Local 8 Illinois Presents Honors

From left, Local 8 IL Belleville Chapter Gold Card members Larry Marlinhaus, Vernon Nagel, Robert Rill, and Maurice Connoger. From left, seated, Peter Vallerius and Fred Leinder. William P. Petri not pictured.	Forty-year Belleville Chapter member Paul Methenia.
From left, 25-year Belleville Chapter members Pat Fitzgerald, Gerald Jackson, and Mike Oitker.	From left, 25-year member Wymond Stubbs, Local 8 President Dan McCall, and 25-year member Mike Delaney.
Working to better BAC, a group of eight Union officers and staff members attended a two-week Spanish Immersion Program for Union Activists offered by the George Meany Center/National Labor College in August. The intensive language program is designed to help union leaders more effectively communicate important work, safety, and benefits information to current members, and help organize Spanish-speaking workers.
Local 8 IL Murphysboro Chapter members were presented service awards in August. Back row, from left, Local 8 IL President Dan McCall, 40-year member John Aldridge, and 25-year members Charles E. Harris and Nicholas J. Dolce. Front row, from left, 25-year members Greg L. Peebles, John R. Howell, Richard McGriff, Homer Humble, and Local 8 Vice Chairman Bill Gauch.

BAC Participates in Spanish Immersion Program

Working to better BAC, a group of eight Union officers and staff members attended a two-week Spanish Immersion Program for Union Activists offered by the George Meany Center/National Labor College in August. The intensive language program is designed to help union leaders more effectively communicate important work, safety, and benefits information to current members, and help organize Spanish-speaking workers.

From left, IU Organizer Ernie Grubbs, Local 1 MA/VA/DC Organizer Kevin Long, Local 1 PA/DE Field Rep. Bernard Griggs, Southern Ohio Administrative District Council Field Rep. Dale Herzog, IU Organizer Pat Zimick, Local 5 OK/AR President Ed Navarro, Local 3 CA President Greg Miranda, and Local 4 IN/KY Field Rep. Tim Norton.

Gold Card Presented to Frank Bachofer

Retired International Union Regional Director Frank Bachofer was presented a Gold Card by retired Local 4 California Business Agents Tommy Unsell, left, and Vern Haversack, right, during a Local 4 retiree breakfast.

Local 15 Missouri/Kansas Honors Members

From left, BAC Region 7 Director Randy Kelly, Local 15 MO/KS President Steve Mullen, 50-year members Sal DiStefano, Joseph Peterson, Gerald Dewey, Ron Staten, Robert McCoy, and Salvatore Raccuglia.

Members from across the jurisdiction of Local 15 MO/KS recently gathered in Kansas City, MO for an awards ceremony.

Local 4 Alberta Presents Service Awards

The officers of Calgary-based Local 4 AB recently presented two 50-year members with Gold Cards for their years of service to the Local and the tile trades in Alberta. From left, BAC Region 9 Director David Sheppard, Local 4 Business Manager Frank Perri, 40-year member Bill Petraschuk, 25-year member Tony Albanito, Local 4 President Herb Kind, and BAC Secretary-Treasurer Jim Boland.