Our local union's elected officials assist members in obtaining employment and manage the daily operations, including the very important role of recruiting new members and organizing contractors. Additionally, our representatives cooperate closely with the Apprentice and Journeyman Training Center in providing education and promoting safety programs.

Elected Officers and Officials

Officers
President		Vice - President
Jay Lind, 2nd term as President, 19 year member, 2 terms Recording Secretary, 5 years Apprentice Coordinator 1 term Trustee		Greg Davison, 2 terms Recording Secretary, 23 year member,  1 term Trustee, 1 term E-Board
Recording Secratary		Financial Secratary/Treasrurer Business Representitive
Tony Keithly, One term Executive Board, 23 Year Member		Bob Eslinger, Financial Secretary since 1988, 41 year member, 2 terms Trustee
Conductor		Warden
Richard Deviney, First term Conductor, 11 year member.		Adam Hansen, First term Warden, 9 year member
Executive Board Members
Dave Haddix , 1st term Executive Board, Two terms Trustee, 27 year member		Johnny Braxton,  2nd term Executive Board, 26 year member
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Charles Coats,  2nd term Executive Board, 14 year member, 1 term Warden		Don Fannin, First term Executive Board, 14 year member, 1term Conductor.
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Dan Loftis , First term Executive Board, 12 year member		John Scarlet,  2nd term Executive Board, 20 year member, 1 term conductor,
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Trustees
Daryl Oberholtz, 1st term Trustee, 23 year member		Frank Jones,1st term Trustee, 24 year Member One Term Warden
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Business Manager . Ken Alexander, 36 Year Member,                    2 terms Business Representativeesentative .                                                    Second Term as Business Manager
Business Representitves
Greg Chastain, 2nd term Business Representative, 1 term President,  2 terms E-Board,23 year member		Jim Flach, 3rd term Business Representative, 23 year member, St. Jo Apprentice Coordinator
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Steve Howerton, 3rd term Business Representative, 38 year member		Jim Huffman, 3rd term Business Representative, 24 year member, 1 term E-Board, 1 term Vice-President
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Mark Shughart, Business Representative
Organizer Greg Davison, 2nd term Recording Secretary,23 year member,  1 term Trustee, 1 term E-Board

Local 2 Area

To view a map of the Local 2 area click here.

Sheet Metal Workers Local 2 consists of 6 juridictional areas according to the contract. To view the counties in each, click on the link below to the area you would like to view.

Area 1      Area 2         Area 3        Area 4         Area 5        Area 6

Directions & Maps

The Union Hall is located 1.5 miles north of I-70 exit 63B.
Map to the Union Hall, located at 2902 Blue Ridge Boulevard in Kansas City, Missouri.

History

The impact of the labor movement in America is evident in the history of the Sheet Metal Workers, particularly that of the Local 2. From 1880 - 1889, 62 international unions were established. Among them was the ancestor of the present Sheet Metal Workers International Association. It was called the Tin, Sheet Iron and Cornice Workers International Association, established Jan. 25, 1888. Not all of the 62 continued, but the Cornice Workers survived to make their place in the history of modern trade unionism.

The origins of the union really go back to period in American labor and industrial history when tinners, tinsmiths or metal workers were constantly growning in numbers of shops to satisfy the increasing demand for their products ans services of their skill - for utensils as well as for their construction skills. The metal workers found, as all craftsmen find and come to realize, that only in unity is there strength.

While skills in an expanding economy were at a premium, the advances in wages were not enough to satisfy the the more farsighted of the leaders among the tin workers. The perceptions of one of these men, Robert Kellerstrass, were to be translated into effective action. Early in 1887, Kellerstrass began communicating with other tinners' locals. His letter struck a warm response; other locals and members had been having similar thoughts about combining forces

The official convention call included reference both to Archibald Barnes of Kansas City, Mo., and to Kellerstrass to whom acceptances could be sent. Perhaps credit for the origin and calling should be shared; some observers think so.

The site of the founding event: Toledo, Ohio; the day: January 25, 1888. Tinners' organizations from Peoria, Ill., Kansas City, Omaha, Memphis, Toledo, Dayton and Youngstown convened to "better our conditions morally and socially", as Kellerstrass put it. Sessions were held for four days during which the problems of wages, hours and conditions, as well as labor relations, economic conditions, construction industry matters were discussed.

-from The Sheet Metal Workers' Story: A Chronicle of Fine Craftsmanship 1888 - 1980. By Arch A. Mercey