Welcome

This month William Steiner and David Hanson attended the NABTU Legislative Conference. I highly recommend watching the following highlights.

N E W S   L E T T E R – March 2023

WAGE & BENEFIT ALLOCATION VOTE

At the April 19^th, 2023, regular membership meeting, we will discuss and vote on the wage and benefits allocation, effective September 1, 2023, for the DC-16 Master Labor Agreement.

DC-16 Wide- Imperial, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Ventura Counties, Kern, Mono and Inyo Counties.                           $2.35

	Option I	Option II	Option III
H&W*	$0.00	$0.05	$0.00
V&H	$0.00	$0.05	$0.10
Pension	$0.05	$0.05	$0.10
A&J P.I.P.E.	$0.15 $0.10	$0.15 $0.10	$0.15 $0.10
Benefit total	$0.30	$0.40	$0.45
Hourly Rate: Wage	$2.05	$1.95	$1.90

* H&W maintenance of benefits to minimum of 24 of months reserve.

District Council 16 Service (HVAC&R ARCA Inland) Master Labor Agreement Wage and Fringe Benefit Allocation effective September 4th, 2023, to September 1st, 2024.              $2.15

	Option I	Option II	Option III
H&W	$0.25	$0.35	$0.50
401a Pension	$0.25	$0.50	$0.35
JJATC  /P.I.P.E	$0.30	$0.30	$0.30
Benefit total	$0.80	$1.15	$1.15
Hourly Rate: Wage	$1.35	$1.00	$1.00

The vote will be held on April 19, 2023, at the Ontario Elks Lodge 1150 W 4th St, Ontario, CA 91762, at 5:30 pm.  Please plan to attend.

LOCAL 398 PICNIC

SAVE THE DATE! Local 398 will be having our picnic on Saturday September 9th, 2023, at Quakes’ Stadium: 8408 Rochester Ave, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. We will have exclusive access to the park starting at 4pm, until the game starts.  The kids are going to love this one. Food, games, baseball and fun!

APPRENTICE CONTEST

Representing Local 398 in the contest will be:

Jesse Rios III- Plumber            Jose Barragan -Pipefitter

COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIP

The State Pipe Trades deadline is March 31, 2023. The application and official rules for the State Pipetrades scholarship and application can be found on http://calpipes.org/scholarship.aspx.

2023-2024 CPMCA Scholarship Program: To be eligible for selection the applicant must be either: (1) a current employee at a CPMCA contractor member company working a minimum of sixteen hours each week for a minimum of three months prior to the scholarship submittal deadline or (2) a child, grandchild, or sibling of any employee (office or field personnel) or owner working for a CPMCA Contractor Member company based in Southern California.

To be eligible for the scholarship the candidate must be awaiting acceptance, accepted by or currently

attending a two (2) or four (4) year accredited college or university as a full-time student (a minimum of 12

units). 

The application must be submitted to the CPMCA office, postmarked no later than Friday, May 12, 2023.

Please reach out to the hall for further information.

DUES

Did you know you can pay dues online via the website? Check out  https://local398.org/dues/

Did you know you can pay dues on the ISAQR app? This is the same app you need to read the QR on your NITC card. If you scan your UA card with the app, it will bring you to the 398/Union Manager app. Once the A&J comes on to the Union Manager system you will be able to check your certs and submit OJTs.

JOURNEYMAN UPGRADE TRAINING PROGRAM

(MANDATORY JOURNEYMAN TRAINING)

Please log on to your account at ajtraining.org to confirm you have met your Journeyman Upgrade Training requirements. All Journeymen must complete 16 hours of training prior to September 1^st, 2023.

September is coming fast, don’t let yourself become unavailable for work. Show your contractor that 398 members handle their business, be at the head of the pack and complete your JUT.

IN MEMORIUM

The following 398 members have passed away. Please remember our members and their families:

Aggie Agajanian-12/22/2022       

John O’Guinn-2/26/2023       

Charles Ochoa-02/26/2023

Robert Williams-5/29/2022      

Richard Wirz-02/05/2023