SHEET METAL WORKERS LOCAL 105 SUMMER 2019 VOLUME XII ISSUE 2

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Page 1NOMINATIONS AND ELECTION INFORMATION Page 3

MEMBER PICNIC FLYER Page 19

SMART Local 105 22nd Annual Charity Golf Tournament pre-senting ASA with a check for $13,000.00 towards sponsor-ship to their wonderful cause to assist families with children with autism to be able to play the sports they love. (L to R): Cesar Games (Coach and 105 member), Tricia Gamez (ASA Board of Directors: Director of Social Media & Volunteers), Manny Zapata (Local 105 member, ASA Board of Directors: CEO), and Marco Langis (ASA Board of Director: Director of Coaches)

2120 Auto Centre DriveGlendora, CA 91740

Phone: 909-305-2800 Fax: 909-305-2808

Luther B. MedinaBusiness Manager/President

David M. Shaver

Financial Secretary-Treasurer/Recording Secretary

Steve HinsonVice President/Business Rep

Business Representatives

Chris Gonzalez- Inyo, Kern & Mono Counties

Tim Hinson- East Los Angeles

William Shaver- North Los Angeles

Jesse Ayala- West Los Angeles

Samuel F. Hurtado- Orange County

Joseph Whitcher- Riverside

Donny P. Bennett- San Bernardino

Al Hernandez- South Bay

Executive BoardTony Adamee, George B. Anderson,

Alan G. Blomgren, Anthony L. Campos, Wendy M. Ichikawa, Alan V. Sandoval,

Dwight D. Scott, Robert Vasquez Jr., Erik Villegas, Joaquain M. Stallworth

TrusteeBrian Chaparro

Arturo “Art” LopezFernando E. Montes

Donald E. Sappington, II

Conductor Morris Rocha

LOCAL105

Luther B. MedinaBusiness Manager/President

Always Looking Ahead

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Brothers and Sisters,

As we continue to progress on our current path of prosperity in the construction industry, our vision for securing even more work and more market share remain our top priorities. Our vision has been one that allows us to look ahead and bet-ter prepare ourselves for the “ups and downs” of construction trends. From ne-gotiating Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), to basic and advanced JATC training classes, to assisting our contractors in gaining more opportunities for a greater market share, the goal is always to keep our members working and to keep our sheet metal industry growing.

As was mentioned in my Spring 2019 article, the success that we have achieved over the past 3 years has been remarkable. We welcome all of our new members and the new signatory contractors that have joined our ranks. One thing is for sure, the more contractors we are able to secure agreements with, the more sheet metal workers our local union will need to have available for dispatch to their shops and projects. An integral part of the positive value of increased manpower and project construction development is the added strength and stability it brings to our health and pension plans. The addition of our negotiated Health Reim-bursement Account (HRA) has already begun to assist our members with the rising costs of health care, dental care, and vision care. In addition, the supple-mentary increase in overall man hours has helped our local pension plan move in a direction that continues to add value to the fund in a time of stock mar-ket volatility. We are taking advantage of these “good times” in order to be on strong footing during the next market downturn. We must constantly prepare ourselves today for what we will need in the future in order to sustain the gains and progress we have made, and that is something your current officers have been extremely focused on.

With everything moving in a positive and progressive way, and labor/manage-ment relations strengthening our focus on working together, our Labor/Man-agement Cooperation Trust (LMCT) has recently begun an ad campaign in the Building Trades News (BTN) called “This Is Sheet Metal,” with the goal of ed-ucating the construction industry, general contractors, awarding agencies, and construction developers, on who we are, the work we perform in the various sheet metal industries we represent, and the dedication to high standards and craftsmanship our sheet metal workers bring to every project. I have always be-lieved that it is up to all of us in the sheet metal arena to advertise what we do, and thereby, promote our skilled craft to others with the intention of gaining a

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bigger appreciation for the unionized sheet metal industry. As proud as we are of the skills we perform on the job, we wish others to be just as proud of the finished product, whether it’s in the HVAC, architectural, kitchen equipment, welding, shop manufacturing, or general sheet metal applications. Architects, engineers, and developers appear to be utilizing more and more sheet metal in their designs, and we just want to make sure that those projects are awarded to unionized sheet metal contractors who can put our members’ skills to work.

2019 continues to be one of our best years yet, and we have much more projects ahead. 2020 will see us in contract negotiations once again, as we come to the end of our current 5 year agreement. Leadership, experi-ence, and contractual knowledge will be a major factor in securing another mutually beneficial contract for the coming years.

