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Plumbers, Steamfitters &HVAC Service Technicians
Local Union No. 440
Plumbers, Steamfitters &HVAC Service Technicians
Local Union No. 440
CelebratingOver
110 Years of Service!
3747 S. High School RdIndianapolis, IN 46241
Phone:(317) 856-3771
Fax:(317) 856-7547
Toll Free:(800) 872-0155
Job Line:(866) JOBS440Training Office:(317) 856-6426
Training Office Fax:(317) 856-0591Kokomo office:(765) 452-4866
Columbus office:(812) 372-8313Muncie office:(765) 282-7344
www.ualocal440.org
Table of ContentsBusiness Manager’s
Report......2Business Agents’
Reports.....3-6Training Director’s
Report...6-7Announcements
& etc... 7-11Health & Welfare
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Upcoming Dates to RememberSaturday, April 12 Local 440 Easter Egg HuntMonday, April 28 4:30pm Officers & Stewards Meeting
7:00pm Monthly Union MeetingYears of Service Awards
Saturday, May 3 9:00am Retirement SeminarWednesday, May 7 10:30am Retirees Bingo
12:00pm Retirees LunchMonday, May 19 7:00pm Monthly Union MeetingMonday, May 26 Memorial Day
Holiday as per contract
April2014
The Local 440 delegation at the ISPTA state apprentice contest joined by UA Directorof Training Chris Haslinger. The group consists of Business Manager Bubba Johnson,Director of Training Don Bough and instructors that worked on the contest. Our contes-tants included Zach Brawner in welding, Josh Soules in pipefitting, Tony Wright in plumb-ing and state champion for the HVACR service division, Levi Schave. They all arechampions and if you see them congratulate them. We all wish Levi the best of luck atthe District 2 contest in Pittsburgh in June.Left – right: Bubba Johnson, Josh Reagan, Gary Beaman, Steve Schmutte, Tony Wright,Zach Brawner, Josh Soules, Levi Schave, Todd Hendrickson, Taylor Donald, Don Boughand Chris Haslinger
Business Manager’s Report
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James (Bubba)Johnson
James (Bubba) [email protected]
Dues Rates Effective 4/1/14 Building Trades Metal TradesUnder age 65 $ 29.00 $ 28.00Age 65 on or after 1/1/07 $ 25.00 $ 24.00Age 65 1/01/02 to 12/31/06 $ 24.00 $ 23.00Age 65 before 1/01/02 $ 20.00 $ 19.00
The Special Meeting designated tovote on the proposed Local 440 By-Lawschanges was held on March 24, 2014.After the 3rd reading of the proposedchanges, President Beaman entertaineda motion to approve, received a second,and opened the floor for questions. A se-cret ballot vote was then held resulting ina 95% approval of the motion. The up-dated by-laws booklets have been printedand a copy is enclosed for all membersreceiving this newsletter via U.S. Mail. Forthose members receiving the electronicversion of the newsletter, a booklet will besent to you in a separate mailing.
DUES / DEATH BENEFIT FUNDUnder the new by-laws, death as-
sessments have been incorporated intoyour monthly dues and will no longer becharged separately. This change wasmade to comply with the minimummonthly dues requirement of the UA Con-stitution (Sec. 130) and at the same timenot increase the annual combined duesand death assessments paid by mem-bers.
The new monthly dues (see tableat bottom of page) are effective as of April1, 2014. You will see that they have in-creased in the amount of $5.00 per monthfor each classification. Instead of payingdeath assessments, the $5.00 increasewill go to fund the Local 440 Death Ben-efit Fund. The $5.00 per month amountis the equivalent of paying 30 death as-sessments per year, which has been ouraverage over recent years.
The requirement to pay dues quar-terly in advance has also changed. Ad-vance dues payments will continue to beaccepted; however, dues can now be paidon a month-by-month basis. Monthly late
fees have also been eliminated. Reinstate-ment fees will still apply as detailed in Sec-tion 158 of the UA Constitution.
The Local 440 office staff is in theprocess of reconciling all member dues ac-counts to the new rates and statements arebeing processed. Once you receive yourstatement, please feel free to contact theIndianapolis office with any questions.
