Sunday, August 22, 1999

Hi Brothers & Sisters:
    I regret to inform you that I received a call Thursday August 19,
informing me that Local 86 Brother Jason Nelander died Thursday August 19th.
That is all the details I have at this time. Jason was born July 26, 1964. As
soon as I have funeral information I will email.

    Last week at the dispatch hall we dispatched a total of 67 Ironworkers.
Of the 67 dispatched 28 were apprentices. As you are aware my primary job is
fielding calls from contractors requesting Ironworkers and then dispatching
hands to their jobsites. I have put together some statistics for your
information.
    At the Local 86 Informational Meeting held Thursday, August 19, 1999,
7:30pm we had 53 members in attendance. Before the meeting we had a Stewards
meeting with 12 Local 86 Stewards represented. Business Manager Ron Piksa
gave a report on prevailing wage, shift work, start & stop times, proper
information on stewards reports, accident information to help the injured
worker and fielded questions from the stewards.

Since our last informational meeting June 17, the A-1 list has gone from 122
to 132. Here are some statistics on the number of Ironworkers dispatched out
of Local 86:

1. Total Dispatches since January 1996: 10,159

2. Total Dispatches from January 4, 1999 to June 19, 1999: 2,171

3. Total Dispatched since last informational meeting June 17, 1999 - August
19, 1999: 572

4. Total Journeyman dispatched June 17, 1999 - August 19, 1999: 299

5. Total Apprentices dispatched June 17, 1999 - August 19, 1999: 273 (many
replacing JIW's)

6. Total Members on A-1 List as of August 19, 1999: 132

7. Total Apprentices on the out of work list: 14

8. Nobody on the A-2 or B-list.

DISPATCH REPORT:

MONDAY 8/16/99
1. Baugh Construction: 1 Journeyman Rodman at Safeco Project, Redmond.
2. Carr Construction: 1 apprentice at the EMP Project, Seattle.
3. Cascade Steel: 1 Journeyman Rodman at Snoqualmie Ridge, Issaquah.
4. Cooney McHugh: 1 JIWCW at Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle.
5. Dywidag Systems: 1 Journeyman Rodman & 1 apprentice at Parker River
Bridge, Yakima.
6. East West Aluminum: 1 apprentice at Concorde Condo's Seattle.
7. Flatiron/KWH Constructors: 1 JIW at Fort Lawton, Seattle.
8. General Construction: 1 JIWCW at Georgia Pacific Mill, Bellingham, WA.
9. International Steel: 1 JIWCW at Seattle University, Seattle.
10. J&S Construction: 1 apprentice at Stafford Creek Prison, Aberdeen.
11. Northwest Steel Erectors. 1 JIWCW at 901 4th Ave Seattle.
12. Pacific Erectors: 1 JIWCW at Ballard High School, Seattle.
13. PCT Construction: 1 Journeyman Rodman at Cedar River Landfill.
14. Reliable Rebar: 1 apprentice at the Orting School, Orting.
15. Seacomm Erectors: 2 JIW tower hands at Cougar Mountain, Issaquah
16. Seattle Bronze: 1 apprentice at Microsoft Pinehurst, Bellevue.
17. Statewide Steel: 1 apprentice at Snoqualmie Ridge, Issaquah.
18. Steel Systems Technology: 2 apprentices at Hawks Prairie Landfill,
Olympia.
TUESDAY 8/17/99
1. Baugh Construction: 1 JIWCW at 3100 Northrup Way, Redmond.
2. Baugh Construction: 1 apprentice Rodman at Kaiser Aluminum, Tacoma.
3. Baugh Construction: 2 Journeyman Rodman at the Lakeridge Center Project,
Redmond.
4. DNC Construction: 1 JIWCW wire at North Seattle Community College.
5. General Construction: 3 JIW package building hands at Georgia Pacific
Mill, (full scale)
6. K&L Rebar: 1 Journeyman Rodman at the Elliott Hotel, Seattle.
7. Kiewit Construction: 1 JIWCW stick at the Starwood Hotel, Seattle.
8. Northwest Steel Erectors: 1 JIW & 1 apprentice at Evergreen Middle School,
Everett.
9. Reliable Rebar: 1 apprentice at The Orting School, Orting.
10. Sellen Construction: 1 JIWCW at KOMO TV, Seattle.
WEDNESDAY 8/18/99
1. Apex Steel: 2 apprentices at the Cancer Care Center, Seattle.
2. Baugh Construction: 1 apprentice at the Lakeridge Project, Redmond.
3. Baugh Construction: 1 JIWCW at Northwest Trust, 4th & Union Seattle.
4. Baugh Construction: 1 Journeyman Rodman at the Safeco Project, Redmond.
5. Baugh Construction: 1 apprentice at Union Street Station, Seattle.
6. Cooney McHugh: 1 JIW at Port of Tacoma, Sealand Terminal.
7. Evergreen Erectors: 1 JIWCW at a school in Skyway, WA.
8. International Steel: 1 JIW at EMP Project, Seattle.
9. Jobsite Stud Welding: 1 apprentice at Three Bellevue Center, Bellevue.
10. Reliable Rebar: 2 apprentices at the Orting School.
11. Seattle Stud Welding: 1 apprentice at KOMO TV Seattle.
12. Sellen Construction: 1 JIWCW at Blanchet High School, Seattle.
13. Washington Crane: 1 JIWCW at 220th PL, NE  & Novelty Hill Road, Redmond.
THURSDAY 8/19/99
1. Apex Steel: 1 apprentice at EMP Project, Seattle.
2. Canron Construction: 1 JIWCW at The Expo Center, Seattle.
3. Cooney McHugh: 1 apprentice at Port of Tacoma, Sealand Terminal, (6:00pm
shift)
4. General Construction: 1 JIWCW stick/connector Boeing Everett, Gate E-68
5. Howard S. Wright: 1 JIW & 1 apprentice at the Bremerton Ferry Terminal.
6. K&L Rebar: 3 journeyman Rodman at the Elliott Hotel, Seattle.
7. Sellen Construction: 2 JIW connectors at the University of Puget Sound,
Tacoma.
8. University Mechanical: 1 JIW rehire at the main office.
FRIDAY 8/20/99
1. Apex Steel: 1 apprentice at EMP Project, Seattle.
2. Baugh Construction: 1 journeyman Rodman at Safeco Project, Redmond.
3. Cooney McHugh: 3 JIW connectors & 2 JIW's at Port of Tacoma, Sealand
Terminal.
4. Flatiron/KWH Constructors: 1 JIW at the Fort Lawton Project, Seattle.
5. General Construction: 1 JIWCW wire at Boeing Everett Gate E-68.
6. Howard S. Wright: 1 apprentice & 1 JIW at the Bremerton Ferry Terminal.
7. Morrison Knudson: 1 JIWCW wire (rehire) Boeing Auburn, Gate A-4
8. Sellen Construction: 1 JIWCW at Silverdale Hospital, Silverdale.

