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Bricklayers Local 5
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May 2011 Sign the petition to get rid of Senate Bill 5. Brothers John Wall, Mike Goldbach, Vince Isaac, Tile Layers Local 36?s Dan Zavagno, B.A.C. Local 16?s Keith Hocevar and yours truly had our petition signature training April 25th. Contact one of us, Brothers and Sisters, sign a petition for the county which you are registered to vote in up to the first of July, and maybe in November we can knock this damned thing out. If you are not registered to vote, we have voter registration forms available for you at the hall. We are really going to have to show up and fight in large numbers to kill this evil beast known as SB 5. TWO SB5 REFERENDUM INFORMATIVE WEBSITES: For the latest news- www.ohaflcio.org. For more news on the campaign - www.WeAreOhio.com. For up to the minute updates on SB5 and other issues affecting working families, text: ohioaflcio to 313131 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LIFE MEMBER and BROTHER MATTEO SUMMA, father of our Retiree?s club President and retired Business Agent Geno Summa, who is celebrating number 107 on May 4th. God Bless you Sir. The members and officers of Local 5 wish you the best of happiness and continued good health. Retirees Bus Trip 2011 Geno and Brother Bob Klimkowicz are planning a Lake Front Lines bus trip to the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh Wednesday, June 29th. Bob wants me to be sure everybody knows that ALL ARE WELCOME.(You don?t necessarily have to be a Bricklayer, or even a retiree, for that matter.) The price will he held at the same as last year?s which was $26.00 per person. Reserve your seat on the bus before they run out by sending a check made out to Bricklayers Local 5 to Bob Klimkowicz, 4657 Lansing Drive, North Olmsted, Ohio 44070. For further information call Bob at 440-777-4231 or Geno at 440-915-0646. These guys do a great job on this function, so get the money to them as fast as you can so they too will have time to rest up and enjoy the trip instead of working right up to the last minute. A BIG TIP OF THE HARD HAT to the members who donated their time and skill in the cold weather on the Brunswick High School Baseball Dugout project. Four dugouts were built; two for the girls field and two for the boys field out of split-faced block. A special thanks to Norm King Construction, who let us borrow their equipment. Field Rep Vince Isaac coordinated the job and Brother Rob Scheel ran the job. Other members working on the project were Jon Briggs, Brian Strohsack, Al Labyk, Ian Hollows, Nick Imbrigotta, Mike McGinty, Chris Kustra, Joe Sweeney, John Moore, Dan Spehar, Ed Grant, Jim Fahey, Jesse Smith, Tom Chappelle, Anthony McCullough and the second year apprentice class. As I write this column on Wednesday April 27th, it has occurred to me that Workers Memorial Day is Thursday April 28th. Please remember in your thoughts and prayers Brother John Weicheck (June17, 1980) and Brother Pat Pizzuli (March 29, 1984) both of whom died on the job. The office of Local 5 will be closed Monday, May 30, 2011 in honor of Memorial Day. To all veterans and active service personnel of the U.S. Military, thank you for serving and protecting our country. Congratulations to Brother Gary A. Herak, who was initiated into Local 5 forty years ago in May of 1971 and will receive his 40 year pin this month. The officers and members of Local 5 thank you, Gary, for your many years of service and dedication to our union. For safety training information please call OADC Safety Instructor Don Mays at 330-382-9600, or log on to oadc.net. Please send your local monthly union dues ($21.00 per month) to the OADC Dues Processing Center, 5171 Hudson Drive, Hudson, Ohio 44236 or call 1-800-442-0479 to make checkless payments or to pay by credit card. Please do not send them to Local 5, as this may cause a delay which could result in you being dropped. To make arrangements to be drug tested, call Safety Controls Technology at 216-587-3000. If you are not working it would be a good idea to call the contractors signatory with Local 5 and ask them for a job, since they are the ones that do the hiring. For signatory contractors contact information log on to www.oadc.net or just pick up a list at the hall at the next union meeting which is always on the third Wednesday of the month, at 7 p.m.
The Local 5 email is brick5@core.comThe International website is http://www.bacweb.org The Bricklayers and Allied Craftworkers Membership services phone number 1-888-880-8BAC. The members and officers of Local 5 offer our sincere sympathies to the families and friends of Brother Al Williams and Brother Marion Karwoski, both of whom passed away recently. IT?S SOFTBALL TIME AGAIN. Finally! The team plays on Sundays at Brookside Park on Rose and Elder Fields. By the time you read this they will have played one game that was scheduled for May 1st (weather permitting) with the second one scheduled for May 8th at 1:30p.m. (bring Mom ) and the third one slated for May 15th at 11a.m. Come out to the ball park and root for the good guys! May all the mothers, be they members or others, have a very happy and peaceful Mothers Day! To see April 2011's copy of The Citizen,
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