Schedule
Monday, August 22, 2016
Morning Session
9:00 AM Opening Video
Introduction of Officers
Call to Order – First General Vice President Jay Hurley,
Temporary Chairman
Invocation by Father Clete Kiley
Presentation of Colors
National Anthem of Canada
National Anthem of the United States
Pledge of Allegiance
Welcoming Remarks by Host District Council President
Don Zampa
Catherine Cortez Masto, Candidate for U.S. Senate
Congresswoman Dina Titus from Nevada
Senator Tim Kaine
Video – Political
Video – Premier Christie Clark Greeting
Video – Why I am an Ironworker
General President Dean – Keynote Address
Robbie Hunter, President of California State Building and
Construction Trades Council
Committee Appointments – General Secretary Ron Piksa
Partial Report of the Credentials Committee
Drawing for United States and Canadian Flag
Announcements
12:30 PM Lunch Recess
Afternoon Session
2:00 PM Call to Order – General President Dean
Video – Organizing
Report of the Credentials Committee
Report of the Rules Committee
Memorial Tribute
Partial Report of the Constitution Committee
(Constitution Committee Documents)
Partial Report of the Resolutions Committee
(Resolutions Committee Documents)
Announcements
4:00 PM Recess
No Evening Activity
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
Morning Session
8:00 AM Call to Order – General President Dean
Invocation by Reverend Jeanne Forte
Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO
Official Photo of the Convention
Sean McGarvey, President of North Americas Building
Trades Unions
Partial Report of the Organization Committee
(Organization Committee Documents)
Nomination of Officers
Video – Veterans and Recognition of all Veterans
Drawing for United States and Canadian Flags
Announcements
11:30 AM Lunch Recess
Afternoon Session
1:00 PM Call to Order – General President Dean
Video – Training
Mike d’Oliveira, Deputy Director of Union
Sportsmen’s Alliance
Cecil Roberts, President of the United Mine Workers
Ed Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Ullico
Partial Report of the Resolutions Committee
(Resolutions Committee Documents)
Video – State of the Union
Oath of Office
(Administered by General President Emeritus Walter Wise)
Announcements
4:00 PM Recess
6:00 PM Canada Night – Grand Ballroom
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Morning Session
8:00 AM Call to Order – General President Dean
Invocation by Reverend Steven Yurosko
General Counsel Frank Marco
Report of the Officers’ Report Committee
(Officers’ Report Committee Documents)
Will Fischer, Union Veterans Council
Darrell Roberts, Helmets to Hardhats
in the United States
Brigadier-General (Retired) Gregory Matte,
Helmets to Hardhats in Canada
Video – Helmets to Hardhats
Nan Whaley, Mayor of Dayton, Ohio
Jeff Grabelsky, Associate Director of the Worker Institute
at Cornell University
Ron Kosehwitz, Director of Construction Services
for Ford Motor Land Development Corporation
Announcements
12:00 PM Lunch Recess
Afternoon Session
1:30 PM Call to Order – General President Dean
Partial Report of the Organization Committee
(Organization Committee Documents)
Partial Report of the Constitution Committee
(Constitution Committee Documents)
Video – IMPACT
Kevin Hilton, CEO of IMPACT
Bill Brown, Co-Chair and President and CEO
of Ben Hur Construction Company
Robert Blakely, Canadian Operating Officer,
Canada’s Building Trades Unions
Patrick Dillon, Business Manager and Secretary-Treasurer
of the Provincial Building Trades of Ontario
Report of the Grievance Committee
(Grievance Committee Documents)
Drawing for United States and Canadian Flags
Announcements
4:30 PM Recess
6:00 PM Reception and Banquet – Grand Ballroom
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Morning Session
8:00 AM Call to Order – General President Dean
Invocation by Reverend C.J. Hawking
Tribute to General Vice President George Kratzer
James Hart, President of the Metal Trades Department
Report of the Organization Committee
(Organization Committee Documents)
Report of the Resolutions Committee
(Resolutions Committee Documents)
Report of the Constitution Committee
(Constitution Committee Documents)
Video – Diversity
Report of the Convention Coordination Committee
Drawing for United States and Canadian Flags
12:00 PM Lunch Recess
Afternoon Session
1:30 PM Call to Order – General President Dean
Presentations
Video – Convention Recap
Remarks – General Treasurer Bernie Evers,
General Secretary Ron Piksa, General President Eric Dean
3:30 PM Convention Adjourns
No Evening Activity
Friday, August 26, 2016
Morning Session
9:00 AM Meet in Mirage Events Center
Walk to Trump Hotel to Support the Culinary Workers