LABOR DAY PARADE 2018
May 30, 1868: First Memorial Day is observed in USThe first major Memorial Day, also known as Decoration Day, is observed to honor those who died in the civil war. Two dozen communities across US claim to be the birthplace of Memorial Day. However, the official distinction, signed into law by President Johnson in 1966, is held by the village of Waterloo, New York.
ATTENTION ALL LOCAL 12 MEMBERS
THE NEXT REGULAR UNION MEETING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT, THURSDAY MAY 3, 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
NOMINATIONS WILL BE HELD FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCAL 12 UNION OFFICES:
PRESIDENT
VICE-PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE BOARD - ALL FIVE POSITIONS ARE UP FOR ELECTION
RECORDING SECRETARY
SERGEANT AT ARMS
AND ANY OTHER OFFICE THAT MAY BECOME VACANT
ALL LOCAL 12 MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND ALL UNION MEETINGS
AND ALL UNION FUNCTIONS
THE NEXT REGULAR UNION MEETING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT, THURSDAY MAY 3, 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
NOMINATIONS WILL BE HELD FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCAL 12 UNION OFFICES:
PRESIDENT
VICE-PRESIDENT
EXECUTIVE BOARD - ALL FIVE POSITIONS ARE UP FOR ELECTION
RECORDING SECRETARY
SERGEANT AT ARMS
AND ANY OTHER OFFICE THAT MAY BECOME VACANT
ALL LOCAL 12 MEMBERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO ATTEND ALL UNION MEETINGS
AND ALL UNION FUNCTIONS
Up to 40,000 New York construction workers demonstrated in midtown Manhattan, protesting the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s awarding of a $33 million contract to a nonunion company. Eighteen police and three demonstrators were injured. "There were some scattered incidents and some minor violence," Police Commissioner Howard Safir told the New York Post. "Generally, it was a pretty well-behaved crowd." – June 30, 1998
MAJOR RALLY TODAY, TUESDAY, MAY 8, 2018
AT UNION SQUARE IN LOWER MANHATTAN AT 3:30 PM
AT UNION SQUARE IN LOWER MANHATTAN AT 3:30 PM
TO ALL MEMBERS OF LOCAL 12
Today, Tuesday, May 8th at 3:30 pm The NYC Building Trades will be holding a major COUNT ME IN RALLY at Union Square in lower Manhattan.
ALL MEMBERS SHOULD ATTEND THIS RALLY AND LOOK FOR OUR BANNER AND THE SIGN IN SHEETS THAT WILL BE LOCATED UP FRONT CLOSE TO THE STAGE
This is it – we are in a fight for our survival as Union Construction Workers. The developers have been coming after us – trying to take away our way of life by forcing the OPEN SHOP MODEL on the General Contractors. We have been lulled into a false sense of security because it has been so busy but make no mistake OUR VERY EXISTENCE AS UNION CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IS IN DANGER. So what are you going to do? Stand by and let others take up the fight or worse stand by and watch your way of life be taken away from you. This is our fight – I REPEAT THIS IS OUR FIGHT NOW RISE UP MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND FIGHT! FIGHT FOR YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY AND EACH OTHER! TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG AND WE WILL WIN THIS FIGHT! The way to make change in this country is to protest – to let the billionaire developers, the politicians and the American public that Unions are here to stay – WE HELP ALL WORKERS – UNION AND NON UNION – WE DESERVE A FAIR WAGE AND BENEFITS AND WE ARE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR IT!
Stay connected to the COUNT ME IN movement on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and you can text CMI to 877877.
Ask yourself this question what do you want your legacy to be? Years from now do you want to tell people that you were part of the movement that saved Unions or do you want to tell people how it was when there were Unions? Can I Count You In?
COUNT ME IN RALLY
WHEN- TODAY, TUESDAY MAY 8TH
TIME – 3:30 PM
WHERE – UNION SQUARE DOWN BY 14TH STREET
SUBWAYS – 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, AND R TO THE 14TH STREET – UNION SQUARE STATION
In Deepest Solidarity,
Al Wassell
Proud Member of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
United We Stand!!!!!!!!!!!!
AS A MEMBER OF LOCAL 12 I AM MY BROTHER’S AND SISTER’S KEEPER
Today, Tuesday, May 8th at 3:30 pm The NYC Building Trades will be holding a major COUNT ME IN RALLY at Union Square in lower Manhattan.
ALL MEMBERS SHOULD ATTEND THIS RALLY AND LOOK FOR OUR BANNER AND THE SIGN IN SHEETS THAT WILL BE LOCATED UP FRONT CLOSE TO THE STAGE
This is it – we are in a fight for our survival as Union Construction Workers. The developers have been coming after us – trying to take away our way of life by forcing the OPEN SHOP MODEL on the General Contractors. We have been lulled into a false sense of security because it has been so busy but make no mistake OUR VERY EXISTENCE AS UNION CONSTRUCTION WORKERS IS IN DANGER. So what are you going to do? Stand by and let others take up the fight or worse stand by and watch your way of life be taken away from you. This is our fight – I REPEAT THIS IS OUR FIGHT NOW RISE UP MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS AND FIGHT! FIGHT FOR YOURSELF, YOUR FAMILY AND EACH OTHER! TOGETHER WE ARE STRONG AND WE WILL WIN THIS FIGHT! The way to make change in this country is to protest – to let the billionaire developers, the politicians and the American public that Unions are here to stay – WE HELP ALL WORKERS – UNION AND NON UNION – WE DESERVE A FAIR WAGE AND BENEFITS AND WE ARE WILLING TO FIGHT FOR IT!
Stay connected to the COUNT ME IN movement on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and you can text CMI to 877877.
Ask yourself this question what do you want your legacy to be? Years from now do you want to tell people that you were part of the movement that saved Unions or do you want to tell people how it was when there were Unions? Can I Count You In?
COUNT ME IN RALLY
WHEN- TODAY, TUESDAY MAY 8TH
TIME – 3:30 PM
WHERE – UNION SQUARE DOWN BY 14TH STREET
SUBWAYS – 4, 5, 6, L, N, Q, AND R TO THE 14TH STREET – UNION SQUARE STATION
In Deepest Solidarity,
Al Wassell
Proud Member of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
United We Stand!!!!!!!!!!!!
AS A MEMBER OF LOCAL 12 I AM MY BROTHER’S AND SISTER’S KEEPER
ON APRIL 14, 1865 PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN WAS SHOT AND MORTALLY WOUNDED. HE DIED THE NEXT DAY APRIL 15, 1865.
On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.
Booth, a Maryland native born in 1838, who remained in the North during the war despite his Confederate sympathies, initially plotted to capture President Lincoln and take him to Richmond, the Confederate capital. However, on March 20, 1865, the day of the planned kidnapping, the president failed to appear at the spot where Booth and his six fellow conspirators lay in wait. Two weeks later, Richmond fell to Union forces.
In April, with Confederate armies near collapse across the South, Booth hatched a desperate plan to save the Confederacy. Learning that Lincoln was to attend a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater on April 14, Booth masterminded the simultaneous assassination of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward. By murdering the president and two of his possible successors, Booth and his conspirators hoped to throw the U.S. government into disarray.
On the evening of April 14, conspirator Lewis T. Powell burst into Secretary of State Seward’s home, seriously wounding him and three others, while George A. Atzerodt, assigned to Vice President Johnson, lost his nerve and fled. Meanwhile, just after 10 p.m., Booth entered Lincoln’s private theater box unnoticed and shot the president with a single bullet in the back of his head. Slashing an army officer who rushed at him, Booth leapt to the stage and shouted “Sic semper tyrannis! [Thus always to tyrants]–the South is avenged!” Although Booth broke his leg jumping from Lincoln’s box, he managed to escape Washington on horseback.
The president, mortally wounded, was carried to a lodging house opposite Ford’s Theater. About 7:22 a.m. the next morning, Lincoln, age 56, died–the first U.S. president to be assassinated. Booth, pursued by the army and other secret forces, was finally cornered in a barn near Bowling Green, Virginia, and died from a possibly self-inflicted bullet wound as the barn was burned to the ground. Of the eight other people eventually charged with the conspiracy, four were hanged and four were jailed. Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president, was buried on May 4, 1865, in Springfield, Illinois.
On this day in 1865, John Wilkes Booth, an actor and Confederate sympathizer, fatally shoots President Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. The attack came only five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his massive army at Appomattox Court House, Virginia, effectively ending the American Civil War.
Booth, a Maryland native born in 1838, who remained in the North during the war despite his Confederate sympathies, initially plotted to capture President Lincoln and take him to Richmond, the Confederate capital. However, on March 20, 1865, the day of the planned kidnapping, the president failed to appear at the spot where Booth and his six fellow conspirators lay in wait. Two weeks later, Richmond fell to Union forces.
In April, with Confederate armies near collapse across the South, Booth hatched a desperate plan to save the Confederacy. Learning that Lincoln was to attend a performance of “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater on April 14, Booth masterminded the simultaneous assassination of Lincoln, Vice President Andrew Johnson and Secretary of State William H. Seward. By murdering the president and two of his possible successors, Booth and his conspirators hoped to throw the U.S. government into disarray.
On the evening of April 14, conspirator Lewis T. Powell burst into Secretary of State Seward’s home, seriously wounding him and three others, while George A. Atzerodt, assigned to Vice President Johnson, lost his nerve and fled. Meanwhile, just after 10 p.m., Booth entered Lincoln’s private theater box unnoticed and shot the president with a single bullet in the back of his head. Slashing an army officer who rushed at him, Booth leapt to the stage and shouted “Sic semper tyrannis! [Thus always to tyrants]–the South is avenged!” Although Booth broke his leg jumping from Lincoln’s box, he managed to escape Washington on horseback.
The president, mortally wounded, was carried to a lodging house opposite Ford’s Theater. About 7:22 a.m. the next morning, Lincoln, age 56, died–the first U.S. president to be assassinated. Booth, pursued by the army and other secret forces, was finally cornered in a barn near Bowling Green, Virginia, and died from a possibly self-inflicted bullet wound as the barn was burned to the ground. Of the eight other people eventually charged with the conspiracy, four were hanged and four were jailed. Lincoln, the 16th U.S. president, was buried on May 4, 1865, in Springfield, Illinois.
IMPORTANT UPDATE
THE FIRST WAGE DISBURSEMENT OF THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (CBA) $1.00 WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE VACATION FUND AS OF AUGUST 21, 2017. THE LOCAL 12 MEMBERS AT THE CONTRACT RATIFICATION MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 19, 2017 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PUT THE $1.00 INTO THE VACATION FUND.
THE FIRST WAGE DISBURSEMENT OF THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (CBA) $1.00 WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE VACATION FUND AS OF AUGUST 21, 2017. THE LOCAL 12 MEMBERS AT THE CONTRACT RATIFICATION MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 19, 2017 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PUT THE $1.00 INTO THE VACATION FUND.
Dear Local 12 Member:
Today is September 11, 2017 and it marks the 16th anniversary of September 11, 2001. All you have to say is 9/11 and everybody knows the gravity of what you are talking about. It is with great sadness that I send this email. Sadness for the attack that occurred on innocent Americans. Sadness for the loss of over 3,000 people on that tragic day. Sadness for the lives that we continue to lose out on the battlefields in the Middle East and around the world where our Brave American Troops are fighting against terrorism on a daily basis and have been for the past 16 years. Sadness for the lives we continue to lose for those Brave Men and Women who went to Ground Zero on 9/11 and for the many months after in the hopes of finding survivors and then to find the remains of the victims. Sadness for the lives of those families of the victims that were forever shattered on 9/11. Sadness for the survivors of 9/11 as well as their families for the pain they have suffered. Sadness for of all the Men and Women of the Armed Services, as well as their families, who have given their lives for our freedom and for those who have been injured in the fight against terrorism.
I am also grateful on this day. Grateful for the courage of how we as Americans persevered and never gave up and we never will give up. I am grateful that we as Americans will always remember the victims of 9/11 and the heroes of 9/11. To me everyone that was at those Towers on 9/11, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania was and will always be a hero. Those who lost their lives will live on for all eternity as a symbol of what the United States of America stands for FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. Their deaths were not in vain – every day that we as a people move forward we honor them all. The best way to honor the heroes of 9/11 is to remember them, to live your life to the fullest in their honor, to be grateful for the gift of life that we all are given and to never give up, never give in, never stop believing in the goodness of life.
On this solemn day take time to remember those we lost, honor those who survived, be grateful for those who are protecting us, be grateful for the life you have and never give up – never give in – GOD BLESS AMERICA!
In Deepest Sympathy and Solidarity,
Al Wassell
Proud American
Tribute to Patty Rojas
On November 30, 2017 Patty Rojas suddenly passed away. She was fifty-seven years young. Patty faithfully served the Members of Local 12 and their Families for twenty-six years. She was dedicated to her job at the Local 12 Benefit Funds Office. She was kind, intelligent, hardworking and caring. She was funny – she had a good sense of humor.
If you were an Active Member or Retiree of Local 12 at any point in the past twenty-six years Patty played an important part of your life. To those who called the office she was always there to help you in any way that she could. To those of you who never called the office she was always there entering your benefits. Her main job was to enter in the contributions that came in from the Local 12 Employers. It was an extremely important job and she took it very seriously.
To me she was not somebody who worked for me but somebody who worked with me. She was my partner, along with Maggie we made a great team. The three of us together working together always supporting each other to help the Members, Retirees and the Families of Local 12.
We will miss Patty forever. The office will never be the same. I will miss her forever. When I first started in the Local 12 Benefit Funds Office it was very difficult. In 2000 I came into the office and Patty had been there since 1991. Everything had to change because of the issues that were present when I came in. The Members and Retirees of Local 12 were very upset – they had a right to be – when I took over as Fund Manager. I came into the office in August of 2000 and officially I became the Fund Manager in December of 2000. There was a lot of turmoil due to the difficult situation that the office was in and understandably I was the main target of the Local 12 Members and Retirees frustration. The bookkeeper at the time quit in January of 2001 and it was just me and Patty for a while.
Through it all she had my back. She did everything she could to help me and support me. It was a very tough time for me and she was there for me. I was also the President of Local 12 when I first became Fund Manager and the Members that came to the meetings were very upset and those meetings were very difficult. I would always appreciate after a tough meeting that I had a friend in the office – Patty. Together we made it through the difficult times, the necessary changes and corrections were made and things got better. Along the way we hired a few bookkeepers, but it was always me and Patty as partners and then we found Maggie. When we found Maggie, the team was complete. Not only did we all work well together but we became a family. A Local 12 Benefit Funds Office Family – we all had each other’s back and we all supported each other through both our professional and personal lives.
Coffee Break and Lunch Break will never be the same. Patty, Maggie, Donna and myself are the regulars in the office and now we are not the same. Patty always had something funny to add to the conversation.
Patty was devoted to her family – her mom, dad, uncle tio, two brothers, her sister and her nieces. She loved them dearly and we always knew what was going on with them. She was very religious and was lucky enough to have found her peace in religion by going to a prayer group every Thursday. Many people will miss Patty in Local 12 as well as outside of Local 12.
On behalf of Patty and her family I would like to thank everybody who went to Patty’s services and/or expressed condolences to the office. Patty would be so pleased to have known that, so many people appreciated and cared for her.
Though the Local 12 Benefit Funds Office will move on it will be with a heavy heart. Patty may not have been an official card-carrying Member of Local 12, but she was Local 12 in her heart.
Please keep Patty and her family in your thoughts and prayers.
May Perpetual Light Shine Upon Patty Rojas For All Eternity.
On behalf of all the Members, Retirees, Families, Officers, Maggie, Donna and Myself – THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING PATTY. Thank you for being a part of our lives. May God Bless and Keep You for All Eternity. We will never forget you. We will miss you until we meet again.
In Deepest Sorrow and Sympathy,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
On November 30, 2017 Patty Rojas suddenly passed away. She was fifty-seven years young. Patty faithfully served the Members of Local 12 and their Families for twenty-six years. She was dedicated to her job at the Local 12 Benefit Funds Office. She was kind, intelligent, hardworking and caring. She was funny – she had a good sense of humor.
If you were an Active Member or Retiree of Local 12 at any point in the past twenty-six years Patty played an important part of your life. To those who called the office she was always there to help you in any way that she could. To those of you who never called the office she was always there entering your benefits. Her main job was to enter in the contributions that came in from the Local 12 Employers. It was an extremely important job and she took it very seriously.
