ON THE COVER LIUNA Rallies for Clean Energy Jobs O ver 300 attendees and guests were on hand at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Connecticut for the 2014 New England Regional Conference. Highlights of the conference included a rousing speech given by LIUNA General President Terry O’Sullivan, as well as inspiring words from LIUNA General Secretary-Treasurer and New England Regional Manager Armand E. Sabitoni. Another significant highlight included the signing of a Memorandum of Agreement with Kinder Morgan regarding upcoming pipeline work 6 The New England Laborers’ UPDATE • Summer 2014 ON THE COVER NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL CONFERENCE in Massachusetts and northern New England. The signing of the agreement is captured on the cover of this magazine and features LIUNA General Secretary-Treasurer and New England Regional Manager Armand E. Sabitoni and Allen Fore, Director of Public Affairs for Kinder Morgan. This Memorandum of Agreement, in part, guarantees that the pipeline jobs carried out by Construction Craft Laborers will have union wages and benefits attached, and means hundreds of quality jobs for Laborers who perform pipeline work throughout the New England Region. The New England Laborers’ UPDATE • Summer 2014 7
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