United
Association Holds National Signing Day with Greater
Michigan PMC and UA Local 190 Contractors
The
Greater Michigan area was tremendously honored when
UA General President Martin Maddaloni was the special
speaker at the National Signing Day held in Ann Arbor
during the recent UA Instructor Training Program.
Under the direction of General President Maddaloni
and working with International Representative Don
House, the Director for the new HVACR Service and
Residential Department, Special Representative Gary
Hamilton is leading the efforts of the UA to recapture
its share of the residential market.
Pictured
left- Participants in Residential Signing Day
This
commitment on the part of the UA helps to re-emphasizing
the Greater Michigan area's commitment to the residential
marketplace.
Pictured
Right - Standing PMC Vice Chairman Michael Brunett,
John E. Green Company welcoming participants - L.
to R. - Ron House, UA 190 Business Manager, Martin
Maddaloni, UA General President, Mike Brunett, Donald
House, UA International Representative and Director
of UA HVACR and Residential Department, and UA Special
Assistant to the General President William Hyte
Pictured
Left - Michigan's UA International Representative
Joe Sposita, Gary Hamilton, UA International Representative
for Residential, and Ron House, UA 190 Business Manager
The
collective bargaining agreement between UA Local 190
and the Greater Michigan Plumbing & Mechanical
Contractors Association has for the past twenty years,
had provisions for Residential Work. The Residential
Agreement was drastically overhauled in the late 80's
to provide contractors with greater flexibility as
they hired residential workers. This greatly increased
the number of homes that our contractors were able
to cover. UA Local 190's current Business Manager
Ron House continued the creation of programs to assist
with securing this marketplace as he worked with PMC
President Sandra Miller and our Residential Committee
to organize a new Residential Training Program.
UA
President Maddaloni spoke of the UA placing a strong
emphasis on obtaining more of the residential marketplace.
He noted that this will greatly increase the tools
that our contractors have to obtain work in this field.
Gary Hamilton, UA Representative for Residential emphasized
that with the UA National Residential Agreement, our
contractors and workers will be able to travel across
Michigan.
This
will increase the work of the UA Member. The commitment
of the new UA HVACR Service and Residential Department
was emphasized by its' Director, International Representative
Don House.
Utilizing
the UA's format, the Association and UA 190 will be
jointly sponsoring a Homeowner Protection Program.
Along with these two positive additions, UA 190 has
added an Organizer to their staff specifically for
the residential and service trades.
Top Left - Newt Squires, McGovern Plumbing & Heating
signing with UA General President Maddaloni , with
Gary Hamilton and Don House looking on, Top Right-
Joe Comiskey, MasterCraft Plumbing, Left- Andy Bronson,
Bronson Heating & Cooling
Left
- Mike Cogar, Al Walk Plumbing signing Agreement,
Center - George Wilbur, George F. Wilbur, Inc.
Right - Nels Schmidt, Hutzel Plumbing with Ron House
and Joe Sposita joining in
Other speakers at the meeting included Ron House and
Sandra Miller along with UA 190's Training Director
Scott Klapper, Residential Organizer John Calvert
and local Builder, Henry Landau, H. S. Landau, Inc.
Pictured Left - Standing - John Calvert, to
left, Scott Klapper, Sandra Miller, Henry Landau and
George Wilbur
Top- Back Row - Joe Sposita, Ron House, Gary Hamilton,
Michigan MCA's Cindy Maher, from Meto Detroit Plumbing
& Mechanical, Molly Forward, Sitting Left - Walt
Maner, Michigan MCA and UA General President Maddaloni