To me she was not somebody who worked for me but somebody who worked with me. She was my partner, along with Maggie we made a great team. The three of us together working together always supporting each other to help the Members, Retirees and the Families of Local 12.
We will miss Patty forever. The office will never be the same. I will miss her forever. When I first started in the Local 12 Benefit Funds Office it was very difficult. In 2000 I came into the office and Patty had been there since 1991. Everything had to change because of the issues that were present when I came in. The Members and Retirees of Local 12 were very upset – they had a right to be – when I took over as Fund Manager. I came into the office in August of 2000 and officially I became the Fund Manager in December of 2000. There was a lot of turmoil due to the difficult situation that the office was in and understandably I was the main target of the Local 12 Members and Retirees frustration. The bookkeeper at the time quit in January of 2001 and it was just me and Patty for a while.
Through it all she had my back. She did everything she could to help me and support me. It was a very tough time for me and she was there for me. I was also the President of Local 12 when I first became Fund Manager and the Members that came to the meetings were very upset and those meetings were very difficult. I would always appreciate after a tough meeting that I had a friend in the office – Patty. Together we made it through the difficult times, the necessary changes and corrections were made and things got better. Along the way we hired a few bookkeepers, but it was always me and Patty as partners and then we found Maggie. When we found Maggie, the team was complete. Not only did we all work well together but we became a family. A Local 12 Benefit Funds Office Family – we all had each other’s back and we all supported each other through both our professional and personal lives.
Coffee Break and Lunch Break will never be the same. Patty, Maggie, Donna and myself are the regulars in the office and now we are not the same. Patty always had something funny to add to the conversation.
Patty was devoted to her family – her mom, dad, uncle tio, two brothers, her sister and her nieces. She loved them dearly and we always knew what was going on with them. She was very religious and was lucky enough to have found her peace in religion by going to a prayer group every Thursday. Many people will miss Patty in Local 12 as well as outside of Local 12.
On behalf of Patty and her family I would like to thank everybody who went to Patty’s services and/or expressed condolences to the office. Patty would be so pleased to have known that, so many people appreciated and cared for her.
Though the Local 12 Benefit Funds Office will move on it will be with a heavy heart. Patty may not have been an official card-carrying Member of Local 12, but she was Local 12 in her heart.
Please keep Patty and her family in your thoughts and prayers.
May Perpetual Light Shine Upon Patty Rojas For All Eternity.
On behalf of all the Members, Retirees, Families, Officers, Maggie, Donna and Myself – THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING PATTY. Thank you for being a part of our lives. May God Bless and Keep You for All Eternity. We will never forget you. We will miss you until we meet again.
In Deepest Sorrow and Sympathy,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
To All of my Brothers and Sisters of Local 12:
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!! I wish you all a very happy holiday this weekend. I hope all of you and your families experience the true meaning of Christmas which is happiness, togetherness, gratitude, peace and love. Rejoice my Brothers and Sisters for we all have the power within ourselves to achieve all of our hopes and dreams. We are all Members of Local 12 and together we can accomplish anything – together we can overcome any obstacle in our path – together we can and will succeed! I believe in Local 12! I believe in all of you! Rejoice this holiday weekend and remember what it truly means to be a Member of Local 12 – it really does mean something special. This holiday weekend be happy and grateful for all you have – family, friends, health, wealth and a Local 12 Union Card. Merry Christmas my Brothers and Sisters and I wish all of you a great day today and every day of your life. I am honored to call all of you my Brothers and Sisters. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!! Believe in each other as I believe in you!!!!!!
If you are having any trouble contacting the office at 718-784-8883, you may call my cell at 917-579-9176 or email me at al@insulatorslocal12.com or Maggie at mcolon@insulatorslocal12.com or donna@insulatorslocal12.com.
Remember to work safe, work hard and take pride in your work.
Have a great day,
In Deepest Solidarity, Friendship, Brotherhood and Sisterhood,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.”
-Robert Kennedy
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!! I wish you all a very happy holiday this weekend. I hope all of you and your families experience the true meaning of Christmas which is happiness, togetherness, gratitude, peace and love. Rejoice my Brothers and Sisters for we all have the power within ourselves to achieve all of our hopes and dreams. We are all Members of Local 12 and together we can accomplish anything – together we can overcome any obstacle in our path – together we can and will succeed! I believe in Local 12! I believe in all of you! Rejoice this holiday weekend and remember what it truly means to be a Member of Local 12 – it really does mean something special. This holiday weekend be happy and grateful for all you have – family, friends, health, wealth and a Local 12 Union Card. Merry Christmas my Brothers and Sisters and I wish all of you a great day today and every day of your life. I am honored to call all of you my Brothers and Sisters. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!! Believe in each other as I believe in you!!!!!!
If you are having any trouble contacting the office at 718-784-8883, you may call my cell at 917-579-9176 or email me at al@insulatorslocal12.com or Maggie at mcolon@insulatorslocal12.com or donna@insulatorslocal12.com.
Remember to work safe, work hard and take pride in your work.
Have a great day,
In Deepest Solidarity, Friendship, Brotherhood and Sisterhood,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.”
-Robert Kennedy
Elvis Aaron Presley was born on Jan. 8, 1935, to Vernon and Gladys Presley in Tupelo, Miss.
His twin brother, Jessie Garon, was stillborn.
Elvis would have turned 83 years old this year.
The Presley family moved to Memphis, Tenn., in 1948.
Elvis began his career in 1954 and according to www.graceland.com, and was an "international sensation" by 1956.
On May 1, 1967, he married Priscilla Beaulieu. They had a daughter, Lisa Marie, on Feb. 1, 1968. Priscilla and Elvis divorced in 1973.
Elvis died Aug. 16, 1977, at his home, Graceland, at the age of 42.
According to the website, Elvis starred in 33 movies, sold more than one billion records and has 14 Grammy nominations and three wins.
He received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award when he was just 36 years old.
Some of Elvis' top selling singles are:
"It's Now or Never," 1960
"Jailhouse Rock," 1958
"Are You Lonesome Tonight," 1961
"The Wonder of You," 1970
"All Shook Up," 1957
"Suspicious Minds," 1969
"Return to Sender," 1962
"In the Ghetto," 1969
"Hound Dog," 1956
MONDAY JANUARY 8, 2018
WAS THE BIRTHDAY OF THE GREATEST UNION MAN THAT EVER LIVED - MY FATHER AL WASSELL SR. WAS BORN ON JANUARY 8, 1935.
MY FATHER WENT HOME TO HEAVEN IN 2007 SO HAPPY 83RD BIRTHDAY DAD - I MISS YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART.
IT WAS ALSO THE BIRTHDAY OF THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL ELVIS PRESLEY. ELVIS AND MY DAD WERE BORN ON THE SAME DAY AND THE SAME YEAR. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST UNION MAN AND THE GREATEST SINGER OF ALL TIME!!!!!!
YES MY STEELERS LOST BUT I AM STILL PROUD OF THEM AND I ALWAYS WILL BE!!!!!!!!!!!!! WE WILL WIN IT ALL NEXT YEAR!!!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!
MAY 2018 BE YOUR BEST YEAR YET!!!!
I HOPE THIS IS YOUR YEAR!!!!!!
I HOPE YOU MAKE THE MOST OUT OF EVERY DAY OF 2018 AND EVERY DAY OF THE REST OF YOUR LIFE - REMEMBER YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR OWN LIFE IF YOU SET GOALS AND FOCUS ON ACHIEVING THEM!!!!!!
HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!!!!
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 WILL BE WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT NOW GO OUT THERE
AND MAKE IT YOUR BEST YEAR YET!!!!!!!
IMPORTANT NOTICE:
ATTENTION LOCAL 12 MEMBERS:
The General Membership Meeting for January 2018 will be held tonight Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 5:00 pm at;
The Knights of Columbus,
49-18 Queens Blvd.,
Flushing, New York 11377
All Local 12 Members are encouraged to attend every meeting and every Local 12 function. Please make every effort to attend this meeting. You have a voice as a Local 12 Member and your voice matters.
ATTENTION LOCAL 12 MEMBERS:
The General Membership Meeting for January 2018 will be held tonight Wednesday, January 17, 2018 at 5:00 pm at;
The Knights of Columbus,
49-18 Queens Blvd.,
Flushing, New York 11377
All Local 12 Members are encouraged to attend every meeting and every Local 12 function. Please make every effort to attend this meeting. You have a voice as a Local 12 Member and your voice matters.
