L.U. 108 (ees,em,es,lctt,mar,mt, rtb,rts,s,spa,t&u), TAMPA,
FLJCI (Unit 8) negotiations are concluded and a five-year contract
was ratified. JCI is a manufacturing company of automobile and marine
batteries in the Tampa Bay area. Congratulations on a job well done
to Asst. Bus. Mgr. Jimmy Connatser, Chairperson Gary Foll, Vice
Chairperson Steve Marsh, Rec. Sec. Jason Thomason and committee
members Ray Sanchez and Joey Rogers.
WEDU (Unit 1) employees have ratified a one-year contract. WEDU
(Channel 3) is a PBS affiliate in the Tampa Bay area.
RUAN (Unit 9) employees have ratified a five-year contract. Special
thanks to Ed Falcher (chairperson), Joe Hatfield (vice chairperson)
and committee members Gary Jenkins and Doug Swift for a job well
done.
SECO (Unit 11) employees have ratified a four-year contract. Congratulations
to Chairperson Kenny Green, Vice Chairperson Donny Kent, Rec. Sec.
Dave Rayber, Kenny Whitaker and Melissa Sola-Masso.
Tampa Electric (Unit 6) employees will be starting negotiations
on June 10. Committee members are Chairperson Doug Bowden, Vice
Chairperson Gary Raulerson, Pres. Robert Thomas, Rec. Sec. Jeff
Woodlee, committee members Rick Coronado, Mark Fersaci, Darrel Purifoy,
T.J. Williams and Sam Hamrick, Asst. Bus. Agent John Murphy and
Bus. Agent Floyd Suggs.
Retired member John Vinson has passed away. He was a member for
more than 50 years. Our heartfelt sympathy goes out to Bro. Vinsons
family.
Local 110 Bus. Rep. Ed Linden
(third from
left) was honored at the Faribault Unit picnic.
From left: Organizer Jeff Anderson, Bus.
Mgr./Fin. Sec. Richard Vitelli, Linden,
Faribault Unit Pres. Bob Delesha and Bus.
Rep. Mike Dufour.
L.U. 110 (em,i,rts,spa&u), ST. PAUL, MNAt this writing,
we still have our people being killed in Iraq, so please continue
to pray for their well-being.
The effects of a slow economy continue: We have 100 on Book I.
Local 110 Referral Bus. Rep. Ed Linden was honored at the Faribault
Unit picnic in June for his hard work and service for the unit and
for the greater good of the entire local. During his tenure at Faribault
Unit, attendance at meetings more than tripled, organizing became
a high priority, and members became more politically active. Ed
worked hard to get many speakers on issues of concern to us.
Local 124 members elected to public
office:
From left, back row, Kevin Adey, Curt Dougherty,
John Pauley, Jason Norman, Matt Mapes, and
Dale Allen. Front row, Bob Gregory, Allan Ward,
Sondra Adams, Vince Accurso, Joe Runions,
and Joel Womack.
L.U. 124 (ees,em,i,mar,rts,se& spa), KANSAS CITY, MOCongratulations
to the 12 Local 124 members recently elected to public office. These
officials will help gain public works contracts.
In spite of the slow work situation this summer, IBEW Local 124
members had good timesat the Annual Family Picnic June 7 and the
Annual Local 124 Golf Tournament on June 16. Chris Lacy and Sean
Sullivan turned in a low score of 61. The Dads Day Dollars for
Diabetes fund-raiser the same day collected over $7,000.
The Skills USA/VICA National Competition was held June 22-27th
in Kansas City. August 8-10th was the 17th Annual MDA Super Softball
Weekend with 150 teams participating. Local 124 has raised over
$700,000 for MDA research.
We remember the following deceased members: Leon Carlisle, Alfred
Dennis, Lilburn Kirchhoff, Howard Lord, Herbert Moehle, Robert Shull,
and James Paylor.
Congratulations to the following retired members: James Chaney,
Joseph Franklin, Richard Hudson, Ronald Jones, Marvin Miller, William
Moehle, Gale Moore, Ralph Moriarty, Michael Sullivan, Joseph Terry,
and Robert Williams.
Local 130 Class of 2003 Apprentice
Graduates
with 5th year Apprentice Instructor Eric J.
Rodriguez (left, back row).
L.U. 130 (i&o), NEW ORLEANS, LACongratulations to
the New Orleans Electrical Joint Apprenticeship & Training Committees
(NOEJATC) 2002-2003 graduating class. The graduates are Michael
J. Boudreaux, Jr., Addrell J. Brewer, Robert M. Brown, Tanya A.
Causey, Shondell M. Collins, Robert T. Farr, Brett T. Fell, Michael
W. Fornerette, Andre E. Francois, Scott D. Gerrick, Russell A. GSell,
Milton Gullage, Chris R. Hoke, Corey J. Jeanfreau, Sean M. Krajcer,
Danny J. Miller, Steven N. Nelson, Ricky C. Noto, Lonnie L. Reed,
Troy Rollins, Edmond J. Stein, Jr., Steven Thomas, Coye E. Wigley,
III and Steven H. Yost.
The NOEJATC has selected Coye E. Wigley, III as the 2003 Outstanding
Apprentice. Brother Wigley represented the NOEJATC on May 31 at
the 2003 Louisiana statewide Outstanding Electrical Apprenticeship
Competition held in Baton Rouge, LA. He also attended the NJATC
2003 National Training Institute in August at the University of
Tennessee in Knoxville.
Local 136 recently opened its
new JATC
Apprenticeship Training Center in Birmingham,
AL.
L.U. 136 (ees,em,i,rtb&u), BIRMINGHAM, ALWe at Local
136 are just getting wound up again. Last year we elected Jackie
Goodwin as our business manager, and Randy Goodwin as president.
We also approved a funding arrangement to buy and stock a new apprenticeship
training center.
We are pleased to announce the opening of our new JATC Apprenticeship
Training Center. With over 13,000 square feet of classroom space,
a 5,000 square foot lab, and 3,000 square feet of office space,
the center should suit the needs of our members, contractors and
our apprentices for many years to come.
Work in our jurisdiction is improving. We have a second phase of
construction going on at a Honda plant in Lincoln, Al. Theyre expanding
to twice the original size, and should keep up to 200 members working
at least until Christmas. We also have an out of state non-union
contractor working with us, and they may be signing a full letter
of assent soon. They used Local 136 exclusively to do two earlier
projects.
We may be getting an instrument tech classification soon. That
will allow us to expand our work within the jurisdiction. Courses
for that class will begin in the fall, which further illustrates
the benefit of our apprenticeship training building.
We are having trouble with rising health care costs, much like
every other local. Weve added most of our annual raises to the
insurance fund to strengthen the fund for the near future.
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