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Why Membership
Everyone who works hard to make an honest living deserves respect from their employer, both on and off the job. That means being guaranteed safe, suitable working conditions, fair treatment and the family-sustaining wages and benefits necessary to survive as the cost of living continues to rise.
As a member of Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, these basic human needs, which for too many are only a dream, are guaranteed to you through a collective bargaining agreement. You do have the right to stand with your fellow workers and hold your employer to a higher standard, without fear of repercussion.
Funds Office
We’re here to assist you in making the best use of your various benefits.
The daily operation of the Funds is maintained by the Funds Administrator and staff located at the Fund Office.
General Information
The Funds Office should be aware of all your pertinent information including your current address, contact information, marital status and dependents.
Keep your benefit beneficiary designations up-to-date.
All claim forms must be completed and submitted in a timely manner. Due to space and time limitations, incomplete or incorrect forms will be returned and/or denied, and must be resubmitted once completed. Forms received after cut-off will be included in the batch for the following cycle.
Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 Funds Office
1157 Adams Street, 1st Floor
Dorchester, MA 02124
Tel: (617) 426-5646
Fax: (617) 482-1207
Dues
(Office hours or online portal payment)
SMW Local 17 members pay annual dues to the strength and longevity of the Union. These funds are used for membership events, staff pay, outreach and more.
Dues Office Hours:
Monday thru Friday 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM
First Tuesday of every month open until 5:30 PM
You can pay dues online by logging into our Union Fusion Member Portal.
NOTE: All checks and money orders for dues payment should be made out to NERC SMART 17.
REGISTER FOR MEMBER PORTAL
- Visit https://smw17.unionfusion.net/auth/register
- Enter your member number, social security number, and date of birth.
- Enter your email address. The portal will send you a temporary password via email to set up your account.
- Check your email and retrieve your temporary password. Then log in through the link provided using your email and temporary password.
- Once you’re logged in, enter a permanent password. Be sure to write it down or save it in a secure place.
- Verify your personal information and upload a profile picture if you’d like.
- Click “Save Settings.” You’ve successfully set up your account!
PAY THROUGH MEMBER PORTAL
- Visit https://www.smw17.unionfusion.net
- Log in using your email and password.
- Click “Make a Dues Payment” at the Member Portal
- Click the “Pay” button on the item you would like to pay. If you have several outstanding payments, you can click “Pay All.”
- Click “Proceed to checkout.”
- Enter payment information.
- Click “Submit Payment.” You can access your payment history on the left of the screen under “My Transactions.”
Benefits
As a worker, you have a right to quality healthcare, retirement benefits and more. We continually evaluate the benefits we offer and look for opportunities to enhance those benefits while maintaining financially sound programs. Your Board of Trustees continually evaluates the benefits we offer and looks for opportunities to enhance those benefits while maintaining a financially sound Insurance Fund. We depend on you as a member of the Fund, and you should depend on us to provide benefits that meet your needs and are easy to use.
Your benefits plan includes:
Comprehensive medical care for physical health needs and conditions, including annual exams, hospitalization, and surgery provided through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts;
Counseling, mental health and addiction therapy, recovery programs, drug testing, and referral services provided through the Modern Assistance Program;
Prescription drug coverage through EnvisionRxOptions;
Dental care, provided through Delta Dental;
Vision care, provided through Davis Vision;
Weekly accident and sickness benefits, provided through the Funds office; and
Life insurance, accidental death, and dismemberment insurance.
Please note that all mental health and substance abuse disorder questions should be directed to Modern Assistance.
Training & Regulation
Union work is mandated on the majority of public projects because people understand that unions set the standard for safety in the industry.
We give our members the best training to make sure that they stay safe on the job and that the final product meets community standards.
New industry technology, training and regulations are constantly emerging, and SMW Local 17 is committed to keeping you informed and up to date with certifications, so that you have direct access to the region’s building boom.
For the latest apprenticeship and continuing ed opportunities, visit www.lu17jatc.org
Drug Testing
Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 is committed to delivering the safest, best-trained professionals to any job site, and part of that promise means ensuring that our workforce is drug-free.
You can complete your drug testing at our new location in Quincy. When you arrive, please call 617-312-7178 to pre-register. You will then receive a call when you are next in line. Please wait in your car until called, so we can limit the number of members in the lab at one time.
New Drug Testing Location and Hours
From 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays
401 Water Street
Quincy, MA
Due to circumstances beyond our control next Wednesday, June 9, and Thursday, June 10, the Drug Testing lab at 401 Water St. Quincy will not be open for testing.
The lab will be open Tuesday, June 8, from 9:00 – 4:00pm with the hopes that this will lessen the blow of being closed for two days.
Please remember to call 617-312-7178 once you arrive to pre- register.
