"Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” – Thomas Edison
Today is Saturday, September 22, 2018
I hope everybody who views this site has a great day and a great weekend.
"You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
Please remember to work safe, work hard and take pride in your work.
I hope everybody who views this site has a great day and a great weekend.
"You are never too old to set another goal or dream a new dream.” – Les Brown
Please remember to work safe, work hard and take pride in your work.
DON'T CRY OVERT THE PAST, IT'S GONE.
DON'T STRESS ABOUT THE FUTURE, IT HASN'T ARRIVED.
LIVE IN THE PRESENT AND MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT COMES EASY WON'T LAST,
WHAT LASTS WON'T COME EASY.
DON'T STRESS ABOUT THE FUTURE, IT HASN'T ARRIVED.
LIVE IN THE PRESENT AND MAKE IT BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT COMES EASY WON'T LAST,
WHAT LASTS WON'T COME EASY.
ATTENTION ALL LOCAL 12 MEMBERS
THE NEXT REGULAR UNION MEETING WILL BE HELD THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 4, 2018. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 PM
AND IT WILL BE HELD AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
49-18 QUEENS BLVD.
WOODSIDE, NEW YORK 11377
THE NEXT REGULAR UNION MEETING WILL BE HELD THURSDAY,
OCTOBER 4, 2018. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 PM
AND IT WILL BE HELD AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS:
THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
49-18 QUEENS BLVD.
WOODSIDE, NEW YORK 11377
THE UNION WAY IS THE AMERICAN WAY
PLEASE CLICK ON THE FILE BELOW TO SEE THE STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN BY LABOR PRESS AND WAS IN THE NY DAILY NEWS
PLEASE CLICK ON THE FILE BELOW TO SEE THE STORY THAT WAS WRITTEN BY LABOR PRESS AND WAS IN THE NY DAILY NEWS
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TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2018. IT WAS A SOLEMN DAY FOR ALL OF US. PLEASE REMEMBER TO HONOR ALL THE VICTIMS OF 9/11/2001. WE WILL NEVER FORGET AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR THEM ALL BY GOING ON AND LIVING HAPPY AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES. MAY GOD BLESS ALL THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES AND CONTINUE TO LOSE THEIR LIVES DUE TO THE TOXIC CHEMICALS THEY WERE EXPOSED TO THAT TRAGIC DAY AND IN THE DAYS THERE AFTER.
WE WILL NEVER FORGET!
WE WILL NEVER FORGET!
SOLIDARITY
1.
unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.
"factory workers voiced solidarity with the striking students"
synonyms:unanimity, unity, like-mindedness, agreement, accord, harmony, consensus, concurrence, cooperation, cohesion,
fraternity, mutual support;
formal concord
"our solidarity is what gives us the credibility and power to make changes"
2.
an independent trade union movement in Poland that developed into a mass campaign for political change and inspired popular opposition to communist regimes across eastern Europe during the 1980s.
1.
unity or agreement of feeling or action, especially among individuals with a common interest; mutual support within a group.
"factory workers voiced solidarity with the striking students"
synonyms:unanimity, unity, like-mindedness, agreement, accord, harmony, consensus, concurrence, cooperation, cohesion,
fraternity, mutual support;
formal concord
"our solidarity is what gives us the credibility and power to make changes"
2.
an independent trade union movement in Poland that developed into a mass campaign for political change and inspired popular opposition to communist regimes across eastern Europe during the 1980s.
TODAY IN LABOR HISTORY SEPTEMBER 22
President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary proclamation warning that he will order the emancipation of all slaves in any state that does not end its rebellion against the Union by January 1, 1863 – September 22, 1862
Eighteen-year-old Hannah (Annie) Shapiro leads a spontaneous walkout of 17 women at a Hart Schaffner & Marx garment factory in Chicago. It grows into a months-long mass strike involving 40,000 garment workers across the city, protesting 10-hour days, bullying bosses and cuts in already-low wages - September 22, 1910
Great Steel Strike begins; 350,000 workers demand union recognition. The AFL Iron and Steel Organizing Committee calls off the strike, their goal unmet, 108 days later - September 22, 1919
Martial law rescinded in Mingo County, W. Va., after police, U.S. troops and hired goons finally quell coal miners' strike - September 22, 1922
U.S. Steel announces it will cut the wages of 220,000 workers by 10 percent - September 22, 1931
United Textile Workers strike committee orders strikers back to work after 22 days out, ending what was at that point the greatest single industrial conflict in the history of American organized labor. The strike involved some 400,000 workers in New England, the mid-Atlantic states and the South - September 22, 1934
Some 400,000 coal miners strike for higher wages in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and Ohio - September 22, 1935
The AFL expels the Int’l Longshoremen's Association for racketeering; six years later the AFL-CIO accepted them back into the house of labor – September 22, 1953
OSHA reaches its largest ever settlement agreement, $21 million, with BP Products North America following an explosion at BP's Texas City, Texas, plant earlier in the year that killed 15 and injured 170 - September 22, 2005
