Committee Report

The committee offered a recommendation that the International president merge the Forging and Allied Industry Conference and the Industrial and Utility Boiler Manufacturing Conference. The committee believes merging the two conferences is needed to deal with unfair trade agreements and other negative legislation. The combined conference, through a unified effort, would seek to be more involved in the activities of the governmental affairs department. It would also promote educating officers, committeemen, and stewards to better represent the members in collective bargaining. The committee further recommended that a conference meeting be held each year in conjunction with the annual LEAP conference. Other recommendations included 1) that International health and safety specialists work with NIOSH and OSHA to develop a heat standard to protect workers in the forging, boiler manufacturing, and allied industries and 2) that a request be made to NIOSH and OSHA to research technical improvements in personal protection equipment for vibration and noise. The report was presented and approved on Day 4.

Committee Members

Jim Pressley	Chairman
Howard Cole	Secretary
Joe Bach	L-357 – Great Lakes
Terry Bailey	L-656 – Southeast
Jeffrey Beitel	L-1073 – Great Lakes
Terry Carney	L-1510 – Southeast
William Coleman	L-1620 – Great Lakes
Walker Dalton	L-1626 – Great Lakes
S. Mike Damm	L-158 – Great Lakes
Scott Deaville	L-1626 – Great Lakes
Michael DiClemente	L-651 – Northeast
Robert Gilbert	L-656 – Southeast
Francis Hawk	L-159 – Northeast
Robert Hopkins	L-906 – Northeast
Kelly Hounshell	L-524 – Great Lakes
Michael Landess	L-1620 – Great Lakes
Jeffrey Latus	L-1509 – Northeast
Freddie Lewis	L-905 – Southeast
Preston Miracle	L-1240 – Great Lakes
Jim Owens	L-151 – Northeast
Ray Pope	L-84 – Central Section
David Sherlin	L-900 – Great Lakes
Billy Staggs	L-483 – Great Lakes
Kevin Szczygiel	L-725 – Northeast
Mike Warr	L-679 – Southeast
Advisors: Rocco DeRollo, Milan Racic, Robert Shaffer

Date: Sunday, July 23, 2006
Time: 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Room: Montego B

Other meeting times will be scheduled as required.