[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 120 (Wednesday, September 15, 1999)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1879]
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                     TRIBUTE TO SHEET METAL WORKERS

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                        HON. PETER J. VISCLOSKY

                               of indiana

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 15, 1999

  Mr. VISCLOSKY. Mr. Speaker, it is my distinct honor to congratulate 
some of the most dedicated and skilled workers in northwest Indiana. On 
September 17, 1999, in a salute to their workers' durability and 
longevity, the Sheet Metal Workers Local #20, of Gary, Indiana, will 
honor their members with sixty, fifty, forty, and twenty-five years of 
continuous service. These individuals, in addition to the other Local 
#20 members who have served northwest Indiana so diligently for such a 
long time, are a testament to the prototypical American worker: loyal, 
dedicated, and hard-working.
  The men and women of Local #20 are a fine representation of America's 
working families. I am proud to represent such dedicated men and women 
in Congress. The Sheet Medal Workers Constitution states, ``* * * to 
establish and maintain desirable working conditions and thus provide 
for themselves and their families that measure of comfort, happiness, 
and security to which every citizen is entitled in return for his 
labor, from a deep sense of pride in our trade, to give a fair day's 
work for a fair day's pay.'' For sixty years, Edward Shirnko and 
Denator Migliorini have followed this creed. For fifty years, the 
following individuals have followed this creed: Mike Busika, James 
Cameron, Earl Chance, Melvin Crook, Marvin Forsythe, Vernon W. Hoehn, 
Eugene Hornrich, James Kocman, Eugene Koontz, Richard McClelland, 
Marcus Meyer, Charles D. Meyers, James Moscato, Raymond Mueller, Joseph 
E. Mullholland, William D. Nielsen, Chester Nowak, Ray Ritthaler, 
William Singel, Joseph Zeman, and Thomas M. Zimmer. In 1959, Jack 
Bacon, J.B. Bugg, Melvin Earnhart, Willima K. Hart, Vernon W. Hoehn, 
Louis Holzli, James R. Hood, Dellis Ivers, Leroy Johnson, Homer Keller, 
Robert Kish, Gordon LaBounty, Frank Macewicz, Jr., Clyde Martin, 
Gilbert Mecchia, Terry Messenich, Donald O'Dell, Homer Rachford, Lorne 
Rearick, John Sisco, and Daniel Wracker began their forty years of 
service to northwest Indiana and membership in the Sheet Metal Workers 
trade union. In addition to the great service and dedication displayed 
by the sixty, fifty, and forty-year continued service members, the 
members with twenty-five years of continued service that will be 
honored include: Daniel Bajda, Frank Beigelbeck, Lloyd Bielski, Timothy 
Bolster, Joseph L. Byres, Dan Gross, James Hirschfelder, Ted Jones, 
Vincent Macielewicz, James Odle, Peter Nielson, Larry P. Long, Tom 
Lopez, Donald McAuliffe, James Moskalick, John Moskalick, Leo Plawecki, 
Glen Shanks, Benito Torres, David Towasnicki, Thomas D. Zimmer, Melvin 
Lolkema, and William J. Singel.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that you and my distinguished colleagues join me 
in congratulating these dedicated, upstanding members of the Sheet 
Metal Workers Local #20 for their hard work in fulfilling the American 
dream. I offer my heartfelt congratulations to these individuals, as 
they have worked arduously to make this dream possible for others. They 
have proven themselves to be distinguished advocates for the labor 
movement, and they have made northwest I a better place in which to 
live and work.

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