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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.
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
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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Scholarship Awards
We’re pleased to announce our 2021 scholarships for children and families of Local 17 members.
At Local 17, we’re committed to creating opportunities for hardworking students in our region and supporting them on the path to success. Thanks to our members’ generosity, we’ve donated more than $1.8 million in scholarships since 1983.
LOCAL 17 SCHOLARSHIPS
Scholarships are awarded based on performance on the AFL-CIO’s Labor History Exam or through a lottery drawing.
Download the application here: 2021 Local 17 Scholarship Application
ADDITIONAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Students may also be eligible for the following scholarships:
- Colleen Sullivan Memorial Nursing Scholarship: Guidelines, Application
- Lou Sarno Memorial Scholarship: Application
- Additional Scholarships offered to Local 17 Members
All applications must be postmarked or received at P.O. Box 1568, Westborough, MA. 01581 by Monday, March 15, 2021. Applicants may only apply for one of the two scholarships. The Scholarship Committee will complete its review and selection on or before March 31, 2021 and notify the two selected recipients by Thursday, April 1, 2021.