IMPORTANT UPDATE
THE FIRST WAGE DISBURSEMENT OF THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (CBA) $1.00 WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE VACATION FUND AS OF AUGUST 21, 2017. THE LOCAL 12 MEMBERS AT THE CONTRACT RATIFICATION MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 19, 2017 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PUT THE $1.00 INTO THE VACATION FUND.
THE FIRST WAGE DISBURSEMENT OF THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT (CBA) $1.00 WILL GO DIRECTLY INTO THE VACATION FUND AS OF AUGUST 21, 2017. THE LOCAL 12 MEMBERS AT THE CONTRACT RATIFICATION MEETING HELD ON AUGUST 19, 2017 VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO PUT THE $1.00 INTO THE VACATION FUND.
To All of my Brothers and Sisters of Local 12:
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!! I wish you all a very happy holiday this weekend. I hope all of you and your families experience the true meaning of Christmas which is happiness, togetherness, gratitude, peace and love. Rejoice my Brothers and Sisters for we all have the power within ourselves to achieve all of our hopes and dreams. We are all Members of Local 12 and together we can accomplish anything – together we can overcome any obstacle in our path – together we can and will succeed! I believe in Local 12! I believe in all of you! Rejoice this holiday weekend and remember what it truly means to be a Member of Local 12 – it really does mean something special. This holiday weekend be happy and grateful for all you have – family, friends, health, wealth and a Local 12 Union Card. Merry Christmas my Brothers and Sisters and I wish all of you a great day today and every day of your life. I am honored to call all of you my Brothers and Sisters. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!! Believe in each other as I believe in you!!!!!!
Remember to work safe, work hard and take pride in your work.
Have a great day,
In Deepest Solidarity, Friendship, Brotherhood and Sisterhood,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.”
-Robert Kennedy
Merry Christmas!!!!!!!! I wish you all a very happy holiday this weekend. I hope all of you and your families experience the true meaning of Christmas which is happiness, togetherness, gratitude, peace and love. Rejoice my Brothers and Sisters for we all have the power within ourselves to achieve all of our hopes and dreams. We are all Members of Local 12 and together we can accomplish anything – together we can overcome any obstacle in our path – together we can and will succeed! I believe in Local 12! I believe in all of you! Rejoice this holiday weekend and remember what it truly means to be a Member of Local 12 – it really does mean something special. This holiday weekend be happy and grateful for all you have – family, friends, health, wealth and a Local 12 Union Card. Merry Christmas my Brothers and Sisters and I wish all of you a great day today and every day of your life. I am honored to call all of you my Brothers and Sisters. Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!! Believe in each other as I believe in you!!!!!!
Remember to work safe, work hard and take pride in your work.
Have a great day,
In Deepest Solidarity, Friendship, Brotherhood and Sisterhood,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
“Some men see things as they are, and ask why. I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.”
-Robert Kennedy
DECEMBER 7, 1941 PEARL HARBOR DAY
December 7, 2017 was the 76th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The unprovoked attack led to the United States entering World War II. On this tragic day in 1941 2,343 Americans were killed and another 916 were reported missing. We should always remember the sacrifices of all those who gave their lives on this solemn day.
On December 7, 1941, at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II.
With diplomatic negotiations with Japan breaking down, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisers knew that an imminent Japanese attack was probable, but nothing had been done to increase security at the important naval base at Pearl Harbor. It was Sunday morning, and many military personnel had been given passes to attend religious services off base. At 7:02 a.m., two radar operators spotted large groups of aircraft in flight toward the island from the north, but, with a flight of B-17s expected from the United States at the time, they were told to sound no alarm. Thus, the Japanese air assault came as a devastating surprise to the naval base.
Much of the Pacific fleet was rendered useless: Five of eight battleships, three destroyers, and seven other ships were sunk or severely damaged, and more than 200 aircraft were destroyed. A total of 2,400 Americans were killed and 1,200 were wounded, many while valiantly attempting to repulse the attack. Japan’s losses were some 30 planes, five midget submarines, and fewer than 100 men. Fortunately for the United States, all three Pacific fleet carriers were out at sea on training maneuvers. These giant aircraft carriers would have their revenge against Japan six months later at the Battle of Midway, reversing the tide against the previously invincible Japanese navy in a spectacular victory.
The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, President Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress and declared, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941–a date which will live in infamy–the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” After a brief and forceful speech, he asked Congress to approve a resolution recognizing the state of war between the United States and Japan. The Senate voted for war against Japan by 82 to 0, and the House of Representatives approved the resolution by a vote of 388 to 1. The sole dissenter was Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a devout pacifist who had also cast a dissenting vote against the U.S. entrance into World War I. Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war against the United States, and the U.S. government responded in kind.
The American contribution to the successful Allied war effort spanned four long years and cost more than 400,000 American lives.
December 7, 2017 was the 76th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The unprovoked attack led to the United States entering World War II. On this tragic day in 1941 2,343 Americans were killed and another 916 were reported missing. We should always remember the sacrifices of all those who gave their lives on this solemn day.
On December 7, 1941, at 7:55 a.m. Hawaii time, a Japanese dive bomber bearing the red symbol of the Rising Sun of Japan on its wings appears out of the clouds above the island of Oahu. A swarm of 360 Japanese warplanes followed, descending on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor in a ferocious assault. The surprise attack struck a critical blow against the U.S. Pacific fleet and drew the United States irrevocably into World War II.
With diplomatic negotiations with Japan breaking down, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and his advisers knew that an imminent Japanese attack was probable, but nothing had been done to increase security at the important naval base at Pearl Harbor. It was Sunday morning, and many military personnel had been given passes to attend religious services off base. At 7:02 a.m., two radar operators spotted large groups of aircraft in flight toward the island from the north, but, with a flight of B-17s expected from the United States at the time, they were told to sound no alarm. Thus, the Japanese air assault came as a devastating surprise to the naval base.
Much of the Pacific fleet was rendered useless: Five of eight battleships, three destroyers, and seven other ships were sunk or severely damaged, and more than 200 aircraft were destroyed. A total of 2,400 Americans were killed and 1,200 were wounded, many while valiantly attempting to repulse the attack. Japan’s losses were some 30 planes, five midget submarines, and fewer than 100 men. Fortunately for the United States, all three Pacific fleet carriers were out at sea on training maneuvers. These giant aircraft carriers would have their revenge against Japan six months later at the Battle of Midway, reversing the tide against the previously invincible Japanese navy in a spectacular victory.
The day after Pearl Harbor was bombed, President Roosevelt appeared before a joint session of Congress and declared, “Yesterday, December 7, 1941–a date which will live in infamy–the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan.” After a brief and forceful speech, he asked Congress to approve a resolution recognizing the state of war between the United States and Japan. The Senate voted for war against Japan by 82 to 0, and the House of Representatives approved the resolution by a vote of 388 to 1. The sole dissenter was Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana, a devout pacifist who had also cast a dissenting vote against the U.S. entrance into World War I. Three days later, Germany and Italy declared war against the United States, and the U.S. government responded in kind.
The American contribution to the successful Allied war effort spanned four long years and cost more than 400,000 American lives.
Dear Brothers and Sisters of Local 12
I am sorry to announce that on Thursday, November 30, 2017 Patty Rojas, Local 12 Funds Administrative Assistant passed away suddenly.
Please keep Patty and her family in your prayers.
Viewing:
Date: Friday, December 1, 2017
Time: 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Joseph Farenga & Sons, Inc - Astoria
Address:
38-08 Ditmars Blvd.
Astoria,NY 11105
Funeral Mass
Date: Saturday, December 2, 2017
Time: 9:30 am
Our Lady of Fatima
Address:
25-02 80th Street
Jackson Heights,NY 11372
In Deepest Solidarity and Sympathy
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
I am sorry to announce that on Thursday, November 30, 2017 Patty Rojas, Local 12 Funds Administrative Assistant passed away suddenly.
Please keep Patty and her family in your prayers.
Viewing:
Date: Friday, December 1, 2017
Time: 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Joseph Farenga & Sons, Inc - Astoria
Address:
38-08 Ditmars Blvd.