Again, thank you for allowing me to lead our Union as your Business Manager. It has been quite challenging, but with challenge comes strength, wisdom, knowl-edge, and perseverance. I look forward to continuing the progress we have made in growing our industry and market share, and to the continued support of our membership.

We look forward to seeing many of you at our upcom-ing Local 105 Membership Picnic on August 24, 2019.

Apprentice Orientation class held on Wednesday, February 27, 2019

See the flyer for our Member Picnic on page 19

Local Union 105 Nominations and General Election of Officers and Business Representatives

Nominations

Date: Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Time: 6:00 p.m. Where: Local Union 105 Meeting Hall General Membership Meeting 2120 Auto Centre Drive Glendora, CA 91740-6720

(Note: As a “Special Order of Business” during the regularly scheduled Local 105 Membership Meeting)

BAKERSFIELD LOCATIONDate: Friday, June 21, 2019Time: 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.Where: Local 105/JATC Office 620 Enterprise Way Bakersfield, CA 93307-6821

Election Days Two polling locations

GLENDORA LOCATIONDate: Saturday, June 22, 2019Time: 6:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Where: Local Union 105 Meeting Hall 2120 Auto Centre Drive Glendora, CA 91740-6720

Each elective office will be listed on the ballot even if the nominated candidate is running unopposed. All full time officers and business representative positions will include candidacy for Western States Council Delegate and SMART Convention Delegate. The offices open for election are:

Full-Time OfficersBusiness Manager/PresidentWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Financial Secretary-Treasurer/Recording SecretaryWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/Vice PresidentWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/East Los AngelesWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/North Los AngelesWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/Orange CountyWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/RiversideWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/San BernardinoWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/South BayWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/West Los AngelesWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Business Representative/Inyo, Kern, and Mono CountiesWestern States Council Delegate/SMART Convention Delegate

Note: Business Representative positions shall be elected for each geographical location as stated above and the entire mem-bership shall vote for all full-time positions.

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Part-time Officers

Executive Board – Ten (10) Seats: Nine (9) Seats (Los Angeles/Orange Empire) One (1) Bakersfield SeatTrustees – Four (4) SeatsConductor – One (1) SeatWarden – One (1) Seat

Term of Office:

Local union officers, business manager, and business rep-resentatives shall be installed at the first regular meeting in the month of July following their election. All local union officers, business manager, and business representatives shall be elected to serve a term of three (3) years.

Constitution and Ritual

Article 12, Section 3

“No member shall be eligible to nomination, election, or appointment, nor shall he or she be permitted to con-tinue to serve as an officer, business manager, business representative, delegate, trustee or other representative of any affiliated local union unless (a) he or she is paying the rate that keeps him or her a member in good standing in such local union, (b) such dues and other obligations due the local union and this Association must be paid before the first day of the current month” for the current month and “are properly recorded on official receipts in his or her possession, and (c) he or she has established a record of continuous good standing in the local union in which he or she is a candidate for a period of not less than two (2) consecutive years, which may include years as an apprentice-member but no longer serving an apprenticeship, immediately preceding his or her nomina-tion, appointment or election.”

Member in ‘good standing’ means any person who has fulfilled the requirements for membership and who has not voluntarily withdrawn nor been expelled or suspended by the union.

Constitution and Ritual

Members desiring to run for an office must meet the minimum qualifications as described in Article 12, Section 3 of the SMART Constitution and Ritual. Please refer to our Constitution and Ritual for these requirements.

As a reminder, the Dues and Finance Office of Local 105 must receive your June, 2019 dues by 4:00 p.m. on Fri-day, May 31, 2019. This is the last business day of the month.

Members requesting any additional information or clarification regarding the upcoming elections may contact the Local Union.

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Steve HinsonVice President/Business Representative

Over the years, the bulletin has focused more and more on the installation and jobsite aspect of the trade. I believe we’ve somewhat forgotten an extremely important aspect of our industry, the members who fabricate all the products we in-stall every day.

In Local 105, the Business Representative, Organizers and the JATC staff spend countless hours going to career and job fairs, at high schools, colleges, military bases and other groups, to educate people on the opportunities that a career as union sheet metal worker provides. We educate them on the fact that we are the only trade that designs, fabricates and installs our own products. That we can take a flat sheet of metal and build anything we can imagine. That explanation usually gets them thinking, but it isn’t until we have them make a tool tray using a 2-foot break, a pop-rivet and a ham-mer that their eyes light up and they truly understand what we do and what they can do. This is what has brought most of us to the industry.

