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Local 7's 34th ANNUAL GOLF TOURNAMENT is coming to President's Golf Course in Quincy, MA on Saturday, June 24, 2006.

1 PM - Shotgun Start ------- $100.00 per person ------- INCLUDES: Greens' fees; golf cart; gifts and dinner at the golf course.

Contacts (you must call soon to reserve a spot): John Coyle 617-669-1484; Barry Sullivan 781-762-5701 or Zach McCann 781-316-6313.

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General President Joseph Hunt, acting on an emergency request from Local 7 BM/FS-T Jim Brown, granted Local 7 the authority to postpone last Wednesday's regularly scheduled union meeting and to re-schedule that union meeting for this coming Wednesday, May 31, 2006 at 5 PM. This move was made necessary after the death of Local 7 member Joe McWilliams (see announcement below on May 24th and a follow-up on May 26th) in a horrific on-the-job accident this afternoon. Many Local 7 full and part-time officers and members had congregated at the Cambridge jobsite to assist in any way possible, resulting in an obvious inability to carry through with the meeting.

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Happy Memorial Day... Please remember all the brave people who made the supreme sacrifice in order to allow us to live in freedom. May they rest in peace!

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Local 7 & Freeman Company perform rigging job in Springfield with members from around the District Council...

Local 7 and the Freeman Company: This was a machinist show at the Big E where Freeman unloaded & reloaded 150 tractor trailers of crated and uncrated machines and equipment. They employed 10 NEDC Members from the Springfield, Worcester, and Connecticut area; along with 12 of their company iron workers. They were supported by 120 members of the Theatrical Stage Employees - Local 53 in Springfield, MA.

Special thanks to George Hanson, Operations Manager; Dale Leithleiter, Sales Manager and Mike Gibas of Ironworkers Local 136 in Chicago. Thanks also to Local 7 BA/IA Fiore Grassetti for all his work out in this area and for forwarding these pictures of our members in action...

To see pictures of the job JH  

To see a few more pictures of the job JH  

For a map of the AJ Breslin Funeral Home in Malden JH  

NOTE: The Immaculate Conception church is right next door to the funeral home...

Local 7; Composite doing the shear stud work; and MWS Welding doing the steel expansion joints and rebar are among the many players on the Route 91 on/off ramp project in Springfield. Thanks to Local 7 BA/IA Fiore Grassetti for all his work out in this area and for forwarding these pictures of our members in action...

To see pictures of the job JH  

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Find the cheapest gasoline in your area!

John Cotton from the Segal Company (actuary to our funds) sent us a neat link. All you have to do is go to the link and type your ZIP CODE in and it will show you the cheapest gas stations in your area. It is UPDATED DAILY - Thanks John...

To get the link JH

Labor and management trustees of IMPACT met in Quincy, MA this week. They discussed the latest national news related to our industry, and planned future activities designed to market our collective memberships in an effort to produce additional and significant work opportunities for signatory companies and District Council members and employees from those respective companies...

To see pictures the meeting JH

The District Council is seeking your assistance in identifying these workers for the sake of getting our message out to them. If you recognize any of these workers could you please contact the DC office @ 617-268-2382 and/or Local 7 BA Mike Durant (617-268-4777) who is most closely monitoring this project on the Council's behalf...

We will be updating this site each day as more and/or clearer pictures become available. Thank you for your help. JH 

To see larger (and more) pictures of the workers (5/18) JH

 To see pictures from today (5/22)   JH

Dr. Rick Sullivan and brother Jim Creegan provided still more challenges on DAY 3 of the FOREMAN TRAINING today. Intensive participation and role playing has become the norm, and each of the participants are stepping up to accept the challenges and continue to come up with innovative solutions for any problem placed in their path...

To see pictures of today's exercises JH

After a final written evaluation critiquing the content of the IMPACT FOREMAN TRAINING, the participants received their graduation certifications this afternoon. These guys deserve to be commended, as they worked extremely hard. The new level of camaraderie that will result from bringing together so many members from different areas will undoubtedly make us a stronger council as we move forward...

