Sunday January 1, 2006

Happy New Year!

Sign in day is Wednesday

Hiring Hall statistics for the week ending December 31: 32 Ironworkers (15 Journeymen, 17 Apprentices) were dispatched last week, 8 rows of journeymen on the out of work list.

Hiring Hall at a glance:
Dispatches were issued to the following companies at the listed projects.

*Apex Steel at 500 Mercer Seattle, SeaTac Airport, Washington Square Bellevue
*Central Steel at Alexan Cascade Seattle
*DMI Drilling at Wind Ridge Kittitas
*Erection Company at Kingston High School
*General Construction at Boeing Everett, Priest Rapids Dam Desert Aire
*Haskell Corp at Shell Refinery Anacortes
*Ironman Steel at Northgate Library Seattle
*K&L Rebar at Cosmopolitan Tower Seattle
*Northwest Steel Erection at Everett Mall Theater, Issaquah School #14 *Omega-Baja at Boeing Everett
*Rainier Steel at C510 Sound Transit Seattle, Skagit Valley Hospital Mount Vernon
*Seattle Stud Welding at Seatac Airport
*Sellen Construction at St Joseph Hospital Tacoma
*Skanska at Sheraton Hotel Seattle, Swedish Hospital Seattle
*Steel Systems at Social Security Building Auburn
*Stellar Structures at Meridian Retail Puyallup
*Tacoma Narrow Constructors at Tacoma Narrows Bridge

January 3 Tuesday morning at dispatch there will be a need for a rodman in Mount Vernon, a stick welder and five riggers in Everett, a boltup and a stick welder in Kingston, two boltups and three wire welders at Seatac and a stick welder and a wire welder in Seattle. Check out the work orders page or option 4 on the phone menu for details on job listings. 206.248.4246 or 888.212.6252

Steel Systems requires a rebar foreman. Contact Bill Lewis at 253.228.0458 for the details.

Next Local 86 regular meeting will be January 19, Thursday 7pm at the Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle.

We regret to inform you that Jose Eguia, Book #129397 passed away December 22, 2005. He was born on October 24, 1959. Brother Eguia joined the Iron Workers Local 86 in March 2001. Services are private.

Retiree breakfast 10am Monday January 2 at the Cranberry Tree Restaurant, Mount Vernon Exit 227 off I-5.

Retiree breakfast 9 am Monday January 9 at Great American Casino, 12715 4th Ave W, Everett. Exit 186 off I-5. 425.347.1669

Effective January 1, 2006; Journeyman dues will be $37.00, Apprentice and AC dues will be $36.00 and Work Assessments is $70.00

Local 86 Elections are scheduled for Saturday February 11, 2006 10am to 6pm at the Hall. 4550 South 134th Place, Tukwila

On Wednesday January 4, to maintain your name on the out of work list, you must come to the hiring hall and sign-in between 7am and 9am. Sign in will be declared complete at 9am. Sign in by phone is not an option. If you will be unable to come to the hiring hall on Wednesday, you may fax #206.439.1069 or email tabiggins@hotmail.com your request to remain on the out of work list on Tuesday January 3. Members that do not sign in will be removed from the out of work list and will be required to contact dispatch to have their name placed back on the list.

To receive online weekly reports and bulletins, email your address to tabiggins@hotmail.com. If you have any questions or if I can be of assistance, please call or email. During business hours, 7 am - 4 pm: 206.248.4246, other times, cell 206.510.2327.

Cheers to the New Year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey

God Bless,

Red