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IBEW Local Union 364 Monthly Newsletter

Business Manager’s Message

Alan Golden - Business Manager - Agolden@ibew364.net - X231 The past month has been extremely busy with both

the IBEW State Conference and the IBEW

Construction Conference being held along with all the

preparation going in for this year’s work outlook.

As for the State Conference, what a difference a year

can make. This time last year we were talking about JB

winning his primary. This year all the talk is about JB

restoring order in the State of Illinois. At this year’s

Building Trades Conference in Washington, D.C.,

Governor Pritzker was a big hit as he talked about

what he was going to do for organized labor in Illinois.

Our new Governor is a huge supporter of Union

labor, we have had Union friendly Governors before,

but nothing like our current Governor. The IBEW,

Local Union 364, along with the IBEW State

Conference, will continue to push to move forward in

our State. As tough as the last four years have been,

we need to not forget what can happen when anti-

union legislators get in office, like Bruce Rauner.

The final piece of our former Governor was just

recently erased when Governor Pritzker signed SB

1474 into Law, this bill prohibits Right to Work zones

in Illinois. These our exciting times in our state

currently and it is imperative that we take full

advantage of having the House, the Senate and the

Governor’s office, the trifecta doesn’t always come our

way.

As for the Construction Conference, this year’s theme

was constructing our future. There was a lot of talk

about jurisdictional disputes within the Building Trades.

President Stephenson made it clear that he was tiring

of other trades continuously trying to get their hands

on work of the IBEW.

There was a Memorial service held for Emeritus Ed

Hill. One of the speakers that stood out, was Speaker

of the House, Nancy Pelosi. She spoke very highly of

the IBEW and how we have been so proactive over

the last couple of decades. It was a very nice memorial

for the Hill family.

That leads into solar work here in our jurisdiction, as

other trades have been trying to get their hands on any

of the solar projects that they can. The IBEW will be

fighting off the other trades and the non signatory at

the same time, which is unfortunate but, IBEW, Local

Union 364 is always up for a good spirited fight, so

they know where to find us. We have been talking

about these solar credits for months now, and on April

10th the credits through the state of Illinois were

finally awarded. IBEW, Local Union 364 has 25- 2 mega

watt projects that have been approved with 9 more on

a waiting list.

We are currently talking with developers and will be

establishing a timeline for these projects in the very

near future, we are also working on some residential

solar opportunities, both the commercial and

residential together will allow us to set the stage in the

solar market for the upcoming years. IBEW, Local

Union 364 isn’t a Local that is just existing in our

market, as we have stated before, we are dominating

our market and the intentions do not change with the

solar industry. We will keep you up to date on all the

information as it becomes available on our solar

projects.

The union office has been fielding a lot of calls

regarding Mechanical, Inc. having an electrical division.

Mechanical is going to be a signatory contractor of the

IBEW and will be looking to only have a service

division at this time. They are currently getting set up

and should be looking to hire within the next month.

The meeting with the Health professionals will be

Monday, April 22nd to discuss the new clinic benefit.

Please make yourself and your significant other

available for this meeting. The start time will be 6 pm.

The Union office will begin sending text messages out

as a test to all members with two test dates being May

1st and May 15th, we are asking all members to verify

that your contact information is correct.

Finally, just a reminder we will be allocating $2.50 at

next month’s Union Meeting, this is the final year of

our 3-year contract.

Happy Easter to all IBEW, Local Union 364 members

and your families.

Alan Golden

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Work has slowly started to pick up over

the last couple weeks with the warmer

temperatures allowing for the start of

construction season.

The CVS at 110 S. Alpine is starting work

on a pharmacy remodel project. Shamrock

Development from South Bend, IN is the

(GC) and Miller Engineering has the

electric.

A new Casey’s Gas Station has recently

broke ground at the corner of Mulford &

Harrison Ave. Kaiser Electric from Local

34 has this project. Another Casey’s is

supposed to break ground this year in

Cherry Valley between Bell School Rd &

Tebala Blvd.

