeting/Christmas 

party, Gerry drove the 50 miles 

one-way to receive his retiree watch 

and was saluted with a standing ovation 

by the rank and fi le of Local 33. 

As I drove home from the party that 

night, I wondered if an ordinary man 

could have endured the physical and 

emotional toll that this guy had been 

through. I’m convinced his 23 years 

as an ironworker (and a damn good 

one) not only helped him but possibly 

was the biggest contributor. Gerry announced 

to the members, his doctor 

recently told him he is a rare stage 

4-cancer survivor. We talked at length 

afterwards about the possibility of him 

back to the trade he loves so much in a 

couple of years if things work out. 

In all my 38 years in this business, 

Gerry, you are an inspiration and poster 

child of what ironworkers are made of. 

True grit, able to get up and win after 

being knocked down in all 16 rounds of 

a heavy weight fi ght and having a positive 

and remarkable attitude. 

We are proud to have you as a 

member of Local 33! 

Mike Altonberg 

Business Manager FST 

Local 33 

Rochester, N.Y. 


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APPRENTICESHIP DEPARTMENT REPORT 

By Mike White 

Development of the Revised Regulations for the National 

Apprenticeship System 

The national apprenticeship 

system has numerous stakeholders 

and partners. From apprentices 

and program sponsors, 

to employer associations and labor 

unions, to the public workforce 

and education systems, to 

state apprenticeship agencies 

(SAAs) and the Employment 

and Training Administration’s 

(ETA) Offi ce of Apprenticeship 

(OA). Each stakeholder and 

partner plays a unique and important 

role in promoting registered apprenticeship and 

leading the national apprenticeship system. 

In the more than 30 years since the federal regulations 

for registered apprenticeship were issued, technological 

advances, demographic shifts, and globalization 

have signifi cantly changed our nation’s economy 

and workforce. Recognizing this critical juncture, the 

Department of Labor (DOL), and the Secretary’s Advisory 

Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) supported the 

need to update the regulations governing the national 

apprenticeship system. The membership of the ACA is 

drawn from the numerous stakeholders in the apprenticeship 

community, with representatives from the employer, 

labor and public sectors. 

ENGAGING APPRENTICESHIP STAKEHOLDERS 

ETA engaged the apprenticeship community to revise 

the regulatory framework for registered apprenticeship, 

codifi ed at Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations 

(CFR) part 29. 

SEPTEMBER 2005–JUNE 2006: The ACA established 

guiding principles for 21 st century registered apprenticeship 

that emphasized the welfare of the apprentice, 

high quality program standards, fl exibility and the need 

to provide workforce development solutions responsive 

to the needs of employers. Based on these principles, 

the ACA’s Work Group on Regulations and Competency- 

Based Apprenticeship developed recommendations to 

revise the regulations. 

JUNE–AUGUST 2006: The ACA voted unanimously to 

adopt the Work Group recommendations and forwarded 

them to the Department. 

SEPTEMBER 2006–NOVEMBER 2007: DOL relied upon 

advice from the ACA and ultimately agreed with the 

recommendations, which focused on apprenticeship 

program standards, and registration and deregistration 

of apprenticeship programs. For the provisions that directly 

affect states and the relationship between the National 

government and the States, the proposed changes 

were based on DOL’ s experience with overseeing the 

national apprenticeship system and on consultations 

with the National Association of State and Territorial 

Apprenticeship Directors (NASTAD). In response to a 

request from OA, the president of NASTAD submitted 

a letter on behalf of the NASTAD membership in December 

2006, which identifi ed areas of concern in the 

current regulatory framework regarding State Apprenticeship 

Councils (SAC’s). DOL considered this input in 

developing the related portions of the proposed rule and 

has adopted most of NASTAD’s recommendations. 

DECEMBER 2007: DOL published a Notice of Proposed 

Rulemaking (NPRM) to solicit comments from the public 

on the proposed changes (72 FR 71020, Dec.13, 2007). 

The comment period initially closed on February 12, 2008. 

After receiving requests from commenters to extend the 

comment period, DOL extended the comment period by 

30 days (73 FR 7693, Feb. 11, 2008). The comment period 

closed on March 12, 2008. The NPRM generated 2,660 responses. 

All comments were reviewed and non-repetitive 

comments were posted on www.regulations.gov, a source for 

all rulemakings issued by U.S. government agencies. DOL 

reviewed all comments and in many cases, modifi ed the revised 

regulations to accommodate commenter concerns. 

OCTOBER 29, 2008: DOL issued the fi nal rule to update 

regulations that implement the National Apprenticeship 

Act of 1937 (73 FR 64402, Oct. 28, 2008). The 

updated regulations are the product of a collaborative 

effort between the OA, the ACA, employer associations, 

labor unions, state agencies and other stakeholders that 

have been engaged throughout the process. 

DECEMBER 29, 2008: The revised regulations take effect 

on December 29, 2008, and provide SAAs with up to 

an additional two years from the effective date to implement 

necessary changes. 

NEXT STEPS: Through the implementation of the revised 

regulations, DOL is committed to helping stakeholders 

understand and implement the changes outlined in the 

fi nal rule. OA has developed a comprehensive engagement 

strategy to collaborate with stakeholders by: 

Hosting a series of webinars on specifi c areas of the 

revised regulations. 


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APPRENTICESHIP DEPARTMENT REPORT - continued 

Providing updated information on its regulations’ 

Web site: http://www.doleta.gov/oa/regulations.cfm 

Offering an opt-in electronic newsletter with updates 

to information available on the regulations’ Web site. 

Issuing a Solicitation for Grant Applications (SGA) to 

engage national stakeholders in developing national guideline 

standards that incorporate new elements and to provide 

technical assistance to membership, affi liates and partners. 

Conducting face-to-face training and regional dialogues 

on key issues in conjunction with a series of Action Clin- 

SAFETY AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORT 

by Frank Migliaccio 

POLITICS, SAFETY, and the ECONOMY 

For the last eight years, we have had a Republican 

president who was, for six of those eight years, 

backed by a Republican-controlled Congress and Senate. 