To see pictures of the evaluation and graduation exercises JH

The call is out for as many people as possible to show up outside the HARTFORD CIVIC CENTER on Saturday May 20, 2006 at 5 PM. Please bring as many family members and friends as possible. If you use ING, please let them know how you feel about their labor policies and their lack of support for area construction workers and the standards they have negotiated to work under.

For a MAP to locate the Hartford Civic Center JH
 

Any questions, call BM Eddie Reilly or BA Joe Toner at 860-249-7639...

For any Local 7 JIW FROM THE WORCESTER AREA who has yet to get certified in OSHA 10 Hour and Sub-Part R, now's the chance. Please take advantage of this opportunity...

The classes will be held at the Local 7 Hall in Worcester - 6 Winter Street - Worcester, MA. You MUST attend all three sessions to be certified.

If you wish to sign up, contact the JAC office @ 617-268-0707 for more specifics...

For a MAP to locate the Worcester Hall JH

For a MAP to locate the PEASLEE FUNERAL HOME JH

Boston Redevelopment Authority set to put REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS out for first New England high-rise over 1000 feet!

Naturally, it's music to the ears of any iron worker, but Boston Mayor Tom Menino seems serious about bringing a true "high-rise" to the City of Boston according to today's BOSTON HERALD...

To read the BOSTON HERALD story JH

Dr. Sullivan and brother Jim Creegan provided more challenges to the FOREMAN TRAINING participants today. Again, as illustrated yesterday (below), these challenges are designed to force our members to deal with a variety of situations in the appropriate manner when they arise. Even the most seasoned foremen in the class found this training to be extremely progressive, many stating that they 'wished that it had been available to them in their earlier years.'

To see pictures of today's exercises JH

To see MORE pictures of today's class JH

IMPACT's nationally renowned FOREMAN TRAINING PROGRAM is being put on for the next three days for members of the New England District Council, as well as for two brother members from New Jersey (Rich Sweeney & Gary Brown of Local 399 in Camden, NJ) who took the time to drive up and participate. As usual, instructors Dr. Rick Sullivan of IMPACT's national office in Washington DC,  and Jimmy Creegan of Local 45 in Jersey City, New Jersey, are putting on a first-class presentation, the emphasis of which is to improve the skills of foremen in the field, as well as instructors, so they may impart this new knowledge to the young members in our ranks prospectively. The end goal is to make our signatory companies more successful through the streamlining of field operations. Thanks go out to all of the participants for making this three full-day endeavor a successful one. 

To see pictures of Day 1 JH

To see pictures of these exercises JH

To see a large GROUP photo JH

Local 474 and N. S. Associates are doing work at the Dudley Davis Student Center at the University of Vermont in Burlington. N. S. Associates, from Gansevoort, NY, has done a lot of work in Vermont over the past 10 years and this UVM package is worth over a million dollars. Thanks to Local 474 BA/IA Dave Kaczynski for forwarding the pictures...

To see pictures of the job JH  

For a MAP to locate the St. Mary's Church JH

Local 37 (as well as some Local 7 members) are hard at work on a number of rebar jobs around their area. Local 37 President Roy Coulombe recently forwarded some pictures for the website...

THE PICTURES INCLUDE: T & T Steel doing a bridge deck Bridge deck on the George Washington Bridge in East Providence on Rt. 195...

Desperini Steel setting the cages for the Rt. 195 approaches in Providence...and

Melo's Rodbusters on a big job at the Westin Hotel in downtown Providence.


To see pictures of the various jobs JH

For a MAP to locate the BOULE FUNERAL HOME JH

ALSO: The LaChance name is well known in ironworking circles, most especially in and around Local 37 in Providence. Local 37 President Roy Coulombe summed up what Eddie LaChance Sr. was all about in an email he sent me to apprise me of his passing. Here is the email, as my interpretation wouldn't do it justice:      JH