Currently our apprentice program spends a year and a half focused on pattern development and fabrication. Where the apprentices learn how to look at the drawings three dimen-sionally and to create a multitude of projects using these skills. But, laying out fittings, no matter how simple or dif-ficult, teaches every apprentice how to think and visualize what they are building. The skills acquired translate directly to manufacturing aspect of the trade, and I believe it is im-portant for an apprentice to spend time in the shop to teach them about the products they’re installing. The “Shop” some-times can seem a little grueling at times, but it teaches us how to work with the shop machines and tools safely, how to read shop label, how to put fittings together, spooling material, welding, etc. More importantly, for those of us that have or currently work in a shop, it gives us a better understating of the quality and craftsmanship the union label represents.

The Back Bone of the Sheet Metal Industry

Air Handler Supply

Air Handler Supply

Superior

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Air Handler Supply

R & R Ductwork

R & R Ductwork

Joe Whitcher Business RepresentativeRiverside

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As predicted, this administration has been unpredictable. Truth is absolute and has no gray area. No amount of fake news or obstruction can silence the truth. How many of us heard that we were receiving lower income tax rates only to have our deductions eliminated? Who’s going to pay for that? As if we don’t already know.

One task we cannot ignore or neglect is voting. Before we can vote, we must register to vote. In a recent Santa Ana munic-ipal election, one of our own Local 105 members ran for a very influential city committee. Local 105 has approximately 100 members that reside within the city limits. When I called our members to encourage them to cast their votes ballots, I discovered that only 1 in 5 were registered. Many of the projects are prevailing wage, public works jobs that call for public opinion and approval. We potentially control our own destiny with these projects if we participate and vote. It is essential that you get yourself and your family registered and ready to vote.

With Star Wars Land opening on 2 separate dates in May and August, it will be exciting and crowded at Disneyland for years to come. Control Air is installing the air in 2 hotels adjacent to Disneyland, the Marriott and the Westin Resort. Congratulations Southland Ind. and VNSM for working your

magic at the Magic Kingdom and their crazy scheduling.

The City of Anaheim is on the verge of joining the Centralia, Anaheim and Santa Ana City & School Districts in signing a PLA/CWA. Summer change outs will be extremely busy at numerous school districts throughout Orange county. Santa Ana College has a new STEM Building in progress with Con-trol & Letner doing the Mechanical & Architectural respec-tively. My alma mater, CSUF, has PPC, Limbach, Pan-Pacific Mechanical and Letner currently doing projects. GO TI-TANS! Mechanical Technology Systems landed 3 projects in the Orange School District, Airmasters has numerous school district projects throughout Orange County, and Air-Ex with the La Mirada/Norwalk School District. Don’t forget about the local hire requirements with PLA/CWA’s. One unique provision with the Anaheim Unified School District CWA is that any graduates of one of their high schools, not matter where they live, qualify as local hire residents. That’s pretty good, but if you are anything like me, you might not be wel-comed back to our old campus.

Have a safe, great and busy summer. God Bless us all.

Paul Lopez of Pan-Pacific Mechanical, receiving the SMOHIT 2018 Safety Award. Critchfield Mechanical was a co-recipient for 7 years without an injury lost day.

CONTROLLING OUR DESTINY

Sam HurtadoBusiness RepresentativeOrange County

Vic Juarez, Luis Gonzalez, Enrique Villavicencio, and Srirram Chaka at a magic place.

5th year apprentice and Ana-heim resident Michael Dennie speaking at an Anaheim City Council in support of a Com-munity Workforce Agree-ment. The final vote was 6-1 to proceed with drawing up details for a final approval.

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Al HernandezBusiness RepresentativeSouth Bay

WORKING TOGETHER TO SECURE OUR FUTURE

In 2009, we experienced what is now known as The Great Recession. What caused it was a housing bubble that burst. The result was a loss of consumer spending which led to a collapse in business investments and massive job loss. This had a dramatic affect on the con-struction industry and Local 105. Our members re-ported out work at an alarming rate. The out of work list reached over 1000 members at its highest point. Even after the economy began its rebound, its growth wasn’t nearly strong enough to keep up with normal popula-tion growth and the backlog of workers who lost their jobs during the collapse.

Fast forward ten years, sheet metal contractors head into 2019 with confidence in the form of bulging order books and job backlog. A robust economy, along with countless hours of negotiation between local munici-palities and buildings trades, can be credited with the signing of PLA agreements, which place our members to work. Just recently, negotiation have begun with the Long Beach Unified School District to get on board and follow suit with the City of Long Beach, Port of Long Beach and Port of Los Angeles which all recognize the advantages that these PLA’s offer. These agreements have served in assisting the awarding agencies in providing on time, conflict involvement free project completions. These agreements help reduce overall construction cost by ensuring that the work on a covered project will be completed efficiently, cooperatively, economically and without interruption.