What have they done for the union ironworkers or 

the American working class? Absolutely nothing! The 

Republican administration has “pushed an anti-union 

and anti-worker agenda through the DOL, OSHA.” Well, 

that is all over after the big win on November 4. The 

Democrats won the White House, picked up 22 seats in 

Congress, and now have a majority of 255 Democrats 

to 175 Republicans, with fi ve seats undecided as of this 

writing. In the Senate, the Democrats picked up seven 

seats and now hold a majority of 56 Democrats to 40 

Republicans. In addition, there are two Independents, 

who usually caucus with the Democrats, and there is 

still hope that we will pick up Franken in Minnesota 

(recount) and Martin in Georgia (run off). 

Now, 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 positions in the next administration. 

You will see big changes in all of the cabinet 

level departments—none bigger that the Department 

of Labor. There will be a new Secretary of Labor, Assistant 

Secretary of Labor-OSHA and MSHA. With laborfriendly 

men and women in just these three positions, 

you will begin to 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. 

What can this election do for our economy and union 

jobs? While on the campaign trail, President Elect Obama 

declared, “We need to strengthen our unions by letting them 

do what they do best —organize our workers.” In Congress, 

he was one of the leaders fi ghting to pass the Employee 

Free Choice Act. He is a strong supporter of job creation 

ics designed to support integration between registered apprenticeship 

and the public workforce system. These clinics 

will provide an opportunity to present the new regulatory 

framework to a broad range of potential new partners. 

For more information about the revised regulations, 

please contact the Ironworkers International 

or the Offi ce of Apprenticeship at Regs. 

Apprenticeship@dol.gov. 

Note: information furnished by the U.S. Department of Labor. 

and workforce development, so 

that Americans can leverage 

their strengths to create new 

high-wage jobs and prosper in 

a world economy. He understands 

it is the American worker 

who is the backbone of our 

great nation, and should be the 

focus of our national policies. 

Now, it will take some 

time to roll back the disastrous 

policies of the Bush 

administration. The fi nancial 

problems that our country 

now faces will be felt for years 

to come. The world economy goes the way of the United 

States economy. If you need proof, just look at the 

stock market. Stocks are not only falling in the United 

States, but in all of the Asian and European markets 

as well. The banking industry has been given a federal 

bailout, and the auto industry is looking for a bailout as 

of this writing. The unemployment level is at the highest 

it’s been in years. The housing industry is faltering 

with foreclosures rising more and more each day, with 

no end in sight. 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 about change. But with the right people 

in the right positions, it will get done. President Elect 

Obama has put together a very impressive cabinet, and 

I think you will begin to see change immediately. I will 

be meeting with the new Assistant Secretary of Labor- 

OSHA in the near future. I will have a better feel for 

any upcoming rule changes by the next edition of the 

Ironworker Magazine. 

With that said, lets all work together and get our 

great country back on top, with rest of the world looking 

to us again as leaders. 


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IPAL DEPARTMENT REPORT 

Dave Kolbe, Political and Legislative Representative 

PRESIDENT OBAMA: “I BELIEVE IN UNIONS” 

As we enter the New 

Year, we have a lot on 

our plate that has to be 

addressed. We are faced 

with the wreckage from 

the Wall Street meltdown 

and related economic 

turmoil. Yet the American 

people have just elected a 

pro-union president and a 

Democratic Congress that 

understands the needs of 

working people much more than their counterparts. 

But we will have to hold their feet to the fi re on the 

all-important issues: 

The Employee Free Choice Act—We need to have 

card-check like our Canadian brothers and sisters 

to ensure that employers don’t block our right to join 

unions of our own choosing. 

Investing in our Infrastructure—A massive plan to 

rebuild our roads, bridges, schools, power plants, etc. 

are all on tap to be built after years of neglect, all 

carrying Davis-Bacon prevailing wages. 

Health Insurance—We need a plan for the 47 million 

uninsured Americans that will deliver effi ciencies 

that make our health care plans more affordable, 

more competitive and maintain their high-quality. 

We pay the most of any similar nation and get the 

least in return. 

We can be proud of how our members got involved 

in politics last year but still we must know that the 

fi ght is just beginning. We need each and every local 

to begin carrying their weight as we know the political 

battlefi eld is where the game is so often won. 

And it is a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) target 

that each Iron Worker local should have 100% of eligible 

voters registered and voting and that a political 

coordinator position be established. 

With the inauguration of President Barack 

Obama, let’s remember his striking words about the 

importance of the labor movement: 

(Adapted from a speech broadcast on CNN from 

Youngstown, Ohio, on the campaign trail, August 5, 

2008 and posted last year on our www.ironworker.org 

homepage as a YouTube video:) 

OBAMA: “Let’s talk about unions for a second. I 

believe in unions. (Cheers and applause). I believe 

in unions, because if you look at the history of this 

country, things we take for granted ( the 40-hour 

workweek, minimum wage, overtime, health care 

benefi ts, paid leave, child labor laws) -- those were 

union fi ghts. (Cheering and applause) 

Unions put their shoulder behind the wheel and 

made life better for working people when they were 

being taken advantage of. And, even today, even if 

you’re not in a union, you’re still benefi ting from the 

fact that there’s a union out there putting pressure 

on employers to do the right thing. 

The problem is that we had the most anti-union 

administration in memory under George Bush, although 

a lot of the problems started before Bush, 

with the PATCO strike dating back to the 1980s. 

What we have to do is fi gure out how can we 

strengthen unions and thereby give workers a little 

more leverage. So there are a couple things that I 

think we can do. Number one: I think that we should 

pass the Employee Free Choice Act. (Cheering and 

applause) That will make it easier for unions to organize 

(and) make it harder for companies to block 

unionization. 

Number two: it’s not the Department of Management. 

It’s the Department of Labor, which means 

that we need to have people in the Department of 

Labor who believe in labor standards, who are going 

to enforce labor standards. We need somebody on 

the National Labor Relations Board that will rule in 

favor of unions when management is not negotiating 

in good faith and when they’re engaging in unfair 

labor practices. 

You know, unions are not looking to drive employers 

away. And, in this current climate, where jobs can 

be moved overseas all the time, workers understand 

that, if they’re doing something that’s bad for the 

company, ultimately that could mean their jobs… 

So I think most unions are very responsible in 

terms of wanting to see their employers succeed. But 

what they do expect is that, if a company’s making billions 

of dollars of profi ts, that they will share some of 

those profi ts with the workers that made that wealth 

possible. That is a basic principle of American life.” 