WORK AVAILABLE FOR MONDAY AUGUST 23, 1999 7:00am-9:00am
1. Central Steel: Central needs about Journeyman Rodman at Various Locations
in our jurisdiction
2. K&L Rebar: 3 Journeyman Rodman at Elliott Hotel, Seattle
3. Cascade Steel: Need Journeyman Rodman at Sammamish Park Place, Issaquah.
6:00am start.
4. General Mechanical: 1 JIWCW Wire welder at 1902 Marine View Drive, Tacoma.
(Tide Flats) First welder reports Tuesday 8/24/99 7:00am Two weeks plus DRUG
TEST
5. GSC Erectors: 6 Journeyman Rodman at Bothell Cascadia Project Bothell, WA.
Overtime. (GSC is taking over from George S. Sollitt.)
WE NEED JOURNEYMAN RODMAN

GOOD NEWS:

Prevailing wages: when on-site equals off-site

The highest court in Alaska recently heard a case which helps define to whom
prevailing wages must be paid on public projects. The project involved a
runway rehabilitation at the Nome airport. Knick Construction was awarded the
prime contract.  The bid specifications indicated that suitable aggregate for
the runway would be available from a quarry which was located about 13 miles
from the project site. Knick subcontracted with BOT, a Nome gravel supplier,
to supply the aggregate. BOT contracted with the quarry owner mentioned in
the bid specs for the material to supply the job.
Alaskan law requires prevailing wages to be paid to employees who work
"on-site" at a public project. The law does not define "on-site."
BOT, having decided that the quarry was not on-site, apparently paid the
quarry employees something other than prevailing wages.

Roughly a year after BOT was awarded its subcontract, the Department of Labor
informed BOT that it considered the quarry "on-site," thus entitling quarry
employees to compensation at the prevailing wage rate. The Department of
Labor then instructed the project owner to withhold $100,000 from Knick for
BOT's failure to pay prevailing wages to the quarry employees. In turn, Knick
withheld the money from BOT.

