The 2024 Retiree’s Dinner was held at Harry’s Steak House in Independence May 17. The evening was filled with cold beer, good food and great conversation and a lot of stories. The best way to hear those stories is to be a part of the event. For those of you who missed it, you can go to the IUEC Local 17 website, iueclocal17.org for a gallery of photos from the dinner.
The Local 17 Golf Outing will be held at Bunker Hill Golf Course, 3060 Pearl Road, Medina on July 20. The cost is $150 per golfer for 18 holes of golf, dinner, carts and prizes. Registration and lunch is at 1pm with a 2pm shotgun start. If you are interested in only dinner, the cost is $40 if paid before July 13 and $45 after. There is a link on the Local 17 website, iueclocal17.org as well as a QR code for the registration site. For more information contact Business Manager John Driscoll Jr at the hall at 216-431-8088 or email him at JEDriscoll@iueclocal17.org.
All Local 17 apprentices passed their spring semester and will advance to their next semester class. Congratulations to those apprentices who will be sitting for their Mechanics Exam and good luck to the current probationaries joining the NEIEP program in the fall. Both groups are preparing for the most interesting journey in the trades.
The interview process for the New Hire list started June 3 and wrapped up June 7. All applicants should have received a letter notifying them of their slot on the list. Good luck to all those waiting their chance at entering the best trade in the trades.
Local 17 has 190 full members and 17 probationaries on the roll for a total of 207 members. There are currently 15 transient working in the jurisdiction.
A reminder that it is the policy of Local 17 and the IUEC that hoistway doors are not to be blocked open and left for other trades to do work without an IUEC member present. If your superintendent intimates otherwise, contact John at the hall.
Apprentice training does not exclusively occur in the classroom. Every journeyman/apprentice interaction has the opportunity to be a learning experience. Most times the experience teaches the correct way to do a task or complete a project. When a difficulty arrises, it is also a teaching opportunity. This is where the journeyman has a choice: do they stop and take the time to correct the issue using proper tools, materials and methods or do they garbage it together and move on to the next? Your apprentice is watching. Make the right choice.
The Brothers and Sisters of IUEC Local 17 send their condolences to the family of Brother John Driscoll Jr on the passing of his mother-in-law.
As of this writing there are two mechanics on the bench.
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