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DAVIS-BACON/PREVAILING WAGE REPORT 

as provided through IMPACT 

by Chris Burger 

Wage Surveys: A Renewed Priority 

With all the changes in Washington, D.C. this 

month, we can look forward to a new emphasis 

on the enforcement of our labor laws, regulations 

and standards, particularly Davis-Bacon and 

related Acts. 

The changes at the U.S. Department of Labor’s 

Wage and Hour Division are already obvious and 

showing a renewed sense of purpose. This department 

was originally designed to help workers back 

in 1913 and looks to get back to its historic mission. 

Along with wage enforcement, Davis-Bacon 

wage survey process will likely have more resources. 

We were recently furnished with a wage survey 

schedule from the division. 

• The surveys published in 2008 were Utah, Nevada, 

Iowa, Georgia, Mississippi, and Alabama. 

• Surveys that are in their “fi nal stages” and 

ready for the fi rst quarter of this year are: Arkansas, 

Washington, New Jersey, Maine, Connecticut, 

metropolitan West Texas and rural Texas. 

• Oregon and Minnesota currently are in the 

stage known as “survey analysis” with on-site 

verifi cation complete. Regions with current on-site 

verifi cation going on are Washington, D.C., Florida, 

and rural New York State. 

• Analysis of surveys is being conducted in Washington, 

D.C. for the following: Maryland, Virginia, 

Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, and Missouri. 

• And the new wage surveys for this year are in 

the states of: New Mexico (which started November 

’08), Arizona, North Carolina, West Virginia, 

and Nebraska. These locals should be notifi ed by 

the DOL as will this offi ce. 

Wage surveys, of course, remain the responsibility 

of contractors and especially their local unions. As 

usual, we will attempt to notify and assist locals as 

to upcoming DOL surveys and seminars about them. 

When a wage survey is being performed by the DOL 

in your area, many now recommend doing it online 

with the much easier WD-10 internet version, as the 

paper version is quickly becoming obsolete. 

For more information, please go to: 

http://www.dol.gov/esa/whd/programs/dbra/ 

wd-10.htm or call this offi ce. 

DOL Certifi ed Payroll Proposal Hostile 

to Wage Enforcement 

An end-of-the-term parting shot from the Bush 

administration was a proposal to gut prevailing 

wage enforcement in a new way. The proposal of 

the outgoing Wage and Hour Division of the Department 

of Labor would decrease enforcement in 

an apparent interest of protecting “privacy,” specifi 

cally by reducing reporting requirements on 

weekly employee certifi ed payroll reports required 

on public projects. 

By excluding social security numbers (which 

are identifi ers for many agencies in wage investigations) 

as well as worker home addresses, the 

consequence would be to create an invitation to 

fraud. The Building and Construction Trades Department 

of the AFL-CIO has doubted the need for 

such a change with several trades also expressing 

skepticism. As has been pointed out, absent action 

on this plan, this could trickle down to the state 

level as well and cripple the ability of wage investigators. 

Stay tuned. 

A Shot-in-the-Arm for Public Works Projects 

The incoming U.S. President Barack Obama is 

calling for the single, largest, new investment in 

the nation’s infrastructure since the creation of 

the interstate highway system in the 1950s under 

President Dwight D. Eisenhower. 

In a December meeting of Obama and U.S. governors, 

the states reported having $136 billion 

worth of road, bridge, water schools, electric grid, 

energy, broadband, and other projects ready to go 

as soon as money became available. Each billion 

dollars spent, it was reported, would create up to 

40,000 jobs. 

In order to screen the applications for the massive 

number of projects, there is also a proposal 

to create a National Infrastructure Bank with a 

bipartisan board of directors. It would have an executive 

appointed by the president and confi rmed 

by the Senate. The inspiration is plainly that of 

President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s famous W.P.A. 

Sources: BNA, US DOL WHD, wire reports 


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Ironworkers on the Job 

Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.) and Local 6 (Buffalo, N.Y.) 

Complete Project 

After a somewhat rocky start, Local 92 and Local 6 

ironworkers completed their project on time to general 

acclaim. Magdalene Halasz, president of Graboplan, 

credits fi eld superintendent Rich Chudzik, who did a 

stellar job in leading and motivating the crew under 

rather diffi cult working conditions and the fi ne ironworkers 

of Local 6 and Local 92. 

Graboplan Field Superintendent Rich Chudzik 

From Our Past-Port Allen Local 

Job, Port Allen, La. 

T. L. James, General Contractor 

WB Smiley, Reinforcing Subcontractor 

F. Batchelor, Superintendent 


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Local 704 (Chattanooga, Tenn.) Work at Georgia Power Plant 

Front row: S. Davis, M. Poythress, A. Shavers (foreman), D. Graham, S. Boykin, D. Nunley, and M. Davenport. Second row: 

G. Causey, B. Love, C. Harris, D. O’Neal, R. Vandergriff, C. Patterson, Kevin Wallace (general organizer for the southern states), 

Melvin Brewer (B.A. for Local 704), Pedro Pedroso (project superintendent for Spartan), R. Scott (foreman), C. Rich (foreman), 

C. Campbell (foreman), and C. Hamby. Third row: R. Walden, B. Phillips, J.Sanders, J. Johnson, T. Stacy (foreman), A. Poythress, 

C. Willis, J. Shavers (steward), J. Thompkins, G. Alexander, J. Reed, J. Graham, S. Odgen, J. Barnes (foreman), R. Cooper, B. 

Cox, Chuck Kimball (general foreman), J. Scissom, B. Allen (foreman), M. Murray, and J. Dawson (Iron Workers safety rep). 

Ironworkers from Local 704 have been working for 

Spartan Constructors LLC of Spartanburg, South Carolina 

installing wet fl ue gas desulphurization system at 

Georgia Power Plant Hammond facility at Rome, Georgia. 

It is a coal-fi red powered plant and the new “scrubber” 

is designed to reduce air pollution by up to 95% to 

meet current federal Clean Air Act requirements. The 

Local 782 (Paducah, Ky.) and American Bridge 

on the Kentucky Lock and Bridges Project 

project included the installation of approximately 2,700 

tons of steel including structural steel, handrails, ladders, 

etc. and some 850,000 bolts, washers, and nuts. At 

the height of the project, there were approximately 60 

ironworkers on the job at the same time and 125 ironworkers 

have contributed to the success of the project. 

