From: Joe Sullivan
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Letters of Support Item 16 (D)
Date: Monday, July 24, 2023 10:39:37 AM
Attachments: SM Renewable Energy Training - LOS NECA 16 (D).pdf IBEW LOS SM Renewable Enegy Training 16(D).pdf
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Hi, please find the enclosed letters of support for Item 16 (D) for the July 25th Council meeting from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 11 and the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA). Please let me know what questions you have. Thanks! Joe Sullivan
Director of Energy & Workforce Solutions
IBEW 11/NECA L.A./LMCC
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ITEM 16.D.
JULY 25, 2023
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ITEM 16.D.
JULY 25, 2023
Santa Monica City Council July 21, 2023
City Hall Council Chambers
1685 Main Street, Room 250
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Re: Policy Requiring Renewable Energy Technologies Be Installed by Electricians Who Meet Training and Education Standards - - Agenda Item 16 (D) (a)
Dear Mayor Davis, Council Members, and City Staff:
On behalf of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 11, which represents approximately 12,000 members in Los Angeles County, I am writing to express our strong support for agenda item 16 (D) (a) requiring renewable energy technologies, including electric vehicle infrastructure, solar and battery energy storage systems and microgrids, be installed by trained, educated and licensed electricians.
IBEW Local 11 thanks Santa Monica for its leadership in Sustainability. In addition to all it has already accomplished, Santa Monica’s impressive goals of zero waste, water self-sufficiency and carbon neutrality, including electrifying the Big Blue Bus, will continue to improve air quality, help the state achieve its goals, and set an example for the rest of the nation.
By requiring certain renewable energy measures needed to achieve its targets be installed by skilled and trained electricians, Santa Monica will not only guarantee safety, efficacy, and achievement of desired energy generation/savings, it will create high-road careers. The training and education requirements in this item will lead to careers that pay family-sustaining wages and benefits, no-cost apprenticeship training opportunities with job placement with long-term career pathways, and equity and inclusion.
IBEW works with our partners at the National Electrical Contractors Association (NECA) and the Los Angeles/Orange County Building Trades to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion in our apprenticeship recruitment. Our outreach team collaborates with community groups like the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, 2nd CALL, Women in Non-Traditional Employment Roles (WINTER), Helmets to Hardhats and others to reach populations that are traditionally underrepresented in the workforce.
Santa Monica is leading our county in sustainability. By adopting this item, Santa Monica will make sure its sustainability efforts are installed safely, perform as intended, create high-road careers and provide opportunities for underrepresented populations. IBEW Local 11 strongly supports this.
Sincerely,
Joel Barton
Business Manager
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ITEM 16.D.
JULY 25, 2023
ITEM 16.D.
JULY 25, 2023
From: Dave Everett
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Agenda Item 16.D discriminates against minority-owned contracting firms Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 1:06:15 PM
Attachments: MeritConstructionAlliance.pdf
WECA_OppositionToSantaMonicaAgendaItem16D_25July2023.pdf
EXTERNAL
Item: 16.D, SKILLED AND TRAINED LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS AND RELATED
INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE INSTALLED BY STATE-CERTIFIED
ELECTRICIANS.
July 25, 2023
Council Members,
I sent in a shorter message opposing Agenda Item 16.D earlier so that I would make the 12pm deadline for public comments, however I wanted to follow up with some more detail for you and the appropriate city staff.
Currently written, these proposed requirements outlined in “Attachment A” would exclude over 80% of construction workers who are not “Joint Labor” construction workers, but instead choose to join a “unilateral” State of California approved electrical apprenticeship training program.
The solution is to simply remove the term “joint labor” from the document and open it up to all State of California approved electrical programs.
Otherwise, this policy will discriminate against the majority of the construction workforce and contractors and block minority-owned companies from bidding and working on the projects - as the vast majority of minority-owned construction companies are merit shop/“unilateral” and wish to remain so.