Terms and conditions of PLA’s generally are:• Apply to all work performed on a specific project.• Require all contractors and subcontractors to be

bound to the agreement whether they are union or non-union.•Establish standard working rules, prevailing wage, hour and fringe benefit payment and dispute resolution procedures.• Prohibit strikes, work-stoppages and lockouts.• Promotes workforce development through establish-ing local hiring and disadvantaged worker em- ployment opportunities.

All this hard work does not go unrecognized by the non-union element. An organization that supports non-union contractors has surfaced and calls itself the CAOT (California Association of Trades). This orga-nization accuses the building trades of dominating the state legislature to pass laws that prevent non-union shops from obtaining “prevailing wage” jobs, which is an exaggeration. What we are guilty of is ensuring high-er wages for union construction workers. At this point, the origins of the CAOT are unknown. Their website is registered in Florida, and their fax number serves Southern Illinois. I would like to ask our members if you see any material with the name of this organization on your jobsite, please collect it and pass it along to my-self or the representative in your area. That will help the SBCTC research the organizations origins.

This is a clear example of how far we have come since 2009 and should not be taken for granted. Local 105 and our affiliates must continue developing policy that works for our members and the end-users. As Califor-nia goes green, so will technology. We must arm our members with the tools that will ensure their success in the ever changing world that we live in.

Donald P. Bennett “Donny B”Business RepresentativeSan Bernardino County

As 2019 gets under way, I see that a couple of major projects are moving along. One of them being the Loma Linda hos-pital in June of 2015 while working for Southland Industries as a detailer. I was appointed Lead Detailer out at Loma Lin-da. I started attending construction meetings and working on pre-construction of Loma Linda Hospital. Now here we are almost 4 years later, and the hospital is rolling along great with almost eighty men on the project. They will possibly be adding a few more in the near future and with a good chance that there will be a little bit of overtime as well.

Loma Linda is probably one of the biggest projects that San Bernardino County has ever seen with over a million square feet of floor space and thousands of pounds of heating and cooling duct. Thirty Plus Large Air Handlers on the fourth

floor and I believe seven or so on the roof. There has been many guys asking about this project, and I have been talking about it for almost three years. I am glad to see that it is manned up and moving along so well. Kenny Diekmann along with the help of Alan Blomgren has assembled a great group of Foreman and General foreman to help run this project and they seem to have a handle on it.

I would like to say to all of the members take some classes at the JATC to advance your knowledge of the industry. Some AUTO-CAD / Welding / Service or Test and Balance. I have said in the past we are short of Auto-Cad Detailers. The aver-age age of a Cad Detailer is about 47, and with all of the Tech that is growing in the industry, there is going to be a need for Cad Detailers for years to come.

Things Are Good in the Inland Empire

(In Alphabetical order) Ricardo Acuna, Tony Adamee, Keenan Alston, Miguel Angeles, Jose Ber-mude, Hugo Bernal, Evan Blomgren, Jason Boise, (Foreman) Trevor Booth, Brian Burrola, Jar-ed Burrola, (Foreman) Oscar Cardenas, Brian Chaparro, (Gen. Foreman) Erwin Chavez, Michael Chavez, Jeffrey Cisneros, Matthew Clayton, Mario Colocho, Rudy Cordova, Ken Diekmann (Super-intendant) Chad Cupples, Jonathan Deceglie, David Delamancha-Aros, Michael Dennie, Richard Erickson, Ignacio Espinoza, Juan Espinoza, Joey Gaitan, George Garcia, John Graves, Todd Graydon, Navor Guizar (Jobsite Steward) Robert Hargreaves-Johnson, Ryan King, Louis Landry, Jose Lopez, Richard Lopez, Victor Macias, David Martinez, Jessriel Menquito, Jose Muniz, Cesar Nava Tovar, Fernando Navarez, Scott Orebaugh,(Gen. Foreman) Marvin Orellana, Anthony Orosco, Francisco Orozco, Salvador Ortiz, Jesus Padilla, (Foreman) Louie Pedroza, Daniel Perales, Joshua Prescott, Matthew Prestin, Ernest Ramirez, John Rix, Eric Ruelas, Luis Ruiz, Joe Sanchez, Luis Sanders, Jose Santoyo, Alexander Shaver, Joaquin Simons, Robert Tello, Jr., Juan Valdez, Jerry Valencia, Steven Vera Mendoza, Armondo Villarruel, Chazz Villasenor, Nate Wazdatskey,(Gen. Foreman) Austin Wilson, Benjamin Zamora,

CAD drawing of the duct work in the south entrance of San Manuel Casino

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Pictured above are Joshua Rios (Foreman), Brian Langton (Gen. Foreman) and Danny Seyler from Pan Pacific Mechanical. Pan Pa-cific is finishing up the south entrance of the San Manuel Casino. If you look at the background, there is a lot of work going on. San Manuel is planning on adding a fifteen story hotel as well as a new amphitheater, fire station and a new central plant.

