MEET YOUR UNION
BROTHERS & SISTERS
The following article is one in series of articles that will be presented here as a means for fellow IAMAW Members to get to know each other. Hopefully these articles inspire us all.
For our next installment of the "Meet Your Union Brothers &
Sisters" series we would like to introduce you to Brother Angelo
Coppolino out of Local Lodge 315 in New Jersey. Congratulations go
out to Brother Coppolino who retired in April 2011 after 30 plus of
years of dedicated and committed service as a servicing member in
the Machinists Union.
ANGELO CAPPOLINO
Brother Coppolino has always been a steadfast union man. In the 1980's
Angelo served as a Shop Steward out of Schering-Plow,
Bloomfield. After that Angelo served as a Shop Steward in
Kenilworth. In February of 1994 Brother Coppolino replaced Gus
Morelle as the President of Local Lodge 315. Angelo is an excellent
union man. Angelo always found a way to settle problems with
management before issues had to go to grievance. You could not ask
for a better man to represent you.
Local 315 Secretary Treasurer, Bill Bernauer spoke of Angelo saying
“I have known and worked with Angelo for some 25 years. When I first met Angelo he was working as an Electrician. As a Shop Steward & later as President of 315 Angelo was very good at what he did, he was the
consummate go-to guy. As the President of Local 315 he knew how to
run the show.” Brother Bernauer continues to say that “As the
Secretary Treasure of Local 315 it was a pleasure for me to work
with Angelo. Even though Angelo is now retired I am looking forward
to our continued friendship. Angelo will be missed by all the
members of Local Lodge 315.”
Local Lodge 315 Recording Secretary Roland Parker commented on
Angelo saying that “Angelo was a damn good Electrician. He even had
his Electrical Inspectors License. Angelo replaced me as a Shop Steward
at Schering-Plow. He ran a good shop with a great bunch of guys.
Frosty (as Angelo was sometime referred to because of his snow
white hair) will be missed by all of us at Local 315. Things will
not be the same without him.”
Bill
Bernauer, Steve Petner, Angelo Coppolino, Dave Stewart, Abdellah
Abdul Qawi,
Jose Rios (top) and Ed Fitzsimmons (bottom) at Retirement celebration at the
District 15 office in Brooklyn, NY.
Angelo accepting an appreciation and
recognition award
from District 15 Directing Business Representative James Conigliaro.
We spoke with Angelo and he had to following to say to all of us:
“I am proud to be a member of the Machinists union for the past 33 years.
The last 17 years were spent as the President of Local Lodge 315. Over the years I also served as Vice President and Shop Steward. After 33 years I decided it was time to retire – I did the best I could. I want to thank
everyone for all that was done at the retirement celebration at the
District 15 office. Carry on the good work. Thank you!”
At this point we would like to thank Brother Coppolino for all his
years
of devoted service to the members of the Machinists Union at Local
Lodge 315. Angelo – your loyalty to the job is commendable and we
wish you nothing but the finest in your retirement! Best wishes!
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