[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 105 (Wednesday, September 8, 2004)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1548]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          REGI PHELPS: SAN DIEGO LABOR COMMUNITY AWARD WINNER

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                            HON. BOB FILNER

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, September 8, 2004

  Mr. FILNER. Mr. Speaker and colleagues, today I recognize Regi 
Phelps, as he is honored by the San Diego Labor Community with the 2004 
Johns Fellowship Award at the Twenty-Second Annual John S. Lyons 
Memorial Banquet on September 11, 2004.
  Regi was born and raised in San Diego, California, graduating from 
San Diego State University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics. 
He served in the United States Navy from 1970-1973 and completed 
overseas tours of duty in Vietnam and the Philippines.
  His job with Bechtel began in 1976. He worked as a subcontracts 
administrator on the Hope Creek Nuclear Project in southern New Jersey. 
In 1978, he moved to Richmond, Virginia to work in labor relations for 
the Virginia Electric Power Company at the North Anna Nuclear Facility. 
In 1979, he rejoined Bechtel in labor relations in the early days of 
construction at the San Onofre Nuclear Project.
  Regi has served at Bechtel as Labor Relations Representative, Area 
Labor Representative, Senior Labor Relations Representative, Labor 
Relations Supervisor, and Regional Manager. In 2004, he was named Vice-
President and Manager/Labor Relations, with overall labor relations 
responsibility for Bechtel Worldwide.
  He has been involved in developing the San Onofre Nuclear Project 
Labor Agreement--including the recently-renegotiated agreement in 
effect through 2010--between Southern California Edison (the owner), 
the San Diego Building Trades, and Bechtel. This labor agreement and 
project provides employment for thousands of Building Trades 
Craftspeople.
  Regi also serves as a Director to the North American Contractors 
Association, and as Management Trustee to the Laborers' National Safety 
and Health Fund. He previously served as Vice-Chairman of the 
Boilermakers' Health and Welfare fund and as Trustee to numerous local 
union apprenticeship trusts throughout the western United States.
  Regi's grandfather was a proud member of Laborers' Local 89. His 
father, Ray, retired from Bechtel in 1985, is a current member of IBEW 
Local 569, and was recently awarded his 45-year membership pin. Regi 
and his wife, Christine, have been married for 28 years and are 
currently living in San Francisco Bay area. They have two children: 
Kevin, who is a junior at the University of Southern California, and 
Lauren, who is a sophomore at Lafayette College in Pennsylvania.
  The banquet at which Regi will be presented his award is named in 
recognition of the late John Lyons of the Teamsters who was very active 
in the San Diego community. He was a founder of the San Diego Chapter 
of the Leukemia Society of America. The friends of Mr. Lyons continue 
to support his cause, and proceeds from the yearly banquets are used to 
support bone marrow testing and local research grants. Since its 
inception, the John Lyons Memorial Banquet has raised over one million 
dollars.
  Regi deserves our highest praise for his dedication to the labor 
movement and specifically to labor relations. My congratulations go to 
Regi Phelps as he receives this prestigious Johns 2004 Fellowship Award 
from his peers.

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