On Saturday, December 10, 2011, Plumbers & Steamfitters U. A. Local 486 held elections for the 2012-2015 term. The results are as follows:

President: Charlie Petrovia
Vice President: Tony Alascio
Business Manager: Tom Hayes
Financial Secretary: Mark Eckstein
Business Agents: John Livingston, Will Welsh, Gerald Jackson
Recording Secretary: Gary Glab
Executive Board: Bob (Lumpy) Bennett, Rick Burda, Andy Gannon III, Luke Owens
Inside Guard: Keith Mundy
Finance Committee: Jesse Fields, Charles Shultz, Russ Wiebking
Examining Board: Jim Brookhart, Tony Cosentino, Craig Ring
Annuity/401k: Gary Glab, Bud Schuler, Will Welsh
Pension Fund: Wayne Adkins, Mark Eckstein, Mark Jackman
Medical Fund: Kenny Floyd, Tony George, John Livingston
Negotiating Committee: Mark Eckstein, John Livingston, Gerald Jackson, Will Welsh
Protective Association: Wayne Adkins, Tony Alascio, Bob Bennett, Bob Cave, Dwayne Dean, Eric Eckstein, Kenny Floyd, Steve Frasca, Gary Glab, Mark Jackman, Jim Kahler, John Livingston, Brad O'Connor, Bud Schuler, Jim Schuncke, Charles Shultz, Will Welsh, Russ Wiebking.

The total vote count was 435.

CREDIT UNION MERGES

The Baltimore Pipe Trades Federal Credit Union has closed its doors forever. The Credit Union merged with Point Breeze Credit Union on December 8, 2011. All business with the Credit union has been transferred to Point Breeze, which has 3 locations:

Hunt Valley Branch
11104 McCormick Road
Hunt Valley, MD 21031

Golden Ring Branch
2 Philadelphia Court
Baltimore, MD 21237

Bel Air Branch
410 South Atwood Road
Bel Air, MD 21014

Phone for all branches: (410)584-7228; Toll Free: 1-(888)233-7228.

Branch Hours are Monday - Thursday: 9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m.; Friday: 9:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.; Saturday: 9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (Bel Air and Golden Ring only).

U. A. LICENSE PLATES

U. A. Local 486 has established a MVA of MD license plate displaying the U. A. logo for our members. The plates are available through the hall for a fee of $25.00. An application to the MVA must accompany the payment, and the member is responsible for turning in their old tags to the MVA.



If you have any questions, or to request an application, please call Mark or Linda at the hall.

ASHCRAFT & GEREL SCHOLARSHIP

Attorneys Ashcraft and Gerel, LLP and the Baltimore Building and Construction Trades Council are offering a $5,000 scholarship to enrolled college or trade school students whose family is associated with a union. Deadline is April 30, 2012.
Please call the hall for an application.

TWIC

Enroll now for TWIC (Transportation WorkerIdentification Credential)at the TWIC website http://twicinformation.tsa.dhs.gov or call 1-866-347-TWIC (8942).

Anyone who needs unescorted access to secure areas of ports, facilities, or vessels regulated by the Maritime Transportation Security Act will need to obtain a TWIC.

New Contract

A new three year agreement was reached and approved by the membership with the MCA of MD, Inc. on March 27, 2010 at a special meeting.

The scale and fringes for journeymen will remain the same as the previous contract for 1 year. Next year, base wage adjustments will be made if industry fund hours exceed 2,150,000 hours. Pension and medical fringe modifications will be made if actuarial reports indicate additional modifications are required if no additional benefits on these funds are provided. On April 1, 2012, the base wage will increase by $1.50.

NEW: In order to secure the future of our Medical Fund, we were compelled to make the following adjustments to the Economic Package as of May 2011:

Reallocate Target Fund ($.30) to Medical Fund;
Reallocate COUNT contribution ($.08) to Medical Fund;
Additional member's contribution ($.25) to Medical Fund.

As a result, the "journeyman scale" was reduced to $35.585.

Example: $36.215 old rate

-.25 new medical contribution

-.30 J.T.P. (Job Targeting Program)

-.08 COUNT contribution

$35.585 new rate as of May 2011

This also lowered the dues structure by eliminating the COUNT contribution ($.08), J.T.P. ($.30), and adding the new U. A. PAC contribution of $.05.

Example: $1.04 old check-off

+.30 J.T.P

$1.34 old rate

-.30 eliminate J.T.P.

-.08 eliminate COUNT

+.05 addition of new U.A. PAC Fund
$1.01 new check-off

These accounting adjustments were made to add $.63 to our Medical Fund. By reducing the "scale rate" and lowering the "dues", we have maintained the total package of $51.345.

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but tough choices were made to keep our Medical Fund solvent.

