2,929 Entries

Joe Harrison

03/19/12

card number 192

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What a sense of pride being able to escort the Local One Bagpipe Band through the sea of people lining the streets of Pearl River on Sunday. Just want to thank them again for a great time. Also want to thank brother Lynch for the amazing spread put out for all to enjoy. I recommend to all members to get out there and see for themselves how our band represents this union so well. Last parade is this Saturday in Rockville Center. Get out there and support your band.

Thanks again,

Joe Harrison Card # 192

Joe Mahoney

03/13/12

card number retired

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Happy St. Patrick's Day to all. Hey Ronnie L. and Joe D. Jr., meet me at the Lost Lake Cafe for breakfast.

Coffee's up!

joe63vette@verizon.net

CHARLIE NOVAK

03/11/12

card number 10

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I WAS JUST READING THE NEWSDAY AND NOTICED AD FOR NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT. THERE IS A EXAM FOR ELEVATOR AND ESCALATOR MAINTAINERS. ALWAYS GOOD TO KEEP YOUR OPTIONS OPEN, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVE BEEN OUT OF WORK FOR A WHILE, LIKE MYSELF. YOU CAN APPLY ONLINE AT HTTP://EXAM.NYCT.COM OR CALL EXAM INFO HOTLINE 718 566-JOBS (5627) THERE IS A 68.00 NON REFUND FILING FEE. ANYBODY OUT THERE NEED A RELIABLE ESCALATOR MECHANIC, WHO HAS ALL THE SPECIALTY ESCALATOR TOOLS, PROPER MANUALS, ETC. IN HAND AND 30 YRS EXPERIENCE, SHOOT ME A E-MAIL IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY. THANKS.

MOE AITKEN

03/07/12

card number 75

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First id like to thank Mike Duffy for having compassion for the out of work brothers, because i know what its like to have to put food on your table for your kids. So thank you Mike. I guess the halls not going to put the unemployment list up on the website to make it easier for the brothers out of work. I guess they got something to hide. The only reason i say that is because when i got layed off for lack of work, the very next day they sent somebody to work at the same company. Is it fair? What do you think?... Just trying to keep them honest.Because when i was working for World Elevator-Otis they had 1 mechanic covering all of Jersey,Staten Island,Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx when men are out of work. You think thats fair....one guy covering all that area when theirs other brothers out of work? Heres something for the hall to think about "Whereas,we,the Elevator Constructor from the various cities in the United States and Canada,in covention assembled, having seen the necessity for a more thorough organization of our trade, and that a common interest and sympathy with each other urges us to demand the immediate consoldation of the various unions, believing by thus doing we creeate a common bond of brotherhood/sisterhood having for its object the improvement of our moral,social and industrial standing,we have therefore formed this International Union"

Mike Duffy

02/20/12

card number 1613

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I have received a few posts in response to brother Murphy's post. Attending meetings are important, for many reasons. It can be difficult for Brothers and Sisters who have been out of wok for a while to attend. Those unemployed members still have all the bills and responsibilities of the working members. Some have found work at night to support their families and are unable to attend. For others the cost of going to a meeting might be a problem, and for others who have been out of work for an extended period, it can be a little depressing. If you are working, you should be at the meetings. It's tough to make them all but let's all try to make as many as possible. If you are unemployed and not able to make the meetings right now, your seat will always be there for you when you can.

tom murphy

02/17/12

card number 1623

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If you guys with questions would come to the meetings aolt .........I mean all of your questions would be answered ! how many guys out of work? whats up with empire state building ?Did the elevator bill get passed?Why are local 1 members going to the local 4 union meeting next month? etc. etc. etc. That is why we have these meetings.....so you stay informed!!!!!!.............thank you tom murphy

thomasjcoyne

02/16/12

card number 1118

Comments:

How many names are still on the list's

Brian M. Link

02/15/12

card number 1347

Comments:
Please come out & support our departed brother James J. O'Connors family

O'Connor Family Fundraiser Date 3/2/2012 Time: 7:00- 11:00 p.m @ Lands End

40.00 per ticket
Appetizers Included
Cash Bar
Chinese Auction
Live Band & DJ
Please make checks payable to Linda O'Connor
Mails Checks to Robert Hoss
@Sayville High School 20 Brook Street, West Sayville NY, 11796
Tickets can be purchased @ the High School Athletic office
phone # 's 631-244-6625 or call Patty # 631-748-7332.
Event Location Lands End 80 Browns River Rd, Sayville NY 11782
Phone # 631-589- 2040 or www.landsendweddings.com
TICKETS can also be purchased @ the Door If you have any questions please call me on my personal cell 631-576-6497 THANK YOU for any support you can offer , if you cant make the Fundraiser, possibly make a donation Respectfully Submitted Brother Brian M. Link

Moe Aitken

02/14/12

card number 75

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Who runs the list? I thought the halls ran the list not the company. I dont understand why we cant have the list posted, its more convenient for us. Its OUR list, the unions list. Not the companies. If nobody have anything to hide i dont see a problem with it.