Pictured Above is one of the Air handlers being lower through a hole in the roof. Kenny Diekmann (Project Superintendent) asked McCarthy to leave out some of the steel and some of the decking so that the guys from MPS can drop the units onto the equipment room floor.

(Left) This is a picture of the outside of Loma Linda Hospital as of 4/3/2019. The tower to the left is the children’s tower, and the tower to the right is the regular adult tower.

Advanced Auto-cad classes offered by our JATC. 12

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Jesse AyalaBusiness RepresentativeWest Los Angeles

2018 Still Rolling Into 2019As we move forward into 2019, our members continue to work on projects that were started in 2018. With the sig-nificant amount of work we are experiencing, the outlook continues to improve in the West LA area. The Inglewood Stadium (Rams/Chargers) is going strong and we have many Local 105 sheet metal workers from ACCO, Crown Corr, and Specialty Stainless Installations showing off their sheet metal skills daily.

The Los Angeles Coliseum has a scheduled completion date of July 30, 2019. We have members from Southland Indus-tries (HVAC), Letner Roofing (Architectural), and Special-ty Stainless Installations (Kitchen Equipment) working out there to get the job done for the fans to enjoy the renovations.

Newer projects include the Conference Center Hotels, which should be breaking ground on the corner of Figueroa and Pico sometime in July or August. The Lucas Museum project is now underway and ACCO has been awarded the HVAC work for the underground garage.

Work in Local 105 has seen a big turnaround since 2013, and we are taking full advantage of the increased work opportu-nities for our members and contractors. Your Business Man-ager and Business Representatives have been working hard to promote project labor agreements, community workforce

agreements, and legislation promoting skilled apprenticeship programs on all new construction within our jurisdiction.

As we enter the summer months, we are all thankful for the increased workflow continuing to come our way and for the opportunities this increase in market share provides our members, our union, and our Trust Funds. We can all share in this celebration at our upcoming membership picnic on August 24, 2019 at Bonelli Regional Park. We are looking forward to seeing you there.

Southland Crew at LA Coliseum- Sal Ortiz, Cesar Legarda, Mario Camacho, Martin Medina, Steve Hinson, Vice President, Tony Medi-na, General foreman, Rito Orosco, Mike Juran, Bill Pritchard, Luther Medina, President/Business Manager, Erwin Garcia, Justin Hannon, Collins Castillo, Leo Zapalla, Gus Ponce Louis Taylor Ricardo Castillo.

Crown Corr. Inc. at the LAX Midfield project - Joe Gilbert, foreman, Tyson Cleland, Superintendent, Salvador Lopez, Chris Ramirez, Mark Luna, Cesar Bautista, Luis Hernandez, Laura Harris, Lawrence Oros-co, Manuel, Rebollado, Foremen, Justin Stone, Brandon Pebley, Vlad-imir Gonzalez, Alberto Rodriguez Victor Moriel, Tom Muckenthaler.

ACCO Engineered Systems at the Academy Museum of Motion Pic-tures (L-R): Greg Gauthier, foreman, Emilio Ponce, Anthony Lopez, Jonathon Ruiz, Art Lopez, Wilmer Romero, David Allan, Miguel Mari-scal, Adam Ruiz, Jack Enriquez, General Forman, Tony Long, Kneeling

Eberhard /SMC, Inc. at the LAX Delta Hanger - Terry Francis, Foreman, Philip Lewis, Matthew Carey, Steve Keller, John Childers, Foreman, James Jones, Jose Valenzuela, Shawn Perez, Ken Waller, Joe Aguirre, Greg Martinkus, Abel, Lopez, Sean Johnson, apprentice, not pictured.

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Tim HinsonBusiness RepresentativeEast Los Angeles

MEMBERS MAKE THE UNION STRONG

I would like to take the time in this article to thank all the members who have been involved with our local union and encourage all our members that have not, to take the time to get involved. There are many opportunities to help ourselves, better our union and to create more opportunities for work. The best way to get involved is by coming to the union meet-ings so we are all well informed and involved in the process. Our voices are very influential with our local officials, so paying attention to what is going on in your community and getting involved as a local resident is very important. All the Business Agents and Organizers are involved in campaigns to gain employment for our members and are always in need of membership help.

