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Bricklayers Local 5 Ohio

The Citizen

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March 2009

Brother Robert Fozio, Director of the Ohio Administrative Council of Bricklayers has retired. The Executive Board and Members of your home local #5, Ohio, wish you, Bob, a well deserved, healthy and happy retirement. We cannot thank you enough for your tireless effort and perseverance in representing our union and our families for so many years. Thanks for sharing all your training and advice. We are all better women and men for it.

 

Congratulations to Brother Ken Kudela who has been appointed to be the new O.A.D.C. Director. Brothers and Sisters, we must stand united behind Ken and give him all of our support, as he has for us without hesitation on countless occasions. Best of luck to you, Brother Ken.

 

There will be a special called meeting of the Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers April 1, 2009 at 8p.m. at 4205 Chester Avenue, Cleveland,Ohio to make recomendations

on the allocation of the May increase.


Tickets for the May 2nd Bricklayers Social Club Reverse Raffle and Dinner are now on sale. It will be held at the Pipefitters Hall, 6305 Halle Drive, Valley View, Ohio 44125. A carved beef buffet style dinner, open bar, appetizers, music, and dancing will be available for the price of $55 dollars per person. The grand prize is $3,000 dollars and only 200 tickets will be sold. Call the Hall at 216-361-1652 or Joe Coreno 440-333-8412 for tickets.

 

SAVE THE DATE: The golf outing will be held Saturday, August 1, 2009 at Mallard Creek .

 

Local Union monthly member dues are to be sent to the following address: O.A.D.C., 5171 Hudson Drive, Hudson ,Ohio 44236. You may also call Tiffany at 1-800-442-0479 to make checkless payments or to pay by credit card.      

MEMBERSHIP NEWS

Best wishes to Trudy Lauber, wonderful wife of Brother Mike, who is recovering from surgery. Congratulations to Brother John Graham and his wife, Angie, on the birth of their baby girl, Samantha.

 

“A tip of the hardhat” goes out to Brother David Buccieri for his donation of hundreds of hours of work on the Italian Cultural Garden Restoration project. Ms. Joyce Mariani, Executive Director of the project noted that “David is not only a skilled masonry craftsman, he is also an architectural scholar of the garden, spending hours doing research to ensure the authenticity of his work. We are proud that you’re a member of our club, David!”  We are proud that you are a member of  Local 5, David! 

 

There are three 40 year service awards this month. Brothers John Bayer Jr., Josef Karas, and Joseph R. Smoley all received pins. From the Executive Board and the Members of Local 5, congratulations and thank you for your many years of faithful service.

 

The Members and Officers of Local 5 would like to extend our sympathies to the families and friends of Brothers Arthur J. Johnson, Donald C. Thiele, Samuel Gadson, Joseph C. Ramunni, and Karl Tiefenthaeler all of whom passed away recently.

 

Apprentice applications are still being taken Mondays and Tuesdays 8 – 11 a.m. at the Hall.

 

To our Sisters and Brothers who do not have current drug free card, call Brother Dave Wondolowski at 216-780-8645 or me, Paul Shymske at 216-346-7655 to make arrangements to be tested.

 

 

The OADC is implementing a new organizing policy to increase and to maintain stability and retention of our membership in these economically trying times. To find out more, come to the Union Meetings on the 1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month at 8 p. m. at 4205 Chester Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44103.                                                                                             

 
 

Union Meetings are
1st and 3rd Wednesday 8 pm at the Union Hall


YOUR FAMILY LOVES YOU! WORK SAFELY!

 

In loving memory of Brother Don Shymske of Carpenters Local Union 95

1956-2009 Rest in Peace

     

Local 5 E-Mail: Brick5@Core.Com.

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