PAC FUNDA resolution to create a voluntary
PAC fund was approved at the February 24th
Union Meeting. In accordance with the reso-lution, the Local 440 Political Action Com-mittee was registered with the Indiana Elec-tion Board on March 17th. The PAC Fundwill be used to support Indiana elected offi-cials and candidates that support legisla-tion which benefits working people and theright to collectively bargain.
Work referrals now include an au-thorization section to voluntarily defer $.05per hour of your current working assess-ment to the PAC fund. Members who arecurrently working can complete a separatePAC authorization in order to contribute.The forms are available at all Local 440 of-fices.
Retired members can also makevoluntary contributions and we have addeda donation section to the dues envelope.Contributions must be recorded as a sepa-rate transaction and therefore cannot be in-cluded dues payments. An additional checkmade out to Local 440 PAC is required.
Please help support our political ef-forts by contributing to the Local 440 PAC!
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Business Agents’ Reports
Michael A. BrooksBusiness Agent
Michael A. [email protected]
Jamie FifeBusiness Agent
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This month the work outlook is improv-ing. All the crafts that start ahead of us arereporting an upturn, so that will translate intoman-hours for us very soon. We have beentargeting as many projects as possible andhave several approved projects waiting oncontractor pre-jobs.
Here is a quick update on theSenkowski home. We finally got all our per-mits squared away and hope to start construc-tion as soon as the weather will let us. Timand his family attended our apprentice con-test last month and as you can expect theyare very anxious to get started. This projectwill give us a chance to pay this young manback for his sacrifices in duty. It will also be a100% union build. If you want to learn moreabout Tim’s story go to YouTube and type inTim Senkowski.
Local 440 will hold a Retirement Semi-nar on Saturday, May 3rd at 9:00am. The semi-nar will last approximately 3 - 4 hours and willinclude the following presenters and topics:Stewart C. Miller & Co on Health & Welfareafter retirement; PNC Bank on managing your
finances after retirement and preparingso you do not outlive your money; Attor-ney Rick Dennerline on wills, estates, andthe necessity of living wills so as not toburden your family with some of the mostserious and heart-wrenching decisionsabout end of life care; and Social Secu-rity on the many benefit options availableand on the ins and outs of Medicare.
These seminars are very informa-tive and you and your spouse will have achance to ask questions. Please call thehall and reserve a spot for you and yourspouse so that we can make sure wehave adequate hand-out materials.
In closing, I would like to congratu-late all the apprentices that competed inthe statewide contest. I think it was saidby one of the speakers that there wereonly four winners but all the contestantswere champions. To those heading to theregional, good luck!
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I would like to start this month’s articleout by saying, I am more than ready for springto be here and start the warm-up process!Hopefully by the time you read this, we will befinding morel mushrooms, and my freezer willstart filling up with Crappie! It sure has been along winter and we have had more than ourshare of snow and cold weather, so bring onthe sunshine please!
I want to talk about Local 440 softballfor just a minute. Softball try-outs are happen-ing as we speak, and it looks like we will beplaying in a spring league here in town (Indy).If you missed try-outs and are interested inplaying in the spring league, please contact meand I will put you in touch with Mitch Garver, ashe will be our new coach.
Now on to the work picture in the North.Things have been a little slow since the first of
the year at Chrysler resulting in layoffsby our associated contractors. Workshould pick back up at all three Chryslerplants in the near future. Roche is stillgoing strong with a completion date ofthe end of May. Newjac completed theDuPont job in February and is pickingup some smaller fab jobs.
There is a nice project comingup for bid in Noblesville, renovating theold casting plant to the tune of $51 Mil-lion, and school work will be going strongagain here before long. BMWC has beenawarded a new maintenance contractwith Dow Agro in Zionsville (way to goguys, keep up the great work).
Now on to travel card work.Travel card work has been booming re-cently and we have been able to get
Business Agents’ Reports
John P. Beaman, Jr.Business Agent
See ya at the meeting,John P. Beaman, [email protected]
Jamie [email protected]
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Fife, continued from p. 3
several guys out to work. I look for theseopportunities to increase as the year goesforward. A valid OSHA-10 card is a re-quirement of almost every travel card callthat we receive. If you do not have anOSHA-10 card, you will need to do sobefore we can get you out. If you are in-
terested in traveling, give one of the businessagents a call and we will try and work to findyou a spot.