Astoria,NY 11105
Funeral Mass
Date: Saturday, December 2, 2017
Time: 9:30 am
Our Lady of Fatima
Address:
25-02 80th Street
Jackson Heights,NY 11372
In Deepest Solidarity and Sympathy
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
Dear Local 12 Brothers and Sisters:
AJEF Coordinator Joseph Rodgers is looking to schedule an OSHA Class in December. Please see his message below and respond if you want to attend the class.
I hope all is well with all of you and your families.
Have a great day,
In Deepest Solidarity,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat & Frost Insulators Local 12
OSHA 10 Hour Class
Friday December 8, 2017 12pm – 7:30 pm
Friday December 15, 2017 12pm – 7:30 pm
Class will be held at 35-53 24th Street Long Island City, NY 11106
Members have to contact me via email or phone to get on the list. Joe@insulatorslocal12.com or 718-784-1899.
If I do not have enough people to fill the class by November 27th, the class will be cancelled.
Thank you
Joseph Rodgers
Apprenticeship Coordinator
Heat & Frost Insulators of Local 12
35-53 24th Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
Office: (718) 784-1899
Cell: (929) 666-2274
AJEF Coordinator Joseph Rodgers is looking to schedule an OSHA Class in December. Please see his message below and respond if you want to attend the class.
I hope all is well with all of you and your families.
Have a great day,
In Deepest Solidarity,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
Benefit Funds of Heat & Frost Insulators Local 12
OSHA 10 Hour Class
Friday December 8, 2017 12pm – 7:30 pm
Friday December 15, 2017 12pm – 7:30 pm
Class will be held at 35-53 24th Street Long Island City, NY 11106
Members have to contact me via email or phone to get on the list. Joe@insulatorslocal12.com or 718-784-1899.
If I do not have enough people to fill the class by November 27th, the class will be cancelled.
Thank you
Joseph Rodgers
Apprenticeship Coordinator
Heat & Frost Insulators of Local 12
35-53 24th Street
Long Island City, NY 11106
Office: (718) 784-1899
Cell: (929) 666-2274
On November 20, 1816 the term "SCAB" was used for the first time by the Albany Typographical Society. The term "SCAB" really is associated with Union Workers who cross a picket line.
THE NEXT REGULAR UNION MEETING WILL BE HELD
TONIGHT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017.
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE
LOCAL 12 UNION HALL AT:
35-53 24TH STREET
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11106
THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 PM
ALL MEMBERS SHOULD MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO ATTEND ALL UNION MEETINGS AND ALL UNION FUNCTIONS
TONIGHT WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017.
THE MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE
LOCAL 12 UNION HALL AT:
35-53 24TH STREET
LONG ISLAND CITY, NY 11106
THE MEETING WILL BEGIN AT 5:00 PM
ALL MEMBERS SHOULD MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO ATTEND ALL UNION MEETINGS AND ALL UNION FUNCTIONS
Dear Local 12 Member:
Today is September 11, 2017 and it marks the 16th anniversary of September 11, 2001. All you have to say is 9/11 and everybody knows the gravity of what you are talking about. It is with great sadness that I send this email. Sadness for the attack that occurred on innocent Americans. Sadness for the loss of over 3,000 people on that tragic day. Sadness for the lives that we continue to lose out on the battlefields in the Middle East and around the world where our Brave American Troops are fighting against terrorism on a daily basis and have been for the past 16 years. Sadness for the lives we continue to lose for those Brave Men and Women who went to Ground Zero on 9/11 and for the many months after in the hopes of finding survivors and then to find the remains of the victims. Sadness for the lives of those families of the victims that were forever shattered on 9/11. Sadness for the survivors of 9/11 as well as their families for the pain they have suffered. Sadness for of all the Men and Women of the Armed Services, as well as their families, who have given their lives for our freedom and for those who have been injured in the fight against terrorism.
I am also grateful on this day. Grateful for the courage of how we as Americans persevered and never gave up and we never will give up. I am grateful that we as Americans will always remember the victims of 9/11 and the heroes of 9/11. To me everyone that was at those Towers on 9/11, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania was and will always be a hero. Those who lost their lives will live on for all eternity as a symbol of what the United States of America stands for FREEDOM AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. Their deaths were not in vain – every day that we as a people move forward we honor them all. The best way to honor the heroes of 9/11 is to remember them, to live your life to the fullest in their honor, to be grateful for the gift of life that we all are given and to never give up, never give in, never stop believing in the goodness of life.
On this solemn day take time to remember those we lost, honor those who survived, be grateful for those who are protecting us, be grateful for the life you have and never give up – never give in –
GOD BLESS AMERICA!
In Deepest Sympathy and Solidarity,
Al Wassell
Proud American
Attention All Local 12 Members
A tentative agreement has been reached between Local 12 and the ICA. All Local 12 Members may got to work on all jobs for both Local 12 Independent Employers and Local 12 ICA Employers. There will be a ratification meeting regarding the new agreement in the very near future. When the ratification meeting for the new agreement is set you will be notified. The purpose of this message is to make sure you know that you can go to work. If you are not working you are free to solicit your own job with any Local 12 Employer. Please continue to send your job information in weekly to myself, Al Wassell at al@insulatorslocal12.com and Business Manager Matty Aracich at matty@insulatorslocal12.com until further notice.
Please note I did not negotiate the contract so I am not including any information regarding the tentative agreement. If you wish to discuss the tentative agreement you may contact Business Manager Matty Aracich and/or the rest of the Local 12 negotiating committee.
When you are notified of the ratification meeting please make every effort to attend. The meeting will be scheduled as soon as possible.
Once again I would like to thank all of you for your commitment to Local 12.
In Deepest Solidarity, Brotherhood and Sisterhood,
Al Wassell
Proud Member of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12
A TENTATIVE AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED BETWEEN LOCAL 12 AND THE ICA. ALL MEMBERS MAY RETURN TO WORK FOR ALL LOCAL 12 EMPLOYERS BOTH LOCAL12 INDEPENDENT EMPLOYERS AND ICA EMPLOYERS AS OF TODAY THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 2017.
ALL LOCAL 12 MEMBERS WILL BE NOTIFIED OF WHEN THERE WILL BE A SPECIAL RATIFICATION MEETING FOR THE TENTATIVE AGREEMENT.
YOU WILL BE RECEIVING MORE DETAILED INFORMATION VERY SOON. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY CONTACT
BUSINESS MANAGER MATTY ARACICH.
ATTENTION ALL LOCAL 12 MEMBERS; SPECIAL MEETING SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017
A meeting is scheduled to begin at 7:00 AM on Saturday, August 19, 2017 to explain the Final Contract Proposal negotiated between the Insulation Contractors Association of NYC and Local No. 12.
After the Local 12 Membership has heard and discussed the offer, a vote is required for Local 12 Members to RATIFY the terms of the contract by voting by SECRET BALLOT. The increment disbursement of $1.00 will be discussed which may include but is not limited to the construction of the Local 12 Building or any other unfinished business that requires additional discussion before voting by SECRET BALLOT.
All Local 12 Members must be in good standing in order to vote. The meeting will be held at the Local 12 Building that is under renovation and located at 35-53 24th Street in Long Island City, New York 11106. The meeting will begin at 7:00 AM.
All Local 12 Members are encouraged to attend this meeting.
I hope all Local 12 Members and their families are doing well.
Please remember to work safe, work hard and take pride in your work.
Please continue to report your jobs by contacting me, Al Wassell at al@insulatorslocal12.com and Business Manager Matty Aracich at matty@insulatorslocal12.com. If you are working on the same job day after day you only need to report the job weekly. If you are bouncing around from job to job please report every job you are working at. If there are multiple Local 12 Members working on a job only one person needs to report for everybody on the job.
If you are out of work please report it as well.
I would like to thank each and every Member of Local 12 and their families for supporting each other and working hard every day. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO LOCAL 12 I AM PROUD OF ALL OF YOU!. Together we can accomplish all of our dreams and goals.
In Deepest Solidarity, Brotherhood and Sisterhood;
Al Wassell
Proud Member of Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12!
Proud American!
Local 12 United We Stand!
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Brothers and Sisters,
The Insulation Contractors Association and Local Union No.12 are providing you with the proposed new terms to the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Please read over the Memorandum and be prepared to discuss this at the Contract Ratification Meeting at 7:00 am this Saturday Morning.
The Meeting will be at the Local 12 Union Hall located at 35-53 24th Street, Long Island City, NY 11106
The Local 12 Negotiating Committee is supporting this proposal and feels that this is the absolute best that both sides can accept.
