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NORTHWEST LABOR PRESS | July 3, 2015 | PAGE 11 Union painters, floor coverers are ‘STARS’ Painters Local 10 STAR Award Winners: Raquel Avalos Martinez, Christopher Barela, William Barney, Juan Bernal, Joe Bishop, Humberto Blanco, Mike Bokamper, Tim Bradfield, Jamie Britton, Chris Brock, Anthony Ca- marena, Sean Carpenter, Brian “Tim” Chung, Michael Cramer, Angel Cuellar, John Daniels, Danielle Ferris, Foo- Beng (Allen) Foong, Jose Franquez, Stanley Gaines, Jaime Garcia, John George, Jason Gilbert, Sergio Gonzales, Ian Gordon, Jason Graham, Bryan Gray, Patrick Greene, Eileen Grigat, Peter Halterman, Daniel Hill, Jonathan Jaimez, Damon Keene, Roger Kennedy, Adolf Kortt, Michael Llanos, Manny Lomeli Jr., Moses “Daniel” Lon- goria, Miguel Lopez Reyes, Justin Manning, Higinio Marcos-Jimenez, Sean McCarthy, Jordan McIntyre, Julio Mena Fuentes, Richard Mentzer, David Mercado, Alin Muresan, Daniel Norman, Charles Pennell, Jeff Phares, Kenneth Rheel, Steven Rodriguez, Joel Roman-Fernandez, Kevin Sauers, James Shields, Sr., Vince Spillman, Jeff Splichal, Nicholas Sprecher, Matthew Svetich, Jorge Valverde, Amber Vankuren, Noel Vega, Chris Vezaldenos, Walberto Villatoro, and Joseph Zimney. Painters Local 10 apprentice Erin Scott is rec- ognized for perfect attendance in the appren- ticeship training program. Other apprentices recognized for perfect attendance by training coordinator James Phelps were (in back- ground) Joseph May, Vince Jarvis, Aaron Hobbs, and Seth Wannamaker (not pictured). Broadway Floral for the BEST flowers call 503-288-5537 1638 NE Broadway, Portland 140 Eighty-three union painters and floor coverers received $500 bonus checks and $100 gift cards June 19 at a Safety Training Awards Recognition (STAR) banquet in Portland. The craftsmen and women are members of Portland- based Painters Local 10 and Floor Coverers Local 1236 who work for em- ployers of the Signatory Painting Contractors Organization and the Signa- tory Floor Covering Contractors. The union workers qualified for the bonuses after completing seven classes (painters only) and 24 hours of voluntary skill-advancement training and safety courses over a 12-month period. The STAR program was initiated in 2004 when Painters and Allied Trades District Council No. 5 and the Signatory Painting Contractors Organization made a commitment to each other to field the best-trained, highest edu- cated 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 PUMP program in 2010. Bonus checks were awarded starting in 2012. Floor Coverers Local 1236 STAR Award winners: Front row, left to right: Rodrigo Corona, Coordinator John Lawson, Steve Luttrell, Jeff Hamilton, Trustee Dusty Hagan. Second row: Brandee Dunlop, Trustee and STAR recipient Craig Wolf, Brent Tompkins, Shawn Wilson, Jeff Dyrland, DJ Rusk, Andy Booth, Trustee Clark Knori. Not pictured but qualified for award: Jonathan Doran, Bud Ferderer, David Garcia, Craig Merrell, Greg Merriman, Kevin Palmer, Tom Schafer and Rob Wheeler. Corona, Schafer, Tompkins, Wilson and Wolf have qualified for the award every year since its inception. To qualify for the Floor Covering STAR Award, members must take at least 24 hours of voluntary safety or industry related train- ing. Union painting contractor HCI Industrial & Marine wins international safety award For the third year in a row, union signatory painting contractor HCI Industrial and Marine Coatings, Inc., has received the CREST (Con- tractors Recognizing Excellence in Safety Train- ing) Award from FCA International (formerly the Finishing Contractors Association). FCA International is the largest community of finish- ing contractors in North America, representing more than 7,000 contractors. The award recognizes contractors who are leaders in safety and have proven that protecting their employees is a priority. HCI Industrial and Marine Coating of Southwest Washington won in the category of industrial contractors with 25,001 to 50,000 hours worked. Winners are selected based on key safety met- rics, such as years the company has had a safety program, safety training, injury/illness rates, recordable incident rates, and more. “We have instilled in our employees that safety is a value, not merely a list of rules that a regulatory agency has mandated we follow,” said company president Kim Hasselbalch, who serves on the board of the Signatory Painting Contractors Organization. “We convey to our personnel that there is al- ways a way to do a difficult or hazardous task safely, and we are willing to invest the time and resources into them and provide the equipment and necessary materials for their protection.”
