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IBEW Local Union 364 Monthly Newsletter
Business Manager’s Message
Alan Golden - Business Manager - [email protected] - X231 The December Union Meeting is always the biggest
meeting of the year with members being recognized for
their years of service to the Brotherhood.
Congratulations to all IBEW members who received
pins or retirement watches. At this years meeting we
hosted two special guests: former Assistant Business
Manager Jerry Tongue, who celebrated his 95th
birthday on December 4th, happy belated birthday to
Brother Tongue and International President, Lonnie
Stephenson, who was on hand to present Beau
Cummins with the Lifesavings Award for his actions on
September 14th. President Stephenson rearranged his
schedule so he could be on hand to present Brother
Beau Cummins with this award. As you heard at the
meeting, he was very honored to be invited here to
present this award. Congratulations to Brother Beau
Cummins on being presented the IBEW Lifesavings
Award, it was definitely a well-deserved award.
Every year our November Union meeting is the tip off
for the holiday season with Thanksgiving being the first
up. The Saturday after Thanksgiving, the biggest
community event of the year takes place in Rockford,
Stroll on State. Our LMCC was proud to be a premier
sponsor for this year’s Stroll on State. This year’s event
had an attendance of 88 thousand people. Thank you to
all that helped transform our Labor Day float into a
Christmas themed float for this parade. Their hard
work was sincerely appreciated.
Now for our kids Christmas party! At this year’s party
we had a record attendance with over 550 RSVP’s! This
event is, bar none, the best one of the year.
With this being such a busy month, there is also a big
thank you due to all that took time out of their busy
schedules to help with this year’s Christmas party.
This is about the only time of year that for
approximately 3 hours there is no talk of business,
projects or politics. It’s all about the kids and grandkids
of the IBEW. If you want to know how important this
party is to our Local, look no further than retired
Brother Tyler Hillman. Tyler sits in his Santa chair, in a
very warm costume for three hours every year and
refuses to take a break because he doesn’t want any of
our kids to miss Santa. This was Brother Hillman’s 18th
year as Santa, and again, we thank him for his part in
this year’s Christmas party.
Now it’s time for me to give out some well-deserved
thank you’s. IBEW, Local Union 364 was one of the
busiest Locals in the Sixth District in 2018. I would
like to give a sincere thank you to the Business Agents
and office staff for all their hard work throughout the
year. To the Officers and the Stewards, it is extremely
important that you all know how much your hard work
and the time you put in is appreciated.
I would also like to extend a thank you to all our
members who stepped up and served on committees
this past year, you were a big part of our Local Union’s
success in 2018, and there is no doubt that you will
continue to be involved and part of the future. With
that said, one of our officers will be retiring, Brother
Jeff Schnaiter has been a big part of everything we do
here in the Local Union and on the Apprenticeship
Committee, and I want to wish him a happy and healthy
retirement.
It’s very easy to talk about what you’re going to do, but
to go out and get it done for the Local membership is
one of the most rewarding feelings you can experience
within the brotherhood. I am extremely proud of all
that we have been able to accomplish this past year and
am looking forward to a very bright future with this
group of officers and staff. We have accomplished a lot
as a Local Union but there is much more work to be
done.
Last thing is, I would like to ask the Brothers and
Sisters the same thing I have asked in past years, keep
the families of all the IBEW, Local Union 364 Brothers
and Sisters who passed away in 2018 and our members
who continue to fight with health issues in your
thoughts and prayers.
I would like to wish all 364 members and their families
a Happy and Prosperous 2019.
Alan Golden
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During the month of December, we
picketed Bartosik Electric from
Streamwood, Illinois at Cheng
Orthodontics in Rockford and picketed
Carroll Electric from Janesville
Wisconsin at the new Monroe Clinic in
Durand. We were also able to remove
Non-Signatory contractor Lee County
Electric from a McDonalds remodel in
Dixon and finish the job with Complete
Electric.
Since 2018 is over, we would like to
take the time to thank all the Brothers
and Sisters in Local 364 who have
helped us throughout the year. From
picketing to hand billing or calling in to
check on jobs, our Local would not be
as strong as it is without the support of
our membership.
As we head into 2019, we shall continue
to remain aggressive against all non-
signatory threats in our jurisdiction and
with the support of our members we
will continue to remain the leaders in
the IBEW when in comes to market
share so once again thank you.
We are always looking for help
picketing or hand
billing so if anyone
has time please
contact me at the hall. We can
accommodate any day of the week if
you can help.
Happy Holidays to all
In Brotherhood,
Brad Williams
At the Chicago/Rockford Int. Airport,
Amazon’s new 130,000sq’ Cargo Building
Expansion was awarded to Associated
Electric from Local 117. Associated has
recently hired 1 wireman from Local 364
and cleared in one of their own to begin
work. This first contract awarded is only for
the building shell, with the interior package
to be awarded in the coming weeks.