General Secretary Walter Wise, Local 782 President and Business Agent David Jones, Local 782 FST/BM John Davis, 

Barry Arnett, Peter Balwant, Tim Bass, Ricky Carneyhan, Troy Crawford, Tracey Crooks, Chad Davenport, Stonnie Dennis, 

James Dipasquale, David Ellegood, Jeremy Lamkin, Daniel Lang, Jason Leidecker, James Loiseau, Brendan Lynum, Ronald 

McCoy, Brent Moore, Greg Peppers, Adam Pickard, Joe Rynn, Matt Sains, Carl Schwarz, Brenda Sigler, Ricky Smith, Joe 

Tumas, Larry Tussy, Todd Tyler, Mike Wade, Chuck Walker, Joey Walker, and Ed Wiseman. 


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Local 584 

Tops Out 19 Story Hotel 

Local 584 (Tulsa, Okla.) topped out a 19 story hotel at the Cherokee 

Nation Resort Complex, one of seven buildings in the Cherokee 

Nation Hotel Resort complex expansion. The fi rst two buildings in the 

expansion contained 2,600 tons of structural steel, 900 hollow core 

concrete panels and had 62 ironworkers employed at the day of topping 

out. 

From the fi rst day of the job until topping out, the ironworkers 

worked 150,000 (one hundred fi fty thousand) manhours on the expansion. 

The ironworkers rose to the occasion to meet the advanced 

scheduled topping out ceremony by working 7-12s (seven twelve hour 

days per week) for the six weeks prior to the topping out ceremony and 

overcame the problems created by 10 (ten) major project revisions. 

The two steel erector contractors on this job were Green Country 

Steel Erectors; owned by the Crawford family in which Leon Crawford, 

Jr., and David Crawford are second-generation members of Local 

584 and Nick Leach, David Crawford, Jr., and Brent Crawford are 

third generation members of Local 584 and Bennett Steel, Inc; owned 

by Dave Bennett, who is a third generation member of Local 584. 


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Ironworkers 

on the job 

Harvey C. Swift, Ironworker 

superintendent 

Thomas Cooper, General 

Foreman 

Leon Crawford, Jr., General 

Foreman 

Kenneth Beatty, Foreman 

Cecil Bennett, Foreman 

John Boydstun, Foreman 

Christofer “Lamont” Brown, 

Foreman 

David Crawford, Foreman 

Dean Hakes, Foreman 

Troy Kalcik, Foreman 

Eddie Manes, Foreman 

Brian McGirt, Foreman 

Levi Medlin, Foreman 

Watie Shade, Foreman 

Fred Smalley, Foreman 

Roy Smith, Foreman 

Rodger Pate, Steward 

Billy Ahrens 

Wade Anderson 

Michael Bates 

Stoney Boggs 

Charles Broncho 

Mike Carr 

Kenny Charles 

Marc Cox 

Brent Crawford 

David Crawford, Jr. 

Selena Cryer 

Wayne Cryer 

Sam Dake 

Chris Downum, IV 

Curtis Farha 

Mike Fleming 

Jeff Gillin 

Mike Goad 

Allen Groat 

Andy Groat 

Donald Herd 

Crandall Holmes 

Joe Hooper 

Jerad Jones 

Kyle Kingfi sher 

Nick Leach 

Adam Marshall 

Thomas Miller 

Robert Miller 

Richard Moreno 

Jeff Page 

Chad Pennington 

Chris Petersen 

Kim Plumb 

Jerry Rice 

Mark Rosson 

Justin Scott 

Derrick Sebring 

Rodney Smith 

Joe Snell 

Terry Snell 

Doug Snelson 

Brian Tannehill 

Dial Torix 

Charles Ward 

Mitchell Whitlow 

Operating Engineers out of 

Local 627, Tulsa, Oklahoma 

Danny Bell 

R. L. Bell 

Max Glendenning 

Paul Glendenning 

Jacob Hass 

Brent Hinkle 

John Martin 

John Rolf 

Curtis Watashe 

Apprentice Coordinator Brother Charles Whitesell 

and apprentices employed on the job Derrick 

Sebring, Robert Miller, Marc Cox, Apprentice Coordinator 

Charles Whitesell, Mitchell Whitlow, 

Richard Moreno, Kyle Kingfi sher, and Charles 

Ward. Apprentices not pictured: Mike Carr, Rodney 

Smith, Eric Glenn and Dial Torx. 


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Local Offi cer Highlights 

IMPACT Success 

The University of California is building a new world 

class medical campus in San Francisco’s Mission Bay, 

and this campus is attracting some signifi cant neighbors. 

On a new 500,000 sf facility at 409-499 Illinois Street, for 

leading cancer research fi rms, project principals called on 

IMPACT contractors and ironworkers to deliver the project 

ahead of time and under budget, without loss time 

accident or incident. 

IMPACT member RPS fabricated and placed rebar. 

Herrick Corporation produced and erected structural 

steel, under the site leadership of Superintendent 

Kevin Kennedy. CE Toland and Romak furnished cold 

shell stairs, rails and miscellaneous metals. Eandi 

Metal Works furnished elevator shaft buildout and 

added structural steel. These contractors fabricated 

with Ironworkers 790 shopmen, and erected with Iron- 

409-499 Illinois under construction 

workers 377 and 378 

members. 

Wall Systems and 

glazing were placed by 

Walters and Wolf, and 

window wash systems 

by Tractel, both Ironworker 

signatory fi rms. 

Tenant structural and MEP systems steel was fabricated 

and installed by Eandi Metal Works, under supervision 

of Bob Hancock and Jose Nazario. 

The genuine success of this project emphasizes why 

developers focused on winning are turning to IMPACT 

to deliver the bottom line. 

—Mike Daly 

8/19/08 

Mechanical roof 


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Franklin Car 

Ed Williamson, Local 433 (Los 

Angeles) stands in front of a 1929 

Franklin car. 