I hope everyone has a great Spring!
Work on the Westside is still slow.On the upside, it looks like old man winterhas finally let go. BMWC picked up about30 fitters and welders for the shutdown atStout Power plant. The Boilermakerspicked up about 6 of our combo weldersfor a week or so on the same project. Lo-cal 440 members did a great job. Like al-ways, the scope of the project continuedto grow, but the completion date neverchanged. All of us realize how important itis to maintain the relationship Local 440has built with Indianapolis Power andLight.
Our performance with Indianapo-lis Power and Light is extremely impor-tant, with the two projects at Stout Powerplant, the precipitator project, and the natu-ral gas conversion for Units Five and Sixhanging in the balance, not to mention thenew combined cycle power plant to be builtin Martinsville.
The project BMWC has at Crys-tal Clean is moving along slowly. Theshutdown planned for mid-April has beenpushed back to June. BMWC’s work atELI Lilly is ongoing. At this point the projectat Building 358 has not materialized.
In the next couple of weeks,Bowen Engineering will mobilize atSouthport WWTP. This also is an ex-tremely important project for an extremelyimportant owner - Citizens Energy Group.
We worked long and hard to make sure oneof our contractors came up with this project.Concerned not only with open-shop compe-tition, we were bound and determined to pro-tect our customary jurisdiction from unscru-pulous union general contractors who wouldignore the UA and use Laborers, Carpentersand Operators to perform our work. If youare dispatched to this project, it is imperativethat we give it our best shot. I think TopNotch’s slogan is Value on Display EveryDay!
I would also like to compliment DonBough and the Local 440 Training Depart-ment, who hosted the statewide apprenticecontest. Job Well Done! It was first class,start to finish.
Just a reminder - morel season isright around the corner. The old-timers claimthat snow cover is the key to a good mush-room crop. If that’s the case, we should havea bumper crop. I also talked to several 440members who “slayed ‘em thru the ice”, anda couple of retirees who caught a boatloadof fish in Florida. I’m expecting a handful ofpictures from Mike Linne. Mike and his bud-dies always wear out the shell crackers andchannel cats in Florida. Send us some picsfor the outdoor section please.
Need to pay your dues? Want to see where you are on the bench? Need tocheck the Jobline? Go to www.ualocal440.org and do ALL of these and more!
Bob StienekerBusiness Agent
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Business Agents’ Reports CelebratingOver
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Fraternally,Robert R. [email protected]
Jack NealBusiness Agent
continued on next page
The ground has finally thawed, and thework in the South has started to pick up as well.Bartholomew Schools announced the nextround of jobs that will be bid this spring. Thetotal for all of the projects is $13 Million withwork on 7 different schools. Dunlap has pickedup a couple of nice projects in the Columbusarea. Nading Mechanical also has some workthat will be starting over the next month as well.
Work on the residential side is holdingsteady. We are always looking for ServicePlumbers and HVAC Techs/Installers. If youknow of anyone who is interested let me knowand I will put you in touch with one of our signa-tory contractors. If you have any work that needsto be done, don’t hesitate to call one of the fol-lowing contractors:
1.Jake’s Heating, Air and Plumbing(765) 345-9329
2.B&J Mechanical (317) 786-30093.Quality Plumbing and Heating (765)
450-4008
On the political front, I would like to urgeevery member to sign up for the voluntary PACfund of $.05 per hour. The authorization formsare available in all Local 440 offices and at unionmeetings. If you have not signed this authori-zation form, give one of the agents a call andget signed up. This tool will give us more of apresence when it comes to getting heard onissues that can harm us.
This is not a slush fund for the Demo-crats; we also have friends on the Republican
side that can use our help. These friendscome under attack every year due to thefact that they have supported us on is-sues as they arise, and with this fundwe will have the ability to support themwhen their own party doesn’t.
