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105 union painters and
floor coverers are ‘STARs’
FLOOR COVERERS LOCAL 1236 members earning bonuses under the STAR program were: Louis Arreola, Jim
Collins, Ryan Burlingame, Rodrigo Morales-Corona, Mike Ells, James Gifford, Louis Lane, Jeremy Lewis, Craig
Merrell, Mike Nielsen, Mike Nguyen, Kevin Palmer, Rogelio Ramirez, Miles Seger, Tom Schaefer, Andy Sparks, Clint
Stone, Bryan Strode, Steve Swofford, Brent Tompkins, Rob Wheeler, Shawn Wilson, Craig Wolf. UNION PAINTERS
receiving bonuses were: Thomas Adair, Christopher Barela, Christopher Bishop, Joe Bishop, Humberto Blanco,
Mike Bokamper, Tim Bradfield, Jose Bravo, Chris Brock, Danny Bungenstock, Ricky Burton, Anthony Camarena,
Brian ‘Tim’ Chung, Facundo Clerici, Randy Cockrell, Kevin Davis, Raymond Delao, Mark Donkel, Juan Espinoza,
Foo-Beng Allen Foong, David Fry, Stanley Gaines, Jaime Garcia, John George, Nicholas Gibson, Derrick Goen,
William Goodwin, Ian Gordon, Patrick Greene, Ernie Grinier, Kim Hartke, Curtis Haven, Michael Heimbuck,
Daniel Hill, Darrell Holbrook, Jonathan Jaimes, Damon Keene, Roger Kennedy, Frank Kenneway, Charles Knight,
Perry Kohanek, Shawn Lane, Jason Layton, Michael Llanos, Manny Lomeli Jr., Daniel Longoria, Tony Luna,
Hernando Magallanes, Justin Manning, Sean McCarthy, Michael McConnell, Julio Mena-Fuentes, Richard Mentzer,
Stewart Morlan, Kathleen Nicholas, Keith Olsen, Bobbie Owens, Rodney Patterson, Charles Pennell, Brian Phares,
Jeff Phares, Rudy Ponder Sr., Daniel Reed, Porfirio Reyes, Kenneth Rheel, Steven Rodriguez, James Shields Sr.,
Casey Simpson, Nick Smith, Vince Spillman, Nicholas Sprecher, Cindi Stawicki, Matt Svetich, Paul Swearingen,
Jorge Valverde, Mike VanAkker, Amber Vankuren, Raymond Vanslyke, Jose Vega-Diaz, Chris Vezaldenos, John
Walter, Alan Wheeler, and Albert Zapata.
More than 100 union painters and
floor coverers received $500 bonus
checks and $100 gift cards May 31 at a
Safety Training Awards Recognition
(STAR) banquet in Portland. The
craftsmen and women are members of
Painters Local 10 in Portland, Local
1277 in Eugene, Local 724 in Salem,
and Portland-based Floor Coverers Lo-
cal 1236.
Eighty-two painters and 23 floor
coverers qualified for the bonuses after
completing seven classes (painters
only) and 24 hours of skill-advance-
ment training and safety courses over a
12-month period. Classes are held in
the evenings and on weekends at the
Painters Training Center in Northeast
Portland and at the Clark County Skills
Center in Vancouver, Washington.
The STAR program was initiated
seven years ago when Painters and Al-
lied Trades District Council No. 5 and
the Signatory Painting Contractors Or-
ganization made a commitment to each
other to field the best-trained, highest
educated workforce in the industry.
This led to the creation of the Painters
Union/Management Partnership, or
PUMP. The program is funded by a
cents-per-hour contribution negotiated
in their collective bargaining agree-
ment.
Local 1236 started funding its own
program two years ago in partnership
with the Signatory Floor Covering
Contractors. It recently merged with
PUMP, with this year marking the first
time STAR bonuses were handed out
to floor coverers.
Presenting the bonuses were Allied
Trades District Council 5 Assistant
Business Manager Bud Bartunek, and
Business Representative David Win-
kler.
Bill Regan is the apprenticeship co-
ordinator for the Painters, and John
Lawson is apprenticeship coordinator
for the Floor Coverers.
Signatory contractors attending
were Fine Painting, HCI Industrial and
Marine, Long Painting, Reichle Inc.,
Schiller & Vroman, Western Partitions,
and Benchmark Coatings for the
Painters and Don Frank Floors, Sterling
Floors, and Cascade Floors for the floor
coverers.
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