Sunday June 25, 2006

Summer at last.

Hiring Hall statistics for the week ending June 24: 56 Ironworkers (21 Journeymen, 35 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.

*American Ironworks & Erectors at Lake Stevens High School
*Apex Steel at Northcut Landing Seattle
*Cascade Steel at 320 2nd Kirkland
*Central Steel at Western & Clay Seattle, Creekside Village Mill Creek
*Columbia Basin Rebar at Yakima River Bridge
*Corona Steel at Multicare Gig Harbor
*Cutter Inc at Disposal Site Northbend
*Erection Company at Evergreen Hospital Totem Lake, C810 Sound Transit Seattle
*General Construction at Boeing Everett
*Ironman Steel at Cleveland High School Seattle
*JV Crane at C810 Sound Transit Seattle
*K&L Rebar at Cancer Care Everett, Cosmopolitan Tower Seattle, Burlington Northern Pedestrian Bridge Napavine, Horizon House Seattle
*Norsar LLC at Terminal 18 Harbor Island
*Pacer Steel at Lexus of Bellevue, Pier 91 Seattle, Harborview Medical Center Seattle
*PCL Construction at C755 Sound Transit Tukwila
*Rainier Steel at Broadway HOV Everett, Skagit Valley Hospital Mount Vernon
*Rebar International at C755 Sound Transit Tukwila, Avalon Bellevue, Mosler Lofts Seattle, Federal Reserve Bank Renton
*Roglins at Aberdeen High School
*RPM Steel at Harborside Condos Bremerton, I-90 Eastbound Factoria, South 48th Bridge Tacoma
*Seattle Stud Welding at Mount Rainier High School Des Moines, Overlake Hospital Bellevue
*Tacoma Narrows Constructors at Tacoma Narrows Bridge
*Tri State Construction at Sahalee Redmond, SR 16 Tacoma
*Washington Crane at C810 Sound Transit Seattle
*WW Constructors at Temco Grain Elevators Tacoma

June 26 Monday morning at dispatch there will be a need for rodmen in Tacoma and Woodinville. 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

Next Local 86 regular meeting will be July 20, Thursday 7pm at the Labor Temple, 2800 1st Ave, Seattle. No meeting in August.

Eric Gustafson requests that you sign the Immigration Reform Proposal Petition when you come to the hall on sign in day July 5th. The petition is also available at the dues window and in the hiring hall. For details contact Eric at 206.510.2319.

On Wednesday July 5, 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 Monday July 3 or Tuesday July 4. 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.

Change is inevitable except from vending machines.

Tacoma Narrows Constructors will be placing work orders for dual shield welders for the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. There will be an onsite test per D1.5 in the 3G & 4G positions. One inch plate, metal backing, E71-T1, .045, 75-25 shielding gas, visual and xray. Welders will be joining deck sections and plates with dual shield into ceramic backup and automatic submerged arc.

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.

The future is something that everyone reaches at the rate of sixty minutes an hour, whatever he does, whoever he is. C.S. Lewis

God Bless,

Red