international association
of bridge, structural 
ornamental &reinforcing
ironworkers
AFL-CIO


 

 

international association of bridge
structural and ornamental
 ironworkers local union 361
 89-19 97th AVENUE
 ozone park, n.y.  11416
(718) 322-1016
fax: (718) 322-1053

          richard o’kane
          business manager / fst

           thomas seaman
           president

          Matthew chartrand
           vice president


Updated Wednesday, May 30, 2007 11:40 AM

  
 

Posted 5/30/07:

Local 25 of the IBEW will be holding a question an answer session for The Long Island Congressional Delegation at their union hall

starting at 6:00 pm.this evening. All interested members are encouraged to attend.

IBEW Local 25
370 Vanderbilt Motor Parkway
Hauppauge, NY 11788.

 

Posted 11/25/06:

Please be advised that there two remaining Medicare Part D Seminars offered to any 
Retiree of Local 40, 361or 417 or their family members, to be held at Local 361's
Union Hall on the following dates:
Monday Nov 27, 2006 @ 12:00 pm
 Monday  Dec 18,2006 @11:30 am
Please contact Local 361's office at (718) 322-1016
You must call and Register for attendance at any of the seminars.
Its important that we know how many people will be attending.

Posted 11/25/06:

Notification was made to Local 361 of the death of Brother Dennis Tveter Bk# 873906 on November 22, 2006

Posted 11/20/06:

Notification was made to Local 361 of the death of Brother Larry Duperron Bk# 539503 on November 18th 2006

Posted 11/2/06:

President Joe Farrell appointed Brother Mike Appice to sit on Local 361's Examining Board.

Posted 10/28/06:

Notification was made to Local 361 of the death of Brother Lester Morris Bk# 546644 on October 27th 2006

Posted 10/23/06:

Notification was made to Local 361 of the death of Brothers John Garramone Jr. and James Donnellan on October 21st and 22nd.

Posted 10/6/06:

This notice is to inform you that the New York State Workers’ Compensation Law has just been changed to help you file a claim for workers’ compensation if you have a 9/11- related illness.

The change also applies to workers and volunteers who are not sick, but who may become sick in the future because they were exposed to the toxic air after 9/11. The deadline for registering is August 14, 2007. If you do not register before the deadline, you will never be able to collect workers’ compensation if you develop a 9/11-related illness later.

Thousands of people who participated in rescue, recovery or cleanup work after 9/11 are now sick. Many more may become sick as a result of exposure to contaminated dust and smoke.

The New York State Workers’ Compensation Law has been changed to allow someone who was exposed, but is not sick, to register. Registering now will protect your right to file a workers’ compensation claim if you become sick at any time in the future.

The law also allows anyone who already filed a claim – but was turned down because the claim was filed too late – to re-file. If you do not register and are sick or become sick later, you will not be able to file or re-file a claim.

Workers’ compensation pays all the medical expenses for a sickness or an injury that is work-related. It also pays two-thirds of your average weekly wage up to $400 a week if you cannot work because of work-related sickness or injury.

Even if you are now healthy, but were exposed to contaminated air after 9/11, you must register now with the Workers’ Compensation Board to protect your right to file a claim if and when you become sick. Please visit the links below, the first is a printable fact sheet giving you some useful information and the second is the actual registration form.  For any further information please contact the Union Hall at (718) 322-1016
and please pass this information along to anybody you might know who worked at the Trade Center.

 

9/11 Rescue & Recovery Workers Fact Sheet

 

New York State Workers Compensation Registration Form

 

Posted 10/3/06:

Two new dates have been set up for the Impact Drug Testing Program.
They are Thursday, October 12, and Thursday, October 19
The testing will take place at The Apprentice School located at 35-23 36th Street
Astoria, N.Y. between the hours of 4:00pm and 7:00pm

Posted 10/1/06:

This notice is to remind you that if you are

planning to submit a journal ad for the upcoming

Dinner Dance the ad must be submitted by

Friday October 6th 2006.

 

       Edward J. Cush Scolarship Fund

 

         Journal Ad Contract Form

 

 

Posted 8/31/06:

Local 361 will be participating in the Labor Day Parade and marching with the Building and Construction Trades of New York on:

Date:             Saturday, September 9, 2006   

March Time: 12:30 P.M.

