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Michael Halpin Email
05/15/05

card number 1422

Comments:

Sunday Morning 7:30 am. 

 

3 seats left. 

 

Some members of The State Assembly Labor Committee will be at the rally.  We can print a copy of the e-mail and hand it to them there.

 

Another suggested sign:

 

"Bring the Olympics To New York State"

 

3 seats left.... West Side Stadium 

 


Richie Vessia Email
05/15/05

card number 1202

Comments:
Flex-Time is another name for Bend- Over !!!!!!!!!!!


Anthony Luciano 
05/14/05

card number 2278

Comments:
To the local one negotiating committee,
What an unbelievable job you guys are doing but its time to move on. You cant negotiate with people who dont want to negotiate. Emany does not want to negotiate and is playing this local for fools. Fools we are not, so lets move on. Ratify the contract! Enamy has three ridiculous proposals on the table and if we move on any one of them we lost the war. A Quote from the collective bargaining update page "Local One’s proposal for the use of GPS protects our members so tracking on off hours would be prohibited. " I dont think the concern of this membership for GPS is during off work hours. GPS is going to be used to track people during working hours. It sounds like GPS is being negotiated. This is exactly what Emany wants. Stop and take everything off the table. They will jump on this if we give it to them. We should not be negotiating to give anything up, we should be adding things to the table like more holidays and sick time. Emany is a bottomless pit when it comes to money so as I said before, move on. Spend time soliciting customers and to move their work to other local 1 companies. INSTALL A FURLOW SYSTEM NOW. Everyone will feel the same pain that way. What a wonderful idea and plan it was to have 60 percent of the union working but now its time for them to contribute to the fight. Not just $250 a month. A furlow system would show emany that employees work for the union, not the company. It would put food on everyones table, strengthen the union and let emany come to us rather then us going to them. I have lived eight weeks without a paycheck and I can go plenty long without those pieces of shit. This fight is about dignity and respect. Let us not forget that this contract has been negotiated already. We did not start at 7-7-7. We worked our way down from a lot higher package. 10 years ago local 3 negotiated a 18.5 percent package over 3 years. It was in the 90's when the inflation rate was flat. The inflation rate has been 2.8 for the last 5 years. A 21 percent increase over 3 years is fair, and just about allows you to keep living at the means you have become accustom to. It does not make your life better, it just keeps your head above water. Anything less would be like tying pieces of babbit to your ankles. After a while you start to sink. (you like that analogy). President Bush is our president because he got the majority of votes. Although I didnt vote for him and about 45 percent of the country didnt vote for him, he is still the president. Does that mean anything to this membership. Let us not lower our standards because the MINORITY wants us to. They are union busters. 60 percent of the companies believe we have a fair contract so move forward, not back wards.
Unfortunately whether you like it or not there are some members out there that are not as strong as others. Because of financial reasons there are some members that are willing to accept emany proposals and go back to work and at the same time deteriorating our working conditions. The longer this goes on the weaker this membership gets. Thats a fact whether you like it or not and thats another good reason for furlows. Furlows will send a very strong message to Emany. A very strong message.
The negotiating committee has to be strong. They have to be like parents with their children in a candy store. No matter how much the kid wants something you have to have discipline not to give into a crying child. I compare this to the membership if a contract of anything less then 7-7-7 GPS, hoisting,or Shift work is on the table. The membership might vote it in. If that happens its not the memberships fault, its the committee. Please dont negotiate, stand firm and slide our package down their throat. As I said before they are not there to negotiate, they have a specific agenda and it has nothing to do with good faith negotiating. If they get anything off of this package, we lost.
Next item, If there are any individuals out there who have any creative ideas on ways of starting up your own companies and becoming a signatory company please reach out. Its a hard thing to do on your own but when resources are pooled together, anything can be done. One elevator at a time, 40 percent of the market becomes 39,38,37...0.
If antbody wants to contact me Bob Stork has my number.
Yours truly
Anthony Luciano
Stayin Strong in the Bronx


gene gambino Email
05/14/05

card number 8654

Comments:

I just read Ray`s letter to all union personnel. To see what EMANY is doing to all of their "valued employee`s" is  unlawful. To see all of these hard working men and woman trying to put food on there table because the were told they can`t come to work but the other 45 companies can ,THATS UNLAWFUL!