Top row left to right: Ted Peralta, Steve RaygozaGF)Robert Ni-cole, Juan Gomez , Many Salas Front row: Anthoy Campos, Santino Mercuri, Andrew Lopez, Vince Mariano , Tim Porter.

ACCO Shop Heavy Gauge Department: Row One (R-L): Margarito Nava, and Albert Medina. Row Two (R-L): Brent Williams, Daniel Alvarado, Frank Redondo, Mike Barbato, Steven Avelar, and Eric Porras (Plant Manager) Row Three (R-L): Tom Fulkerson, John Coleman, John Blanco, Reggie Gutierrez, Felipe Castaneda, and Nick Valdez. Row Four (R-L): Robert Contreras, Eric Lutz, Andre Segovia, Javier Carrillo, Albert Silva, and Aldo I. Cortez.

ACCO Shop Shipping And Tool Crib Department: Row One (R-L): Eric Porras (Plant Manager), Sergio Tostado, Mike Gomez, Steve Eidinger, Eric Vincent Porras Jr, Jackie Guillen and Daniel Gonzales. Row Two (R-L): Cesar Ayala, Carlos Jovel, Anthony I. Goytia, Benja-min Marvin, and Tom Fulkerson. Row Three (R-L): Damian Trujillo, Michael Trujillo, Adolph “Pete” Ahumada, and Troy Harrison.

Graycon Crew: L -R - Alfred A. Beserra, Salvador Alvarez, Jr., Eric Bourland, Christopher G. Still, Steve Raygoza, and Santino Mercuri.

ACCO Shop Employees Light Gauge Department: Row One (R-L): Jer-amy Vasquez, Edward Eidenger, Robert Villalvaro, The Phung, Stephanie Herrera, Annabel Perez, Donna Cortes, Leonardo Moreno, Naomy Cue-va, Darlene Ayala, Matthew Manzo and Joshua Marron. Row Two (R-L): Carlos Nava, Mario Andrade, Saul Cabrera, Fernando Gayton, Nicholas Lawrence, Chris A. Perales, Luis Farias, David Gonzales, Nicholas Cook-sey, Angel Vizcarra, Ninette Reyna, Michael Gamet and Ernie Torres. Row Three (R-L): Eric Porras (Plant Manager), Zackery Evens, Gregory Stud-dard, Michael Contreras, Jamey Voelker, Alex Campos, Mario Corona, and Tom Fulkerson. Row Four (R-L): Jeff Palomino, Jeremy Bushman, Robert Palomino, Chris Gudehus, and George Viola.

Chris GonzalezBusiness RepresentativeKern, Inyo & Mono Counties

Sage Hall at the Antelope Valley College is one of several con-struction projects that are under a Community Workforce Agreement with the Los Angeles / Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades. This is a $25 million project and Sheldon Mechanical, a Union Contractor, was awarded the HVAC Mechanical portion.

The district received $350 million dollars of bond measure money and plans to update the campus’s infrastructure with construction of a new academic commons, career and tech-nical education facilities, a student services building, gym-nasium renovations, three instructional buildings and a fine arts complex.

This Community Workforce Agreement is one of eleven agreements that have been signed by public agencies within the Antelope Valley. These agreements help to create a lev-el playing field for our Union Contractors and ensure that members who live in the area get the opportunity to work where they live. That’s why we will continue to work on get-ting more agreements signed so that Local 105 members can work in the cities that they call home.

Community Workforce Agreement

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The Fall Semester is approaching soon and just as our past Spring Semester, we will soon be starting new Apprentice and Journeymen classes. Our program has over 800 Inden-tured Apprentices attending daytime training at the training center in the City of Industry. This provides our journeymen the opportunity to attend classes in the evening. Remember, continued education for our Journeymen is essential in the progression of our skillsets. Every day, new technology is introduced into our sheet metal industry. We at the JATC continue to offer classes that allow our members to remain on the cutting edge of that new technology.

I encourage every Journeyman to take full advantage of the free classes offered at the JATC. Our journeymen should be attending these classes regularly rather than waiting until they “need” a class to continue working on a particular proj-ect. Classes become full and opportunities may be lost due to someone not having a particular certificate. Diversity is im-portant to a tradesman’s career. Obtain an education in other areas of our trade so that you will be able to work when your primary field goes through slow times. Being diversified in our industry is the best insurance you can have in order to provide for yourself and your family.

