JULY 2009 LABORS’ VIEWS 

LOCAL 1302 ELECTION RESULTS:  I would like to thank our former stewards and executive board members who served our Union for the past three years.  The time that they took to help serve our Union brothers and sisters is greatly appreciated.  I wish them the best of luck in the future.  I would also like to welcome our new stewards and executive board member to the team. 

The results were as follows: 

Chief Steward                           Robert Tardif

President                                  Michael Malone

Vice President                          Stephen Adams

Recording Secretary                      David Comery

Financial Secretary                      John Algiere

Treasurer                                  Frank Tagliatela

Conductor                                Paul Cloutier

Warden                                    Charles Ward

NERCC Delegates                     Michael Malone, Delegate

                                                Stephen Adams, Delegate

                                                Michael Rourke, Alternate

                                                Robert Tardif, Alternate 

MTC Delegates                     Michael Malone

                                                Robert Tardif

                                                Stephen Adams

                                                Donovan Kniss

                                                Michael Rourke

                                                Frank Tagliatela 

1^st shift stewards (5)                 Michael Malone

                                                John Lamay

                                                Mel Moreau

                                                Gerald Renaud

                                                Ronald Hundt 

2^nd shift stewards (2)                 Charles Miner

                                                Phil Brown 

3^rd shift steward (1)                    Paul Cloutier 

I would like to remind everyone that the changes in the SSIP program will start at the beginning of July 2009.  At this month’s Union meeting, we will have a guest speaker attending from Primerica who will discuss various options for retirement investments that you may want to consider.  She will try to answer any questions you may have concerning our SSIP changes.  There are no strings attached to her coming to our meeting and answering our questions.  If anyone is interested in meeting with her about their individual needs, you will be given the opportunity to schedule an appointment.  

A diver’s job was previously posted, and it closed.  As I write this article, the Company still has not hired a new diver.  There seems to be a discrepancy between the qualifications that have been required in the past and what is required now. 

In addition, one of the second shift divers gave up his diver’s job and regressed back to a first class carpenter so that job will also need to be posted. 

Starting on July 6, 2009, we will have an intern working in our department for the summer.  He is from Windham Tech, and his mentors are Dara Salls and Paul Minas.  I feel that these two people will be excellent mentors for our new employee who is only a high school student.  Please be mindful of that fact and don’t expect him to fulfill job obligations that the average carpenter is expected to fulfill.  I hope that this will be a good learning experience for each of these interns in the different departments.