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Bricklayers Local 5 Ohio

The Citizen

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May, 2008

Membership News

Bricklayers Local 5 Picnic

The date has been set for the Bricklayers Picnic, July 20^th at Clays Water Park Resort located off Route 21 on State Route 93 in Canal Fulton. Tickets are $15, which includes a picnic lunch, pop and beer. You also can access their web site (www.clayspark.com). For tickets and information,

Call Tom Cowan (216) 346-9922 or

Joe Coreno (440) 333-8412.

Members Who Have Passed

The Officers and Members of Local 5 offer our deepest sympathies to the families and friends of our Brothers we lost last month: Brothers William (Scotty) Cruickshank, Maurice F. Knight and Fred Gunther. We also lost one of our old time Marble Masons, 50-year Gold Card Life Member Edward Jankura.

We also wish to extend our sympathies to Life Member Brother Al Azolino on the loss of his sister, Mary Azolino. Sympathies to Life Member Brother Gordy Hein on the loss of his brother, Jerry.

Service Awards

For the month of May we have one member to reach 25-years of service, Brother Leonard Bildstine Jr. Brothers George Walsh and Herbert Sent became 40-year members. Brother Chester Clark became a 50-year Life Gold Card Member. From the Executive Board and all the Members of Local 5 we wish to thank you for these many years of service.

Safety Training

There are no classes scheduled as of this date.

NOTE: You must pre-register for the classes available. To register you must submit a check to the NOADC of BAC in the amount of $20.00. The check will be refunded to you for attending the class. This helps us to curb abuse of the safety training available yet results in no actual cost of training to those who attend

All classes will be held at the NOADC Training Center, 5171 Hudson Drive, Hudson Ohio 44236

For questions and a registration form please contact the Safety Instructor Don Mays at (330) 382-9600

APPRENTICE APPLICATIONS

Local 5 is currently taking applications for the apprenticeship program Thursdays and Fridays from 8am till 11:00am at the Union Hall 4205 Chester Avenue Cleveland Ohio 44103. If you know of interested people who are thinking of pursuing a career in the trowel trades have them contact Local 5 at (216) 361-1652 or Anthony McCullough Apprentice Coordinator of the Regional Training Center for NOADC. 5171 Hudson Drive Hudson Ohio 44236, (330) 463-5419.

Pre- Apprentice Training Classes

This is notification to all Local Unions and its members that Pre-Apprentice training will begin July 7^th 2008. The program is for 12 weeks. Each week will consist of 5 days at 8 hours per day, Monday through Friday. Applications for this class will be until June 18^th 2008. Letters of acceptance, information and directions will be mailed out on Friday June 20^th 2008.

Union Meetings

Every time you miss a meeting and leave other members to look for your interests, you are doing an injustice to yourself and the UNION. Your views should be brought to the membership for discussion. The only way this can happen is for you to be at the meeting. Go to Union meetings regularly and encourage the younger members to do the same, because one important thing to remember is the meaning of the saying:

UNITED WE STAND; DIVIDED WE FALL.

LOOK OUT FOR YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS.
KEEP WORKING SAFE.

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

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