To see all these hard working people not being able to make their monthly bills because they were told they can`t come to work THATS UNLAWFUL! The way I see it they are assaulting us with there unlawful conduct. What these companies see as unlawful some see as a way to expel anger and frustration because what was done to them was unjust

WAKE UP EMANY SEE HOW YOUR TREATING YOUR 

           "VALUED EMPLOYEES"


Brian Luckenbach 
05/14/05

card number 1390

Comments:

For all NJ guys...Bill # A3812 ( permits benefits for employees "locked out" by their employers) is going before the Assembly Labor Committee on May 19th. All in NJ should click on this link and tell the labor chair, Mr. Egan, how important it is to pass this bill QUICKLY.....

 

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/egan.asp

 

Stay strong!

Brian Luckenbach


Brother Tom Moore Email
05/14/05

card number 1179

Comments:

 

THE ELEVATOR SAFETY BILL/THE TIME IS NOW

 

http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A07433

 

The Above link is  for the elevator safety bill.

 

http://assembly.state.ny.us/comm/?sec=mem&id=25

 

The above link is for the labor committee.

Please click on it and send the different members a MSG to support the bill.

 

 http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?sh=agen2&agenda=17

 

The above link is for the agenda for the labor committee.

They will be discussing the Elevator Safety Bill on Tuesday.

So let's get those email flowing.

 

 A07433   

  JOHN, EDDINGTON, KARBEN, ORTIZ,      COLTON,   LATIMER  

 

Are the assembly people that are with us.

Please leave them alone and bother the other people on this list.

 

Please do this today and pass this around to your friends and neighbors on your many different e mails list.

 

Thanks for all that you do, all we have is each other. So stick together.

Stay Strong.

Brother Tom Moore, Local One, IUEC


                  

 

 

 


Colin Kowalski Email
05/14/05

card number 2361

Comments:

 

 

     Ask not what your union can do for you

 

     Ask what you can do for your union !


CHARLIE DECARO 
05/14/05

card number 2358

Comments:

WHAT IF WE ALL AT LOCAL 1 WERE ALLREADY LICENSED TO CONSTRUCT, MODERNIZE, REPAIR AND TO MAINTAIN AND SERVICE ALL THE ELEVATORS, ESCALATORS AND MOVING WALKS IN NEW YORK STATE? WELL THE ONLY ANSWERS I CAN FIGURE OUT IS-

1-WE ALL WOULD BE WORKING WHILE LOCAL 1 NEGOTIATES WITH THE EVIL EMPIRE.

2-WE ALL WOULD NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT NON-UNION AND LOCAL3 RAIDING OUR JOBS.

3-EVEN IF THE EVIL EMPIRE CONDUCTED THEMSELVES THE SAME WAY W/OUR LICENSE THEY WOULD BE BREAKING THE LAW POSSIBLY FINED AND EVEN SHUTDOWN SO THEY COULD NOT EVEN ANSWER THE PHONES.

 

SO THE CLEAR AND EVIDENT PICTURE AT HAND IS TO REACH OUT TO AS MANY ELECTED ASSEMBLY MEN AND WOMEN AND LET THEM KNOW POLITELY THAT WE CARE FOR THE RIDING PUBLIC AND THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SHOW UP FOR WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT THAT INSTALLS AND MAINTAINS THE EQUIPMENT. BOTTOM LINE IS SCABS WITH NO EXPERIENCE OR NEXT TO LITTLE KNOWLEDGE OF THE COMPLEX EQUIPMENT AND CODES JUST DOESN'T CUT IT IN A CITY THAT HAS THE TOUGHEST RULES AND REGULATIONS IN THE COUNTRY AS FAR AS SKILLED WORK IS CONCERNED. WE ALWAYS HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SET THE BAR.