We have to be more involved,whether it be with money or with man-power, now more than ever. We are look-ing at an all-out attack on the middleclass in next year’s session. CommonConstruction Wage abolishment will bein summer study this year which meansit will be on the docket for next year’ssession.
I know that regaining control ofeither the Indiana House or Senate is farreaching, but we have an excellentchance to dig ourselves out of the su-per majority this year. This would be asmall victory, but at least we have an op-portunity to slow down the corporatesupporting machine that is the supermajority of today.
In closing I will leave you withthis thought: If not us, then who will standand fight for the middle class in ourstate?
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
One of the most important issues athand is the 2014 State Elections. The impor-tance of voting cannot be overstated, especiallywhen it comes to our working lives. There is agreat deal at stake for us in every election andthe upcoming election is no exception; we cancontrol our own destiny by voting for candidateswho share our ideas. However, if we continueto have a hands-off attitude and do not go tothe polls or vote the wrong way in November2014, every anti-worker bill that will be broughtup will be passed.
Look at Right to Work (Right toWork for Less Money) - it was shoveddown the throats of Indiana workers andpassed. Unemployment benefits werealso cut and we are now seeing the ef-fects of those cuts. Most workers areseeing a cut of over 25% of their ben-efits at a time when they are in the mostneed for help. The Common Construc-tion Wage statute is also in danger ofbeing repealed. It has bent sent to sum-mer study and most likely will be on thechopping block next year.
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Training Director’s Report
Don BoughTrainingDirector
Jack E. Neal, [email protected]
Neal, continued from p. 5
Business Agents’ Reports
It is imperative that we, as mem-bers of The United Association, continueto take a more active role in the policiesand politics that affect our membership.Local 440 has always been a leader in thestate when it has come to politics, and nowwith the implementation of the new P.A.C.Fund we will be one of the main players inthe state.
I would like to compliment themembership for setting up the P.A.C. Fund- giving us the tools that are needed to electfriends of labor. When I say friends I meanDemocrats, Republicans, and whoeverelse supports our way of life. We don’tcare which party a person belongs to andwe shouldn’t let the wedge issues divideus. We need to concentrate on the main
issues at hand like our family and children.We need to look out for their future jobs andway of life. These things are all affected bythe individuals that are elected into office.
I dislike politics as much as the nextguy, but I know that it is part of life, and in lifeif we don’t like something we try to change it.The P.A.C. Fund is a way for us to make achange in the State of Indiana. In order tomake this work we all need to be involved -the few cannot carry the many.
Please sign up for the P.A.C. Fund. Itis going to take all of us to work together toget back what we lost over the last few yearsand make sure we don’t lose any more.
Brothers and Sisters,
I truly believe that we have all for-gotten what Winter and Spring are reallylike in the Midwest. We definitely had ourshare and I hope that we continue to havea full Spring and not jump right into 95 de-grees and 95% humidity. I’m about readyfor mowing some grass, planting a gar-den, a little fishing, and playing a bit of golf.The other hope is that better weather getssome jobs moving.
The apprenticeship program cur-rently has 148 apprentices in the buildingtrades program. We currently have 23trainees working that include 4 pre-appren-tices. The residential program has 2 ap-prentices in the 2nd year class and also 2apprentices in the 1st-year class. Things
seem to be picking up and we only have 8apprentices available for work at this time.
We had interviews in March for anew apprentice class and the committee saidit was a really good group of guys. The JATCwill make a final decision on the number ofnew apprentices at the April meeting and ranklist letters will go out by the first part of May.We anticipate the new class to start on thejob the first Monday in June followed by re-lated training in September.
One issue that we all face is the qual-ity of the apprentices we’re turning out of ourprogram. They get around 2,000 hours peryear on the job and we only get them 246hours in the classroom. Once upon a time
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Effective May 1, 2014, the Muncie office will move to4201 East Centennial Avenue, Muncie, IN 47303
The phone and fax numbers remain the same.