Eleven Domino's employees in Pensacola, Fla., form the nation's first union of pizza delivery drivers -September 22, 2006
San Francisco hotel workers end a 2-year contract fight, ratify a new 5-year pact with their employers - September 22, 2006
President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary proclamation warning that he will order the emancipation of all slaves in any state that does not end its rebellion against the Union by January 1, 1863 – September 22, 1862
Eighteen-year-old Hannah (Annie) Shapiro leads a spontaneous walkout of 17 women at a Hart Schaffner & Marx garment factory in Chicago. It grows into a months-long mass strike involving 40,000 garment workers across the city, protesting 10-hour days, bullying bosses and cuts in already-low wages - September 22, 1910
Great Steel Strike begins; 350,000 workers demand union recognition. The AFL Iron and Steel Organizing Committee calls off the strike, their goal unmet, 108 days later - September 22, 1919
Martial law rescinded in Mingo County, W. Va., after police, U.S. troops and hired goons finally quell coal miners' strike - September 22, 1922
U.S. Steel announces it will cut the wages of 220,000 workers by 10 percent - September 22, 1931
United Textile Workers strike committee orders strikers back to work after 22 days out, ending what was at that point the greatest single industrial conflict in the history of American organized labor. The strike involved some 400,000 workers in New England, the mid-Atlantic states and the South - September 22, 1934
Some 400,000 coal miners strike for higher wages in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Illinois and Ohio - September 22, 1935
The AFL expels the Int’l Longshoremen's Association for racketeering; six years later the AFL-CIO accepted them back into the house of labor – September 22, 1953
OSHA reaches its largest ever settlement agreement, $21 million, with BP Products North America following an explosion at BP's Texas City, Texas, plant earlier in the year that killed 15 and injured 170 - September 22, 2005
Eleven Domino's employees in Pensacola, Fla., form the nation's first union of pizza delivery drivers -September 22, 2006
San Francisco hotel workers end a 2-year contract fight, ratify a new 5-year pact with their employers - September 22, 2006
"A man can be as great as he wants to be. If you believe in yourself and have the courage, the determination, the dedication, the competitive drive and if you are willing to sacrifice the little things in life and pay the price for the things that are worthwhile, it can be done."
Vince Lombardi
Vince Lombardi
THE NEXT EARLY WITHDRAWAL VACATION FUND CHECKS
WILL BE PRINTED FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018.
THE NEXT EARLY WITHDRAWAL VACATION FUND CHECKS
WILL BE PRINTED FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2018.
CONGRATULATIONS TO LOCAL 12 ORGANIZER ANTHONY FAGIOLO ON BEING HONORED BY COUNCIL MEMBER JUMAANE WILLIAMS WHO JOINS 100 BLACK CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IN HONORING ANTHONY AS WELL AS FIVE OTHER WELL DESERVED LABOR LEADERS ON WEDNESDAY MAY 30, 2018.
GREAT JOB ANTHONY - YOU DESERVE IT!
GREAT JOB ANTHONY - YOU DESERVE IT!
COUNT ME IN RALLY AT UNION SQUARE IN MANHATTAN ON MAY 8, 2018
LOCAL 12 BUSINESS MANAGER JOHN JOVIC SPEAKS AT THE COUNT ME IN RALLY ON MAY 8, 2018
Unionization: It's Never Been Easy
Almost all current union members were hired into an already represented workplace. But while you personally may have played no role in unionizing your place of work, you can’t assume that those who did had an easy time of it. In the early decades of union organizing in the U.S., it was not unusual for employers to respond to union organizing drives with physical violence. Many of the early industrial unions got their footholds only by standing up to a court system that jailed union supporters, and to the clubs and guns of company thugs. Sometimes the bullets that maimed and killed union supporters and their families were fired by state militias or federal troops, serving as private armies for anti-union employers. Once the union comes in, one battle may be over but the war is far from won. In about one third of newly organized workplaces, using stall and delay tactics, the employer succeeds in preventing the union from ever winning a first contract.
Almost all current union members were hired into an already represented workplace. But while you personally may have played no role in unionizing your place of work, you can’t assume that those who did had an easy time of it. In the early decades of union organizing in the U.S., it was not unusual for employers to respond to union organizing drives with physical violence. Many of the early industrial unions got their footholds only by standing up to a court system that jailed union supporters, and to the clubs and guns of company thugs. Sometimes the bullets that maimed and killed union supporters and their families were fired by state militias or federal troops, serving as private armies for anti-union employers. Once the union comes in, one battle may be over but the war is far from won. In about one third of newly organized workplaces, using stall and delay tactics, the employer succeeds in preventing the union from ever winning a first contract.
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2017 FIRST YEAR APPRENTICES OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS LOCAL 12
“Make up your mind that no matter what comes your way, no matter how difficult, no matter how unfair,
you will do more than simply survive.