Southern California Sheet Metal JATC Update

Lance D. ClarkApprenticeship Administrator

The classes in the evening are primarily for journeymen. However, in the event that the class has vacant seats, we have allowed apprentices to fill those seats. And why not. If an ap-prentice is willing to commit to their career, we should edu-cate them rather than exclude them and teach to empty seats.

I’d like to think that if you enjoy what you do every day and feel a sense of pride and accomplishment at the end of the day, well then, you are where you should be.

I want to thank the Journeymen for mentoring the appren-tices and classified workers each and every day in becoming skilled craftsmen. It doesn’t go unno-ticed! I often hear the stories, the lessons taught, the lessons learned and the camaraderie that will allow members to prosper and our industry to ad-vance.

Please remember to go to JATC website for the most up-to-date information on the Summer & Fall Journeymen Classes and Certifications, as well as Apprentice Class schedules and informa-tion related to applying for the apprenticeship program. The JATC website is www.socalsma.org

(Above) Apprentice Kyle Pines operating the Mobile Elevated Work Platform Virtual Reality Simulator.

JATC Coordinator, Da-vid Garcia, demon-strating the Mobile El-evated Work Platform Virtual Reality Simula-tor.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

BAKERSFIELD, CA - Effective July 1st, Kern County JATC Coordinator Will Scott will be taking the helm as Director of the Local Union’s Business Development Department in Glen-dora, while contributing to the effort of establishing a (manu-facturing) registered apprenticeship program for our members who work at the BYD Coach & Bus Facility in Lancaster, and serving as the Apprenticeship Administrator of that program.

To replace Scott, Quintin Morales was selected to be the new Bakersfield JATC Coordinator. Quintin brings over 30 years of industry experience and leadership skills to the job. Morales is also graduate of the Bakersfield apprenticeship program.

The JATC would also like to welcome Joaquain Stallworth as our new welding instructor. Joaquain works for Circulat-ing Air during the day and is also an elected Executive Board member.

Quintin Morales, new Bakersfield JATC Coordi-nator.

Joaquain Stallworth, new welding instructor.

Time Well SpentMy how time fly’s when you’re having fun. It has been an absolute honor and privilege serving our membership in Bakersfield and Antelope Valley as their JATC Co-ordinator for the past 6 years. I would like to sincerely thank the Bakersfield JATC Committee, led by Business Manager Luther Medina, the entire staff of the Southern California Training Center, Local 105 Business Agents, clerical staff, and the officers of the Executive Board for their unwavering support of the Bakersfield training center during my tenure.

We are one UNION, and one of my biggest priorities as JATC Coordinator was to ensure that our membership in the Antelope Valley and Bakersfield had access to the same high quality training as our counterparts in the

EXPANDED TECHNOLOGY AND TRAINING CURRICULUM, IN-CLUDING TESTING & BALANC-ING, AUTOCAD DETAINING, AND SERVICE

EXPANDED SOCIAL MEDIA PRES-ENCE WITH A NEW WEBSITE, FACEBOOK AND INSTAGRAM PAGES.

RECOGINIZED BY THE INTERNA-TIONAL TRAINING INSTITUTE (ITI) WITH A PLATINUM ACCRE-DIDATION

SCOTT NAMED DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, MORALES NAMED BAKERSFIELD JATC COORDINATOR

Will ScottJATC Coordinator

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Metro Los Angeles region, with an emphasis on turning out strong union members as well. Without recognizing that we are stronger together, and without fostering a culture of brotherhood within our organization, none of our progress in Bakersfield would have been possi-ble. We can accomplish amazing things when we work together, and I have the Platinum Plague hanging on the lobby wall of the training center to prove it!

I want to dedicate my last article written as JATC Co-ordinator to highlighting some of the contributions of work that was put into and came out of the program over the past 6 years by our membership. With so many memories to choose from, forgive me for not captioning each photo.

Finally, to my apprentices in Bakersfield, I wish for all of you the success in your careers that you step up to earn. Remember that I’ve always told you to keep the engine, your brain, running. Don’t settle for us spoon feeding

you the information you need to know in order to be skilled tradesmen and women. Your career will prosper if you put in the work, invest in yourself and NEVER stop learning. I’m always a phone call away if needed, or if you just want to talk. My final piece of advice that I have for you goes something like this:

If at first you don’t succeed, try doing what your Train-ing Coordinator told you to do the first time. Good Luck and God Bless!

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WE CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU THERE

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UNION MEETINGS

March 2019 Union Meeting New Obligated Members: (L to R): Da-vid M. Shaver,Financial Secretary-Treasurer/Recording Secretary, Timothy P. Pitts, Imani R. Gomez, Luther B. Medina President/Business Manager, Jacob J.Samuel, Robert W. Lifsey,David M. Draper and Steve Hinson Vice President/Asst: Business Manager.