The new Thornton’s Gas Station in Roscoe

at the corner of Willowbrook & Rockton

Road was awarded to Nucore Electric

from Local 134. This project should break

ground sometime in April.

The former Bed Bath & Beyond off High-

way 173 will be transformed into 2-

separate buildouts. An Old Navy store will

occupy the west buildout and a 5 Below

will occupy the east buildout. Bids still

must be released on both projects, but we

do know that First Midwest Group will

only (GC) the 5 Below project.

The former Kmart on E. State Street will

be turned into a U-Haul storage facility

that will have multiple indoor storage units.

This project is still a few months away

from getting all the prints completed and

approved for construction.

Altmeyer Electric has started work again at

the Costco project and has recently hired

5-Wiremen & 2-Apprentices. More hires

should follow over the coming weeks with

work scheduled to go until sometime in

July or August.

Bush Construction from Davenport, IA

was selected once again to be the develop-

er of choice to build a new 6-story multi-

use building at 227 N. Wyman Street. This

project won’t begin until sometime in 2020

and is projected to cost roughly $22 Mil-

lion to build. The building will have 80 High

-End residential apartments, a Riverfront

Restaurant, Underground Parking Garage,

and Ground Level Storefronts. Stenstrom

Construction will likely be the (GC) on the

project.

The new Manny’s Pizza location in Free-

port across from the Little Cubs Field on

Empire Street was awarded to Quality

Electric.

The McDonald’s remodel on S. West

Street in Freeport was awarded to Engel

Electric. Woods Construction from Ster-

ling Heights, MI is the (GC). The McDon-

ald’s remodel on W. Galena Street is ten-

tatively scheduled to begin sometime in

August with possibly the same contractors.

The refueling outage at Byron began on

April 8th, Allied Power has roughly 125

Wiremen onsite and Electrical Builders

have another 16 Wiremen working on a

transformer project. By the time you read

this article layoffs will have already started,

and the outage will be nearly over. After

outage work this year will consist of a 4-6-

week project at the Circ Water Pump

House for a small crew, then in late June

or sometime in July, Allied is planning to

resume work on the 7300 project that

should run thru the end of the year.

Finally, I would like to wish everyone a Safe

& Happy Easter!!

Larry Rowlett

Assistant Business

Manager

Larry Rowlett X222

Lrowlett@ibew364.net

During the month of March, we picketed

against Staley Technologies at the McDon-

ald’s on Alpine & Harrison in Rockford,

also picketed against Ogni Group at the

new Home 2 Suites Hotel in Loves Park

and briefly picketed Canduit Electric on

East Riverside Blvd. on a small strip mall

buildout in front of Boxed Up Self Storage

in Loves Park.

On Wednesday, March 6th I attended the

Statewide Organizers meeting in Cham-

paign, Illinois. All the locals attending up-

dated everyone on their work outlook as

well as their organizing efforts going for-

ward. Most locals around the Chicagoland

area reported steady work heading into

2019.

As the weather steadily improves and

our work opportunities increase, we

will still need support in manning our

picketing and hand billing duties. We

have had support from our member-

ship over the last few months while

work was slower, but as work picks

up, we could use any help we can get.

So, if you’re between jobs, contact me

here at the hall. We can accommodate

pretty much any schedule and any day of

the week you have available. So please

contact us if you have the time.

On Wednesday, March 26th we held our

COMET Training for our 5th year Inside

and 1st year Residential class at our train-

ing center on Southrock Drive. This class

is designed to educate our apprentices on

the importance of organizing as well as

cover the history of the IBEW and its

Organizing efforts over the years.

Happy Easter to everyone.

In Brotherhood,

Brad Williams

Boone - Jo Daviess - Stephenson - Winnebago Counties

Membership Development

Coordinator

Brad Williams X228

Bwilliams@ibew364.net

In DeKalb County, as reported last

month, the bids have been opened for the

Meijer store on the Northwest corner of

Peace Road and Route 23 in Sycamore.

