Reelected, Elected and Restored!

IUPAT General Convention 

Building Trades Officers Ceremony 

Pigeon Point Light House

The IUPAT General Convention opened with a speech from  DC16 apprentice, Angelic, addressing the room of delegates on her experience through here pre apprenticeship program into her journey as an apprentice painter in our Union.

The Convention is when we as a Union get together to make goals for the next 5 years as a unit and make amendments to our constitution. It is also when we elect our General Executive Board. President Jimmy Williams Jr. and his Slate of Vice Presidents were reelected for the next 5 years. A list of amendments can be found on the Internationals website. IUPAT.org

Western Region Delegates

West Bay Delegates at the Convention.

The San Francisco Building Trades recently had an election for their executive board. DC 16’s own Anthony Nuanes was elected as a Trustee to the SFBCTC. They had a swearing in ceremony for the board Speaker of the House Emerita Nancy Pelosi did the honor of swearing in the new officers.

Restoration work has begun at the Pigeon Point Historic Light house in Pescadero. The Lighthouse, built in 1871, has stood on the coast as a beacon warning ships off the rocky coast for over 150 years. ICC Restoration, a signatory out of upstate New York is running the project and putting local painters to work to restore this historic landmark!