The ICA and Local 12 understand that the proposal isn’t perfect, however there are now tools available to battle the non-union element.
Check your email later today for a final update on the reasoning behind both sides coming to the understanding that this was appropriate course action.
In Solidarity,
Matthew Aracich
Business Manager
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
between the
INSULATION CONTRACTORS’ ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY, INC.
and the
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS, LOCAL UNION NO. 12
The Insulation Contractors’ Association of New York City, Inc. (the “Association” or “ICA”) and the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators, Local Union No. 12 (the “Union” or “Local 12”) recently concluded negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement to take effect August 21, 2017. In the course of these negotiations, the ICA and Local 12 reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of a successor agreement (the “Agreement”) and wish to memorialize same herein, with the understanding that, upon ratification by the bargaining unit, they will sign the Agreement, which shall incorporate the terms of the agreement between the parties that expired, after two extensions, on July 28, 2017, except to the extent that they are deleted or modified by the terms of this Memorandum of Agreement:
First pay period of, 2018: $0.50
First pay period of, 2019: $1.25
First pay period of, 2020: $1.25
(a) For the purposes of this Agreement, Owner Operator means a member of Local 12 who owns a portion of the signatory contractor, whether directly, indirectly (such as through a spouse, brother, etc.) or through a subterfuge.
(b) The Owner Operator provision shall not apply if an Owner Operator employs more than ten (10) Local 12-represented employees, including the Owner Operator. The manpower of the Owner Operator’s shop will be reviewed annually.
1. Must complete 1,000 hours prior to advancing to Tier 2
2. Annuity Fund contribution
3. No industrial work
4. Except as provided in #6 and #8 below, must be accompanied by a Mechanic (Journeyman)
5. 18 Floors or less:
a. Residential or light commercial
b. Hospitality
c. Assisted living; nursing home; retirement communities
6. Unloading and staging of deliveries (no accompaniment necessary)
7. Firestopping (caulking and trowel grade materials only)
8. Driver of company vehicle (no accompaniment necessary)
9. Permitted on Affordable NY (NYS Private Housing: 421-A Replacement)
10. Ratio for ICA members:
a. 1st (Journeyman/Interim) select one
b. 2nd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
c. 3rd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
d. 4th (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
Repeat ratio
Ratio for Independents:
a. 1st (Journeyman/Interim) select one
b. 2nd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
c. 3rd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
Repeat ratio
11. No prevailing wage projects*
12. May work on NYC Building Trades Project Labor Agreements (“PLAs”) where permitted in Schedule B of a PLA.
* Subject to No. 18, below
(b) TIER 2 (Total Package $28.33)
1. Prerequisite Tier 1: must complete additional 5,000 total hours before eligible to apply to equivalent of third year in apprentice program
2. Annuity Fund contribution
3. No industrial work
4. Except as set forth in #6, #7, and #8 below, must be accompanied by a Mechanic (Journeyman)
5. No restrictions on project size:
a. Residential
b. Commercial
c. Hospitality
d. Assisted living; nursing home; retirement communities
6. Unloading and staging of deliveries (no accompaniment necessary)
7. Firestopping (caulking and trowel grade materials only) for first 2,000 hours as Tier 2 and then all Firestopping, with no accompaniment necessary
8. Driver of company vehicle (no accompaniment necessary)
9. Permitted on Affordable NY (NYS Private Housing 421-A Replacement)
10. Ratio for ICA members:
a. 1st (Journeyman/Interim) select one
b. 2nd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
c. 3rd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
d. 4th (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
Repeat ratio
Ratio for Independents:
a. 1st (Journeyman/Interim) select one
b. 2nd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
c. 3rd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
Repeat ratio
11. Permitted on contracts executed prior to effective date of the Agreement.
12. Tier 2 Improver may remain as an Improver.
13. Local 12 will make efforts to work with NYS DOL to establish a method of crediting Tier 2 Improvers for hours and experience towards apprenticeship as well as for training Improvers, should such Tier 2 Improvers apply and gain acceptance to the Apprenticeship program.
14. No prevailing wage projects*
15. May work on NYC Building Trades Project Labor Agreements (“PLAs”) where permitted in Schedule B of a PLA.
* Subject to No. 18, below
(c) (i) All Improvers shall become a member of Local 12 on their date of hire.
(ii) Every ICA member that employs at least four Local 12-represented employees may get one (1) Improver. Thereafter, each shop may get one (1) Improver for every twelve (12) Local 12-represented employees that the shop employs. For example, ICA Employer with twenty-four (24) Local-12-represented employees may get three (3) Improvers according to the ratio: one (1) Improver for being a member of the ICA with four (4) Local 12-represented employees; an additional one (1) Improver for Local 12-represented employees 5-12 (that is, when the Employer has a total of twelve (12) Local 12-represented employees; and an additional one (1) for 12 through 24 Local 12-represented employees (that is, when the Employer has a total of twenty-four (24) Local 12-represented employees). Independent XYZ Employer may get two (2) Improvers according to the ratio: one (1) Improver when the Employer has a total of twelve (12) Local 12-represented employees; and an additional one (1) Improver when the Employer has a total of twenty-four (24) Local 12-represented employees. The Committee (see below) shall provide site specific relief for open shop and 421-a projects when requested. If an Employer is not utilizing an Improver as intended, it will be addressed by the Committee and appropriate action will be taken. After one (1) year, the Committee shall review and make adjustments as necessary to the ratios. Upon layoff or termination from the initial shop, the Business Manager shall assign Improver.
(iii) Initial drug testing within 90 days of employment.
(iv) Local 12 and the ICA will recommend to the Trustees of the Local 12 Welfare Fund that they implement a different tier of benefits for the Improver.
Insulation Contractors’ Association International Association of Heat and
of New York City, Inc. Frost Insulators, Local Union No. 12
By:_________________________ By:________________________
Joseph P. Leo, Jr. Matthew P. Aracich
Date: August __, 2017 Date: August __, 2017
Brothers and Sisters,
The Insulation Contractors Association and Local Union No.12 are providing you with the proposed new terms to the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
Please read over the Memorandum and be prepared to discuss this at the Contract Ratification Meeting at 7:00 am this Saturday Morning.
The Meeting will be at the Local 12 Union Hall located at 35-53 24th Street, Long Island City, NY 11106
The Local 12 Negotiating Committee is supporting this proposal and feels that this is the absolute best that both sides can accept.
The ICA and Local 12 understand that the proposal isn’t perfect, however there are now tools available to battle the non-union element.
Check your email later today for a final update on the reasoning behind both sides coming to the understanding that this was appropriate course action.
In Solidarity,
Matthew Aracich
Business Manager
MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT
between the
INSULATION CONTRACTORS’ ASSOCIATION OF NEW YORK CITY, INC.
and the
THE INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS, LOCAL UNION NO. 12
The Insulation Contractors’ Association of New York City, Inc. (the “Association” or “ICA”) and the International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators, Local Union No. 12 (the “Union” or “Local 12”) recently concluded negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement to take effect August 21, 2017. In the course of these negotiations, the ICA and Local 12 reached an agreement on the terms and conditions of a successor agreement (the “Agreement”) and wish to memorialize same herein, with the understanding that, upon ratification by the bargaining unit, they will sign the Agreement, which shall incorporate the terms of the agreement between the parties that expired, after two extensions, on July 28, 2017, except to the extent that they are deleted or modified by the terms of this Memorandum of Agreement:
- The ICA and Local 12 shall execute a collective bargaining agreement which shall be effective as of August 21, 2017 and shall expire at midnight on June 15, 2020; negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement shall conclude on or before May 31, 2020, and the Union shall vote on any agreement reached on or before June 15, 2020.
- When the funds audit an employer, if the audit subcommittee determines that the employer willfully failed to make required payments and/or contributions, the employer must pay for the cost of the audit. The cost will include all costs pertaining to the fund - legal, accounting and funds officer personnel costs and any other cost that may arise during the process of the audit and the negotiations that follow when an employer contests the costs. If a settlement is reached, these costs cannot be waived as part of the settlement.