Engel Electric has been awarded this

project. Rockford Construction from

Michigan will be the General Contractor

on this 160,000 square foot store. The

site work will start in mid-April, with

footings to follow in early June.

The 26 million-dollar Sycamore Waste

Water Treatment Plant has been

awarded to Leyden Electric from Local

701. It is scheduled to start in Mid-April

with a competition date of early 2021.

On Sycamore Road Finney Electric is

working on various buildouts. One

behind the Midland Building and one for

the DeKalb County Eco-Development

Office behind Advance Auto Parts. Also,

on Sycamore Road RSC Electric is

working on a buildout behind Fas-Mart

for the Census Bureau.

The 15 million-dollar DeKalb County

Nursing Home addition and remodel is

underway. Morse Electric has the work;

Ringland Johnson is the General

Contractor. The remodel part of this job

is underway, with the addition

portion scheduled to start in April.

In Ogle County, the new 92 bed Liberty

Village Nursing Home in Rochelle has

started back up now that the weather has

changed for the better. JB Contracting

from Local 176 has the work. They

currently have two 176 members cleared

in on portability.

The McDonald’s in Oregon is undergoing

a major interior and exterior remodel.

Aero Electric has this job. It should take

roughly two months to complete.

As reported last month, the bids have

been opened for the new Ogle County

Jail and Engel Electric has been awarded

the work. Gilbane Electric will be the GC.

They will break ground the 15th of April

for this 25 Million-Dollar 154 bed project.

In Lee County, the new Splash Pad Water

Park in Dixon has been awarded to

Complete Electric. It will have 23 water

features with two zones geared to

different age children. It will be built near

the Wooden Wonderland in Dixon. We

are also closely following the efforts of

the Big Sky Wind Farm re-power project

currently going through the permitting

process.

In Whiteside County, Wahl Clipper is

putting up a 16,000 square foot addition

on the north side of their existing facility.

Engel Electric has this job.

The Walmart in Sterling is going to install

a 350-Kilowatt rooftop solar array.

Continental Electric from Local 134 has

this job which should start in mid-June.

The Mercantile Building across from

County Market on 3rd Street in Sterling

is undergoing a major remodel. When

finished, there will be commercial spaces

on the ground level and residential spaces

above. There will also be a parking garage

with both residential and commercial

restaurant patios.

We would like to give a sincere thank

you to the members working in the

southern area who serve the Local Union

as job stewards; so to Brothers Joe Eden

at Emerson (formerly Greenlee/Textron),

Chris Collins at the Dekalb Waste Water

Treatment Plant, Larry Harris at

Americold and Dave McNamara at

Northern Illinois University; we thank

you for your effort and dedication to

Local 364.

Chris Molander

Carroll - DeKalb - Lee - Ogle - Whiteside

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ONTRACT Section 3.06

An employee may furlough on a temporary basis

for a period of up to thirty (30) consecutive days.

After 30 consecutive days the employee shall be

severed for “lack of work.” An employee furloughing on a temporary basis shall be given a

severance for “lack of work” at any time upon

request. Avoidance of the intent of this section

shall not be permitted by pretense of leave of absence or vacation. No leave of absence shall be

granted for the purpose of employment in another

jurisdiction or outside of the industry.

Winners at the

March 2019

Union Meeting

Winners of the LMCC points

were: Job Israel, Bryan Miller &

Monica Musselman.

Pat Streff was the winner of the

50/50 raffle.

Business Agent

Chris Molander X232

Cmolander@ibew364.net

Benefits

Coordinator

Robin Perez X229

Have you claimed your Flexible Benefit Fund this year? This benefit reimburses $250.00 per family, per calendar year for deductible, 20% coinsurance, etc.

