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 Thank you for your consideration and anticipated support.  See you on December 17^th!

Best Regards,

Local One Executive Board

We would like to thank the Brothers and their wives for coming out on Saturday October 17 th to support their Local Union and Elizabeth Crowley, a Union Painter running for re-election to the City Council.

It was a fun day as we knocked on the doors of Union Households in Middle Village , Glendale and Ridgewood .  The Queens residents opened their doors wide when we announced that we were union members and families, just like them, supporting another union member.

The day began with us assembling at Local 30's hall in Richmond Hill where we met the Brothers and Sisters that we would be working along side of.  Brothers and Sisters from IUPAT DC 9 (Painters and Allied Trades), LIUNA Local 79, IUOE Local 30, IBEW Local 3 and Heat and Frost Insulators Local 12 realized how important it is that we keep one of our own in the seat at the City Council and that 3 hours on a Saturday morning was very little to give toward achieving this end.  Liz's presence assures us that the voice of union construction workers will be at the table whenever the council meets.

For the next two Saturdays (October 24th and October 31st ) we will be again devoting three hours to help one of our own, Building Trades Union Member Elizabeth Crowley, get re-elected to City Council.  It is a hotly contested race and we need your help in Central Queens .  We are working from 9:30 am until approximately 1:00 pm.  We are assembling at Local 30's Headquarters at 115-06 Myrtle Avenue, Richmond Hill .  If anyone needs public transportation to get there please check http://www.hopstop.com/

If you would like to participate in helping to support our future please call

Lee Pirone: (917)-494-5910 or Mike Halpin: (917)-335-1516

You can also just show up at Local 30's hall between 9:30 and 9:45 am on Saturday Oct. 24th and/or Saturday Oct 31st, but an advanced head count would help us in getting set-up.

Thank you again to those that participated Saturday 10/17.  We hope to see many members in the coming weeks.

On behalf of the Higgins family I would like to express our sincere gratitude for the overwhelming support shown to us in our time of sorrow. The thoughts and prayers of our friends at Local One were of great comfort in the loss of our father.

Most Sincerely,

Jim Higgins

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Chris Higgins

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NOTICE

After the union meeting this Thursday,

October 15th,there will be a special meeting

for all Thyssen construction employees.

Not all members

received the letter sent out from the hall.

ALL Thyssen construction employees should attend.

It is with deepest regret and sorrow to inform you of the Passing of James J. Higgins (Father of Assistant General President James J. Higgins Jr.)

Martin A. Gleason Funeral Home
10-25 150th Street
Whitestone, NY 11357
PHONE 718-359-1122

http://www.gleasonsfuneral.com/5557/5599.html

FUNERAL SERVICES
Sunday, October 11, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Hours 2:00 - 5:00 pm
Hours 7:00 - 10:00 pm

Funeral Mass
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
10:30 am
Our Lady of Fatima Church
25-02 80th Street
Jackson Heights, NY
Phone 718-899-2801

MIKE MORRIGI, KEEP TALKING CRAP ABOUT ME AND I AM PESONALLY GONNA PUT YOURE FACE THROUGH YOURE YAASSHOLE,  YOURE A JERKOFF, SIT BACK AND see HOW IT FEELS, YOU WILL FEEL IT SOON ENOUGH YOU DEGENIRATE SCUMBAG, TELL YOURE BOY CANLON WHY YOU GOT LET GO BECAUSE YOURE A THIEF ( HOW MANY GREENLEE'S CAN YOU STEEL IN A DEPT. ). GOOD LUCK WITH THYSENN, LETS SEE HOW LONG YOU LAST SCUMBAG!!! KEEP TALKIN CRAP, however try doing it to my face lose!!!

Is it any wonder that we are lucky to barely get a quorum at Union meetings when our Business Manager/President and a VP/Business Agent feel it is more important to fly to Vancouver early on the memberships dime than to attend one themselves.I'll bet they didn't miss the Executive Board meeting the previous Tuesday.God forbid they should give up their "O.T.".Several hundred members are unemployed, and they take a little vacation.Shameful!

PR09-09-220 September 09, 2009 Contact: Press Office   (212) 669-3747

THOMPSON COLLECTED MORE THAN $3.8 MILLION IN UNPAID WAGES FOR WORKERS ON CITY PROJECTS

— Record year under Thompson for worker wage collections — The Office of New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. over the past fiscal year collected more than $3.8 million from contractors in wages and benefits due to workers who had been cheated out of prevailing wages for work on City projects. “Prevailing wage laws exist to ensure that workers are paid their legal wages,” Thompson said. “While law-breaking contractors are not the norm, too many companies still attempt to cheat employees out of their lawful wages. When they do this on City projects, my office pursues restitution for the workers, and debars contractors that egregiously disregard the labor law.” In Fiscal Year 2009, the Comptroller’s Bureau of Labor Law collected $3,892,148 —a record high under the Thompson administration —in back wages and interest owed to workers by contractors who failed to pay prevailing wages and benefits. Thompson’s office also collected $266,090 in penalties from law-breaking contractors, which constitutes revenue for the City of New York. In the previous fiscal year, Thompson collected $1,930,282 in wages and benefits for workers. The largest financial settlement in FY 2009 and largest settlement during Comptroller Thompson’s tenure was a $1.5 million settlement for 32 school construction workers.  In August 2008, Thompson’s office reached settlements with Admiral Construction Services Corporation and Admiral Environmental LLC, which had contracts for the installation of new windows in City public schools throughout the five boroughs. As part of the settlement, the two Admiral companies agreed not to bid on, or accept, any public work contracts or subcontracts within the City or State. Most of the Admiral workers who removed and installed the windows were paid the Asbestos Handlers wage rate under the prevailing wage law. However, videotapes of the removal and installation process showed that much of the work performed should have been paid at the higher Ornamental Ironworker and Mason Tender rates. Working with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown, Thompson’s office also obtained more than $1 million in restitution for ten former employees of AAR/Co Electric for work at the Queens Botanical Garden and other City projects. Arie Bar, the owner of AAR/Co, and the corporation, are also now debarred from working under contracts or subcontracts with the City or State governments for five years. This May, Thompson’s office collected nearly $750,000 in back wages and interest for 12 workers, as well as a $37,000 civil penalty, from Verizon Select Services Inc. (VSSI). The company had contracts with the City’s Department of Information & Telecommunications to maintain, repair and upgrade Nortel Meridian and Norstar phone, fax and computer systems to government offices in the Municipal Building and other City-owned facilities. VSSI was obliged to pay its employees the Telecommunication Worker rate or the Electrician rate when performing public work such as installing and pulling cables for data, voice and video applications. The office also succeeded in gaining nearly $100,000 in back wages and interest in June for 21 employees of Servi-Tek Elevator Corporation who were underpaid for their work rehabilitating elevators at a public office building in the Bronx. Servi-Tek also was debarred from public work in the City and State for five years. Over the past seven fiscal years, Thompson has collected wages, benefits and interest on underpayments due to workers totaling $14,973,503 and collected an additional $1,207,713 in penalties paid to the City. The City Comptroller enforces State laws that require private sector companies to pay employees prevailing wages and benefits when they work on public works contracts with the City for construction or building services. The Comptroller also enforces the City’s living wage law that sets minimum wage rates for security guards employed by City contractors, cleaners, day care workers and several other job titles when they are employed by City contractors.   ###

 

Thomas J. Moore Sr.
Vice President, Business Agent
Local One, IUEC
1-917-567-6040 Cell
1-718-383-0068 Fax