Location:     West 45th Street and 5th Ave. in Manhattan

Tee Shirts will be distributed at our assembly area on West 45th Street and 5th Ave.
In order to ensure that there will be enough shirts for all our members, you will be required to produce your union card to receive a shirt. As in the past bicycles and motor cycles are prohibited from marching with our contingent because of safety concerns.
 Please be advised that alcoholic beverages are also prohibited during the assembly and march. At the end of the parade route we will head over to Local 46 located on 76th Street and 3rd Ave. for a Labor Day Party. There will be music and plenty of food and beverages being served.

There will be a Labor Mass to celebrate the Dignity of the Worker on:
 

Date:              Sunday, September 10, 2006
 Time:               10:15A.M

Location:         Cathedral of Saint Patrick  
New York City
 His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan Archbishop of New York will be the Celebrant and Homilist.
 

Local 361 will be resuming our regularly scheduled meeting after the summer break on
September 7th, 2006 at 6:00 P.M. at Local 361.

 

 

Posted 7/12/06:

Notification was made to Local 361 on 7/12/06 of the death of Brother John Hudec BK # 365958 on 1/18/05

Notification was made to Local 361 on 7/12/06 of the death of Brother John Egan  BK # 194032  on 6/28/06

Posted 7/01/06:
Notification was made to Local 361 of the death of Brother Frank Pistillo BK # 602921 on 6/30/06

Posted 6/24/06:
Notification was made to Local 361 of the death of Brother Joseph Pierce BK # 646611 on 6/22/06

Posted 5/18/06:
 Notification was made to Local 361 of the death of Former Office Manager Bill Miller on 6/17/06

Notification was made to Local 361 of the death of Brother Patrick Fitzgerald BK # 805960 on 6/12/06

Posted 5/5/06:

The Regular Membership meetings for July and August have been canceled.

If their are any announcements, or notices coming out of the Union Hall, you can check this page for any updates.                                                                                           

 Effective January 1, 2006 the $1.00 per hour increment you have coming from the current collective bargaining agreement will be applied to the following benefits: .85cents per hour to the Health Fund and .15 cents per hour to the Pension Fund.
   Once again Local 361 will pay 3 months dues for any Apprentice, Journeyman or Honorary member who has their dues paid thru December 31, 2005. There will not be any exceptions.

Any Pensioner currently having their dues paid by the International will continue to have this benefit paid.

   The General Executive Council of our International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers unanimously voted to increase the Per Capita Tax $1.00 per month, therefore, effective January 1, 2006 all Apprentices will pay S30.00 and all Journeymen $33.00. Please, if you have pre-paid dues through 2006 you will owe the difference.

  For the past 2 years Local 361 has paid the $2.00 per month increase to the Per Capita Tax. Local 361 has also paid the $1.00 increase to the organizing fund for the last 4 years. Local 361 will continue to pay these increases thru December 31, 2006. At that time these increases will be reviewed and if the General Fund can continue to absorb the above mentioned increases it will. If the General Fund cannot absorb these increases your dues would increase $3.00 per month in 2007.

   

 

 Please be advised:  
   In order to work at JFK and LaGuardia Airports, members must have a burning license and fire watch license in their possession. If you do not have these licenses, please obtain them as soon as possible. We can give you the required information needed for these licenses at Local 361.
Also, before starting any new job you must have picture identification, your union card and your social security card with you when you are signing up for new employment.
 Local 361 needs more of our members to be track trained. You have to be track trained in order to work for the Transit Authority. Call our apprentice facility to put your name on the list for this training. The number is
(877) 361-4040.
There is also a need for our members to obtain a certificate for the operation of automatic welding machines on certain jobs. This certificate can also be obtained at our training facility.
 Please be advised that any member who becomes 6 months in arrears with their dues will automatically be terminated by the International. There will be no further notice or correspondence regarding this matter.
 On or around January 15, 2006 Local 361 will be providing a toll-free number for out of state members, the number is 1-877-312-3366.
Local 361 has been trying to obtain names of members who have lost their lives performing their work. We would like to create a plaque in their memory. Over the last 100 years records were not always kept regarding this issue.