Scandroli is the GC on this project.
Also, at the Rockford Airport, the next
phase of Tilt Conveyor to be installed at the
UPS facility has been awarded to Ballard
Electric. There are more conveyor packages
to be awarded at UPS and should be
completed in consecutive phases over about
an 8-month period. Work could begin on
this first package by February and continue
throughout most of 2019. We will update
everyone on these projects as we receive
more information.
Dynamic Electric from Local 134 is back
onsite at Berner Foods in Afolkey to
continue working on the Line 6 Expansion
Project awarded last July. Dynamic will also
be working a 4-day shutdown at General
Mills in Belvidere on December 26th
through 29th. Currently, Dynamic has hired
2 Wiremen and cleared in 2 of their own to
get things started. After the Holidays they
plan to hire another 4 Wiremen for Berner
Foods.
Morse Electric has also been manning back
up at Berner and have about 15 men
working on various projects throughout the
plant.
Transformations Plastic Surgery will soon
have a new office location at 5995 Spring
Creek Road. Scandroli Construction is the
GC for this 2-story remodel project and
Special Power has the electrical contract.
PCI Pharma Services on Assembly Drive
have started a $4 Million Warehouse
Expansion at their Plant 2 location. Cord
Construction is the GC and Special Power
was also awarded this project.
Altmeyer Electric from Local 494 was
awarded the contract for the new Costco in
Loves Park. Altmeyer has 2 wiremen
currently onsite installing the temp power,
utility feeds, and all the necessary
foundation sleeves. This preliminary work
should be finished up by the end of
December and Altmeyer is saying that they
will not be back onsite until late February or
March for the structure. When work begins
in the Spring, Altmeyer has stated that they
will need to hire approximately 15-20
Wiremen.
Engel Electric has started work at the new
WWTP in South Beloit and have 3
Wiremen onsite. This is a $34 Million
project that started back in July but has
been very slow moving because of various
soil issues.
Sjostrom Construction was the low bidder
on the new Stockton Fire Station.
Currently, they are awaiting the boards final
approval at their January meeting, with
construction to begin sometime this Spring.
We should know who will be awarded the
electrical contract by next month’s Union
Meeting.
Larry Rowlett
Assistant Business
Manager
Larry Rowlett X222
Membership
Development
Coordinator
Brad Williams X228
Boone - Jo Daviess - Stephenson - Winnebago Counties
In DeKalb, at the NIU Holmes Student
Center, First Security from Local 701 is
working on the fire alarm installation and
Swedberg Electric continues to work on
the rest of the electrical installation. As
reported last month, Morse Electric is the
Electrical contractor for the 15-million-
dollar DeKalb County Nursing Home
expansion and remodel on Annie Glidden
Road. This project was slated to start right
after Thanksgiving, but the county and city
could not get their zoning issues worked
out, so a March 2019 start is now
expected.
In Ogle County, the new 23-Million-dollar
Jail is on schedule to begin April 1, 2019.
The due date for bids has been pushed
back to February 5, 2019. The approval of
bids will take place at the March County
Board meeting. At the new 92-bed Liberty
Village Nursing Home on East Flagg Road,
south of Lincoln School in Rochelle, the
footings have been poured. JB Contracting
from Local 176 has the electrical contract
and will start installing sleeves and the
temporary service the first week of 2019.
Additional manpower should follow soon
after. In Rochelle, Morse Electric continues
work at Americold on the general
electrical installations as well as the
installations of all the automated
equipment in this 14-story cold storage
facility. They currently have 29 members
onsite.
In Whiteside County, NuCore Electric
from Local 134 continues to work at the
new carwash in Sterling behind Aldi’s. At
the Sterling Menards, Ashburn Power and
Light from Local 134 has two members
working on the interior part of the
Menards Remodel; Engel has the lumber
warehouse portion of this remodel. On
the riverfront in Rock Falls, there is a new
46 unit My Place Hotel scheduled to be
built next to the existing Holiday Inn with
a March 2020 competition. More to come
on this.
Local 364 has two windfarm projects that
are currently under construction. The 74
tower Green River project located
predominately in far southwestern Lee
County is finished for the year. All the
base and conduit work have been
completed. The tower sections and
nacelles are scheduled to show up next
June. The 29 tower Mendota Hills project
is in its final phase. There are roughly 21
towers remaining to be wired. This project
is a little different than most in that the
transformers are located in the nacelle’s
and not outside of the tower at its base.
We would like to give a sincere thank you
to all the members working in the
southern area who serve the Local Union
as job stewards; so to Brothers Larry
Harris at Americold, Mike Larson at Green
River Wind Farm, Dave McNamara at
Northern Illinois University and Joe Eden
at Emerson (formerly Greenlee /Textron),
thank you for your effort and dedication to
Local 364.
