Sisters and Brothers, As I sit here and write this article for the Conduit, it is the end of September, and it is still very busy here at the hall. We still have full employment and have 264 “A” Construction travelers working in the jurisdiction. We also have 51 Telecommunication travelers working in the jurisdiction. In August we peaked at 307 “A” Construction travelers working in the jurisdiction. Also, in August both Book 1 and Book 2 were both totally clear. We hadno manpower available down at the hall. There were a few days we had 20 jobs go unfilled. With that the Business Office staff started calling around to many other Locals to help us fill the calls, and now we have 60 on Book 2, which is good, because we still have plenty of job calls coming in and are mostly going into Book 2.
This October 1st marks my 5th year as your Business Manager of this great Local Union. I can’t believe how fast time flies by. Over the past 5 years we here at the local have made significant changes and achievements, all for the betterment of the membership.
Here is a list of some of them:
- Revamped the referral system which has resulted in 5 years in a row that we have had travelers working in the jurisdiction.
- Increased the General Fund by 8 million dollars, which resulted in a dues decrease in 2020 and should result in another dues decrease in the near future.
- Changes to the Labor Day Picnic which made it more kid friendly with all the rides and games.
- The Annual College Scholarship Golf Outing is going into its 4th year and was held October 1, 2021. This golf outing has given 35 scholarships to members children and has paid two hundred and four thousand dollars for college tuition in the past three years.
- Also, all the renovations to the Union Hall, which includes an all-new facade, paint, roof, conference room, neon signs, electric doors in the front lobby and back doors of Union Hall, new portico and patio in the back of the hall, all new LED lighting in the entire building, new shirt and hat room in the back of the hall where we will sell Local 25 merchandise. Also, the front lobby will be renovated in the near future. We also bought season tickets to the NY Islanders for the last 4 seasons, which we raffle off at the Union Meetings.
- We also have signed 71 new Electrical Contractors over the past 5 years and during this time have increased our membership.
I would like to thank President John Guadagno, Financial Secretary Jim Malley, and the entire Business Office staff for helping to accomplish all of these achievements, and we can continue to make Local 25 the best local union in the country.
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Brothers and Sisters, this ends my report for this edition of the Conduit. Remember to work safe, turn off energized circuits, and always stick together out there.
IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH!