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Mission Statement:
To be the premier Painting Union Contractors Association optimizing relations between Labor and Management towards the positive growth of the finishing industry.

The Northern California Painting and Finishing Contractors, Inc. (NCPFC) represents union painting and wall covering contractors. Our primary purpose is to represent and promote the best interests of our members in all areas of labor relations.
We also keep members informed about current business trends, provide a place for members to go for legislation and regulatory issues, and provide educational training programs for owners and their office personnel.

A Letter From The President:

John Silva : President NCPFC, and Owner of Allied Painters

The Northern California Painting and Finishing Contractors Association had a busy 4th quarter. It started with many of our contractors attending the 2nd Annual District Council 16 STAR Program awards event on September 10th at the Alameda County Fairgrounds.

On September 22nd and September 29th NCPFC sponsored two Sexual Harassment Training seminars for supervisors given by Frank Mellon.

October 5th NCPFC/NCGMA co-sponsored an OSHA Compliance Update seminar given by Max Muller. Mr. Muller, with 38 years of experience as an attorney, businessman and consultant shared a wealth of information with our contractors.

On October 20th we held our NCPFC/PDCA Annual Membership meeting. The membership elected directors and at a later meeting the directors elected officers for the term November 1, 2011 through October 31, 2012. We also elected a new Alternate Board member, Jordan Satrap, from Russell Hinton Company.

October 25th found many of our contractors attending an informational meeting on the 21st Century Health Plan. This is a program sponsored by the DC 16 Northern California Health and Welfare Trust Fund. It is being branded as DC 16 Smart Choices Healthy Rewards and is meant to help members make better choices when it comes to their health. The changes made to the plan are intended to help us to control costs which have been going up 10% a year.

On October 27th the DC 16 Journeyman and Apprentice Training Trust Fund met at the new Training Center in San Leandro and discussed concerns about the State of California looking at taking Montoya apprentice funding away. This would cause a shortfall of $160,000 to our joint apprenticeship program. It was suggested that all associations write a letter to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s office describing the adverse effects this would have on our programs. Both NCPFC and NCGMA have done this. It was agreed that the Training Center will have an open house early next year and I would suggest everyone make an effort to attend and see the new greatly improved facility.

Tony Darkangelo, CEO of the Finishing Contractors Association (FCA) announced that he has hired a Director of Operations to aid with daily operations of the FCA. Mr. Jon Lee has a B.B.A. in management from the University of Iowa, has served as a congressional intern and as a senior associate auditor for an accounting firm. He joined the team on October 26th, 2011.

The 9th Annual Stepping Up Awards ceremony was held on Thursday, November 9th. We had a record 30 award winners.

Don’t Forget – Mark Your Calendar >> February 8th, 2012 >> NCPFC is hosting the Economic Forecast Seminar featuring Dr. Jeffery Dietrich at Francesco’s.