MAP staff will be wearing full PPE during the testing process. Please wear your mask when entering the lab. When you enter, your temperature will be taken using a non-contact infrared thermometer. If you have a temperature of 100.4 degrees or over, that is considered a fever and you will not be tested.
Retirees’ Club
All retired SMW Local 17 members are invited to join our Retirees Club to stay in touch with your union Brothers and Sisters, and to keep up to date about retiree events, benefits and more.
2nd Tuesday of every month
10:00 a.m. at the JATC Center
1181 Adams Street
Dorchester, MA
If you have questions or would like to attend, please contact James Cortese at jdcortese@verizon.net.
In Memoriam
Find obituaries and ceremony details distributed by families of recently passed brother and sisters.
2021
| NAME OF DECEASED | AGE | DATE OF DEATH |
| Carlton F. Noble | 79 | 8/23/21 |
| Leroy C. Smith Jr. | 84 | 8/21/21 |
| Joel Fairhurst | 71 | 8/3/21 |
| Craig Ballarino | 54 | 7/20/21 |
| Michael Mulholland | 43 | 7/19/21 |
| Thomas G. Albrecht | 83 | 7/17/21 |
| Joseph L. McArdle | 82 | 7/16/21 |
| Peter M. Walsh | 81 | 7/10/21 |
| Robert J. Squires | 82 | 7/7/21 |
| Chester Whited Jr. | 79 | 6/11/21 |
| Vincent J. McIsaac | 75 | 6/4/21 |
| Robert Bergeron | 78 | 4/21/21 |
| Robert L. McDonough | 77 | 4/18/21 |
| Don E. Waldron | 82 | 4/2/21 |
| Charles F. Robinson Jr. | 84 | 3/31/21 |
| Robert S. Farland | 77 | 3/15/21 |
| William Leeman III | 71 | 3/22/21 |
| Jon P. Mitchell | 43 | 3/9/21 |
| Edward J. Whalen | 78 | 2/27/21 |
| Roy J. Berggren | 82 | 2/24/21 |
| Raymond G. Duhamel | 95 | 2/21/21 |
| Gerald A. Bean | 80 | 2/23/21 |
| Robert E. Tracey | 94 | 1/29/21 |
| Robert F. Grue | 80 | 1/19/21 |
| Charles E. Vinitsky | 71 | 1/15/21 |
| Russell E. MacMillan | 91 | 1/5/21 |
2020
| NAME OF DECEASED | AGE | DATE OF DEATH |
| Richard Rumble | 78 | 12/15/20 |
| Paul Lombardo | 69 | 12/7/20 |
| Vincent Vendice | 91 | 12/4/20 |
| Ronald Haslam | 75 | 11/22/20 |
| Joseph F. Feeney | 79 | 11/21/20 |
| Ernest C. Smith | 84 | 10/18/20 |
| Anthony Vinitsky | 93 | 10/11/20 |
| Paul Burns Sr. | 73 | 9/24/20 |
| Robert Fudge | 82 | 9/19/20 |
| Calvin Potter | 77 | 9/18/20 |
| Edward C. Parker | 91 | 9/16/20 |
| Robert Greaves | 96 | 9/6/20 |
| Jeffrey Honea | 62 | 9/6/20 |
| James L. McCarty | 59 | 9/2/20 |
| Daniel Dwan | 80 | 9/2/20 |
| Harry Jones | 68 | 8/18/20 |
| John H. Smith | 72 | 7/29/20 |
| Angelo Porcaro | 95 | 7/19/20 |
| John F. Green | 79 | 7/11/20 |
| David Clancy | 55 | 6/21/20 |
| Normand A. Bourgeois | 79 | 6/13/20 |
| Paul Canavan | 82 | 6/12/20 |
| Gaspare Scurti | 90 | 6/7/20 |
| Brian Crovetti | 64 | 5/27/20 |
| Michael Meehan | 24 | 5/25/20 |
| James S. Oliver | 62 | 5/24/20 |
| Nicholas Caspoli | 83 | 5/17/20 |
| Roland Brousseau | 83 | 5/15/20 |
| Robert Sturk | 78 | 5/12/20 |
| Joseph A. Estrella | 77 | 5/9/20 |
| Richard Mahoney | 85 | 5/3/20 |
| Philip Cannata | 95 | 4/19/20 |
| Wendell C. Bager | 80 | 3/25/20 |
| Richard L. Colantuoni | 73 | 3/23/20 |
| Eugene E. MacFadgen | 74 | 3/22/20 |
| Gaetano S. Mistretta | 85 | 3/19/20 |
| Master Adams | 65 | 2/19/20 |
| Normand R. Dumont | 89 | 2/3/20 |
2019
| NAME OF DECEASED | AGE | DATE OF DEATH |
| Eric Janssen | 73 | 12/26/19 |
| Joseph P. Geary II | 88 | 12/23/19 |
| David LeRoy Stewart | 77 | 12/22/19 |
| Paul R. Moll | 90 | 12/3/19 |
| Kyle McGonagle | 41 | 12/2/19 |
| James Casey | 80 | 12/1/19 |
| Kopel “Carl” Lajmer | 96 | 11/30/19 |
| James G. Boyd | 78 | 11/30/19 |
| Robert Beausoleil | 83 | 11/29/19 |
| Sean Lyons | 54 | 11/27/19 |
