Masonry Magazine February 1977 Page. 4
MCAA officers, regional vice presidents, state chairmen and other dignitaries took time out from convention activities to assemble for this picture.
'77 MCAA Convention Report
With most of the nation locked in a bone-chilling deep-freeze, New Orleans shook loose from record cold temperatures and presented cool but comfortable weather to those attending MCAA's 27th Annual Convention and Educational Trade Show at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans, January 21-26. In attendance were mason contractors, their wives and guests from 36 states plus the largest turnout ever to attend an MCAA function from Canada.
Pre-convention activities started on Friday, January 21, with the MCAA Management Institute on "Risk Management," presented by Thomas W. Frisby, president of Frisby & Associates Construction Management Institute, Tyler, Texas. Frisby's presentation dealt with the risk management concept, marketing by contractors, the relationship of the contractor with the subcontractor and vice versa, and labor, close-out and financial management.
A similar seminar directed toward the ladies, "A Woman's Role in the Risks of Management," was conducted by Frisby the following day. Nearly 100 women attended this educational session, indicating their keen interest in securing insight into the role women can play in assisting their husbands in the management of their business affairs.
Saturday morning was devoted mainly to MCAA committee meetings and regional vice president conferences. A total of 16 meetings were held including those of the Apprenticeship, Education, Insurance, Masonry Industry. Material Handling, Research, and Safety Committees.
At 1:30 on Saturday afternoon, the MCAA Board went into Executive Session so that all matters before it could be considered and the various officer and committee reports filed prior to the Annual Meeting.
Saturday afternoon also featured a workshop, "Managing Masonry Means Money," devoted to examining the inter-relationship between the general contractor, mason contractor, supplier and craftsman. The scheduled speakers were George L. Plumb, MCAA legal counsel, Chicago, Ill., and Charles A. Kothe, principal in the law firm of Kothe, Nichols & Wolfe, Inc., Tulsa, Okla. Only hours before the meeting, however, Charles Kothe was hospitalized and unable to attend. George Plumb filled in for Kothe, with Paul Rosensteel, MCAA Western States Field representative, acting as moderator.
Plumb told the audience that jurisdictional disputes continued unabated in 1976 with respect to various aspects of work assigned by MCAA members. "Disputes over scaffolding erection, precast panel installation, operation of forklifts and other mechanical equipment continues, and awareness of these conflicts must be maintained," he said.
Plumb cited a recent National Labor Relations Board decision involving Iacono Construction Co., Inc., Newark, N.J. (Masonry, January, 1977), in which the NLRB ruled in favor of the assignment by Iacono of the operation of its forklifts to its employees who are members of the Laborers' Union rather than to operating engineers.
"The Rose Book remains a vital tool as a guide to quickly resolving jurisdictional disputes without work stoppage. Some construction unions that benefit from the operation of the Impartial Jurisdictional Disputes Board have begun