Sunday February 19, 2006

Happy Presidents Day

Hiring Hall statistics for the week ending February 18: 50 Ironworkers (22 Journeymen, 28 Apprentices) were dispatched last week, 8 rows of journeymen and 7 apprentices on the out of work list.

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

*American Ironworks & Erectors at Anthon Glenn Hall Yakima
*American Steel Erectors at Grays Harbor Community College Aberdeen
*Apex Steel at Seatac Airport, Washington Square Bellevue, SR 16 Tacoma, Coast Guard Station Seattle, 500 Mercer Seattle
*Coastal Steel at Competition Specialties Auburn, Toray Composites Frederickson, Orting Water Treatment Facility
*Cruncher Construction at Laurel Village Bellingham, Bates Technical College Tacoma, Lumni Water Treatment Facility Bellingham, Whatcom County Jail Bellingham, Sierra Pacific Mount Vernon
*Diamond B Constructors at Tesoro Refinery Anacortes
*Erection Company at Muckleshoot Bingo Hall Auburn
*G&T Conveyor at Seatac Airport
*Harmon at Sheraton Hotel Seattle
*Northwest Steel Erection at Silver Reef Casino Bellingham, Stock Pot Soup Everett
*PCL Construction at C755 Sound Transit Tukwila
*RPM Steel at Bremerton Condos
*Sellen Construction at Olympic Sculpture Park Seattle, Washington Mutual Tower Seattle, Seattle Art Museum
*Skanska at Bellsquare Mall Bellevue, Sheraton Hotel Seattle
*Tristate Construction at Union to Jackson SR16 Tacoma
*Turner Construction at 2200 Westlake Seattle
*University Mechanical at Nucor Steel Seattle, Transalta Steam Plant Centralia
*Willamette Valley Steel at Chehalis Water Treatment Facility

February 20 Monday morning at dispatch there will be a need for two sheeters in Auburn. 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

If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. Jimmy Carter

Next Local 86 regular meeting will be March 16, Thursday 7pm at the Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle. Nomination of International Convention Delegates

Local Numbers: 1195 Journeymen, 320 Apprentices, 230 Pensioners, 192 Honorary, 3 Military

On Wednesday March 1, 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 February 28. 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.

Die when I may, I want it said by those who knew me best that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow. Abraham Lincoln

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Humility is attentive patience. Simone Weil

God Bless,

Red