| Richard Wild | 80 | 11/10/19 |
| Peter Belmonte | 80 | 11/4/19 |
| Eugene A. Camptatelli | 83 | 10/22/19 |
| Brian P. Costello | 72 | 10/16/19 |
| James A. Painten | 103 | 9/28/19 |
| Samuel P. Volpe | 96 | 9/27/19 |
| Michael P. Walsh | 8/27/19 | |
| Scott Nilsson | 67 | 8/20/19 |
| Edward M. Mack | 70 | 8/18/19 |
| Raymond “Ray” Nash, Jr. | 8/9/19 | |
| Donald W. Kay | 68 | 8/7/19 |
| Frank E. Garland | 83 | 7/6/19 |
| Ronald E. Morrissey | 84 | 7/1/19 |
| Brian D. Daigle | 41 | 6/26/19 |
| Norman J. Gregoire | 72 | 6/20/19 |
| William Henkel | 6/10/19 | |
| Robert A. Mullikin | 77 | 5/26/19 |
| Michael R. Nelson | 27 | 5/18/19 |
| Joseph Andrew O’Brien | 86 | 5/11/19 |
| Gary Jarvis | 79 | 4/30/19 |
| Edward J. Hammond | 84 | 4/24/19 |
| George C. Deveau | 74 | 4/12/19 |
| Kenneth Henry Christiansen | 79 | 3/11/19 |
| Renaldo “Ren” Mauritson | 88 | 2/27/19 |
| Glenn A. Fernandez | 40 | 1/30/19 |
| Robert F. Boucher, Sr | 79 | 1/28/19 |
| George Moore | 84 | 1/18/19 |
| Paul Kavanagh | 78 | 1/17/19 |
2018
| NAME OF DECEASED | AGE | DATE OF DEATH |
| Thomas Mullane | 80 | 12/31/18 |
| Alfred Johnson | 79 | 12/27/18 |
| Joesph A Baer | 89 | 12/9/18 |
| Leonard Maclellan | 75 | 12/4/18 |
| Howard Silva | 72 | 11/17/18 |
| Richard Bickford | 76 | 11/9/18 |
| Robert C Roach | 83 | 11/6/18 |
| Lawrence Abruzzese | 80 | 11/5/18 |
| Kevin Long | 37 | 10/27/18 |
| Joseph J Nigro | 68 | 10/24/18 |
| Robert Keane | 83 | 10/13/18 |
| Eugene Brown | 86 | 10/9/18 |
| Maurice Michaud | 86 | 10/2/18 |
| Arthur Jacobson | 73 | 10/1/18 |
| James Glover | 58 | 9/25/18 |
| Daniel Daly | 78 | 9/9/18 |
| Lawrence Mccauley | 62 | 9/6/18 |
| Anthony Martin | 76 | 9/2/18 |
| Arnold Wilson | 87 | 8/25/18 |
| Frederick J Benoit | 65 | 8/25/18 |
| Donald Roche | 62 | 8/25/18 |
| Pierre Michaud | 79 | 7/22/18 |
| David Geever | 75 | 7/7/18 |
| Gregory Shea | 70 | 6/7/18 |
| Charles Boyd | 73 | 5/30/18 |
| Henry Kosior | 78 | 5/22/18 |
| Paul F Briggette | 84 | 5/10/18 |
| Andrew Williams | 83 | 5/8/18 |
| John Leavit, Jr | 94 | 4/30/18 |
| James Harwood | 96 | 4/20/18 |
| Charles Geary | 54 | 4/13/18 |
| Bernard Nee | 79 | 2/7/18 |
| Lucien Dlugosinski | 94 | 1/20/18 |
| Nelson Kessler | 85 | 1/12/18 |
| Frank Mancusi | 98 | 1/8/18 |
2017
| NAME OF DECEASED | AGE | DATE OF DEATH |
| Ernest A Pinciaro | 74 | 12/29/17 |
| Robert F. Phalen | 84 | 12/16/17 |
| Albert J Oliverio | 94 | 12/7/17 |
| Richard G Chabot | 74 | 10/31/17 |
| Stephen A. Schiano | 68 | 10/19/17 |
| Anthony L Peters | 75 | 10/14/17 |
| Roy L Slocum | 79 | 10/7/17 |
| Michael W Teed | 39 | 10/1/17 |
| Henry M Sacco | 76 | 10/1/17 |
| Douglas E Clarke | 63 | 9/30/17 |
| James McPhee | 66 | 9/30/17 |
| Barry Wong | 91 | 9/11/17 |
| John Belbin | 76 | 8/13/17 |
| Peter Cabot Neily | 80 | 7/24/17 |
| Robert C Bruen | 72 | 7/12/17 |
| James P Freitas, II | 40 | 6/29/17 |
| Nicole F Linscott | 39 | 6/22/17 |
| David McHugh | 77 | 5/19/17 |
| Joseph M Serafini | 67 | 6/11/17 |
| William Turner | 93 | 6/7/17 |
| Lloyd Light | 78 | 5/9/17 |
| Richard Flaherty, Sr | 72 | 5/6/17 |
| Harvey D Morris | 87 | 2/24/17 |
| Frank Rogers | 80 | 4/30/17 |
| Antonio “Tony” Buttaro | 91 | 4/24/17 |
| William M Nickerson | 88 | 4/21/17 |
| James Trubiano | 57 | 4/10/17 |
| Alfred N Sanborn | 94 | 3/6/17 |
| Harvey D Morris | 87 | 2/24/17 |
| Charles A Balzarini | 93 | 2/21/17 |
| George LaMonica | 84 | 2/11/17 |
| Teeli Virta | 94 | 2/3/17 |
| Ernest V Jean | 72 | 1/22/17 |
| Warren Boisvert | 93 | 1/6/17 |
| Laurence Wright | 73 | 1/5/17 |
2021 Local 17 Scholarship Winners