Those of you who are thinking of retiring, please contact me and I can send you a Benefits Brochure. It takes approximately six (6) to nine (9) months to process your application with the NEBF and there are documents that are needed to submit with the applications. The first step is to get your documents together and decide on a retirement date, and then give me a call to set up an appointment. Should you have other issues to discuss, please contact Robin.

Pat Tomlin—Training Director

Ptomlin@JATC364.net (815) 969-8484

There are no Apprentices off work at this

time.

We participated in a career event at Belvidere

North High School on Monday, March 4th.

The First Year Inside Class attended Diversity

Training on Saturday, April 6th.

We will be attending a career event at Durand

High School on Friday, April 26th. Several of

the building trades will be there to talk to the

students about career opportunities in the

Building Trades Apprenticeship Programs.

We will be working with students at Rock

Valley College/Samuelson Road Campus and

their Highway Construction Careers Program

on Thursday, May 16th. We will be

demonstrating aspects of our trade to the

students such as conduit bending and device

wiring. We will also be explaining to them the

process for applying to our apprenticeship

program.

We held an aptitude test for 73 applicants

who qualified to take the test. The test was

held at the Union Hall on Saturday, March

23rd.

We have started an IMSA Level 1 Fire Alarm

Class on Monday, April 1st. This class is being

held at the training center starting at 5pm.

Eleven members are taking this class. We will

schedule an IMSA Level 2 Fire Alarm Class for

late spring.

We held a CPR/AED training class on

Tuesday, April 2nd. There were 14 members

in attendance.

We held a First Aid training class on

Thursday, April 4th. There were 14 members

in this class as well.

Please contact the training center if you wish

to sign up for any of the classes that we offer.

Pat Tomlin

April May

E-Board Meeting 4/11 E-Board Meeting 5/9

RE-SIGN 10th-16th!! RE-SIGN 10th-16th!!

Happy Easter 4/21

Activate Clinic - 4/22 - 6PM @ the Hall

FIDELITY SEMINAR - 4/30 - 6PM @ the Hall

Monthly Union Meeting 4/25/19 Monthly Union Meeting 5/23/19

Mother's

Day 5/12

Memorial Day

5/27

Alan Golden Sean Bigelow Carl Kisling

Larry Rowlett Kenneth Eubanks Brian Troy

Chris Molander Dennie Davis Perry Altensey

Brad Williams Ronda Kliman Tim Fair Burdette Brick

Patrick Tomlin William Kliman Robert G. Hollenbeck Nathan Asbury

Greg Cote Jeff Schnaiter Gerald Hanson Robert Berthiaume

Larry Vickers Sherman Webb, Jr. Endre Schavland Bradley Johnson

David Cargill Sharon Cowman Tyler Hillman Randy Mills

Thomas Sink Everett Sarver Mike Lambert Jay Brockman

Joseph Bonavia Mike Miller Eric Nyen Ryan Anderson

Paul Rivera Theresa Fernbaugh Mike Carr Paul Williams

Paul McMenamin Troy Dull Galen Buchanan Kenneth Niemeyer

Cameron Purl Andrew Coffman Pat Bushman Terry Reglin

Robert Niesen Kevin Wilson Thomas Gitchel Jeremy Burkitt

Victor Spielman John Erb Ronald Erickson Mike Hallstrom

Thomas Langenfeld Edward Ure Jeff Becker Andy Kwiatkowski

Timothy Tammen Joseph Sweeney Chris Campbell Jack Rhode

Richard Weidman Randy Lowe Dave Lapour William Roberts

Greg Woods Dave Mohr Joshua Lapour Jason Esterbrook

Dave Daughenbaugh Charles Reints Eric Christianson Gary Scudder

Matt Schutte Doug Wilken Ed Reyes Jeffrey Bliven

Steve Sloan Richard L. Anderson Thomas Tammen Craig Mentzer

Chris Collins Michael Larson Julie Fry Scott Irwin

Ron Whittington Al Stevens Robert Dull Jon Chapman

Tony Devita Richard Cronberg Melvin Johnson Scott Mohr

Jon Chapman Glen Greenwalt Reno Sandona

Mike Salbego Daniel Perko Roger Smits

Loren Rippentrop Steve Vesely Charles Laskonis

Mark Fiene John Poli Jake Laskonis

Brad Bauer William Liscom Michael J. Fenger

2019 One Hour ClubThe following people have donated one hour of wages to

the Local Union 364 Political Action Fund.