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they learned nearly everything on the job. Eventhough it is a much more competitive market,it is absolutely paramount to our success thatjourneymen get back to teaching our trade tothe apprentices. We also need to be sure thatthe apprentice work evaluations are being filledout by, or at least that we are getting feedbackfrom, the journeyperson or foreman that is di-rectly working with the apprentices. Theseneed to be honest evaluations. It’s up to all ofus to ensure the quality of our next genera-tion.
NITC is the group that handles ourthird-party Med Gas Certification Program.Over the years their cost of doing businesshas steadily increased like everyone else’s.The UA has done all they could to hold down,and even assume, some of these costs. Un-fortunately the latest increases must bepassed on to those holding the certification.The cost of the Med Gas braze continuity isincreasing from $21.50 to $26.15. The effec-tive date of the increase will be June 1, 2014.The cost of Med Gas exams will also increase,but only at a maximum of $1.00 per calendaryear. Although no one likes fee increases, thefact is that most owners have added the cer-tification requirement for Med Gas installersand brazers to their specifications, which as-sists our contractors in securing the work. Wemust continue to work to get this requirementinto all specifications. That’s what will makeit worth the effort.
Local 440 hosted the Indiana StateApprentice Contest on March 19th & 20th.Participating for Local 440 were TonyWright as our plumbing contestant, ZachBrawner as our welding contestant, JoshSoules as our pipefitting contestant, andLevi Schave as our HVAC service con-testant. As I told them after the competi-tion, they all did a great job and repre-sented Local 440 proudly. Please join mein giving them all the recognition and thepat on the back they deserve. I am alsoproud to report that one of the state cham-pions was from Local 440. Big congratu-lations to Levi Schave, the state cham-pion HVAC Service Technician. I’ll be tak-ing Levi to the District 2 contest in Pitts-burgh in June, so if you see him, wish himthe best of luck. I’m sure he’ll representus well.
I leave you with this quote:
“When the laws undertake to make therich richer and the potent more powerful,the humble members of society….Thefarmers, mechanics, and workers…. Havea right and duty to complain of the injus-tice of their government.”
-Andrew Jackson
Don’t forget to buy American at everyopportunity ! ! !
Training Director’s ReportBough, continued from p. 6
SAVE THE DATE!
June 20-22 UA Softball Tournament – CincinnatiJune 23 Monthly Union MeetingJuly 28 Monthly Union MeetingAugust 23 Local 440 Golf OutingAugust 25 Monthly Union MeetingAugust 30 LaborFestSeptember 13 Local 440 Picnic
Med GasContinuity
$26.15
effective6/01/14
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25 YearsRoland T. BordenDeborah A. BurchamDanny R. ClaytonBrett W. DailyMark B. DillonRobert M. FarrDavid G. FullerFranklin W. GammonMichael D. GoodsonRichard A. GriffithJonathan L. HallDuane Michael HiattMichael G. HilterbrandChristopher O. JeffriesGerald P. JohnstonDuane E. JonesRichard L. NorthardHarold D. PackJeffrey J. RameyMark A. RennierRoch RichardsonMark P. RickettsJeffrey A. RobinsonCharles W. RuhmannMike ShortJoseph F. SullivanRonald H. TaylorJeffrey A. WardleRobert R. Zook
30 YearsBryon Gardner
35 YearsDean G. AldridgeNathan R. AndrewsLarry D. BarnesAnthony F. BoehleSteven M. BowmanRodney R. BoyleNorman L. BrameierRobert BrittonRonnie L. ClineAsa E. ColdironJay F. ColemanGary R. ConleyJ. Michael Conn
Dennis L. DaileyCharles R. DavisThomas W. EdwardsHarry E. ElburgMichael E. ElderDonald W. ErlerBill R. EvansJames W. GallienneRoy N. GlispieKevin J. HenneyRoger HodsonThomas J. Hott Jr.Stephen A. HowellRichard G. Howrey Jr.Benjamin C. JacksonGreen Johnson Jr.Vance E. JonesPaul KurekEdward L. MayRobert W. McNealJohn D. PhillipsJames H. PoulsonFloyd A. RennierWayne E. RobinsonKenneth L. RohrKenneth L. RothStephen E. SchottEdward StamperJames L. SyesterEdward F. ThompsonJeffrey E. TigheGregory A. TunnyR. Joseph WallmanGary L. Weber