February 2019 Union Membership Meeting 25 Year Service Pins: (L to R ): Santino Mercuri, Vin-cent M.Mariano, Richard Holguin, Erick Holguin.

February 2019 Union Membership Meeting Raffle Winners: Back Row (L to R): Victor Medina, Joey Contreras, Jeffrey R. Reams, Leroy Rivera, Abel Cortinas (Marketing Represen-tative), and George B. Anderson (Executive Board). Front Row (L to R): William J Shaver ll, Benny McKee, Danny Go-mez, and William Solorzano (Marketing Representative).

MARCH Union Membership Meeting Raffle Winners: Back Row Standing (L to R ): Reuben Gonzalez, Victor Medina, Wil-liam “Bill” Boufford Jr., Robert Vasquez Jr., and Anthony L. Leitheiser, Front Row Sitting Down (L to R): Anthony Campos, Miguel Angeles, George B. Anderson, and Mario V. Teran.

Joseph F. Bouffard01/03/19

John F. Hill01/05/19

Raul J. Alvarez01/10/19

Kevin K. Kaiwi01/19/19

David R. Chatwin01/21/19

Alfred Cobian01/23/19

Charles A. Gruneisen01/23/19

Gerardo Herrera01/25/19

Theodore R. Carney01/26/19

Faustino Alvarez01/26/19

Warren C. Pierson01/27/19

Joseph R. Muha02/04/19

Ruben Cortez02/07/19

Francisco Quintanilla, Jr. 02/14/19

Robert G. Essary02/17/19

Ralph L. Wyckoff02/22/19

Nedo Aiello03/01/19

Vernon L. Hamm03/11/19

John W. Reeves03/12/19

Herbert Delp03/22/19

Departed Members

CONGRATULATIONS RETIREES

Local Union 105 thanks each of you for your dedication and contributions to the unionized sheet metal industry.

Best Wishes to you for a Healthy and Happy Retirement!

January 2019David J. Allen

Kenneth L. HarrisonCesar A. MedinaRonald A. WadeRobert L. Birath

Mark A. Strachan

March 2019 Jay Ketter

Martin TardifDavid E. LaneRalph C. LucciJohn M. RacichDanny Durand

February 2019Craig T. Fuchino

Many areas of our country have experienced some very tragic event this year. From hurricanes in the Southeast, to wild fires in the Northwest and shoot-ings in Las Vegas. SMOHIT provides FREE, confiden-tial and professional Stress/Greif/Trauma counseling service for the members.

Our thoughts and prayers go out to our brothers and sisters in need, and we want them to know that they are not alone!

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This Bulletin is produced quarterly by Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Local Union 105 located at 2120 Auto Centre Drive, Glendora, CA. 91740-6720, (909) 305-2800. SMART Local Union 105 is the Organiza-tion authorized to produce the bulletin for our membership.

Local 105 Retirees’ Club MeetingsOrange County

The Local 105 Retirees’ Club Meetings are held on the third Monday of each month as follows:

Monday, May 20, 2019 - 10:00 a.m.Monday, June 17, 2019 -10:00 a.m.Monday, July 15, 2019 - 10:00 a.m.

I.B.E.W. Local 441 Meeting Hall 309 N. Rampart Street, Suite M

Orange, CA 92868

LOCAL 105 MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS

The Regular Membership Meetings are held on thesecond Tuesday of each month as follows:

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 - 6:00 p.m.Tuesday, June 11, 2019 - 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, July 9, 2019 -6:00 p.m.

SMART Local Union 1052120 Auto Centre Drive

Glendora, CA. 91740-6720

Local Union 105Out of Work List

April 2017 . . . . 252April 2018 . . . . 151April 2019 . . . . 114

Local 105 Retirees’ Club MeetingsLos Angeles

The Local 105 Retirees’ Club Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month as follows:

Thursday, May 9, 2019- 10:00 a.m.Thursday, June 13, 2019- 10:00 a.m.Thursday, July 11, 2019- 10:00 a.m.

SMART Local Union 1052120 Auto Centre Drive

Glendora, CA. 91740-6720

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LOCAL 105 WOMENS COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Saturday, May 4, 2019 - 8:30 a.m..Saturday, June 1, 2019 - 8:30 a.m.Tuesday, July 9, 2019 - 4:00 p.m.

SMART Local Union 1052120 Auto Centre Drive

Glendora, CA. 91740-6720

SHEET METAL WORKERS’ LOCAL UNION 105