Belvidere: Lanark Rockford: Rockford:

Arby's Dollar General Al Grace Appliances Stella’s Pizza & Pasta

Dollar General Store Leaf River All Family Dental & Braces Subway

Little Caesars Sparkle Car Wash Anytime Fitness (Alpine & Highcrest) Sunview Restaurant

Niko's Cabin Lena Bambu-Coffee & Tea The Stadium 15th Ave.No. Illinois Dental Implant Center Dollar General Benson Stone Company Tom & Jerry's

Super Mix Concrete Lena Brewing Co Buffalo Wild Wings Ulta Beauty

Taco Bell - State Street Loves Park: State Street Valley Market

Tom & Jerry's Dave Urbelis Agency Rt. 173 Villa Di Roma

Byron: Family Dollar Burger King Wheels by RT

2nd Chances Bar Holiday Inn Express Bell School White House Plaza

Autoland Outlets Legends Sports Bar & Grill 9th Street Wingstop

Costa’s Ristorante Maciano’s Pizza 11th Street Women’s & Children’s Health Ctr.

Family Dollar Mc Donald's - North 2nd St. Car Quest Woodfire Brick Oven Pizza

Hairy Cow Brewing Co Motel 6 Cheng Orthodontics Zarah Nails

Weezy's Sports Bar Pizza Hut Choices Natural Market Zavius Jewelers

Cedarville: Popeye’s Comfort Inn Rockton/Roscoe:

Barkau Auto Sales Subway Sandwich Cost Cutters Fiesta Cancun

Cherry Vale Mall: Machesney Park: Christine Rae Salon & Spa McDonald's - Elevator Rd.

Finish Line Artic Cat CSL Plasma Pizza Ranch

Kay’s Jewelers BP Gas Station Culver's (Phelps Ave) Pomps Tire

Davis Junction: Cost Cutters Denny’s Restaurant Subway Sandwich

Dollar General Store Discount Tire Dental Dreams Main Street Meats

Junction Liquor (owned by Canduit) Family Video Discount Tire Yaba-Sushi - Rockton

DeKalb: Firestone Dog Haus South Beloit:

Arby's Marco's Pizza Dollar Tree - Downtown Best Western Hotel

Anytime Fitness Mc Donald's - North 2nd St. Domino’s Pizza Sterling:

Athletico Physical Therapy Michelson Office Furniture Edgebrook Physical Therapy Abiding Word Church

Beef Shack Potbelly's Edward Jones Perryville Strip Mall Check into Cash

Burritoville Rue 21 El Burrito Loco Dairy Queen

Chipotle Speedway Auto Mall Family Dollar Goodwill Industries

DeKalb Harley Davidson Subway Sandwich Family Video/Marco's Pizza Lincoln Learning Center/Daycare

El Burrito Loco Tom & Jerry's Foxy Nails & Spa Planet Fitness

Fatty's Northern IL Fusion Nail & Spa Select Employees Credit Union

Giordano’s Pizza Super Mix Goodwill Industries (Whitman St) UOI Boutique

Hampton Inn Oregon: Gustafson’s Furniture & Mattress Stillman Valley:

Hardee's Subway Hampton Inn Edward Jones Investments

Los Rancheros Super Value Grocery Holiday Inn Express Wooden Nickel Restaurant

Marco's Pizza Village Bakery Downtown Rfd - Jimmy John's Stockton:

