May 2018

International Brotherhood

of Electrical Workers

LOCAL UNION 769

E-mail: mark@ibew769.com

Web Site: http://www.ibew769.com

BUSINESS MANAGER &

FINANCIAL SECRETARY

MARK CUNNINGHAM

PRESIDENT

JEREMY FLETCHALL

VICE PRESIDENT

RAY GARCIA

RECORDING SECRETARY

JARRYD GAUMAN

TREASURER

KEN BRUNKO

EXECUTIVE BOARD BOBBY CARRILLO

LAVELL HILL

BOB LARIVE

GEORGE MOLINA

JUSTIN PONIKVAR

JASON RICE

MITCH ROMNEY EXAMINING BOARD RICHARD BARROS

RILEY HAMILTON

JIM IRELAND

MOHAVE UNIT CHAIRMAN

JIM HOPP

VICE CHAIRMAN

DUSTIN LOCKMAN

RECORDER

TRAVIS MORTON

DirecTV UNIT CHAIRMAN

SCOTT COONS

VICE CHAIRMAN

GABE QUINONES

RECORDER

PAUL TERCERO

APPRENTICESHIP

May 5th Saturday Steps 1 through 3 7:00 AM Field Training, Book Class, Testing.

May 6th Sunday Steps 4 through 7 7:00 AM Field Training, Book Class, Testing. May 6th Sunday AT THE UNION HALL:

9:30 A.M. Executive Board Meets 10:00 A.M. Examining Board Meets 12:00 Noon

REGULAR UNION MEETING Local Union Nominations

May 7th — Monday—7:00 P.M.

DIRECTV Union Meeting in Gilbert @ The

Union Hall.

Unit Officer Nominations May 10th — Thursday—7:00 P.M.

Mohave Unit Meeting in Lake Havasu City @

Quality Inn. (271 S. Lake Havasu Ave.)

Unit Officer Nominations

May 12th—Saturday—12:00 Noon

22nd Annual IBEW Local 769 Family Picnic

Members and their families are invited to our

celebration of Brotherhood.

May 13th—Sunday—

Mother’s Day

Doh !

The Hall will be closed on

Monday, May 28th to

celebrate Memorial Day. We are currently on Death Benefit #242

New Members

A—Administrative Assistant—

Andrea Church; Apprentice—

Anthony Cueto, Dakodo Knippenberg;

Street Light Tech.—Edward Contre-

ras, Richard Martinez-Gamino, Victor

Zavala, Sergio Salazar, Alberto

Matas; Groundman—Jesus Provenio

-Duarte, Timothy Woods, Cole Bat-

tersby, Augustus Southern, Michael

Manos, Travis Fletchall.

The following members will be

recognized for years of service in the

I.B.E.W. at the May meetings:

-CONGRATULATIONS-

Retiree: 45 years—Steve Pershing;

30 years—Matthew Gray.

Active: 10 years—Raymond Garcia;

5 years—Muhammad Asadullah, Ed-

ward Johnson, Scott Nimmo, Howard

Potter.

Mohave Unit: 5 years—Tara

Archey, Howard Friend, Mike Tafoya.

Congratulations to Re-

tiree Dennis Rush.

Gordon Loy, a Journeyman Lineman,

passed away 3/26/18. He was 79

years old and a 58 year member.

Three years ago, the National

Labor Relations Board took modest

steps to streamline, modernize and

improve the process by which

workers petition for an election to

vote on forming a union at work.

The rules reduced unnecessary

delay caused by management law-

yers litigating issues in order to

slow down elections and deprive

workers of their right to vote.

Under the rules, workers get

to vote two weeks sooner—the

median time from petition to elec-

tion is 23

days, com-

pared with 38

days under the

old rules. This

shows that the

goal of reduc-

ing unneces-

sary delay has been met.

Unfortunately, the U.S.

Chamber of Commerce and other

corporate interests have been

campaigning to get rid of

the rules, saying they are unfair to

businesses. First they tried law-

suits—and lost, with the rules up-

held in full by courts in Washing-

ton, D.C., and Texas. Then the

Chamber and their allies tried to

block the rules with legislative

action, which has so far failed.

But now three Republican ap-

pointees to the NLRB are asking

for public comments on whether

the rules should be changed. The

two Democratic appointees to the

NLRB—Mark Gaston Pearce and

Lauren McFerran—disagree, say-

ing the rules have worked well and

there is no reason to change them.

The NLRB took public com-

ments until April 18 on whether it

should change the 2014 rules. Add

your voice to the growing chorus

telling the NLRB to keep the rules.

When: Saturday May 12th @

12:00 Noon

Where: Local 769 Hall

Join fellow members, fami-ly and friends for a day of sun and tons of fun. We will have a Jumpy House, Horse-shoe Tourna-ment, Raffle, Music and free food and drink. We hope to see you there!

The books are as follows: Journeymen Lineman: Book 1 — 1

Book 2 — 5

Book 3 — 0

Book 4 — 0

Operators: Book 1 — 6

Book 2 — 8

Book 3 — 0

Book 4 — 0

Mechanics: Book 1 — 1

Book 2 — 0

Book 3 — 0

Book 4 — 0

Groundmen: Book 1 —10

Book 2 —4

Book 3 — 13

Book 4 — 27

Journeyman Tech: Book 1 — 0

Book 2 — 0

Book 3 — 0

Book 4 — 1