We’re proud to award 26 scholarships totaling $114,500 to the following students:
Four-Year Scholarship Winners
Lauren Drury, Senior at Weymouth High School
1st Place – Robert J. Hayward Scholarship
Amount: $16,000.00 – $4,000 per year
Sponsor: Father, Timothy Drury
Nicole Stoddard, Senior at Archbishop Williams High School
2nd Place 4 Year Scholarship
Amount: $14,000.00 – $3,500 per year
Sponsor: Grandfather, Richard Stoddard
Ethan English, Senior at Marshfield High School
3rd Place 4 Year Scholarship
Amount: $12,000.00 – $3,000 per year
Sponsor: Grandfather, William Nastar
Audrey Wagner, Senior at Weymouth High School
4th Place 4 Year Scholarship
Amount: $10,000.00 – $2,500 per year
Sponsor: Father, Gregory Wagner
Memorial Scholarship Winners
Abby Lyne Kinney, Senior at Southeastern Regional Voc. Tech. High School
Joseph J. Nigro Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $3,500
Sponsor: Father, Peter Kinney
Madison Page Erkkila, Senior at Northwest Metro Tech High School
Charlie F. Geary Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $3,500
Sponsor: Grandfather, Robert Fitzpatrick
Anthony Curcuru, Student at Michigan State University
James M. Kelly Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $3,500
Sponsor: Grandfather, Nicholas Imbrunone
$3,000 – One-Year Scholarships
Aaron Johnson, Senior Abington High School
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Robert J. Johnson
Eric Sylvia, Student at UMass Dartmouth
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Grandfather, Henry Coache
Noelle Tosone, Senior at Pembroke High School
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, John Tosone
Domenic Kovatsi, Student at Lasell University
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father Stephen Kovatsi, II
Krista Magnorelli, Student UMass Lowell
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Grandfather, Richard Taylor
Matthew Maloney, Senior at South Shore Charter School
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Robert Maloney
Adrienne Fencer, Student at University of New Hampshire
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Richard Fencer, Jr.
Zachary Hermanson, Student at University of Rhode Island
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Brian Hermanson
Patrick Leone, Senior at Dedham High School
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Grandfather, Victor Bartash
Stephen Kovatsi III, Student at Merrimack College
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Stephen Kovatsi, II
April Unaka, Senior at Tri-County Regional Voc. Tech. High School
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Leon Unaka
Colin Pond, Senior at North Attleboro High School
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, James Pond
Carly Balfe, Student at University of Maine
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Christopher Balfe
Michael J. Sheehan, Student at Northshore Community College
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Michael E. Sheehan
Brooke Marcotte, Student at Westfield State University
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, William Marcotte
Dennis Field, Student at Bryant University
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Grandfather, Robert Powers
Kendra Ditullio, Senior at Norwood High School
Amount: $3,000
Sponsor: Father, Darren Ditullio
$500.00 – One-Year Scholarships
1st Alternate
Amanda Vrabel, Senior at Canton High School
Amount: $500
Sponsor: Father, Michael Vrabel
2nd Alternate
Sarah Harrington, Senior at Mansfield High School
Amount: $500
Sponsor: Father, Brian Harrington