- When an employer is found by the audit subcommittee to be in willful violation of the CBA, the employer will be put on a yearly audit cycle and must pay for the cost of every audit for the next two years. The cost will include all costs pertaining to the funds - legal, accounting and funds officer personnel costs and any other cost that may arise during the process of the audit and the negotiations that follow when an employer contests the costs. If a settlement is reached, these costs cannot be waived as part of the settlement.
- It will be mandatory for all employers to remit benefits to the Benefit Funds Office through the I-Remit function of the Benefit Funds Office software program beginning the week ending Sunday, January 7, 2018, or by a date that is practical and feasible to be determined by the Union and the ICA. Employers may begin using the I-Remit function voluntarily all they need to do is contact the Benefit Funds Office.
- All Employers shall be required to keep a functioning email address with the Local 12 Union office and with the Benefit Funds Office by 1/7/18.
- The Benefit Funds Office must receive all benefit payments no later than 1:00 pm of the last day that the Benefit Funds Office is open for business in the month following the month in which the benefits payments have accrued.
- Any payment not received on or before 1:00 PM of the last day that the Benefit Funds Office is open for business in the month when the payments are due will be considered delinquent and assessed a 5% late fee. Partial payments will be accepted, however, the balance will be regarded as a delinquent payment.
- Wage and benefit package increase for A Mechanic/Journeyman of $4.00 as follows:
First pay period of, 2018: $0.50
First pay period of, 2019: $1.25
First pay period of, 2020: $1.25
- For new apprentices, four year apprentice program with the following percentages of the total wage and benefit package of the Journeyman Mechanic A rate: Year 1, 35%; Year 2, 45%; Year 3, 55%; Year 4, 65%. Fourth year apprentices shall graduate to a Mechanic Hired After 8/9/17. This provision shall apply only to apprentices who have not yet begun the apprenticeship program.
- Replace the existing “Owner Operator” provision with the following:
(a) For the purposes of this Agreement, Owner Operator means a member of Local 12 who owns a portion of the signatory contractor, whether directly, indirectly (such as through a spouse, brother, etc.) or through a subterfuge.
- Effective January 1, 2018, persons deemed “Owner Operators” shall be required to receive from the Employer wages (at the then applicable CBA rate) and contributions into the Funds (at the then-applicable contribution amounts) for a minimum of 45 hours per week for 48 weeks each calendar year, irrespective of the number of hours they perform work on a job site. (If an Owner Operator performs bargaining unit work in excess of 45 hours per week in any work week, he/she must receive wages and pay benefits for all hours worked.) The minimum wage/contribution requirement shall remain in effect unless and until the Owner Operator is withdrawn as a union member (even if he/she ceases working with the tools of the trade).
(b) The Owner Operator provision shall not apply if an Owner Operator employs more than ten (10) Local 12-represented employees, including the Owner Operator. The manpower of the Owner Operator’s shop will be reviewed annually.
- Create a new classification of employee titled “Improver”
(a) TIER 1 (Total Package $26.33)
1. Must complete 1,000 hours prior to advancing to Tier 2
2. Annuity Fund contribution
3. No industrial work
4. Except as provided in #6 and #8 below, must be accompanied by a Mechanic (Journeyman)
5. 18 Floors or less:
a. Residential or light commercial
b. Hospitality
c. Assisted living; nursing home; retirement communities
6. Unloading and staging of deliveries (no accompaniment necessary)
7. Firestopping (caulking and trowel grade materials only)
8. Driver of company vehicle (no accompaniment necessary)
9. Permitted on Affordable NY (NYS Private Housing: 421-A Replacement)
10. Ratio for ICA members:
a. 1st (Journeyman/Interim) select one
b. 2nd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
c. 3rd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
d. 4th (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
Repeat ratio
Ratio for Independents:
a. 1st (Journeyman/Interim) select one
b. 2nd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
c. 3rd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
Repeat ratio
11. No prevailing wage projects*
12. May work on NYC Building Trades Project Labor Agreements (“PLAs”) where permitted in Schedule B of a PLA.
* Subject to No. 18, below
(b) TIER 2 (Total Package $28.33)
1. Prerequisite Tier 1: must complete additional 5,000 total hours before eligible to apply to equivalent of third year in apprentice program
2. Annuity Fund contribution
3. No industrial work
4. Except as set forth in #6, #7, and #8 below, must be accompanied by a Mechanic (Journeyman)
5. No restrictions on project size:
a. Residential
b. Commercial
c. Hospitality
d. Assisted living; nursing home; retirement communities
6. Unloading and staging of deliveries (no accompaniment necessary)
7. Firestopping (caulking and trowel grade materials only) for first 2,000 hours as Tier 2 and then all Firestopping, with no accompaniment necessary
8. Driver of company vehicle (no accompaniment necessary)
9. Permitted on Affordable NY (NYS Private Housing 421-A Replacement)
10. Ratio for ICA members:
a. 1st (Journeyman/Interim) select one
b. 2nd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
c. 3rd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
d. 4th (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
Repeat ratio
Ratio for Independents:
a. 1st (Journeyman/Interim) select one
b. 2nd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
c. 3rd (Improver/Apprentice/Interim) select one
Repeat ratio
11. Permitted on contracts executed prior to effective date of the Agreement.
12. Tier 2 Improver may remain as an Improver.
13. Local 12 will make efforts to work with NYS DOL to establish a method of crediting Tier 2 Improvers for hours and experience towards apprenticeship as well as for training Improvers, should such Tier 2 Improvers apply and gain acceptance to the Apprenticeship program.
14. No prevailing wage projects*
15. May work on NYC Building Trades Project Labor Agreements (“PLAs”) where permitted in Schedule B of a PLA.
* Subject to No. 18, below
(c) (i) All Improvers shall become a member of Local 12 on their date of hire.
(ii) Every ICA member that employs at least four Local 12-represented employees may get one (1) Improver. Thereafter, each shop may get one (1) Improver for every twelve (12) Local 12-represented employees that the shop employs. For example, ICA Employer with twenty-four (24) Local-12-represented employees may get three (3) Improvers according to the ratio: one (1) Improver for being a member of the ICA with four (4) Local 12-represented employees; an additional one (1) Improver for Local 12-represented employees 5-12 (that is, when the Employer has a total of twelve (12) Local 12-represented employees; and an additional one (1) for 12 through 24 Local 12-represented employees (that is, when the Employer has a total of twenty-four (24) Local 12-represented employees). Independent XYZ Employer may get two (2) Improvers according to the ratio: one (1) Improver when the Employer has a total of twelve (12) Local 12-represented employees; and an additional one (1) Improver when the Employer has a total of twenty-four (24) Local 12-represented employees. The Committee (see below) shall provide site specific relief for open shop and 421-a projects when requested. If an Employer is not utilizing an Improver as intended, it will be addressed by the Committee and appropriate action will be taken. After one (1) year, the Committee shall review and make adjustments as necessary to the ratios. Upon layoff or termination from the initial shop, the Business Manager shall assign Improver.
(iii) Initial drug testing within 90 days of employment.
(iv) Local 12 and the ICA will recommend to the Trustees of the Local 12 Welfare Fund that they implement a different tier of benefits for the Improver.
- Within sixty (60) days of the ratification of the CBA, a committee shall be convened consisting of any two (2) members of Local 12 and two (2) ICA members for the purposes of 1) evaluating, monitoring and reviewing the needs of the industry with respect to the utilization of Improvers to determine whether ratio adjustments are necessary; 2) recruiting Improvers; and 3) evaluating candidates for the position of Improver. The Committee shall meet monthly and the representatives from Local 12 and from the ICA may or may not be different from month to month at any given Committee meeting.
- After 8/10/17, all new Local 12-represented employees who have not previously performed covered work under the terms of the Collective Bargaining Agreement shall receive a wage and benefit package of 85% of full Journeyman total wage and benefit package. All Employers must maintain a 3:1 shop ratio of full rate A Mechanics to new Mechanics hired after 8/10/17.
- After 8/10/17, for new Interim Mechanics, the following percentages of the total wage and benefit package shall apply: Year 1, 35%; Year 2, 45%; Year 3, 55%; Year 4, 65%. Upon the completion of the New Interim Mechanics 4th year, he/she shall graduate to a Mechanic Hired After 8/10/17.
- The side letter between Local 12 and the ICA dated December 15, 2015, shall be incorporated in full into the Agreement.
- Include all of the agreed upon language changes discussed in meetings prior to commencement of negotiations.