Needless to say, BOT objected, arguing that the quarry workers were not
on-site employees and thus not entitled to prevailing wages. Since Alaska's
prevailing wage statute does not define "on-site," the court looked to
Alaska's Administrative Code and case law to obtain a definition of
"on-site."

Based on these sources, the court concluded that for a large public
construction project, a property is "on-site" if it is in close geographic
proximity to the project.

This determination will necessarily be decided on a case-by-case basis, which
should include considering whether the activity could have been carried out
at an alternative site closer to the construction, the physical lay of the
land, and whether the area is developed or underdeveloped. For unfortunate
BOT, the court decided that the quarry was close enough to the project to be
considered "on-site."

BOT was required to pay $118,000 in back wages to quarry workers.

Contractors working under Alaska's prevailing wage statute should be cautious
in light of the court's willingness to extend the definitions of terms not
previously defined by the statute. 
GO UNIONS!

August 17, 1999 Construction unions win a victory
SAN FRANCISCO  In a victory for labor unions, the state Supreme Court on
Monday upheld public agencies' long-term agreements that require contractors
on major projects to use union hiring halls and grievance procedures in
exchange for a no-strike pledge.
The pacts, known as project labor agreements, are common on large projects,
like the 10-year, $2.4 billion expansion of San Francisco International
Airport that was the subject of the ruling.

They are authorized in the construction industry by federal law, which
otherwise prohibits pre-hiring labor agreements between a contracting agency
and unions, and are claimed by supporters to promote labor peace, work
quality and OnTime performance. (which they Do!)

A group of mainly nonunion contractors, joined by state and national business
organizations, sued to overturn the airport's 1996 agreement, claiming it
effectively required union representation and violated a state law
guaranteeing public contracts to the "lowest responsible bidder."

But the court ruled unanimously that the law allowed public agencies to
consider other factors besides the dollar amount of the bid, such as
"preventing costly delays and assuring contractors access to skilled craft
workers."

The court also said the airport agreement allowed bidding by nonunion
contractors as long as they met its requirements: using union grievance
procedures, paying workers' benefits into union trust funds, and hiring new
employees from union hiring halls, which themselves are open to nonmembers.

Contractors can keep their current employees and are already required by
state prevailing-wage law to pay local union-scale wages in public works
projects, the court said.

"All prospective bidders enjoy equal opportunity, within the meaning of the
competitive bidding law, to compete for contracts on the project," said the
opinion by Justice Kathryn Mickle Werdegar.

Mark Thierman, lawyer for the Golden Gate chapter of Associated Builders and
Contractors, which filed the suit, said the ruling meant "the people of
California are going to by paying more for their public works construction
contracts. All work is going to be done union because it's the most
politically expedient thing to do."

Other contractors were divided. The Associated General Contractors of
California, which represents union as well as nonunion contractors, and some
minority contractors' groups argued against the agreement. Other construction
contracting associations supported it, along with numerous local governments
and unions.

San Francisco Airport Director John Martin said the agreement has balanced
the interests of small and large contractors, labor and management, and has
worked well on the huge expansion and renovation, with construction about 70
percent complete.

CONSTRUCTION OF WANAPUM SPILLWAY DEFLECTORS
GRANT COUNTY, WA
Owner: Grant Cty PUD No. 2, Hydro Administration Ofc, 15655 Wanapum Village
Lane SW, Beverly, WA
Notes: Contractor shall not commence work in the river, or on the spillway,
until after Sept. 1, 1999, for the Phase I spillway deflector.
Scope: Demolition, concrete formwork, concrete reinforcement, cast-in-place
concrete, grout and accessories, welding, structural, structural steel, and
premolded joint filler.



Apparent Low Bidders
Advanced American Diving Services Inc., 415 S McLaughlin Blvd, Oregon City,
OR 97045, 503-650-8207, Fax 503-650-8230 $1,982,000
Stolt Comex Seaway Inc, 741 E Arcturus Ave., Oxnard, CA 93033, 805-488-6427,
Fax 805-488-3188 $2,594,900
General Construction Company, PO Box 82374, Portland, OR 97282-0374,
503-236-0866, Fax 503-236-0558 $2,712,167
Contract Award(s)
Advanced American Diving Services Inc., 415 S McLaughlin Blvd, Oregon City,
OR 97045, 503-650-8207, Fax 503-650-8230


TAKE CARE & HAVE A SAFE WEEK

CRAIG CARLSON