Daniel Meegan

02/14/12

card number CH 90490 ledger#167

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searching for work service installation repair mods stairs moving walks hoists etc 25 yrs Helper 1-773-573-9970 Daniel meegan

CHARLIE NOVAK

02/12/12

card number 10

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I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY WE CANT HAVE THE OUT OF WORK BROTHERS+SISTERS LIST ON THE LOCAL#1 WEBSITE. IF ANYTHING I BELIEVE IT WILL HELP THEM. I HAVE RECEIVED CALLS FROM FRIENDS+BROTHERS, WITH THEM EVEN KNOWING I AM OUT OF WORK. I WOULD THINK IT WOULD HELP US BY EVERYONE KNOWING WHO'S OUT, WHETHER IT BE PUTTING OUT THE WORD TO A COMPANY, RECEIVING CALLS FROM OTHER BROTHERS FOR SUPPORT, OR EVEN HELPING FINANCIALLY. I WAS TOLD THAT ITS NOT UP THERE, BECAUSE WE DONT WANT THE COMPANIES TO SEE. THEY SEEM TO KNOW ANYWAY, BY PICKING+CHOOSING WHO THEY WANT TO HIRE. I LOOKED AT THE LIST BEFORE THE HOLIDAYS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAVE SENT MONEY TO SEVERAL OUT OF WORK BROTHERS. IN A FEW WEEKS I WILL HAVE 30-YEARS WITH LOCAL#1 , AND IT BOTHERS ME THAT THERE ARE MANY BROTHERS OUT THERE THAT DONT REALIZE THE BLOOD+SWEAT SHED BY OUR CURRENT +PAST UNION MEMBERS,AND THEIR GRANDFATHERS,FATHERS+UNCLES ETC. ALTHOUGH I HAVE BEEN TO ONLY A HANDFUL OF MEETINGS THE LAST COUPLE YEARS, JUST GOING TO UNION MEETING DOES NOT MAKE YOU A GOOD UNION MAN. I CONSIDER MYSELF A GOOD UNION MAN SINCE I WAS ABOUT 10-YEARS OLD. MY FATHER (RIP) WAS ON STRIKE IN THE EARLY 70'S AND EXPLAINED TO ME WHY!! I UNDERSTOOD, AND COULD NOT GO ON VACATIONS, USE THE PHONE, AC, SIGN UP FOR CAMPS, ETC. AND HELPED MY FATHER TAR ROOFS ON WEEKENDS +WEEKDAYS WHEN SCHOOL WAS OVER. BUT IN THE END IT WAS ALL WORTH IT. SO UNDERSTAND YOU HAVE WHAT YOU HAVE BECAUSE OF THE UNION. IT JUST SEEMS THERE ARE JUST TOO MANY GOOD UNION MEN OUT OF WORK.

liz nielsen

02/09/12

card number 2757

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dear brothers and sisters,
I recently passed and applied for the dob license,after waiting a year ,i was told i was denied.I was denied based on companys i worked for not responding to letters the city sent out to them.You have to submit your work history,then a letter is needed from each company verifying that you indeed worked there,they want a letter from your last supervisor.They are asking the impossible,some supervisors are retired or have moved on.A letter from human resources does not qualify.This is insane and i am going to fight it somehow ,even if i have to call the news.At this point is feels like a scam,350 to take a test,then you sit with an investigator who goes over your paperwork ,says ok ,then a year later they tell you sorry,we sent letters to so and so company and they did not respond so no license for you!If I find a way to appeal this I hope that some of you will join possibly in a class action complaint.they also want 5 years of steady experience and due to lay offs some of you will be disqualified due to that,also running a car does not count as experience.As far as i can see ,the only person going to qualify ,is the guy or gal who has worked at one company since 1979.Lets get together on this and tell our business agents,our congresspeople,the 6 oclock news that new york city is scamming and taking peoples hard earned money and asking for stupid and impossible employment verifications.Your social security and tax returns should be enough!! thanks,in solidariy ,your twisted sista,liz nielsen

Mike Duffy

01/26/12

card number 1613

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It is with deepest regret and sorrow to inform you of the passing of Brother James O’Connor.

