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SMART Mental Health Resources.
National Suicide Prevention Hotline 800-273-8255 suicidepreventionlifeline.orgSMOHIT Hotline- Daria Todor- 877-884-6227SMART MAP- Chris Carlough 202-262-3722/Ben Cort 303-868-4020Empathia- empathia.com/promos/COVID19.phpPsychology Today-Find a Therapist- psychologytoday.com/usOnline AA- nyintergroup.org/remote-meetings/list/ Member Jim Walz from Parkston SD, had the opportunity to fix this tornado damaged “onion” on the historic landmark, known as the Onion House. Each piece was laid out by hand and is different from the one next to it. Click the link below to see more. https://www.keloland.com/news/damaged-from-delmont-tornado-the-onion-house-is-on-its-way-to-restoration-1/1372389089
North Dakota area past and present Business Agents attended the Fargo area Holiday party: L-R: Ron Ohlson, Dan Caulkins, Business Manager Matt Fairbanks, Nick Murphy (current BA), Dennis Murphy, Jack Ambuehl.
Northern Minnesota area past and present Business Agents together at the Duluth Holiday party: L-R: George Sundstrom, Doug Christy (current BA), Dennis Marchetti
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Ciera Semlak, apprentice at the Metro JATC, hand painted this flag as a gift for fellow apprentice Jacob Walrod's father who is a veteran of the USMC. The USMC symbol was made at the Metro JATC.
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Why "Right to Work" is Wrong for Workers
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Metro JATC Open House
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Sheet Metal Workers Retires will meet September 14th at 11:30 for a pot luck lunch in the Local Hall.
Contact Frank Costa 651-484-1363
Sheet Metal Workers rename St. Cloud training
center in honor of business agent Steve Raatikka
Steve Raatikka, who recently retired as business agent for Sheet Metal Workers Local 10, was lured to stop by the union’s St. Cloud training facility July 20 and got a big surprise: A crowd of union colleagues, contractors and family members had gathered there to celebrate the unveiling of a new sign announcing the renaming of the facility to the “Steve Raatikka Training Center.” Raatikka joined Sheet Metal Workers Local 10 in 1985. In 1998, he became an organizer for the local. In 2000, he ran for and was elected St. Cloud business agent and served for 20 years until health issues prompted an early retirement. “Unveiling that sign just blew my mind,” Raatikka said. “I’m very grateful for that. Local 10 has been very good to me and my family.”
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There has been a long standing tradition and relationship between the Sheet Metal Workers and St. Paul College.
ATTENTION: Reminder to all Sheet Metal Workers.
Anyone that is sent to a jurisdiction of another local union other than Local 10 by their employer shall report to that local union BEFORE starting work, as per the Constitution Article 16, Section 10 (a). As per the Constitution Article 16, Section 10 (c) those who fail to comply shall be subjected to charges and to a trial by the local of whose jurisdiction the offense was committed.
It is the member’s responsibility to check in, not the employer. Please check in BEFORE you work and contact us if you need help with a number to call.
THE LABEL APP PROTECTS
& INFORMS
The label app protects your jobs, your wages,
and benefits when you scan labels and report
unlabeled product. But it has much more:
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"LABEL IT * SCAN IT * REPORT IT"
Our Union label is a tool for protecting union jobs, wages, and benefits. And it’s an essential tool for enforcing contracts. The labels encourage employers to use union-made products. For individual sheet metal workers, it means more work, better pay, and healthier benefits.
The blue label is used on production products. The yellow label represents building trades products.
Wage equalization removes the incentive for employers to use yellow-label products fabricated by union workers getting lower wage rates. By scanning the labels to report which shop produced a product, everyone in the process from fabricators to installers gets the highest average crew cost rate.
Everyone benefits from wage equalization. From a fabricator in a lower-rate local who gets a boost in pay from wage equalization benefits to the higher-rate sheet metal workers by removing the incentive contractors have to look for fabricated products from areas with a lower average crew cost. Otherwise, contractors could pursue a race to the bottom that puts pressure on all locals to accept lower wages.
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Are you thinking about retiring? Please read this check list below for good planning information.
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