Masonry Magazine February 1987 Page. 43
Mason Contractor News
# John Dunlop to Head BCTD-Toyota Board
Former Labor Secretary John T. Dunlop will head the Employment Review Board that will oversee the union-management agreement covering construction of the auto assembly plant in Scott County, Ky. His appointment was announced jointly by the AFL-CIO Building & Construction Trades Department and Ohbayashi Corp., the contractor for the project.
Dunlop, a leading authority on labor-management relations in the construction industry and a former dean of Harvard Graduate School of Business, will be the impartial chairman in reviewing "any disputes or conflicts" arising out of the agreement. The three-member review board will include a labor and a management representative.
Under the agreement, workers will be referred from union hiring halls, with preference to Kentucky residents.
# People & Events
Alfred E. Calligaris has recently been appointed president of Stebbins Engineering and Manufacturing Co.
Walter M. Naish has been elected president of the Tile Council of America, Princeton, N.J. Naish is operations manager of Glen-Gery Corp.'s Hanley Plant in Summerville, Pa., formerly Hanley Brick, Inc. Joseph F. Kimpflen of CertainTeed Corp., Valley Forge, Pa., has been elected president of the Min-
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# Training Center Created in New York to Supply Manpower for Major Masonry Project
Meeting the challenge of providing manpower for the "new" Fort Drum project in Watertown, N.Y., the International Masonry Institute Apprenticeship & Training Program has geared up to provide a steady flow of bricklayer apprentices to help man the project.
Officially opened on December 11, 1986, the Watertown center has the capacity of training 30 apprentices the year around, with a warm weather area available to train an additional 30 students. George Holland of the International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsmen (BAC) is the instructor at the center, which is located at the Taylor Concrete Products plant on Old Rome State Road in Watertown.
Attending the opening ceremony were about 60 union, contractor, state Labor Department and IMI officials including Eugene George, MCAA regional vice president, and Douglas E. Smith, both of G. A. Masonry Corp., Latham, N.Y.; Alfred E. Calligaris and Andy Weiss, Stebbins Engineering & Manufacturing Corp., Watertown: Salvatore A. Fresina, SAL Masonry Contractors, Inc., Syracuse, N.Y.; Maj. Joseph Barget, Fort Drum Area Office, New York District Corps of Engineers; Bruce Voss and Rod DuChemin, IMI Apprenticeship & Training Program. and George A. Miller, MCAA executive vice president.
The training center was launched specifically to help meet the major manpower needs on the Fort Drum expansion, which is expected to con-
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# Masonry Associations Mark Major Milestones
Heartiest congratulations to the Mason Contractors Association of Milwaukee, which will be celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. Details of the centennial celebration being planned will be announced soon.
The group was founded as the Frontier's Mason Contractors Association of Milwaukee. In 1911, a mason's wages were 65 cents per hour, the second highest wage in the country. New York was first, paying 70 cents.
The MCA of St. Louis also is marking a milestone. It will be 91 years old this year. Its original charter was granted by the State of Missouri on March 2, 1896 as the Master Bricklayers Benevolent & Protective Association.
But the MCA of Indianapolis may be the granddaddy of them all. Founded as the Contractors Union of the City of Indianapolis on April 2, 1869, this historic trade organization this year will be observing its 118th birthday!
Best wishes to all on their remarkable longevity.