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Monthly Local Lodge 2024 Meeting

Notice:

Due to The July 4th Holiday, The Monthly Meeting Will Be Held on Saturday The 12th @ 12:30pm.

Monthly Membership Meetings are Normally Scheduled first the First Saturday of the Month with start time of 12:30 PM.

CHAIRMAN'S MONTHLY MEETING
Call the Hall

*Pensioners & Retiree's Club Meeting schedule
on the Retiree's Page

Delegate Body Meetings For District 725 Are Held At
The Hall, 5402 BOLSA AVE. H.B. CA.

.............General Announcements........

LET'S TAKE THE TIME TO WISH GLADYS MASON OUR BEST WISHES FOR A SPEEDY
RECOVERY. I UNDERSTAND SHE IS DOING GOOD, OUR BEST WISHES GO OUT TO HER
AND HOPE SHE'S BACK TO WORK SOON. 8/7/2007

Message from the President Diana Lord:

ATTENTION: ALL EMPLOYEES REPRESENTED BY THE UNION
THIS MESSAGE IS TO INFORM ALL PEOPLE THAT IF YOU ARE CALLED INTO YOUR
MANAGERS OFFICE OR IN HUMAN RESOURCE IT IS IN YOUR BEST INTEREST TO MAKE
SURE YOU ASK FOR YOUR UNION REPRESENTATIVE.
AS OF LATE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN TOLD IT IS NOT REQUIRED.
IF THIS HAS HAPPENED TO YOU, YOU NEED TO NOTIFY YOUR REPRESENTATIVE AND
FILE FOR LACK OF REPRESENTATION. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU MAKE SURE YOU
REPRESENTATIVE IS AT YOUR SIDE.
12/1/2006

Message From Our Business Agent Gladys Mason - 10/23/2006
If you are going to go out on any type of leave, make sure you go through "Total Access". Do not rely on just telling your manager and or HR.

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FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO REJOIN UNION, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CHAIRMAN. IT IS TIME FOR US HEAL AND COME TOGETHER.

......GENERAL LABOR NEWS .......

IMPORTANT:
Congress passed Pension Reform Legislation 8/3/2006,
Go to http://thomas.loc.gov/ and search for H.R.4 under 109th congress, OR
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=109_cong_bills&docid=f:h4enr.txt.pdf
read the text of the Law.
(August, 2006)

President Bush signed the legislation into Law on August 17th 2006. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/08/20060817-1.html

Read the NLRB Statement regarding the Kentucky River Cases http://www.nlrb.gov/nlrb/press/releases/r2596.htm (Aug 4/2006)

Read about H.R. 219, Amend Title II of the Social Security Act. http://thomas.loc.gov/ and query "HR219" (July 30th 2006)

PBS Has a Must See program called "Can you afford to Retire?" ----    http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/retirement/ This Report is another "Frontline" investigation and well done. It can be watched online or purchased.      (July 30th 2006)

http://www.pbgc.gov/    The Pension Benefit Guarantee Corporation is a Federal Agency.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/SocialSecurity/em924.cfm Read How Business is exploiting the law and how the worker gets robbed. In America, workers pensions are being sold out by loopholes in the Bankruptcy Law. The "Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp" is corporate welfare. American Workers get pennies on the dollar for there pensions. Will Boeing do this to us?

It Happened Here.... http://isakson.senate.gov/airline/042505cq.htm
It Happened Here.... http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/091905O.shtml

This can only be corrected with changes to the law, Support the MNLP of the IAM.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/072706LA.shtml .........Living wage law passed. (July 30th 2006)

Bad Boss?....read other peoples stories... http://www.workingamerica.org/home.cfm ... An AFL-CIO web site

................NEWS OF GENERAL INTEREST TO ALL.................

Internet Fraud, Protect yourself. (August 6, 2006)

Internet fraud is a continuing problem for all. Here are some resource sites of interest for staying safe. All references below were obtained from the LA. Times Print of Sunday August 6th real Estate section.

If you suspect your a victim of internet fraud or crime, go to www.ic3.gov this is a complaint center for Internet Crime. It is a partnership of FBI and the National White Collar crime Center which collects complaints, develops the information and refers allegations to the proper authorities when necessary.
A Consumer Advocacy website recommended by the FBI, www.lookstoogoodtobetrue.com for prevention tips, real life stories and suggested tests you can use to see if you are vulnerable. You Can also order a free DVD about fraud prevention produced by the US Postal Inspection Service.
Got An Actual Complaint?..... www.ftc.gov and file online.
More advice for online protection from the Government and private sector technology companies, go to http://www.onguardonline.com/crossborder.html

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