50-Year Marriage 

Nelson “Nellie” Lajoie, retired 

50-year member of Local 15 (Hartford, 

Conn.), and his wife Rita celebrated 

50 years of marriage in 2007. Nellie’s 

children, Mark, Michael and Tina, 

were very supportive of his trade. 

Mark is an ironworker with 25 years 

on the job. Michael, who passed away 

in 1992, was a fi ve year member. 

Retirees Club 

Local 378 (Oakland, Calif.) Retirees Club met on June 4, 2008 for a meeting. 

The retirees club represents approximately 1/3 of their membership. Dick Zampa 

is the proud president of the retirees club. Row 1: Clarence Anderson, Jim Dan 

Osburn, Ken Payne, Nick Campton, Larry Wheeler, and Dick Zampa. Row 2: 

Fred Burton, Hugh Daugherty, Robert Gray, Al Campbell, and Vick Self. Row 3: 

Jack Self, Robert Self, Charles Lawrence, Francisco Olguin, and Luis Villegas. 

Row 4: Roy Turley, Jim Hetzel, Sherman Clark, Erv Fowler, and Mickey Newlin. 

Row 5: Tony Cunha, Charles Pettigrew, Toxie Myers, and Ray Long. 

Retirees Meet 

Local 782 (Paducah, Ky.) would like to thank all the retirees who attended 

their fi rst retired members meeting. The turnout of each meeting in 2008 

increased and Local 782 hopes that the trend continues in 2009. 


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Iron in the Fire 

Retired Local 625 (Honolulu) 

ironworker David Vetsch keeps an 

iron in the fi re, making real lava lamps 

from the fl ows of Kilauea. 

Proud of 1936 Ford 

Harry Keller, retired member of 

Local 765 (Ottawa, Ontario), bought a 

1936 Ford deluxe coupe to restore. It 

took fi ve long years to restore it to the 

beauty it is today. 

Mel Meszaros, Local 373 (Perth Amboy, N.J.), was featured in his local news 

paper, which showed him standing by his prize “Marine vehicles.” The paper 

declared Mel a true American Patriot dedicated to the United States Marine 

Corps. 

50 Years of Service as a 

Master Mason 

Brother Dewey Gillham, Local 584 

(Tulsa, Okla.) member, was presented 

with an award for his 50 years of 

service as a Master Mason. Dewey is 

a 56-year member of the Iron Workers 

and past assistant business agent 

and president of Local 584. 

Restored John Deere D 

Tractor 

Doug McTavish, Local 725 (Calgary, 

Alberta), took on the project of restoring 

a 1948 John Deere D tractor. 

American Patriot 

Showing Off 1964 Buick 

Kenneth Wilson, retired 37-year 

member of Local 201 (Washington, 

D.C.), shows off his 1964 Buick, which 

is all original. 


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Serving Texas City 

Carl Sullivan, Local 135 (Galveston, 

Tex.), was featured in the local county 

paper for having retired recently from 

the Texas City Commissioner Court 

after 22 years of service. Carl has been 

a member of Local 135 since 1962 and 

has held many positions in the local. 

Carl was known as a watchdog when 

it came to contracts and the use of 

prevailing wages and local labor. He 

will surely be missed by all the crafts. 

St. Patrick’s Day Parade 

Corby Wilson and son Ryan 

are ironworkers out of Local 512 

(Minneapolis/St. Paul). Corby has 

been an ironworker for 30 years. Ryan 

is a third year apprentice. Both work 

for Northern Industrial Erectors. They 

got their fi rst win at the Marshall 

County Fair in Warren, Minnesota. 

Local 433 (Los Angeles) ironworkers walked in the St. Patrick’s Day parade 

in Manhatton Beach, California. 

Halloween Takeover 

Father and Son 

Captain Louie Lopez 

of Local 433 (Los Angeles) 

and his men, Troy Springs, 

Local 263 (Dallas/Ft. Worth), 

Jeremy Dahlen, Local 263, and 

Deckboy (apprentice) Scott 

Coleman, Local 263, overtake 

the crane on Halloween out 

in Sunray, Texas, while doing 

windmills with Bragg Crane 

and Rigging. The “pirates” 

made the operator Randy 

Huffman walk the plank. 

Book Published 

Jo Leslie, wife of Local 392 (East St. 

Louis, Ill.) member Bill Leslie, has a very 

strong family tradition of ironworkers. 

Her husband, son, father, grandfather, 

brother, and many nephews, cousins, 

and uncles have been, or are, proud 

ironworkers. Bill and Leslie celebrated 

their 40 th anniversary in 2008 and 

every year play Santa and Mrs. Claus 

for children all over the United States. 

Bill is very proud of his wife’s latest 

accomplishment, the publishing of her 

fi rst children’s book “Sprite Bright.” 

This is if fi rst book of a series of seven. 

At present, she has 21 books written 

waiting to be illustrated by her son Bill 

and daughter-in-law Gina. 

Celebrating Anniversary 

Mr. and Mrs. Robert Albarez Sr. 

from Lansing, Michigan celebrated 

their 30 th year anniversary on 

February 16, 2008. Robert is with 

Local 25 (Detroit). 


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Generations of Ironworkers 

The Peake Family currently has 

four generations of ironworkers, 

Steven, Thomas O., Thomas E. 

and Dawn, and hopes to add more 

ironworker members in the future. 

CBI Service Earns MNSTAR Award 

Complete Restoration 

The CBI Services jobsite at Flint Hills Refi nery in 

Minnesota has been named the fi rst MNSTAR (Minnesota 

Star) construction worksite. MNSTAR is a project that 

recognizes worksites where managers and employees work 

together to develop safety and health management systems 

that go beyond basic compliance with Occupational Safety 

and Health Administration (OSHA) standards and result 

in immediate and long-term prevention of job-related 

injuries and illness. 

CBI Services was presented with the MNSTAR fl ag and 

Robert Rapp, Local 11 (Newark, 

N.J.) did a complete restoration on a 

friend’s 1954 Farmall Super C tractor 

in his spare time. The tractor took a 

blue ribbon in the county fair. Next up, 

a restoration of a 1958 B Model Mack. 

Making Music 

Retired Local 808 (Orlando, Fla.) 

member Nolan Aliment plays his saw 

and sings in Branson, Missouri. 

Minnesota OSHA 

presenting the T.I.E. 

(True Involvement of 

Employees) committee 

members with the 

flag and plaque, 

Jerry Reule, Rodney 

McCuskey, Chairman 

Rick Nasby, Pat Gelhar, 

Sarah Talcott, Scott 

Brener, commissioner, 

Minnesota Department 

of Labor and Industry, 

and Bob Durkee, 

Workplace Safety consultant. 

plaque. “They are the fi rst resident contractor that we’ve 

awarded, and they’ve shown a clear commitment to safety 

and excellence,” said James Honneman, media relations 

coordinator with the Minnesota Department of Labor and 

Industry. CBI Services has been working at the Flint Hills 

Refi nery in Rosemount, Minnesota since 1987. More than 

180 employees are working on maintenance and a multiphase 

expansion at the site. 

Congratulations to all who participated on this job and 

helped earn this coveted safety award. 


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75 th Birthday 

Happy 75 th birthday to Thomas 

Powell, Local 396 (St. Louis). Thomas 

retired as an ironworker in 1992 after 

35 years. Thomas and his wife Jackie 

reside in Wickliffe, Kentucky. He has 

one daughter, Donna, and one son, 

Phillip, married to Laura. Thomas is 

also a proud grandfather to Keaton and 

Tommy (married to Courtney) and greatgrandfather 

to Mason and Emma. He is 

a member of the Wickcliffe City Council 

and stays very active in his community. 

Combined 175 Years of 

Union Membership 

Lee Lucero, president of Local 

495 (Albuquerque) and Rick Meyer, 

apprenticeship coordinator, swore 

in journeyman Jordan Steele on 

April 11, 2008. The Steele family 

has a combined 175 years of union 

ironworking—father Jeff Steele, Local 

495, grandfather David Steele, Local 

24 (Denver), great grandfather Larry 

Steele, Local 24, great grandfather 

Arthur Merrifi eld, Local 24, great 

uncle Harold Shaw, Local 24, uncle 

Allan Steele, Local 24, uncle Donald 

Steele, Local 75 (Phoenix), cousin 

Dawn Steele, Local 75, and cousin 

Robert Steele, Local 433 (Los Angeles). 

David Steele and Harold Shaw were 

also offi cers in Local 24. 

Labor Day Parade 

Local 782 (Paducah, Ky.) would like to thank all of their members and their 

families who participated in the Paducah Labor Day parade, especially James Jones 

for pulling the fl oat, and to the apprentices who decorated the fl oat. 

Local 92 Graduates Apprentices 

Local 92 (Birmingham, Ala.) proudly graduated fi fteen apprentices to 

journeyman ironworkers. Top row: Randy Whisonant, president, Birmingham 

Steel Erectors, Larry Smith, President/BA of Local 92, Tim Turner, instructor, 

Donnie Perry, instructor, R.P. “ Beaver” Nix, FST/BM of Local 92, John Clement, 

coordinator, Bart Maddox, instructor, and Roy Jones, JAC member. Middle 

row: Christopher Glasgow, Daniel Thomas, Apprentice of the Year, Jonathan 

Hammock, Michael Rowland, Novel Hodge, Darrell Eaton, William Tedford, 

and Thomas Puckett. Bottom row: Michael Kean, Joshua Kelsoe, Drew Swann, 

Darnell Flemming, Jason Clevenger, Glen Spradin, and Joshua Rhoden. 

Donnie Perry, instructor, Tim Turner, instructor, Randy Whisonant, president, 

Birmingham Steel Erectors, Larry Smith, President/BA of Local 92, R.P. “Beaver” 

Nix, FST/BM of Local 92, John Clement, coordinator, Bart Maddox, instructor, and 

Roy Jones, JAC member. Seated is Apprentice of the Year 2008 Daniel Thomas. 


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Local 580 (New York) 2007 Graduating Class 

Ernst Arrastia, Daryl Austin, Raymond Ayau, Winston Bostwick, Chaun 

Bottom, Miguel Corletto, Jason Daly, Ricardo Daniel, Edwardo Desir, Matthew 

Dipiano, Stanley Faublas, Kelvin Flores, Alan Gashler, Brandon Gonzalez, 

Michael Gravalis, Tina Green, Brian Hoosack, Cindy Kowalski, Paul Leddick, 

Kegan McMillan, Noel Moodie, Derrick Moyd, Ryan Mullin, Marc Outram, Noel 

Quinones, Giusseppi Randazzo, Richard Reeves, Frederick Roesch, Jose Roman, 

Brian Rosario, Omar Sabio, Paul Sands, James Simpson, Trevor Sookwah, 

Evral Stewart, Luis Torris, Anton Wharton, and Kershon Winchester. Local 580 

instructors: Scott Bavolar, James Bleck, Richard Costante, Robert Maguire, Peter 

Marcyan, Gene Matthews, Brendan McCormack, John Mescall, Dennis Milton 

Jr., Eli Negron, Gary Nelson, Steve Ramputi, John Rauchfuss, and Richard 

Falasca, coordinator. 

Local 405 (Philadelphia) Apprenticeship Graduation 

Row 1: Edward Zielinski Jr., Samuel Malone, BM/FST, Frances Platt, 

Michael McCone, Michael Trasatti, and Mark Dunbar. Row 2: John Curcio, 

Dexter Bobcombe, Ed Penna Jr., instructor, Robert Stinger, instructor, Charles 

Thompson, Robert Chestnut, Joshua Brand, Fran Kane, instructor, Ron Perillo, 

Ed Penna Sr., apprentice coordinator/assistant BM, and Matthew Long. 

95 Years of Membership 

Earl Bailey and his son Gary 

Bailey received their service pins for 

a combined 95 years of membership 

with Local 384 (Knoxville, Tenn.) Earl 

Bailey received a 55-year pin and Gary 

Bailey received a 40-year pin. They 

were recognized for their service at the 

annual Local 384 retirees’ celebration 

from Douglas Sexton, president of 

Local 384 and Steve Kirkland, business 

manager of Local 384. 