We would like to wish everyone a very
safe and prosperous new year.
Chris Molander
Carroll - DeKalb - Lee - Ogle - Whiteside
OR
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ONTRACT
The contractor may not perform
offsite fabrication of components
using individuals not covered by this
agreement. All conduits shall be cut,
threaded and bent by workmen
covered under the terms of this
agreement.
Section 3.18 Winners at the December
2018 Union Meeting
Winners of the LMCC points
were: Mike Jass,
Kyle Millard & Ezequias
Sanchez.
David Mohr was the winner of
the 50/50 raffle.
Business Agent
Chris Molander X232
Benefits
Coordinator
Robin Perez X229
This is the first month of the new year, don’t forget to turn in your request for the Flexible Benefit for 2018 (if you have not already done so). You can get up to a maximum of $250.00 per family, per calendar year. You must be eligible for insurance benefits in order to get reimbursement. Start saving your explanation of benefits for this year, as well as any receipts that you may accumulate.
You need to submit a Flexible Benefit Form along with proof of payment for services rendered. Examples of services would be deductibles, prescription drug co-pays, anything that would be considered an out of pocket expense. If you have any questions on what will qualify for reimbursement, please contact me at 815-398-
There is one VDV Apprentice off work at this time.
We are gearing up for the 2019 Career Expo being
presented by the Northwest Illinois Building and
Construction Trades Council. This is a 3-day event
scheduled for the week of February 11th. There will
be more than 800 students from fifteen area high
schools and middle schools attending. All of the
organized apprenticeship programs will be there
demonstrating their respective trades.
We will, of course, be there representing the
electrical construction industry. We will be
explaining to the students what we do every day as
electrical workers. We will have hands-on conduit
bending as well as a photo-voltaic trainer. We will
also have flyers with information pertinent to our
training program available to the students as well as
answering any of the questions they may have.
We will be hosting students from Freeport High
School at our training center on Wednesday,
February 20th.
We held an aptitude test for qualifying applicants
on Saturday, November 17th. There were 75
applicants scheduled to take the test and 62 showed
up.
We had 27 applicants sign up for our program on
December 4th. We are on pace for over 240
applications for the year which is 60 more than we
received a year ago.
The 5th year Inside class will be taking an
estimating course during the month of January.
The 2nd year and 4th year Inside classes will be
participating in Welding Classes starting Saturday,
January 5th and running for 4 consecutive
Saturdays. The classes will be taught by Brothers Ed
Ebens Sr. and Ed Ebens Jr. The classes will be held
at Rock Valley College-Samuelson Road Campus.
We are looking at scheduling an IMSA Level 1 Fire
Alarm Class in the Spring provided there is enough
interest in the class. We currently have 2 signed up.
We have new CPR and AED training equipment
courtesy of the Safety Committee. We will be
scheduling First Aid and CPR training courses after
the first of the year. These classes will be held
separately as both classes are 3 to 4 hours in length.
Please contact the training center to sign up for
these classes or any of the other courses that we
offer.
Pat Tomlin
Pat Tomlin—Training Director
[email protected] (815) 969-8484
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On January 14th we will begin a new era in
Illinois Government as JB Pritzker will be sworn
in as the new Governor of the State of Illinois. So
now the real work begins. IBEW, Local Union 364
is in the unique position of having a Governor
who is a friend to working families and is also a
phone call away.
Over the course of the last 4 years, organized
labor has been under relentless attacks from ex-
Governor Rauner, now with him removed, we can
focus on repairing the damage he has done over
the last four years to labor and begin rebuilding
Illinois.
As we look back on a prosperous 2018, let us
not forget the individuals we lost this year
especially in labor where former IBEW
President, Ed Hill passed away December 1st.
He will always be remembered for making
many tough decisions during difficult times
but always had the IBEW’s best interest at heart.
We will miss you Brother Hill.
We would like to wish everyone a safe and
prosperous 2019.
In Brotherhood,
Brad Williams
Thursday, January 24 - 2019
Thursday, February 28
Thursday, March 28
Thursday, April 25
Meeting Time—7PM
Please join us to discuss all the
happenings inside of Local 364!
January 1st - April 1st—July 1st and
October 1st are the beginning of the
new quarters.
Basic dues are to be paid by the 1st
day of each new quarter.
Dues payments can be made in
person, online or over the phone.
Contact the office if you have any
questions.
2018 Quarterly Dues: $117.00
**2019 Quarterly Dues: $120.00**
Mailing Address
6820 Mill Rd
Rockford, IL 61108
(815) 398-6282 - Phone
(815) 398-1203 - Fax
Email Address
Website Address
WWW.IBEW364.ORG