Brothers and Sisters:
There’s a lot going on so lets get to it…
IUEC General President Frank Christensen named Local 17 Business Manager John Driscoll Jr to the position of International Vice-President. Driscoll had previously served the International as a Trustee and stepped down from that position to take the new VP role. As a vice-president he will be part of the International’s General Executive Board and will remain as the Local’s Business Manager.
The 2024 Local 17 Golf Outing will be Saturday, July 20 at Bunker Hill Golf Course, 3060 Pearl Road, Medina, OH. Registration and lunch are at 1 PM with a shotgun start at 2 PM. A steak dinner and awards are scheduled for 7 PM. The cost is $150 per golfer. If you wish to attend only the dinner the cost is $40 if paid by July 13 and $45 after July 13. To sign up, look for a link in the announcement on the Local website, iueclocal17.org, contact John at the hall at 216-431-8088 or email him at JEDriscoll@iueclocal17.org.
The Local 17 Retiree’s Dinner was held Friday, May 17, 2024 at Harry’s Steak House in Independence. The event featured awards for the newly minted Gold Card retirees as well as milestone service pins for several of those present. For photos of the event go to the Local 17 website, iueclocal17.org.
According to NEIEP Area Coordinator Jordan Miller, Local 17 filled the 350 available slots for its apprentice list in 24 hours from opening up the opportunity. Aptitude testing took place the week of May 13 and interviews are tentatively scheduled for the first week in June. Good luck to those looking to join the best trade in the trades.
NEIEP has delivered new touch screen monitors as well as tables and chairs to the school. If you have a group such as a church, school, or other organization that can use our old seating, contact John at the hall.
Finals for our apprentice classes were held the week of May 20. Congratulations to all those moving on to the next semester as well as those looking to prepare for the Mechanics Exam.
One of the first jobs any probationary apprentice is given is to keep their job clean. This is not only important for the safety of those working around your area, it reflects on the quality of the job you turnover to the customer. The impression left by hand prints on doors or oily foot prints on floors lasts long after the job is done. Take the time to clean up your job as you go or before you leave to make a good impression on those that follow.
We do don’t block open doors and leave them blocked for other trades without being present during the work. Your local office can schedule any work necessary to be preformed during regular or off hours to accommodate another trade and have someone standby while that work is being preformed. This is mechanics work. If there are any questions or concerns about this policy, contact John at the hall.
The Schindler Cube monitoring units are installed by a team but can be commissioned by a single mechanic as long as there is no factor of safety involved.
On the afternoon of Thursday, April 11, the GFCI feeding the sump pumps at the school tripped and the basement flooded with about an inch of water. There were two classes scheduled for that night and the students of both worked for almost two hours to move materials off the floor and clean up the mess. After the weekend, the basement dried up and the pumps were running as normal.
As of this writing there is one probationary apprentice on the bench.
Until next month…
Work smart, work safe and slow down for safety.
Don
Retiree Buzz Gibbons (left) and his son Tim (right) linger just a little bit longer after helping decorate the Local 17 truck for the 2024 Cleveland St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
International General President Frank Christensen (left) swears in Local 17 Business Manager John Driscoll Jr as an International Vice President at the IUEC headquarters in Columbia, Md April 24, 2024.
Regina and Don Knapik, Mike and Kathleen Hogan and Cheryl and John Goggin share drinks and laughs at Carney’s after the 2024 St. Malachi’s Run Walk.
April 8 was a big day in Cleveland as the Great 2024 Eclipse gave all of us lucky enough to be in its path three and a half minutes of totality. It was an equally big day for this young lady as she lost her first tooth.
International Union of Elevator Constructors Local 17 