Nine New Journeymen 

On June 14, 2008, Local 704 

(Chattanooga, Tenn.) had nine 

apprentices take their journeyman 

tests. All of the apprentices passed 

their tests. Front row: Dewayne 

Nunley, Steve Odgen, Steve Nelson, 

and Melvin Brewer, FST/BM. Second 

row: James Lockhart, apprenticeship 

training director, Kenny Eigelsbach, 

examining committee, Troy Vinson, 

Darren Nunley, Matt Poythress, Glen 

Causey, Jarett Worley and Chuck 

Kimball, examining committee. Not 

pictured: Ryan Walden. 


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Lowest Book Number Man Who Changed the Skyline 

John William “Bill” Taylor stands 

with his great grandson Kenneth Sevier. 

Bill has the distinction of having the 

lowest book number in Local 439 (Terre 

Haute, Ind.) In 2006, Bill received his 

65-year pin. He lives in Florida with 

his wife Bonnie, but is still a part of 

the local. He has shared with the local 

a written history of some of his life, his 

friends, and his ironworking career and 

continues to stay in touch with Local 

439 on a regular basis. 

Local 397 (Tampa, Fla.) Annual Service Awards and Apprenticeship Graduation 

Service Awards-1 st row: Jack Jarrell, president, Robert Sullivan Sr., Kenneth 

Whidden, Wayne Volentine, Robert Steele, trustee, Roy Whidden, and Henry 

Hurt. 2 nd row: Benny Sims, Richard Gallo, recording secretary, Robert Dale Dixon, 

executive board member, James Whidden, and Larry Brown, business manager. 

Graduating Apprentices-1 st row: 

Jack Jarrell, president, Richard 

Doughten, instructor, Dennis Felker 

Jr., Chuck Doughten, instructor, 

Jose Guerrero, Tommy Nunn, vice 

president, David Pratt, and Larry 

Brown, business manager. 2 nd row: 

Robert Dale Dixon, executive board 

member, Zach Nutt, Richard Gallo, 

recording secretary, Bert Blum, Chris 

Peters, Page Wyffels, Otis Bass, 

executive board member, and Tim 

McMurray, PowerNet Credit Union. 

John Rukavina, 

Local 1 (Chicago) is 

proud of his uncle John 

Rukavina, the man who 

changed the Chicago 

skyline. Uncle John is 

70 years old and is still 

very active. He installed 

every antennae in 

Chicago Sears Tower, 

John Hancock. He also 

installed the digitally 

antennae on the World 

Trade Center North 

Tower before 9/11. John 

is very proud of his 

uncle and states, “Uncle 

John is an inspiration 

to me. After 51 years of 

membership, he is still 

paid up and honored to 

be an ironworker.” 

Two Generations-Father and 

sons receive service awards. Sitting: 

Kenneth Whidden, 30 years, and Roy 

Whidden, 50 years. Standing: James 

Whidden, 30 years. 


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Member Artist 

Quality Ironworking in New Jersey 

President of Sangle Associates Janice 

Sangle with Raymond Nakielny, Local 

373 (Perth Amboy, N.J.) business agent, 

William Nagy Jr., Local 373 FST/BM, 

Stephen Ryan Sangle, vice president 

of Sangle Associates, Gary Durrant, 

president of Durrant Construction, and 

Linda Durrant, offi ce manager and 

owner of Durrant Construction, are on 

the south goal line at Rutgers University 

Stadium, “The Home of College Football.” 

Sangle Associates has received the 

rebar installation contract from Durrant 

Construction and Gilbane Construction 

for the stadium’s state of the art $72 

million expansion and renovation project. 

President Sangle believes the quality of 

our union ironworker skills and increased 

productivity will continue to prevail in 

the New Jersey construction industry. 

She also hopes to display that all of our 

disable and non-disabled MBE and WBE 

brothers and sisters with corporations in 

New Jersey have equal opportunity and 

can compete with other contractors. 

Willie Bell, 

Local 112 

(Peoria, Ill.) 

member, retired 

after 30 years of 

service and now 

has painting as 

his hobby. 


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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 

classified as Old Age or Disability Pensioners that were converted to Lifetime Honorary membership effective January 1, 2007 

will not be reprinted in the magazine. 

Local Name 

3 HARRIS, DONALD F 

3 HULL, DONALD K 

10 COTTEN, EDWARD L 

11 NEILAN, TERENCE J 

15 GIAMBATTISTA, JACK A 

17 MARTIN, CLIFFORD 

28 JESSUP, CLAIBORN O 

37 WRIGHT, DANIEL B 

55 BROOKS, PAUL D 

75 CONNER, CECIL E 

79 NICHOLS, STANLEY O 

97 FEDORUK, JOHN N 

197 MC GINLEY, EDWARD P 

290 MANNING, DAVID 

373 HOPKINS, ROBERT G 

373 WEST, RICHARD 

401 COLE, FRANCIS P 

416 GREEN, TROY 

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416 ROGERS, ROBERT L 

417 NOLAN, JOHN F 

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498 ROWE, LOUIE W 

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721 MASTROCOLA, SAVERIO 

752 DEVEAU, LOUIS J 

787 PIGGOTT, ALFRED L 

798 STEELE, DAVID R 

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848 SPIVEY, DARRELL L 

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L.U. 

No. 