In fact, John Harmon, Founder, President & CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce points out that “98% of Black and Hispanic construction companies are non-union shops,” and according to Harry C. Alford, President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, “…almost all minority-owned contracting firms are not affiliated with unions. African American-owned contracting firms are typically small businesses and employ their own core workforce of skilled construction workers who are not unionized and are generally more diverse than construction workers coming from union hiring halls.” I have highlighted the sections that use the discriminatory phrase “joint ITEM 16.D.
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labor” below:
2. Electrical work will be performed by California state certified general electricians and apprentices registered in a state of California approved joint labor management apprenticeship program.
3. Sixty percent (60%) of all “Journeyman” electricians must be graduates of a Joint Labor Management State of California Approved Electrical Apprenticeship Training Program unless for an EVSE Project governed by Section 2 of this resolution below.
9. Fifty percent (50%) of all “Journeyman” electricians must be graduates of a Joint Labor Management State of California Approved Electrical Apprenticeship Training Program.
https://santamonicacityca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx? Frame=&MeetingID=1375&MediaPosition=&ID=5884&CssClass=
By removing the term term “joint labor” from the document or by replacing it with the term “joint labor and unilateral,” you will be opening the construction work to all State of California approved electrical programs - including members of the Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA.)
WECA is a statewide nonprofit organization serving merit shop/unilateral electrical contractors, their employees and the industry suppliers that support them.
WECA offers federal and state-approved Commercial, Residential, Low Voltage (Voice Data Video and Fire Life Safety) Electrical Apprenticeship programs, an Electrical Trainee program, and workforce development to the electrical and low voltage fields.
WECA additionally shares its expertise by producing curriculum products and publications for the industry.
WECA offers workforce development in an effort to achieve its goal of promoting merit shop electrical contracting as the most valuable, qualified choice for the electrical construction industry.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions and thank you for your attention to these materials.
Dave Everett
Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA)
[email protected]
(714) 889-8533 cell
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1180 W. Spring Street, Suite B
Riverside, CA 92507
www.GoWeca.com
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“98% of black and Latino-owned
construction companies are non-union.”
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2013/11/15/lawsuit-asks-should-taxpayerspay-more-for-labor-peace/?sh=28f86b1e436a] John Harmon, Sr., IOM, Founder, President
& CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce
“Almost all minority-owned contracting
firms are not affiliated with unions. African
American-owned contracting firms are
typically small businesses and employ
their own core workforce of skilled
construction workers who are not
unionized and are generally more diverse
than construction workers coming from
union hiring halls.”
[https://www.mca-ma.com/post/plas-block-minority-women-contractors] Harry C. Alford, President of the
National Black Chamber of Commerce
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JULY 25, 2023
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JULY 25, 2023
Item: 16.D, SKILLED AND TRAINED LABOR REQUIREMENTS FOR
RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS AND RELATED INFRASTRUCTURE
TO BE INSTALLED BY STATE-CERTIFIED ELECTRICIANS.
July 25, 2023
Council Members,
I sent in a shorter message opposing Agenda Item 16.D earlier so that I would make the 12pm deadline for public comments, however I wanted to follow up with some more detail for you and the appropriate city staff.
Currently written, these proposed requirements outlined in “Attachment A” would exclude over 80% of construction workers who are not “Joint Labor” construction workers, but instead choose to join a “unilateral” State of California approved electrical apprenticeship training program.
The solution is to simply remove the term “joint labor” from the document and open it up to all State of California approved electrical programs.
Otherwise, this policy will discriminate against the majority of the construction workforce and contractors and block minority-owned companies from bidding and working on the projects - as the vast majority of minority-owned construction companies are merit shop/“unilateral” and wish to remain so.
In fact, John Harmon, Founder, President & CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce points out that “98% of Black and Hispanic construction companies are non-union shops,” and according to Harry C.
