Mass Shop Stewards’ Meeting and Training Day

Dear Shop Steward,

We have decided to call for a mass meeting and training session for all Local 132 Shop Stewards on Wednesday, May 20^th at the Pasadena Convention Center, the same place we held the Mass Meeting. The session will last all day, from 9:00 am till approximately 3:30 pm, and will be lead by Paul McCarthy whom some of you will remember from the Mass Shop Stewards’ meeting we held in preparation for the Mass Meeting, and myself.

 Paul is a labor consultant and union educational specialist who serves as a strategic advisor and union leadership skills trainer to international, state, municipal, and local labor organizations throughout the United States and Canada, He provides over thirty years of experience as a contract negotiator, organizer, and strategist exclusively for labor through his consulting 1km, Collective Bargaining Associates. Paul earned a BS in Management from the Cat-roll School of Management, Boston College, and a MS in Labor Studies from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and is a senior faculty member at the Institute of Labor Relations, The Labor Guild of Boston.

All Stewards will be released for the entire day on union pay, and will be reimbursed for mileage. All stewards are encouraged to car pool. Those traveling more than 100 miles in car pools will be reimbursed the reasonable cost of a meal in each direction as well as mileage. 

This is an opportunity for all stewards to get on the same page at the same time.  Whether you are a new steward or an experienced steward the training will be beneficial to all. In addition, it will allow all of us to learn from each other’s experience working at the Gas Co.

Please check with your supervisor to make sure your clearance has come through, and let us know if you have any problems getting released.

The Shop Stewards are truly the backbone of the Union. I look forward to working with you to build on the success of the Mass Meeting and getting Local 132 organized and moving as it has never been before.

Yours in solidarity,

John Duffy

National Vice President

         Members show up in record numbers to show their solidarity

                    Standing Room Only!  WOW!

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The Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW) has launched Cervical Cancer Prevention Works, labor’s own cervical cancer awareness project aimed at empowering union women to be aware of how to prevent this deadly disease. January is Cervical Cancer month, and union members are encouraged to get informed and get screened for cervical cancer.

Learn more at http://www.cluw.org/cervcancer.html 

UNIONS 101 :  Unions are working people working together to solve problems and build a stronger advantage on the job. Unions make it possible for workers to actively participate in the workplace about safety, security, pay, and benefits. Union workers earn about 30 percent more each week than nonunion workers and are much more likely to have health and pension benefits.