b'committeemeetings,conferenceand the information is being tabuPREZ SEZcalls and the everlasting stream oflated.Assoonassubstantiated reportsandarticlestoreadanddataisobtained,wewillinform BEHINDSCENESevaluate.you. THE BolbwwAs you can see there is agreatAs Paul Harvey has been quoted by Tlwmas deal ofeffort given by allas saying, "Please stand by for What do the of time and ficersanddir officers,directors,andcommitteenews". ectorsofMRCAmembers toassociation activities.Clifford Johnson doduringtheThesepeopleserveMRCAwithEmpire Roofing & Insulation Co. courseoftimeproud distinction and ask nothingTulsa, Oklahoma fromonecon in return. Iwould like to ask that ventiontotheeachmemberof MRCAsupport nextconven yourboardwithconstructiveCOURT RULESDEKLEWANOT tion?Plannedopinions,whetherpositiveorRETROACTIVE CONCERNING activitiesincludeawinter boardnegative.AsyounominateandWELFARE AND PENSION meetinginJanuary,asummerelectyournewofficersandFUNDS boardmeetinginJune,afalldirectors,consider that they willIn the April, 1987, issue of the indeedworkh_ toactively -\'b\'ITTfi\'dmeeting in September ano.,ardMidwestRoofer,MRCA\'scounsel oflate fall meeting at ourrepresentyourinterestsinthediscussedtheNationalLabor course, aroofingindustry. annual convention. This scheduleRelationsBoard\'sdecisionin appearsratherstraight forwardJ.o.hn.DeklewaandSons,The without any excess burden on anyMRCA-TAMKOJOINTNLRBheldinthat casethat an individual.ASPHALT STUDY UPDATE,employercannotrepudiatea AsMRCAestablishedits ownPLEASE STAND BYprehireagreementpriortothe administrativeoffice,theofficerexpiration of the contract. As this anddirectorparticipationalsoTimepassesquicklyandisasignificantdeparturefrom changed.Wenowhaveseveralsometimes we are not able toseeprior law, the long-term effects of committees that are active betweenany progress. In this case progressthisdecisioncouldnotbefully boardmeetingsrequiringis being madewithnew and im foreseen. additionaltimefromtheproved methods of "foot printing"Thefederalcourtsarenow committeemembers.Inadditionbeing refined and tabulated.beginning to shape the scope of Unfortunatelytimeispassingthis toourtechnicalandresearchdecision. The U.S.District Court committee, we have committees ontooquicklyandbecauseMRCAfor the Northern District of Illinois healthandsafety,businessand Tamko want the informationhas recentlyruled that Deklewa management,membership,steeptobeas complete,accurateandwillnotsupport aunion\'sclaim roofing and ASTM.informativeaspossible,weareforanupdatedauditoffringe We,also,have projectswherethebenefit payments by acontractor delaying the presenting oftest we have set up special committees,resultsuntilMarchorAprilofwhichhadrepudiatedaprehire 1988, with a full update planned such as the one that developed ourforagreement. - -C-ERTA program. Often wesolicitthe 1988 convention._ InConstructjonIndustry theaidofassociationmembersContractors last year reported aWelfareFundofRockford, and associates,other than boardnumberofsituationsoccurringIllinois v.Jones,acement members,toprovideuniquewithasphalts,primarilycoking,contractorsignedaprehire expertisetoourcommittees.frothing,andfoamingoftheagreementwiththeCement Whethervolunteeredorasphalts in kettles. Our initial stepMasonsonJ uly1,1975,and commandeered,allparticipantsistoestablishadatabaseofrepudiated the agreement by letter interjectaninvaluableinformationonthechemicalonApril 1, 1984. The court found combination of time and effort intocompositionof asphalts, and thenthatpartiesconsidered the bothhad our association activities.to lookat any correlation of thisrepudiationofthecollective In ordertomakeeveryone ondata with fieldsamples,and thebargainingagreementtohave theboard feel likeapartof ourincidenceof coking,frothing andbeeneffectiveforthepast three family,wealsohaveeachboardfoaming.Wehavereceivedtheyears.Theunionfunds memberwritearticlesforthesamplesandcheckedthemfornonethelessarguedthatthe Midwest Roofer,organizeandcompliancetoA.S.T.M.existingrepudiationwas ineffective under participateinconventionstandardsonpenetration,Deklewaand sought an updated programs,andactivelypromoteviscosity,andsofteningpoint.audit from the contractor covering allof ourMRCAfunctions.TheTheseasphaltsamplesarenowApril, 1984 through May, 1986. officershavesomeaddedbeingtestedfortheirchemicalAlthough thethat Court notedthe attractionssuchasexecutivecompositionor"footprinting",DEKLEWA(Cont. on pg.4) Page 3'