Alford, President of the National Black Chamber of Commerce, “…almost all minority-owned contracting firms are not affiliated with unions. African American-owned contracting firms are typically small businesses and employ their own core workforce of skilled construction workers who are not unionized and are generally more diverse than construction workers coming from union hiring halls.”
I have highlighted the sections that use the discriminatory phrase “joint labor” below:
2. Electrical work will be performed by California state certified general electricians and apprentices registered in a state of California approved joint labor management apprenticeship program. 3. Sixty percent (60%) of all “Journeyman” electricians must be graduates of a Joint Labor Management State of California Approved Electrical Apprenticeship Training Program unless for an EVSE Project governed by Section 2 of this resolution below.
9. Fifty percent (50%) of all “Journeyman” electricians must be graduates of a Joint Labor Management State of California Approved Electrical Apprenticeship Training Program. https://santamonicacityca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Detail_LegiFile.aspx?Frame=&MeetingID=1375&MediaPosition=&ID=5 884&CssClass=
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By removing the term term “joint labor” from the document or by replacing it with the term “joint labor and unilateral,” you will be opening the construction work to all State of California approved electrical programs - including members of the Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA.) WECA is a statewide nonprofit organization serving merit shop/unilateral electrical contractors, their employees and the industry suppliers that support them.
WECA offers federal and state-approved Commercial, Residential, Low Voltage (Voice Data Video and Fire Life Safety) Electrical Apprenticeship programs, an Electrical Trainee program, and workforce development to the electrical and low voltage fields.
WECA additionally shares its expertise by producing curriculum products and publications for the industry.
WECA offers workforce development in an effort to achieve its goal of promoting merit shop electrical contracting as the most valuable, qualified choice for the electrical construction industry.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions and thank you for your attention to these materials.
Dave Everett
Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA)
[email protected]
(714) 889-8533 cell
1180 W. Spring Street, Suite B
Riverside, CA 92507
www.GoWeca.com
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“98% of black and Latino-owned
construction companies are non-union.”
[https://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher/2013/11/15/lawsuit-asks-should-taxpayerspay-more-for-labor-peace/?sh=28f86b1e436a] John Harmon, Sr., IOM, Founder, President
& CEO of the African American Chamber of Commerce
“Almost all minority-owned contracting
firms are not affiliated with unions. African
American-owned contracting firms are
typically small businesses and employ
their own core workforce of skilled
construction workers who are not
unionized and are generally more diverse
than construction workers coming from
union hiring halls.”
[https://www.mca-ma.com/post/plas-block-minority-women-contractors] Harry C. Alford, President of the
National Black Chamber of Commerce
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From: Dave Everett
To: councilmtgitems
Subject: Re: opposition to City Council Meeting Agenda Item: 16.D, regarding skilled and trained labor requirements for renewable energy projects and related infrastructure to be installed by state-certified electricians.
Date: Tuesday, July 25, 2023 1:10:41 PM
EXTERNAL
On Tue, Jul 25, 2023 at 11:59 AM Dave Everett <[email protected]> wrote:
July 25, 2023
Council Members,
I’m writing on behalf of the Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA) to voice our opposition to City Council Meeting Agenda Item:
16.D, regarding skilled and trained labor requirements for renewable energy projects and related infrastructure to be installed by statecertified electricians.
Currently written, these proposed requirements outlined in “attachment A” would exclude over 80% of construction workers who are not “Joint Labor” construction workers, but instead choose to join a “unilateral” State of California Approved Electrical Apprenticeship Training Program.
The solution is to simply remove the term “joint labor” from the document and open it up to all State of California Approved Electrical Programs.
Otherwise, this policy will discriminate against the majority of construction workforce and contractors.
Block minority-owned companies from bidding and working on the project as the vast majority are merit shop and wish to remain so.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Thanks. I look forward to hearing from you!
Dave Everett
Western Electrical Contractors Association (WECA)
[email protected]
(714) 889-8533 cell
1180 W. Spring Street, Suite B
Riverside, CA 92507
www.goweca.com
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