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MAY 2008 LABORS’ VIEWS Service awards to members of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America for the month of May were awarded to: Paul Cloutier 25 yrs. Chris Manning 25 yrs. Congratulations. UCANN training
will start May 20. The carpenters have three people who will attend.
They are John Lamay, Ron Hundt, and Bill Newsom Reminder:
Employees need to use their sick pay by June 27, 2008, or they will
be paid any accumulated money on that date. The
time will be taken if not used by Nov. 8, 2008. Our senior members
were polled for the carpenter’s position at the sub base.
George Konow was the senior person who was given that job. At last month’s
Union meeting, interest was shown for having our annual Navigator’s Ball
Game cookout. Anyone who is
interested should plan to attend May’s Union meeting because that is when
we will determine if it will be held this year or not. We congratulate apprentices who graduated on April 29, 2008. A number of our apprentices are supporting road jobs, and the Company flew them back for their graduation ceremony. Congratulations are offered to Jorge Gonzalez, Brett Tonnancour, Dave Caron, Kin-Wah Lew, Jacob Lalumiere, Kevin Benoit, John Garton, and Peter Willette. This month our
department furloughed fifteen carpenters from May 5 to June 20.
This is because, at this time, we don’t have enough work for all of
the carpenters in our department. Road Jobs: The Company has asked the Carpenters to support fifty jobs in Newport News, and again, our members have filled that request. That job will continue through August, and there is a possibility that it will extend until November. So far all is good, and the management at Newport News is pleased with our performance. Bob Tardif and I may be visiting the work site on occasion to address any problems which may occur. |