Month of February, 2008

Events

Upcoming events

Unit 6, Portland Meeting(10/07/2008)
Maine Fair Trade Campaign Meeting(10/08/2008)
Unit 9, Waterville ME(10/08/2008)
Unit 2, Manchester NH(10/14/2008)
Unit 2, CE Subunit General Meeting(10/15/2008)
Unit 8, Augusta General Meeting(10/15/2008)

Month of February, 2008

Sign Me Up for Labor 2008 with the Maine and New Hampshire AFL-CIO!

IBEW Local 1837 members are teaming up with our brothers and sisters from other AFL-CIO unions to fight for a brighter future for workers across the United States. Now is a great time to make your union voice heard loud and clear as we prepare to elect a new President as well as other representatives at the federal, state and local level. In fact, Maine and New Hampshire have been identified as two of the six “battleground states” with competitive races that could impact the balance of power in the U.S. Senate.

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Seven is the Lucky Number!

What can seven members at a unit meeting do? (Besides come up with good ideas about things to put on a union t-shirt). They can VOTE. Unit members may want to make a motion to recommend something to the executive board. Unit members get to nominate people for elected union positions. Most actions of the Executive Board aren’t final unless the members vote to approve them. BUT……..The IBEW Constitution defines a quorum for union meetings as seven members. So if there aren’t seven members present there isn’t a quorum and we can discuss anything we want to but we won’t get to vote.

So – Seven is the Lucky Number. We need you at unit meetings, and we hope you will bring your union
co-workers with you!