Funeral Services

Bayport-Blue Point Funeral Home
683 Montauk Highway
Bayport, NY 11705
631-472-0122

Saturday 1/28/2012 7:00PM - 9:30PM
Sunday 1/29/2012 2:00PM – 4:30PM & 7:00PM - 9:30PM

Funeral Mass:
Monday, January 30, 2012 @ St. Lawrence RC Church, Sayville, NY
11:15 AM

Burial:
Monday, January 30, 2012 @ St Lawrence Cemetery, Sayville, NY

Donald Hart

01/22/12

card number 104813

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Nice Website Local One on West Coast Local 18

Ex Bd

01/06/12

card number 1

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It is with deepest regret and sorrow to inform you of the passing of Retired Brother Patrick Dineen Sr.

David J Hodder and Son Funeral Home
899 McLean Ave
Yonkers, NY 10704
914-237-5800

Viewings:
Sunday January 8th 2012 2-4pm 7-9pm
Monday January 9th 2012 2-4pm 7-9pm

Funeral Mass:
Tuesday January 10th 2012
9:45am
St Barnabas Church
409 East 241st St
Bronx, NY

Moe Aitken

01/03/12

card number 75

Comments:

Im just curious, the big mod job at the empire state building.....how many brothers were taken off the bench? Or how many were recalled? If anyone can give me the answer, please do so.

dave hanley sr.

12/25/11

card number 708 retired

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MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL BROTHERS AND SISTERS

Geezer

12/24/11

card number 1877

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On this Christmas Eve as I anticipate the joy of watching my daughters fall asleep awaiting the arrival of Santa Claus, I cannot help but sit back and realize how lucky I am to be a member of Local One.
Since its inception years ago, I have always happily donated to the Local One Christmas Gift Card program, always making myself and my family feel good about making sure an out of work Brother and Sisters family had a Merry Christmas and always saying to myself as we all do that we were thankful that we were able to help. But as luck has it this year it was my turn to receive these cards. Being out of work for the past three months really sucks but unforunately we have to deal with what we have to deal with. If it wasn't for the extreme generosity of the Brothers and Sisters of this Union, my family's Christmas wouldn't have been as fulfilling as it is.
I cannot tell you how much it means to me and my family when we received this kind of help from our Union, the very generous collections from my Brothers and Sisters in green and the phone calls that I receive from all of you means a lot to me.
Gary, Freddie and especially my shop steward Eddie Moore who calls me weekly to see how I am.
God Bless you all and Merry Merry Christmas!!!

Geezer and Family

Jackie Doyle

12/24/11

card number 100

Comments:

Merry Christmas!!!!

As you may or may not know, we currently have The Elevator Safety Bill A08359 which is legislation that would require Licensing of mechanics and contractors that work on or inspect elevators, escalators and people movers in the State of New York. It would also require conveyance inspections and create an elevator board of regulations to oversee and enforce the law.

You may have seen or heard recently in the news, there is currently no such law in the State of New York regulating elevator safety, so regardless of training and or experience any unqualified person with a set of tools can pose as an elevator contractor or mechanic in the State of New York with disastrous results! I recently viewed a press conference about an elevator accident in which a woman terribly injured. The Brooklyn DA stated that the person working on the elevator violated many industry safety standards, disabled safety features of the elevator and then fled the scene after crushing the woman with the elevator. (see the video of the press conference below) I also read an article this week by Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President) in which he wrote 36,000 people that's right 36,000 people have been rescued from elevators the by New York Fire Department In 2011 alone!!! Many with injuries or dead, add that to the number of people rescued by Elevator and building personnel and the level of incident is astronomical!!!

The Elevator Safety bill will reduce those numbers and create a safer mode of travel for the Elevator Escalator riding public in the State of New York!

The Elevator Safety Bill A08359 is in the assembly and sponsored by Assemblyman Keith Wright and Co Sponsored by Assemblywoman Annie Rabbit and
Assemblyman Rory Lancman.

If you, your family and or friends live, work, visit or plan to visit New York this could effect you!!! Please take a few moments and email these Assembly members and your local representatives, and please share this email with your friends and family and Help Make New York Safer!!!!!

