2009 Labor Awards Breakfast Raises Thousands
to Benefit the Boston Minuteman Council of the Boy Scouts of America

Ronald "Jay" Hansen, Sheet Metal Workers Local 17, receives George Meany AwardThe Boston Minuteman Council of the Boy Scouts of America hosted their 2009 Labor Awards Breakfast on Friday June 12th at 7:30 AM. The event raised $30,000 from labor unions to benefit the Boston Minuteman Council which serves nearly 14,000 Boy Scouts in the Greater Boston area. The funds raised will go towards the costs of programs such as "Learning for Life" which serves both boys and girls in inner cities and economically challenged areas. Click here to visit the Boston Minuteman Council's webpage. 

This year's honorees were: 

George Meany Award:
Ronald "Jay" Hansen, Jr., 25 year member of the Sheet Metal Workers - Local 17.

Kevin Gill, President of McCusker-Gill, Inc., receives the Good Scout AwardGood Scout Awards:
Kevin R. Gill, President, McCusker-Gill, Inc.
James M. Wool, Business Manager, Sheet Metal Workers Local 17.

Gompers Good Scout Award:
Senator Michael W. Morrissey of the Northfolk and Plymouth Districts.

Labor Breakfast Honorees in the past included:

2000 
George Meany Award
Joe Nigro, Boston Building Trades Council
Robert Haynes, Massachusetts AFL-CIO

James Wool, Business Manager of Sheet Metal Workers Local 17 and Mass. AFL-CIO Vice President, receives the Good Scout Award2001
George Meany Award
Joe Dart, Massachusetts Building Trades Council

Good Scout Award
Les Merino, Modern Continental

2002
George Meany Award
Louis Mandarini, Jr., Laborers Local 22

Good Scout Award
Robert Band, Perini Corporation

2004
George Meany Award
William Ryan, IUOE, Local 4

 

2009 Labor Award Breakfast Awardees with Co-Hosts Marty Aikens and Mike Berry of IBEW Local 103Good Scout Award
Jack Shaughnessy, Shaughnessy Companies

2005
George Meany Award
Ralph Harriman, Painters & Allied Trades District Council 35

Good Scout Award
Tom Gunning, Building Trades Employers' Association

2006
George Meany Award
Michael Berry, IBEW Local 103

Good Scout Awards
James Coyle, Building and Construction Trades
Jay Cashman, Jay Cashman, Inc.

2007
George Meany Award
Joseph Gilmore, Boston Fire Captain, Fire Engine Company 42

Good Scout Awards
Kevin Cotter, Plumbers & Gasfitters Local 12
George Noel, Massachusetts Department of Labor

Gompers Good Scout Award
Honorable William J. Phelan, Mayor of Quincy

2008
George Meany Award
David A. Craven, United Steel Workers Local 9360

Good Scout Awards
Hugh McLaughlin, Sullivan & McLaughlin
Michael P. Monahan, IBEW Local 103

Gompers Good Scout Award
Martin J. Walsh, State Representative

The Boston Minuteman Council listed the following organizations as sponsors for the 2009 Labor Awards Breakfast:

2009 Corporate Partners

Century Bank and Soverign Bank

Eagle Sponsors

Building Trades Employers' Association & its Affiliated Trade Associations
Sheet Metal Workers' International Local Union No. 17

Life Scout Sponsor

New England Painting and Glazing Industries Joint Trade Board

Star Scout Sponsor

IBEW Local 103
International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council 35
Iron Workers District Council of New England
Shaughnessy & Ahern Company
USW Local 9360

Boy Scout Sponsor

Boston Building Trades Council
Charles P. Blouin, Inc.
IUOE Local No. 4
Iron Workers Local 7
Massachusetts Building Trades Council, AFL-CIO
Reliable Roofing & Sheet Metal, LLC
Sheet Metal Workers' Association Local Union 73
Sheet Metal Workers' International Association
Sprinkler Fitters Local #550
Teamsters Local Union #127

Cub Scout Sponsor

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Boston Carmen's Union Local 589, ATU
Boston Plasterers' & Cement Masons Local 534
Carpenters Local 33
Cox Engineering Company
Fischbach & Moore Electric Group, LLC
Framingham/Newton Building Trades Council
Greater Boston Labor Council
Harrington Brothers Corp.
Heat & Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers Local #6
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers Local #29
Laborers' Local 22
Local 301 Mail Handlers Union of New England
Massachusetts AFL-CIO
Massachusetts Correction Officers Federated Union
Pipefitters Association Local Union 537
Segal Roitman, LLP
The Roofers & Waterproofers Union Local No. 33
Titan Roofing, Inc.
Walsh Mechancial Contractors
Worcester Air Conditioning, LLC

Tenderfoot Scout Sponsor

Mark S. Cohen, Ameriprise Financial Advisors
E.L. Barrett Co., Inc.
John R. Halsey, The Colony Group
Hamilton-Nee Air Systems
Local 1505 IBEW
Lopez The Florist Inc.
Merrimack Valley Building Trades Council, AFL-CIO
North Shore Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
Sullivan & McDermott
The Michael W. Morrissey Committee

Additional Sponsors

Carpenters Local 40
Westwood Permanent Firefighters Association

Click here to visit the Boston Minuteman Council's webpage.