Member 

Number 

Name Claim 

Number 

Amount 

1 402233 ARNDT, ROBERT M. 96754 2,200.00 

1 1212410 BROWN, DAVID 96755 1,750.00 

3 475526 SCHMIDT, GEORGE 96805 2,200.00 

3 796562 URBAN, ROBERT S. 96756 2,200.00 

5 1039515 MYERS, JAMES E. 96757 2,000.00 

7 1315544 FOY, THOMAS 96758 1,400.00 

7 1277494 HARVEY, ROBERT 96731 7,000.00 

7 756716 MAC INNIS, BERNARD W. 96806 2,000.00 

8 593871 NICHOLS, DARWIN E. 96732 2,200.00 

10 217321 LEE, MAURICE H. 96759 2,200.00 

10 992719 PESTOCK, STEVEN A. 96760 2,000.00 

11 465469 RACKETT, EDWARD N. 96733 2,200.00 

12 396755 GINTER, WILLIAM J. 96807 2,200.00 

14 431598 NESS, VERNICE Q. 96808 2,200.00 

14 663268 RONFELD, JOHN L. 96734 2,200.00 

15 673211 GRIFFIN, ROBERT A. 96735 2,200.00 

21 408387 EDMONDS, WILLIAM R. 96761 2,200.00 

21 1248340 FLYNN, GARY G. 96809 1,750.00 

21 782076 HENRY, KENNETH 96810 2,200.00 

21 609041 NAGEL, ALAN D. 96762 2,200.00 

22 735900 HARLOW, PAUL S. 96736 2,200.00 

22 1214698 PARSLEY, KENNETH D. 96763 1,750.00 

27 486224 HUNT, CALVIN S. 96765 2,000.00 

29 391379 WILLIAMS, LONNIE L. 96737 2,200.00 

37 231956 WIRICK, ALBERT G. 96738 2,200.00 

44 523417 TIBBITS, ROBERT 96766 2,200.00 

46 1314155 KELLY, KIMBERLY M. 96767 1,750.00 

46L 1099516 GOURGUE, LESLY 96739 1,750.00 

48 430820 WILLSON, WILLIAM F. 96811 2,200.00 

60 475681 ALLEN, ERWIN L. 96812 2,200.00 

60 809322 GRIFFIN, JAMES H. 96813 2,200.00 

60 792065 HABEREK, WALTER 96740 2,200.00 

70 646841 WILLENBORG, HERMAN 96814 2,200.00 

92 313363 ARMSTRONG, CALVIN 96741 2,200.00 

OFFICIAL MONTHLY 

RECORD 

APPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 

112 381678 BAINTER, PAUL 96768 2,200.00 

135 247932 MC CAREY, LACEY J. 96742 2,200.00 

135 1294812 STRENGTH, ROCKY 96743 7,000.00 

135 658113 WAGNER, JIMMY L. 96769 2,000.00 

147 568005 BERNARD, CHARLES L. 96744 2,000.00 

167 655155 WEEMS, BILLY F. 96770 1,750.00 

172 391564 QUINCEL, KENNETH D. 96745 2,200.00 

172 1246590 RUSTEMEYER, DAVID T. 96771 1,750.00 

201 926817 ROBERTS, MELVIN 96772 2,200.00 

207 342075 MENZ, WILLIAM 96773 2,200.00 

207 375637 WILDER, JOHN 96746 2,200.00 

263 1368920 TAYLOR, MICHAEL J. 96815 500.00 

272 710111 COLE, RAYMOND C. 96774 2,000.00 

361 687125 BISHOP, LOUIS N. 96816 2,200.00 

361 806012 KADEMOFF, PETER 96817 2,200.00 

361 1090728 MC GOLDRICK, JOHN P. 96818 2,000.00 

373 536678 DERYN, JOHN A. 96775 2,200.00 

377 844914 WEILL, JOSEPH R. 96776 2,000.00 

378 964214 FAHEY, JOHN M. 96819 2,000.00 

384 484813 POPE, NAZARENE 96822 2,200.00 

387 722642 TALLEY, MELVIN 96820 2,200.00 

395 1105501 KLINE, JEFFREY L. 96821 1,750.00 

396 516749 ESTES, T J. 96777 2,200.00 

396 174507 KELLY, JOHN C. 96778 2,200.00 

402 297725 COTTEN, JOHN R. 96779 2,200.00 

405 201010 CANADY, WILLIAM 96780 2,200.00 

405 352705 COLELLA, ANTHONY C. 96781 2,200.00 

416 635730 KATAKURA, RICHARD S. 96782 2,200.00 

416 354017 MARACH, RAYMOND J. 96748 1,750.00 

416 616528 TOMA, KAZUYASU 96823 2,200.00 

416 197393 YOUNG, LEWIS A. 96749 2,200.00 

424 692356 FORMICA, ROCCO J. 96783 2,200.00 

433 1236636 BERNEATHY, JIM 96784 1,750.00 

433 509918 CROFT, WILBORN A. 96785 2,200.00 

433 596227 GRANT, JOHN A. 96786 2,200.00 

433 749065 MIRA, DANNY 96787 2,000.00 

433 1135478 RAMIREZ, NUNZIO M. 96824 1,750.00 

470 174398 SALEMME, RAYMOND 96788 2,000.00 

477 493168 WILLIAMS, BRANDON E. 96789 2,200.00 

489 960057 DEETS, RODNEY E. 96790 1,750.00 

492 626314 COLLIER, BONNIE L. 96791 2,200.00 

502 1373048 KIRK, KYLE T. 96825 500.00 

512 383864 VITTORIO, ANTHONY 96792 2,200.00 

520 752410 GERMAN, DONALD L. 96826 2,000.00 

549 567894 TOMICH, LOUIS 96828 2,200.00 

550 205792 BOYER, ARTHUR G. 96750 2,200.00 

550 661985 GISH, PAUL A. 96751 2,200.00 

568 700285 MC FADDEN, RONALD 96793 2,200.00 

568 658283 WARE, DONALD C. 96752 2,200.00 

580 577736 CAPOBIANCO, HENRY 96794 2,200.00 

580 686341 CARROLL, DONALD 96753 2,000.00 

580 1345896 GAETANO, JASON 96795 1,150.00 

580 209186 MUCHTIN, HENRY 96796 2,200.00 

584 220434 STORIE, LEON 96827 2,200.00 

591 494069 RUSSELL, JOE G. 96797 2,200.00 

623 1041383 ADAMS, CHARLES L. 96798 2,000.00 

623 917679 PIPER, MARION A. 96799 2,000.00 

711 496709 MORIN, MAURICE 96829 2,200.00 

712 1092085 NEUMANN, WILLIAM 96802 2,000.00 

721 441382 MARTINUK, JOHN 96803 2,200.00 0 

732 682127 RAVNDAL, JACK 96747 2,000.00 0 

736 1094681 MARTIN, NORMAN F. 96804 1,750.00 0 

736 579982 MC EACHERN, DONALD 96830 2,200.00 0 

811 1245585 FASSE, STEVEN 96800 1,750.00 0 

831 1111700 WALTER, CYNTHIA 96801 1,750.00 0 

TOTAL DEATH BENEFITS PAID:..................211,800.00 

DISAPPROVED DEATH CLAIMS FOR SEPTEMBER 2008 08 

24 1367133 CLARK, EUGENE 96764 IN ARREARS ARS 

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