PLEASE MAKE THIS CAUSE ONE OF YOUR NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS

THE NYS ASSEMBLY GOES INTO SESSION JANUARY 4TH, MAKE SURE YOU EMAIL ASSEMBLYMEMBERS KEITH LT WRIGHT, ANNIE RABBIT AND RORY LANCMAN.
LET THEM KNOW WE NEED BILL A08359, THE ELEVATOR SAFETY BILL PASSED NOW!!!!!
EMAILS ARE AS FOLLOWS ;
WrightK@assembly.state.ny.us
RabbitA@assembly.state.ny.us
LancmanR@assembly.state.ny.us

THE LINK TO VIEW THE ELEVATOR SAFETY BILL PAGE ON THE ASSEMBLY PAGE IS;
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08359&term=2011

THE LINK TO FIND YOUR REPRESENTIVE TO THE NEW YORK ASSEMBLY IS;
http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?sh=search

THE LINK FOR THE ELEVATOR SAFETY BILL PAGE ON FACEBOOK IS;
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Elevator-Escalator-Safety-Bill/137401673001851?sk=wall&filter=2

THE LINK FOR THE PRESS CONFERENCE WITH BROOKLYN DA ON ELEVATOR ACCIDENT AND INDICTMENT;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tYE4Qm0g30

Brother Tom Moore

12/24/11

card number 1179

Comments:
Merry Christmas Brothers & Sisters:

Here is a job in the industry with the MTA

Elevator Mechanic - Technical
Metropolitan Transportation Authority - Manhattan, NY
See original job posting at Metropolitan Transportation Authority »

Application Deadline

January 05, 2012

Opening

MTA Metro-North Railroad, an organization with a vital role in the economy of New York State and Connecticut, is a subsidiary agency of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), the largest transportation authority in the United States. Metro-North is a dynamic organization with a strong focus on customer service, safety, new technologies, and service expansion. With a staff of approximately 5,900 people, Metro-North serves more than one million customers per week over 384 miles of rail that link historic Grand Central Terminal (GCT) in New York City and 120 stations in New York State and Connecticut. Metro-North rewards employee resourcefulness, encourages innovation and offers excellent job opportunities in a challenging and diverse environment.

Responsibilities

The essential functions include but are not limited to repairs and maintain both hydraulic and traction elevators and related equipment which includes relays, controls, wiring, contracts, cables and doors.

Qualifications

Vocational or apprentice training related to the position.

Two (2) years of practical experience may be substituted for vocational or apprentice training.

Ability to use volt/ohm meter, tachometer, light tester and fuse tester.

Ability to use mechanical tools relevant to the trade.

Ability to read schematics.

Must be able to work in elevator shafts at heights up to 80 feet.

Must be able to lift and carry tools and material weighing up to 50 lbs on a regular basis and occasionally up to 75 lbs.

High School Diploma or General Equivalency Diploma (GED) required.

Rate of Pay

The wage progression scale is as follows: 70>75>80>85>90>100%. The full 100% rate of pay is $29.39/hour.

Seniority

New employees will establish seniority in the International Association of Machinists (IAM), the union representing Elevator Mechanic, in accordance with the union's current collective bargaining agreement.

Selection Criteria

To be selected for a position, an applicant must: (1) meet the minimum requirements in the job posting, (2) pass a written examination (if applicable), (3) satisfy a background investigation (which includes credit, if applicable), and (4) pass an oral interview, during which the interviewers will further evaluate the applicant's qualifications for the position. Because the selection process is competitive, not all qualified applicants are granted an interview. Metro-North may also require the applicant to undergo a physical ability test, and, if the Company extends a conditional offer, may require him or her to undergo a medical examination, which may include toxicological testing.

For applicants who are current employees, you must be in active service and have worked in your present position for at least one year to be eligible to apply for a posted position. In addition, Metro-North employees are also subjected to an internal investigation, which includes an evaluation of their safety and discipline records, their performance assessments, and of their time and attendance records (including early quits and late starts) for the preceding 30 months. During the 30 month review period, the maximum number of occurrences allowed is 15, and the maximum number of patterns allowed is 8. (An "occurrence" is any absence or consecutive absences of four or more hours, and a "pattern" is an absence preceding or following rest days, holidays, vacation days, etc.) For employees with fewer than 30 months of service, the entire period of their employment is reviewed, and the maximum allowable number of incidents is pro-rated. Absences excused in accordance with Company Operating Procedures are not included for purposes of assessing whether attendance is satisfactory. If occurrences and/or patterns exceed the maximums allowed, the employee's attendance is deemed unsatisfactory, and he or she is disqualified from further consideration, even if he or she has not been previously warned about his/her attendance.

We offer a competitive salary and a comprehensive benefits package.

Other Information

This is a safety sensitive position and subject to toxicological testing.

Must provide hand tools appropriate for job.

Must complete Metro-North respirator training and certification within 30 days of job award.

Other Information

Must have the ability to work various hours, days and shifts in Grand Central Terminal.

How To Apply

Qualified applicants can submit an online application by clicking on the 'APPLY NOW' button from either the CAREERS page or from the JOB DESCRIPTION page.

If you have previously applied on line for other positions, enter your User Name and Password. If it is your first registration, click on the CLICK HERE TO REGISTER hyperlink and enter a User Name and Password; then click on the REGISTER button.

METRO NORTH IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
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