DECEASED MEMBERS

The Officers and members of UA Local 486 would like to honor the following recently deceased members (within the last two years) for their years of service:



James S. Amey - 38 years



Albert Antonelli - 57 years



Jack E. Baldwin - 43 years


Gary L. Benton - 46 years


Joseph W. Brader - 56 years


Charles A. Breitenbach - 57 years


James R. Buckheit - 53 years


William J. Buschman - 63 years


Charles J. Canter - 40 years


Warren Carroll - 68 years


Curtis J. Catt - 9 years


Truman W. Cole, Jr. - 50 years


James G. Compton - 52 years

William D. Craighead - 43 years


Charles W. Crouse - 57 years


August F. Cuffley - 53 years


Granville Curtis - 34 years


John G. Danz - 68 years


Robert A. Dibastiani - 40 years


Myron H. Diehl, Jr. - 14 years


Gregory B. Dewey - 1 year


Thomas P. Dewlin - 57 years


Homer D. Eggers - 60 years


George V. Glass - 43 years


Edward R. Griffith - 40 years


Leroy H. Fisher - 54 years


John M. Franz - 64 years


Benjamin R. Frisch - 53 years


Joseph H. Fuchs - 57 years


George V. Glass - 43 years


Raymond Harmel - 60 years


William R. Harry - 52 Years


Jack F. Helferstay, Sr. - 50 years


Jimmy R. Holt - 1 year


Harry S. Hunter - 50 years


Louis V. Karko - 53 years


Joseph E. Kaufman, Sr. - 57 years


Anthony J. Keydash - 56 years


Robert J. Krause - 37 years


Dan Labu, Jr. - 54 years


Eugene A. Lance - 41 years


Ray J. Letrick - 50 years


George W. Lynch, Jr. - 57 years


Richard G. Logue - 45 years


Francis E. Lowe - 57 years


George H. Lupton - 56 years


Edward P. McCauley - 60 years


Dennis E. Milligan - 32 years


Elmer G. Molter - 56 years


Virgil Mullenax - 55 years


Francis L. Newport - 39 years


Richard L. Palardy, Sr. - 61 years


Walter Pavoski - 60 years


Salvatore J. Perrera, Jr. - 27 years


Joseph A. Petri - 64 years


John E. Preisinger - 42 years


Albert G. Reed - 52 years


George E. Reed - 50 years


Wesley W. Reed - 51 years


Lawrence W. Rieder - 59 years


William J. Ritter - 27 years


Weldon A. Robertson - 49 years


Aaron Robinson - 4 years


Charles E. Ross - 58 years


Robert C. Russell - 31 years


Francis F. Sargent - 43 years


Albert C. Schmidt - 57 years


John M. Schmidt - 57 years


Timothy Scheminant - 29 years


Harry E. Schrott - 53 years


William G. Schuler - 63 years


William H. Schumacher - 56 years


Elmer C. Sells - 31 years


George D. Sentinella - 29 years


Bruce T. Sexton - 28 years


Talbert W. Shepke - 62 years


William J. Shinnick - 43 years


William H. Subock - 58 years


Charles E. Taylor - 58 years


Lawrence J. Thanner, Jr. - 57 years


Robert Thomas - 42 years


Robert D. Vereen - 50 years


George L. Wallace - 37 years


Donald Warfield - 50 years


Frederick H. Wassmann - 61 years


Louis Werner - 48 years


James R. Whitlock, Sr. - 56 years


Azariah Williams, Jr. - 36 years


Marshall S. Wise, Sr. - 54 years

RETIREES

We would like to acknowledge the following recently retired members for their years of service:

Henry Ohms - 34 years
Joseph Ostendorf - 11 years
Fred Sweigert - 38 years
Vincent Rose, Jr. - 38 years
Michael S. Matusky - 27 years
Al Desrosiers - 27 years
James Gehrman - 34 years
Joseph Nitsch - 36 years
Philip Perreault - 19 years
Gary Burgan - 32 years
Nathan Dunaway - 36 years
Paul Gross - 36 years
Robert Marsch - 36 years
Robert Marsch - 36 years
Fred Sturdivant - 14 years
William Taylor - 35 years
William L. Ulrich - 32 years.
Lemorn Blount - 32 years
Joseph Gettier - 32 years
Randy Hose -10 years
James Kennedy - 11 years
Bryan Watkins - 32 years
John Simpkins - 22 years
Justin A. Lanasa - 30 years
Brian Pinson - 32 years
Theodore Wilson - 13 years
John Dunnock - 32 years
Calvin Mayo - 14 years
Charles Probst - 32 years
Gregory Lewis
Edwin Bowrin - 33 years
Clement Hamm - 32 years
Gregory Justice - 29 years.
Charles Canter 39 years
Lawrence Rogers - 29 years
Ronald Warfield - 27 years
Robert W. Hill - 28 years
Stanley Nagel - 29 years
Bruce Sexton - 26 years
Charles Canter - 39 years
Eric Frank - 29 years
Elmo Herbert - 30 years
George Mitchell - 28 years
Eugene Schmidt - 42 years
Byron Manson - 22 years
Donald Butterworth - 37 years
Bruce Myers - 37 years
Ronald Corbett - 33 years
Leonard Tiesi - 32 years
Michael Harding - 19 years
Ronald Jack - 33 years
Michael Connor - 35 years
Wilson Williams - 33 years
Larry E. Vinck - 41 years
Andrew Callahan III - 39 years
Edward Nitsch - 12 years
William Bridges -37 years
Stewart Clingan - 31 years
Charles Phelps -35 years
Kennith L. Riech - 40 years

New Pension Credit Values

Effective Date: 04/06

Plumbers Prior to 4/1/62 $12.00
Plumbers 4/62 - 12/95 $86.00
Plumbers 1/96 - present $88.00

Steamfitters Prior to 4/1/62 $11.00
Steamfitters 4/62 - 12/80 $48.00
Steamfitters 1/81 - 12/95 $70.00
Steamfitters 1/96 - present $88.00

Current employment status:

The current employment status of LU 486 is satisfied.