FROM: Roy Coulombe President - Local 37 Providence, RI

Jay - One of our oldest members Eddie LaChance Sr. (# 358990) died Tuesday the 9th at the age of 79 after a battle with cancer. He has 4 sons in the Local: David, Paul, Edward Jr. and Russell. He truly was a local legend. Always smiling but tough as nails, he never swore. He was famous for saying "goll dang it" or "gee whizz" when he got mad. Also won many jobsite bets when he would climb a column holding a beater in both of his hands. He would only use his feet in the web. Incredible strength. One complaint the men had was where he spit his tobacco juice but they loved Eddie so much they put up with it. He had no problem pulling a warm beer from behind the seat of the truck if he got thirsty. He was an avid fisherman. Eddie was inducted into the Marines and sent to Paris Island in January of 1952, and was honorably discharged in 1954 when he resumed Ironworking. He was initiated into Local 37 in May of 1946 and is the last survivor of 8 brothers that were members here in 37. In June of 1975, Eddie was seriously injured at work when he fell from a ladder. The mishap permanently disabled him at the age of 48 after 30 hard years in the business.

Local 7 and Arctic Construction are setting the precast concrete for the Franklin County Correctional Facility in Greenfield, MA. Thanks to Local 7 BA/IA Fiore Grassetti for helping secure the work and forwarding the pictures...

To see pictures of the job JH

Local 7 and Aztec Steel are hard at work on the Williamsburg, MA Water Filtration Plant. Thanks again to Local 7 BA/IA Fiore Grassetti for forwarding the pictures...

To see pictures of the job JH

Find the cheapest gasoline in your area!

John Cotton from the Segal Company (actuary to our funds) sent us a neat link. All you have to do is go to the link and type your ZIP CODE in and it will show you the cheapest gas stations in your area. It is UPDATED DAILY - Thanks John...

To get the link JH

Local 37 held its top apprentice competition on Saturday.  The 1st Year winner was Dustin Oliveira who's currently working for Melo's Rodbusters; 2nd year winner was Patrick Benevides, who's working for R.I. Rebar; the 3rd year winner was Ben Turner, who's employed by R.I. Welding NOTE: 2nd place in the 3rd year, separated by only .02 points, was Steve Mania, who also works for Melo.

SPECIAL THANKS to Roy Coulombe for the photos...

To see pictures of the competition JH

Local 7 held its top apprentice competition today. The two top finishers will move on to Hartford, CT in June, where the winner will compete in the International's Bi-Annual Apprenticeship Competition in St. Louis, MO in September against the top finishers from local unions around the United States and Canada. SPECIAL THANKS to apprentice instructor Rosie Pinieri for the photos...

To see pictures of the competition JH

Local 37 and Capco Steel are teaming up to erect a large project in Providence. Waterplace is 193-unit high-end condominium...

To see pictures of the job JH

To see a larger artist's rendering of what the project will look like JH

To see a larger photo JH

Local 7 President Paul Lynch and a group of apprentices stepped up big time for Boston Mayor Tom Menino and the Andrew Square Civic Association (who went to bat for Local 7 when we proposed the new building in 1996). Mayor Menino runs the BOSTON SHINES program every year and Paul and the apprentices were right there (on a weekend day) when called upon - a terrific tradition that Local 7 continues to upkeep, and for which they should be proud...

To see more pictures of the gang in action JH

Local 7 and EDM are rehabbing and replacing integral components of the Route 91 On/Off Ramp in Western MA. Thanks to Local 7 BA/IA Fiore Grassetti for working with our contractors in securing the work as well as for forwarding the pictures...

To see pictures of the job JH

Local 7 and Arctic Construction teamed up in Western MA to erect a precast concrete "tilt-up" project. Thanks again to Local 7 BA/IA Fiore Grassetti for securing the work and forwarding the pictures...

To see pictures of the job JH

Keystone Engineering, working for Cashman, recently erected a large alternative energy windmill on Cape Cod...

To see pictures of the work in progress JH

CCB, and Local 496 members working under the direction of retired iron worker Mike Goodwin, recently prepared windmills for erection up in Mars Hill, Maine...

To see pictures of that work in progress JH

Local 7 members and officers participated in the MOURN FOR THE DEAD...FIGHT FOR THE LIVING rally headed up by the Mass AFL-CIO and brother Bob Haynes, a Local 7 member and the AFL-CIO President in Massachusetts. The rally was held near the site of the recent tragic accident on Boylston Street where three men were killed in a collapse. A remembrance of our fallen brother Adam Simon also took place as part of the event...

To see pictures of the ceremony JH