You will thrive in spite of it.” —Joel Osteen
you will do more than simply survive.
You will thrive in spite of it.” —Joel Osteen
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"Happiness is not having what you want, but wanting what you have."
- Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel,
American theologian, author and educator 1907-1990
- Rabbi Hyman Judah Schachtel,
American theologian, author and educator 1907-1990
In this expanded edition of Strike! you can read about the General Tire Co. strike as well as other labor-management conflicts that have occurred over the past 140 years. Here you’ll learn much about workers’ struggle to win a degree of justice, from the workers’ point of view.
No Contract, No Peace: A Legal Guide to Contract Campaigns, Strikes and Lockouts: This book is a must-have for any union or activist considering aggressive action to combat management’s growing economic war against workers. No Contract, No Peace! updates information contained in the first edition, entitled Strikes, Picketing and Inside Campaigns, to include reference to recent union activities and NLRB decisions that have affected the labor relations environment. Schwartz’s familiarity with labor and employment law combines with his activist spirit to provide innovative yet practical tips for mounting and maintaining meaningful campaigns designed to build union and workers’ power.
Parliamentary Procedure and Effective Union Meetings: You couldn’t have an effective convention if no one knew how to conduct a meeting. This is a very helpful guide for how to run or participate in a union meeting—not just the formal procedures, but the realities, like how to set an agenda, how to deal with people who just love to hear themselves speak and how to boost attendance, for example.
"You are going to go through tough times that’s life. But I say, ‘Nothing happens to you. It happens for you’. See the positive in negative events and you will succeed at everything you do. Remember nothing can stop you if you never give up. Remember as a Member of Local 12 you have your fellow Local 12 Members to lean on when times are tough. Local 12 Members support each other in good times and in bad times. True Local 12 Members work through their problems together - we work together to solve the problems we have to build a better life for ourselves and our families."
-Al Wassell
Proud Member of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
HEAT & FROST INSULATORS LOCAL 12
15-32 127th Street - First Floor - College Point, NY 11356
UNION OFFICE: 718-784-3456
FUNDS OFFICE: 718-784-8883
AJEF: 718-784-1899
Please note due to the upcoming scheduled renovation of our building in Long Island City we have temporarily relocated to 15-32 127th Street - First Floor
College Point NY 11356
15-32 127th Street - First Floor - College Point, NY 11356
UNION OFFICE: 718-784-3456
FUNDS OFFICE: 718-784-8883
AJEF: 718-784-1899
Please note due to the upcoming scheduled renovation of our building in Long Island City we have temporarily relocated to 15-32 127th Street - First Floor
College Point NY 11356
Heat & Frost Insulators Local 12 is committed to delivering proper design, installation and maintenance of mechanical insulation and firestopping in Manhattan, the Bronx, Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island and Long Island.
Local 12 is part of an international union of more than 25,000 members and is recognized as one of the largest, most influential union of trained Heat and Frost Insulators and Firestop Workers in the world. Local 12 ensures workers’ safety through education and continuous training in advanced application techniques while representing the insulation industry at the federal, state and local government levels. Local 12 is proud to say that its members have been part of building the buildings of New York City and its surrounding areas for over 100 years. All Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 members are Energy Conservation Specialists.
Insulate it’s worth the energy.
Local 12 is part of an international union of more than 25,000 members and is recognized as one of the largest, most influential union of trained Heat and Frost Insulators and Firestop Workers in the world. Local 12 ensures workers’ safety through education and continuous training in advanced application techniques while representing the insulation industry at the federal, state and local government levels. Local 12 is proud to say that its members have been part of building the buildings of New York City and its surrounding areas for over 100 years. All Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 members are Energy Conservation Specialists.
Insulate it’s worth the energy.
What is Mechanical Insulation? Mechanical insulation, also known as the “forgotten technology”, is thermal insulation used on piping, equipment, and all types of mechanical systems, including boilers, HVAC systems, and ducts. Mechanical insulation serves the following functions:
- Conserve energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions
- Regulate the temperature of process systems
- Condensation control and mold prevention
- Personnel protection from hot or cold surfaces
"SOMETIMES YOU HAVE TO ASK NOT WHAT MY UNION CAN DO FOR ME BUT WHAT I CAN DO FOR MY UNION."
- Al Wassell
Proud Member of Local 12
Proud American
- Al Wassell
Proud Member of Local 12
Proud American
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” ~ John Wooden
DO YOU WANT YOUR INSULATION COMPANY TO BECOME A PART OF LOCAL 12 OR DO YOU AS A NON-UNION INSULATOR WANT TO BECOME PART OF LOCAL 12? PLEASE CONTACT US THROUGH THE OPTIONS BELOW:
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This website is administered by Proud Local 12 Member Al Wassell. The opinions and subject matter on this website solely reflect the opinions and thought process of Al Wassell and do not necessarily reflect the opinions and thoughts of the Membership and Officers of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12.
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