- With a one time exception of August 21, 2017, all allocations of increases to the wage and benefit package will be made during the first pay period of the calendar year of each year of the contract.
- By July 1, 2018, the Committee referenced herein will craft language to ensure that the improver is incorporated into the prevailing wage schedule and that the language distinguishes distinctive work responsibilities between Journeyman Mechanics and Improvers.
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Insulation Contractors’ Association International Association of Heat and
of New York City, Inc. Frost Insulators, Local Union No. 12
By:_________________________ By:________________________
Joseph P. Leo, Jr. Matthew P. Aracich
Date: August __, 2017 Date: August __, 2017
IMPORTANT UPDATE
THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE LOCAL 12 MEMBERSHIP ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017. ALL LOCAL 12 MEMBERS CAN WORK ON ALL JOBS. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FOLLOWING REGARDING THE NEW CONTRACT.
THE STRIKE IS OFFICIALLY OVER.
THE NEW COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT WAS APPROVED BY THE LOCAL 12 MEMBERSHIP ON SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 2017. ALL LOCAL 12 MEMBERS CAN WORK ON ALL JOBS. MORE INFORMATION WILL BE FOLLOWING REGARDING THE NEW CONTRACT.
THE STRIKE IS OFFICIALLY OVER.
IN LOVING MEMORY OF DENNIS J. IPPOLITO
Dennis Ippolito fought bravely against the cancer he was sickened with but on July 1, 2017 it was time for him to go home to Heaven. Dennis was and will always be a Local 12 Icon but he is much more than that. He was a son, brother, nephew, uncle and friend. He was intelligent, hardworking, dedicated, kind, generous, compassionate, loyal and above all he was a great Union Man.
Dennis became a Local 12 Insulator in 1971 and he loved it. He was always proud to be a Member of Local 12. He held the offices of Local 12 Trustee, Executive Board Member, Vice President, President, Business Agent and Business Manager. As well as the position of Financial Secretary Treasurer for the New York City Building Trades. Along the way for every position he held he dedicated himself to making things better for all Local 12 Members and their families and he succeeded!
Dennis put in the time and effort to help everyone he could – he cared about people. He made many difficult decisions in his time as Business Agent and Business Manager – and he always stuck by them – whether they were popular or not. He did this because he always did what he felt was best for Local 12. His motives were never self-serving they were for the good of all the Local 12 Members, their families and the Organized Labor movement.
Dennis was dedicated to his family – his mother, father, sisters and nieces and nephews. He had a passion for horses. He would go to the races but he was not a big gambler he just had a passion for horses and horse racing. He liked to travel and enjoyed going on vacation with friends as well as going to visit his family and friends.
He retired in 2011 not because he wanted to but because he had cancer in his eye and he felt he could not do his job to the level he felt it should be done. He thought not of himself but of the standard he had set for himself to serve the Membership of Local 12.
He enjoyed life. He always wanted people around him to enjoy life. He would not want you to be sad today, he would want you to smile and remember him happy, laughing and enjoying himself.
He was my friend, my brother and he will always be the Business Manager Emeritus of Local 12. On behalf of all the Members of Local 12 and their families whose lives you touched and will continue to be a part of – THANK YOU DENNIS FOR EVERYTHING AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL WONDERFUL, MEANINGFUL LIFE. YOU WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.
So today and someday in the future when something reminds you of Dennis and you are thinking about him do not be sad because he is gone be happy because he was and is still here. Remember every time you remember him he still and will always be a part of your life. God Bless you Dennis until we meet again.
May perpetual light shine upon you Dennis for all eternity.
Dennis became a Local 12 Insulator in 1971 and he loved it. He was always proud to be a Member of Local 12. He held the offices of Local 12 Trustee, Executive Board Member, Vice President, President, Business Agent and Business Manager. As well as the position of Financial Secretary Treasurer for the New York City Building Trades. Along the way for every position he held he dedicated himself to making things better for all Local 12 Members and their families and he succeeded!
Dennis put in the time and effort to help everyone he could – he cared about people. He made many difficult decisions in his time as Business Agent and Business Manager – and he always stuck by them – whether they were popular or not. He did this because he always did what he felt was best for Local 12. His motives were never self-serving they were for the good of all the Local 12 Members, their families and the Organized Labor movement.
Dennis was dedicated to his family – his mother, father, sisters and nieces and nephews. He had a passion for horses. He would go to the races but he was not a big gambler he just had a passion for horses and horse racing. He liked to travel and enjoyed going on vacation with friends as well as going to visit his family and friends.
He retired in 2011 not because he wanted to but because he had cancer in his eye and he felt he could not do his job to the level he felt it should be done. He thought not of himself but of the standard he had set for himself to serve the Membership of Local 12.
He enjoyed life. He always wanted people around him to enjoy life. He would not want you to be sad today, he would want you to smile and remember him happy, laughing and enjoying himself.
He was my friend, my brother and he will always be the Business Manager Emeritus of Local 12. On behalf of all the Members of Local 12 and their families whose lives you touched and will continue to be a part of – THANK YOU DENNIS FOR EVERYTHING AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A SUCCESSFUL WONDERFUL, MEANINGFUL LIFE. YOU WILL REMAIN IN OUR HEARTS FOREVER.
So today and someday in the future when something reminds you of Dennis and you are thinking about him do not be sad because he is gone be happy because he was and is still here. Remember every time you remember him he still and will always be a part of your life. God Bless you Dennis until we meet again.
May perpetual light shine upon you Dennis for all eternity.
Dear Local 12 Member:
On Saturday, July 1, 2017 Dennis Ippolito passed away. The arrangements are as follows:
Viewing:
Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Thomas F. Dalton Funeral Home located at 29 Atlantic Avenue in Floral Park NY 11001 between 4:00 PM and 9:00 PM
Mass:
Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Our Lady of Victory Church at 2 floral Parkway in Floral Park NY 11001 at 10:30 AM
Dennis was very sick and he fought bravely against his illness. Please keep Dennis and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
In Deepest Sympathy,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
On Saturday, July 1, 2017 Dennis Ippolito passed away. The arrangements are as follows:
Viewing:
Wednesday, July 5, 2017 at Thomas F. Dalton Funeral Home located at 29 Atlantic Avenue in Floral Park NY 11001 between 4:00 PM and 9:00 PM
Mass:
Thursday, July 6, 2017 at Our Lady of Victory Church at 2 floral Parkway in Floral Park NY 11001 at 10:30 AM
Dennis was very sick and he fought bravely against his illness. Please keep Dennis and his family in your thoughts and prayers.
In Deepest Sympathy,
Al Wassell
Fund Manager
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States of America was born on May 29, 1917. President Kennedy inspired a generation to accept responsibility for its government, and its world, by taking political and social action. As president, he fought to ensure equal rights and opportunities for all Americans. He was a supporter of organized labor. He encouraged Americans to lift up those less fortunate than themselves, both at home and abroad. He challenged the nation to reach for the impossible and land a man on the moon before the end of the decade. He set new directions for international diplomacy, seeking better relations with Latin America and newly independent nations. He reduced the threat of nuclear war by opening the lines of communication with Moscow and offering to help “make the world safe for diversity.”
John F. Kennedy’s legacy is a vision of political action and public service based on courage, service, inclusion, and innovation.
"We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." - President John F. Kennedy
President Kennedy believed in the United States as well as the American people. He believed that we as a country could not only make our lives better but the world better. I share in his belief in the United States as well as the American people. I believe if we all work together in a positive way we can not only change the lives of the American people for the better but the lives of all people around the world.
John F. Kennedy’s legacy is a vision of political action and public service based on courage, service, inclusion, and innovation.
"We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people." - President John F. Kennedy
President Kennedy believed in the United States as well as the American people. He believed that we as a country could not only make our lives better but the world better. I share in his belief in the United States as well as the American people. I believe if we all work together in a positive way we can not only change the lives of the American people for the better but the lives of all people around the world.
Above: Local 12 Apprentices Mark Rodriguez and Kevin Fitzpatrick at the annual Helmets to Hardhats Luncheon. Thank you Mark and Kevin for your service and commitment to not only Local 12 but to our country.
THE VIDEO BELOW IS DON JOHNSON AT THE GILBANE RALLY ON
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NEW MECHANICS CLASS OF 2016 WHO WERE SWORN IN AT THE JUNE 1, 2016 REGULAR UNION MEETING!!!!!! (Pictured Above)