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2012
SMW 565 Scholarships
Remember
that Scholarships are due by February 13, 2012
The 2012
Scholarship Applications are ready! Please click
below for the necessary forms and information to
apply for the scholarships:
We
are unable to allow scholarships to be submitted
online at this time. Sorry for the inconvenience
and thank you for understanding. If you have any
questions about the scholarships, call the
office at 608-257-5757 and ask for Sarah.
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A Letter
from the Business Manager
(August
2011)
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
I
would like to take this opportunity to thank all
of you for your support in the election and to
assure you that I will work for every one of
you. Your
support during the election produced my win;
your continued support will help us all win.
At
this time I would like to tell you about my
first month in office, and what our future
challenges will be.
We have several new directives from our
newly elected General President, Joseph J.
Nigro. I
am sure together we will be able to rise to the
occasion and work together.
After
being sworn in with the newly elected members of
the Executive Board I spent time in Madison with
our Office Manager Sarah Przybylski.
Sarah gave me a general overview of the
internal workings of the office and her duties.
We spent time on the FST duties and how
our billing system works.
I signed up for FST training and
completed it last week.
I have also met with our Organizer Dan
Kortte and was given a report of his duties and
what he is currently involved in.
Dan was recently given a tour of
Greenheck to learn the product and see the
facilities.
Business
Agents Tim Sullivan, Dave Goodspeed, and I
discussed the assignment of representatives to
the shops.
We decided to leave them as they were.
We discussed the possible closure of the
Wausau office or a down size of it to meet our
needs in a better fashion.
I have since decided to move to a
smaller, more efficient office in the Green
Professional Building. Dave
Goodspeed informed me there were some grievances
at Sub-Zero that needed attention and he
reviewed those with me.
Dave and I then met several times with
the VP of Human Resources of Sub-Zero and were
able to settle most of those grievances.
We
have had one Executive Board meeting, and will
have the minutes available in September.
I have met with the committees of
Everbrite, Wolf, Wine, BI, Trachte, and
Greenheck. As
time allows I would like to meet with all of our
shop committees. The
Greenheck committee and I recently met with
newly appointed CEO of Greenheck, James
McIntyre. The
Committee at Greenheck and I are working with
the company to settle out some production
issues, and issues concerning “temp”
workers.
I am also adding more Stewards at
Greenheck and will have a training class as soon
as possible.
I am currently sitting in with the
Bargaining Committee and our Business Agents for
contract negotiations with Trachte.
Tim Sullivan, Dave
Goodspeed, and I just attended the BA Conference
in Chicago.
Our International leaders have directed
to us that we need to internally organize.
What that means for us on a Local level
is that we will form committees and educate our
members. We
need to educate members on the benefits of our
Union, not only the benefits to us as members,
but also for the benefits to our community.
We have been given a waypoint for the
future, but we will need to create our own path.
Over the next couple of weeks I will work with
our Organizer and strategize a way to start an
effective campaign in all of our shops.
I Look forward to seeing
you at the September meetings, and will
hopefully answer any questions you may have
then. In
the meantime my e-mail is rayficken565@yahoo.com,
or check out our Local’s Facebook page.
Fraternally yours,
Ray Ficken
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the following links can help:
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The United Way of Dane County offers many
services to assist those who are going through
difficulties due to the poor economy. Please
click HERE
for a link to the different services they
provide.
Click HERE
for a handout that offers tips on looking for a
new job.
Click HERE
for a handout that offers tips on dealing with
personal finances.
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