40 YearsDaniel G. BeckCecil BlankenshipCraig F. CarrSteve ColemanJack CrowderIra John DonaldSteven P. DuganKermit R. EmersonRoy HunterJames C. JoinerPaul F. Keenan
Jack E. ManningRoger H. MillerJames L. MitchellMarc H. MooreBruce C. MorehousTimothy I MoriarityWayne L. NealJim E. RichmondMichael J. RossClaude W. Stickford Jr.Larry SwinkWillie Troutman Jr.Gregory B. West
45 YearsMichael L. AndersonGarryl W. BoyerGeorge H. ClarkeWayne CouchMichael D. DrinkutThomas W. FitzgeraldTerry L. GeesamanClaude E. GoinsChester E. HandlonMichael K. HeldmanThomas G. HembreePaul E. HurleyCharles T. JoslinGeorge D. KonijaJohn E. LepperMorte L. LewisDieter MarkerDonald J. MehlJohn L. Neal IIITony M. PottsBenjamin E. RamseySteven J. ReynoldsThomas E. SchindlerHoward J. ShraderRonald R. SwainRichard A. SwingleyStephen M. ThompsonRonald D. TreatGoerge L. WattsCharles E. WhaleyGlen E. Yancy
Years of Service AwardsApril 28, 2014 7:00pm
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50 YearsPaul J. CarsonCharles R. ClarksonWilliam F. GammonKenneth H. GrahamKenneth E. Murdock Jr.James D. NoelJames E. Robinson Jr.Henry L. SchnierHarold R. ShaefferTim L. StageRobert B. WaddyDonnie O. Wright
55 YearsJerry A. BrinkmanRonald F. KielEldon D. MasonJoseph I. McMahonJerry J. PoulsonLowell F. RobinsonEugene R. Schott
Years of Service Awards (continued)April 28, 2014 7:00pm
60 YearsMelvin L. GerstnerElmer K. KleopferRoy Lanham Jr.Paul J. PiersallJack E. RobinsonWilliam C. Turner
65 YearsRonald T. Brown CIPERobert A. McConahayHenry C. Nichols Sr.
70 YearsHoward E. Campbell
AWARD DESCRIPTION: Local 440 will award up to eight $500.00 scholarshipsthis Fall.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA: To be eligible, a student must be a son or daughter of aLocal 440 member in good standing. He/she must show acceptance into an ac-credited college and be a full-time student. (If selected, scholarship will be sentdirectly to college or university.)
APPLICATION PROCEDURE - APPLICATION CAN BE FOUND ON P.101. Complete the scholarship application and return to:
Scholarship CommitteePlumbers & Steamfitters Local 4403747 S. High School RoadIndianapolis, IN 46241(or email application to [email protected])Be sure to include or send a certified copy of your most recent tran-script.All applications must be received in the above office no laterthan Friday, July 25, 2014.
2. Each recipient must maintain a 2.7 or higher GPA (based on a 4.0scale) to be eligible for future scholarships.
3. The final award decision will be made in July by the Local 440Executive Board acting as the Scholarship Committee.
DECISIONS: Final decisions will be made Monday, July 28, 2014 and notificationwill be mailed by Friday, August 1, 2014.
Local 440 Scholarship Rules & Eligibility
Local 440 Scholarship ApplicationName __________________________________________________________ Male Female
Last First MI
Address _____________________________________________________________________________
City __________________________________ State ________________ Zip _______________
Phone (_______) _______________________E-Mail_________________________________________
High School Graduation Date (MM/YY) ___________________________________________________
SAT: Math_______Critical Reading_______Writing________ ACT: English_______Composite_______
High School / College/University Activities & Service Organizations
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
High School / College/University Awards
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________________
Name of College/University:______________________________________________________________
Date Applied ____________________College Major __________________________________________
Student’s Signature ______________________________________________Date ___________________
Member’s Name ______________________________________________ Card # __________________
Please also include a 250-word essay on “How Has Belonging to a Local 440 Family Benefitted Me?”
*Must include certified copy of the most recent high school or college transcript available.
