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FILE NAME Insulation Contractors & Distributors ICD DATE 1969 Mar DOC ICD013 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION IDCNA Outlook GO BRN MES IDCNA outlook a Formerly the IDCNA Newsletter rat cra Published by Insulation Contractors National Association Inc. 8226 Fenton Street Silver Spring Maryland 20910 ao IDCNA IA outlo k IRONED OMAR outlook ORE Published monthly by IDCNA NEO 8226 Fenton Street Silver Spring Md 20910 301 585-8886 TO as 4 Meme ee mph agp eA Res emeL oe Ne EN ere ren NOWAB SO John C. Pollock Executive Director R. Par Yount Chairman of the IDCNA Publication Committee ( vers 1969-1970 A. Marvin Gibbons President Theodore H. Brodie Vice President Duane C. Luse Treasurer R. Yount Secretary J. Kenneth Dixon Immediate Past President Board of Directors Terms Ending 1969 Wulter G. Liebert MAICA Jack D. McInnes MICA Homer C Poner SWIC~ Leland F. Sweetser AICWS C. E. Thurston Jr. AACSS I'm B. Wilkes Large Terms Ending 1970 : Gordon W. Harrison CSICA R. F. Yount CSICA Theodore H. Brodie Large Leon T. Choate Large James P. Ennis At Large Terms Ending 1971 Palmier Covil AACSS AACSS A. Marvin Gibbons MAICA Paul D. Gauer MICA W. Munsey AICWS Regional Reporters sCAsCM AMrs rsCAs Mrs Jeanne AACSS L. Hume CSICA Youni Cecilia William B. Berglund Paul D. Gauer SWICA SWICA Carl AICWS AICWS Shilcutt McCaffree MARCH 1969 Labor News Health Representative O'Hara's Mich H.R. 3809 is reported to be stronger in some respects than the occupational safety & health legislation which cleared the House Education & Labor Committee last year According to reports the bill provides for inspections of work sites by the Sec- retary of Labor or his representatives with no ad- vance notice It permits the State to submit their plans for coverage of areas industries or special haz ards for approval by the Labor Department The Labor Department would have concurrent jurisdic- tion with the States for the first year after which time it could cede jurisdiction studying Congress is itching to this session is doubtful Labor Dep't is get going But a law Fringe Gain Estimated at 8.4 Percent In 1968 Average hourly wage of union building tradesmen climbed to 5.27 in closing months of 1968 according to Bureau of Labor Statistics quarterly survey of seven key trades in 100 cities fringe package rose average 44.3 cents or 8.4 percent during year Plumbers show greatest gain cents or 9.8 followed by Electricians with 52.9 cents or 92 percent and Carpenters with 48.5 cents or 8.8 percent Hourly rates excluding fringes ranged from 4.01 for Building Plumbers as of January 2 1969 Shus be stopped in committee and only a House floor fight or Senate filibuster appears to have a chance to halt this bid for more union power according to forecasi presented to conference of Associated Build- ers & Contractors by attorney Harry Lambeth He says threat bill will pass sparring higher construc- tion costs by removing any restrictions on secondary boycotts is real The safety health standard revision did not take effect on February 16 as scheduled Labor Secretary Shultz has delayed for 90 days the effective date allow time for him to study the proposal Shultz states that the delay doesn't reflect an evaluation of the merits of the revision but is necessary to afford time to study a complex regulation he may have to administer May 17 is sct as the new date for the proposed standards to become effective NAACP new plan for a string of construction consortiums will soon be laulnaucnhcheedd BBlacklack owned blackrun manned by mostly working forces the consortiums are being formed to bid on public construc- Continued on page 22 5 48 x 50 is placed horizontally with a return duct over it The space in the trench was much too cramped to permit a workman to wrap in- sulating material around the ducts in the usual manner Also there on was a fear Toy said that con- ventional glass fiber insulation would fail to seal the ducts where the metal stiffener angles were placed Glass fiber insulation Toy says would have been torn to bits when workmen walked on it to STYRO FABRICATORS INC Specializing in PIPE COVERING FITTING COVERS and VESSEL COVERING THIS IS 1 Quality material that fits 2 Service that makes sense to our con- tractor customer We are specialists in pipe covering and we do things others can't or won't 3. Do not contract Do not sell direct in competition to our customers install the return duct As a result urethane foam was sprayed around the supply ducts The penthouse machine room is also insulated with urethane The general contractor is Walsh Construction Company The ure- OUR Keep prices as low as our quality standards and guarantee reserve will permit Go after customers not one shot sales Have a guarantee that makes sense Ours is so broad we cannot put it in writing Support the local and national organizations promoting the welfare of our industry thane foam chemical system was formulated and supplied by Callery Chemical Company Callery Pa F.O. Box 254 Conyers Georgia 30207 Phone 404-483-4133 P.O. Box 1276 Sandusky Ohio 44870 Phone 419-626-8643 1401 Fairfax Trafficway Kansas City Kansas 66115 Phone 913 2-2431 LABOR NEWS is silent as to apartment projects Duff sees no sound Continued from page 24 been motiviated by concern over civil rights he said the new objective apparently was to make it easier to basis to differentiate between site preparation work for an industrial plant and site preparatiopnreparation work for an apartment complex covering 20 acres repeal Section 14 of the Hartley Act that permirs State legislatures to enact Work laws Andrew J. Biemiller chief Congressional lobbyist for the AFL hotly disagreed when told of Sen- Employer Race Bias May Be Unfair Labor Prac- tice Circuit court in District of Columbia declares that Title VII of Civil Rights Act does not preclude NLRB from determining that employer discrimination ator Holland's remarks There was no realignment of forces this time The civil rights advocates labor is proud to count itself were just as determined this time as they were in the past Rise In Construction Jobs Marks 1968 Rebound- ing close to peak achieved in 1966 construction em- ployment during ployment ployment ployment 1968 rose 3.256,000 3.256,00 3.256,0300.256,000 Bureau of Labor by 53.000 to average of Statistics reports and in- dustry'ds ustry's unemployment while still the highest against workers based on race or national origin re- strains rights of employees to engage in conceited in violation of Section a 1 of Hardey activity. Board has jurisdiction to examine racial policies Act employers as well as unions for possible unfair labor practices court says It directs Board to take further evidence on whether West Texas employe | practiced discrimination and if so to issue appropri- ate remedy deciined from 73 to 6.9 percent of labor force Preliminary figures show that cent increase in average hourly earnings pushed up weekly earnings ol employees by 8.42 to average of 163.37 despite dropin workweek figure New Regulation put into effect before the Nixon Administration took over Labor Secretary W. Willard Wirtz issued federal safety and health standards under the Healey Act which covers federal contractors Effective Feb. 17. they set new rules on oc- Apartment Site Work Held Heavy Construction ean Rejecting Operating Engineers claim to higher build- sane: ing construction rates Arbitrator Clair V Duff holds that site preparation work for apartment development pms in Allegheny County Pa is covered by union's construction agreement with Master Builders Associa- tion of Western Pennsylvania Although agreement cupational noise levels machine guarding record- keeping materialhandling and storage , radiation radiation radiation and and airborne contaminants They also adopt other stand- ards from various private organizations At the time they were proposed the National Chamber challenged the Labor Department's right to issue mandatory federal standards empting state specifically mentions industrial plants and sites and Continued on page 32 MARCH 1969 31 settee