Mega Grande Laundromat Rochelle: L.A. Tan Stockton Travel Mart &

Popeye's Athletico LaCuccina in Valli Produce McDonald's

Ross Dress for Less Family Dentistry - Abe Anderson DDS LaQuinta Inn Sycamore

Sonic Grand Prix-Grand Stand Lou Bachrodt Burger King

Subway Grubsteakers Luxe Nail Bar Luxe Salon

Union Plaza Apartments Holiday Inn Express Maciano’s Pizza Just the Details

Dixon: Petromax Maculan Chiropractic Clinic Taco Bell

Ace Hardware Pizza Hut Mariner Finance Winnebago:

Aldi Prescott Ford Marriott Court Yard Cost Cutters

Cash Store Sawicki Motors Marriott Residence Inn House of Nails

Comfort Inn Super 8 Martinez Auto McDonald's

Culver’s Rock Falls: Mary’s Market

Curate Kitchen Culver’s Midwest Dental (7th & Charles)

Family Video El Tapatio Master Cut

Little Caesars Frosted Spoon Napleton's Auto

Palmyra Pub & Eatery Miller Insurance Nothing Bundt Cakes

Porky's Tap Mr. Nifty One Hour Orthopedic Experts

Sauk Valley Animal Hospital Rock Falls Family Inn Outback Steakhouse

Shopko Workman Harley Davidson Perryville Dental

Subway Sandwich Pita Pit

Wal-Mart Pizza Hut

Durand Popeye’s

Anytime Fitness Potbelly & Starbucks E. State

Monroe Clinic Red Robin

Forreston: Redroof Inn

Forreston Sate Bank Rock-Phoid Asian Cuisine

The Depot/Mobil Gas Rockford Gymnastic Academy

Freeport: Ross Dress for Less

Arby's Shogun

Aspen Dental The Norwegian

Baymont Inn

Cimino’s Pizza

Cork, Keg & Liquor

Dental Connections

Dollar General Store

Family Hair Design

Fiesta Tequila

Garden Deli

Higher Grounds Coffee

Maria's Pizza

Medical Arts (Kiwanis Drive)

Shoe Carnival

Shopko

Sparkle Car Wash

Starbucks

ALL LOCATIONS!!Dunkin Donuts

Harvard State BankHobby Lobby

Molly'sSullivan's Foods

Local Union 364Rockford, IL

Important Notice

The $2.50 raise for the

Inside Collective

Bargaining

Agreement will be

allocated at the Union

Meeting - April 25,

2019. Please be in

attendance for

this meeting.

PRSRT STD

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ROCKFORD, IL

PERMIT NO. 781

The results from the April 2nd Election have us

retaining Paul Gorski as our Rock Valley College

Trustee as well as retaining Tom Fitzgerald in

South Beloit as Police and Fire Commissioner and

Mark Szula is the new Roscoe Village President.

Congratulations to our new elected officials. We

look forward to working with them and having a

voice at the table in each one of these

communities. Just like former International

President Ed Hill used to say “If your not at the

table you’re on the menu”. We are at the table

with these officials to make sure our voice is

heard and our issues are being recognized

going forward.

At the time of this writing, current

legislation has just passed the Illinois Senate

unanimously prohibiting

right-to-work zones in Illinois. This is just

another step in erasing four years of attack from

our former Governor. New Governor, JB

Pritzker has shown us that he is an ally with

Labor and has already signed several bills to

strengthen organized labor and working-class

family’s standard of living.

We look forward to more wins out of Springfield

as Governor Pritzker’s tenure is just beginning.

In Brotherhood

Brad Williams/Press Secretary

Thursday, April 25

Thursday, May 23

Thursday, June 27

Thursday, July 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.

**2019 Quarterly Dues: $120.00**

Mailing Address

6820 Mill Rd

Rockford, IL 61108

(815) 398-6282 - Phone

(815) 398-1203 - Fax

Email Address

OFFICE@IBEW364.NET

Website Address

WWW.IBEW364.ORG