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Announcements
Richard T. Guldner November 1, 2013Michael D. Dunlop December 1, 2013Steven R. Thau December 1, 2013Michael D. Miller January 1, 2014Kevin A. Pfeifer January 1, 2014
Recent Retirees
Member ObituariesDonald L. Robinson was born November 26, 1937 and passed away February6, 2014. He was initiated June 12, 1967 and was a Retired Steamfitter.
William E. Kirby was born January 8, 1925 and passed away February 12, 2014.He was initiated March 12, 1962 and was a Retired Refrigeration.
John Laker was born January 1, 1938 and passed away February 17, 2014. Hewas initiated January 23, 1957 and was a Retired Plumber.
Terry F. Lewis was born October 30, 1940 and passed away Marcy 7, 2014. Hewas initiated November 17, 1978 and was a Retired Pipefitter.
Jerry Cox was born January 21, 1949 and passed away March 17, 2014. He wasinitiated May 23, 1990 and was a Retired Pipefitter.
Salt is a compound which is made up ofsodium and chloride. Your body needs some saltto function properly because it helps to maintainthe right fluids in your body, transmit nerve im-pulses, and aids in the contraction and relaxationof muscles.
However, too much sodium contributes tohigh blood pressure, stroke and heart attack. Assodium starts to build up in your blood it attractsand holds water, so your blood volume increaseswhich makes your heart work harder and increasesblood pressure in your arteries. Diseases such ascongestive heart failure, cirrhosis and chronic kid-ney disease can make it even more difficult foryour kidneys to maintain a proper sodium balance.
Mayo Clinic guidelines recommend thatyou limit sodium consumption to 2,300 milligramsper day; this is would be equal to about one tea-spoon of salt per day. Most of the sodium that weget each day does not come from the salt shaker;most of our salt, sodium chloride, comes from the
processed foods that we eat from the grocerystore. Bread and rolls are usually the numberone source of salt. Deli meats such as bolo-gna, bacon, hot dogs, salami, pepperoni, areall loaded with sodium. Frozen foods can bepacked with over 1,000 milligrams of sodiumin what appears to be in healthy food (like tur-key). Canned soups—one can of soup hasmore than 1,000 milligrams of sodium.
Be sure to check the label for theamount of sodium in each item, and be sureto watch for the number of servings in eachcontainer or package—one can of soup mayhave 2.5 servings, so that may be a total of2,500 milligrams of sodium!
The best way to avoid too much so-dium in your diet is to substitute spices fortable salt, and snack on fresh fruits and veg-etables which have very little, or no sodium,and especially limit your daily consumption ofsodium to 2,300 milligrams per day.
Assault on Salt
Health & Welfare Newsfrom your Plan Administrator
Non-Profit Org.U.S. POSTAGE
PAIDIndianapolis, IN
Permit No. 7159
Plumbers, Steamfitters, & HVAC Service Technicians Local 4403747 South High School RoadIndianapolis, IN 46241
Health & Welfare
Benefit Areas March ‘14 % Paid Apr ’13 - Mar ‘14 12 Mo %In-Patient Hospital $257,591.93 19.06% $3,157,151.96 18.56%Outpatient Hospital $256,041.80 18.95% $3,789,233.46 22.28%Diag, X-ray,Lab $126,359.28 9.35% $1,333,987.62 7.84%Prescription Program $277,777.74 20.55% $3,777,088.21 22.21%Surgical $77,725.64 5.75% $832,438.41 4.89%Other $153,844.99 11.38% $1,613,345.61 9.49%Physician $33,428.64 2.47% $507,407.35 2.98%*Prescriptions $28,258.96 2.09% $361,398.97 2.12%Psych/Sub Abuse $23,789.32 1.76% $216,672.15 1.27%Dental $70,190.08 5.19% $864,662.60 5.08%Vision $21,675.76 1.60% $195,022.13 1.15%Disability $13,695.22 1.01% $212,362.96 1.25%Life Benefits $9,000.00 0.67% $88,000.00 0.52%Taxes $2,070.70 0.15% $58,668.73 0.34%
TOTAL $1,351,450.06 100.00% $17,007,440.16 100.00%