 

WE MUST NOT AND WILL NOT ALLOW THE EVIL EMPIRE TO SET THE BAR IN OUR TOWN, OUR CITY, OUR STATE.

 

BROTHER TOM MOORE POSTED A MESSAGE WITH INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO REACH OUT TO OUR POLITICIANS. SO TAKE THE TIME TO PRESERVE OUR WORK, OUR LIVELIHOOD AND OUR WAY OF LIFE. LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD, BECAUSE IF THE EVIL EMPIRE WERE TO DO IT, THEY WOULD BEG FOR THIS BILL TO DIE ON THE DESK IT WAS WRITTEN ON.

 

WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR THIS UNION LATELY

WHAT COULD YOU DO FOR YOURSELF?

HOW COULD YOU BREAK THE EVIL EMPIRES BACK?

HOW CAN YOU MAKE JIMMY WALKER LOOK LIKE A $2 AN HOUR RENT- A -CLOWN?

 

WELL TAKE A LONG HARD LOOK AT WHAT I WROTE ABOVE AND WHAT BROTHER MOORE HAS REPEATEDLY BEEN POSTING AS WELL AS VERBALLY BEEN ADDRESSING TO US AT THE MEETINGS. WE GOT TILL THE BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK TO MOTIVATE OURSELVES AND OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO STAND UP TO WHAT WILL CHANGE THIS UNJUST LOCKOUT AND ANY FUTURE CONTRACT DISPUTES. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHO ARE YOUR ELECTED ASSEMBLY, THEN DO A ZIP CODE SEARCH ON THEIR WEB SITE AND IT WILL RETURN WITH A FEW NAMES. LET THEM ALL KNOW WHAT YOU WANT AND WHY YOU WANT IT. LETS NOT LET BROTHER MOORE DOWN. LETS NOT LET HIS EFFORTS GO UNHEARD. REMEMBER THIS UNION IS NOT ONLY ABOUT GOING TO WORK AND COLLECTING A PAYCHECK, ITS ABOUT BEING PART OF A FAMILY THAT WATCHES YOUR BACK, PROTECTS YOUR WORK.LETS NOT LET A GROUP OF FOREIGNERS DICTATE HOW WE DO OUR JOB HERE. LETS NOT LET THE FOREIGNERS SEND OUT OF TOWNER'S IN OUR CITY TO DO OUR WORK IN THE FUTURE.

 

 

JUST TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON HOW MY SONS POTTY TRAINING HAS GONE-

1- HE HAS THE CAPABILITIES BUT JUST NEEDS TO MASTER AND HONE THE SKILLS

2- IF ANY ONE HAS BEEN COLLECTING THE F.Y.I. UPDATES THEY MAKE CLEANING UP A SNAP WHEN I LAY THEM ON THE FLOOR AROUND MY SONS POTTY.

3- I EVEN GAVE A FEW TO MY NEIGHBOR SO WHEN THEY WALK THEIR DOG-WELL YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, IF ONLY I CAN WITNESS THE GLOB OF CRAP CREEPING OUT OF THE DOGS U-KNOW-WHAT HITTING THE EVIL EMPIRES UPDATES.

4- WE MAYBE VALUED EMPLOYEES(?) BUT WATCHING MY SON AND PICTURING WHAT THE DOG DOES TO THE F.Y.I.UPDATES ARE PRICELESS.

 

LETS STAY FOCUSED HERE- CALL OR EMAIL YOUR ELECTED OFFICIALS- LET THEM KNOW AND UNDERSTAND- MANY OTHER SKILLED TRADES HAVE WHAT WE DON'T HAVE AND THATS THE LICENSE. SO LET THEM SUPPORT THE ELEVATOR SAFETY BILL. ITS GOOD FOR THEM, THE PEOPLE WHO PUT THEM IN OFFICE AND LAST US, THE UNION, THE MIGHTY, MIGHTY UNION.  I.U.E.C. LOCAL ONE OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY.

        STAY STRONG

        STAY UNITED

        BAD TIMES DONT LAST-

        UNITED MEN/WOMAN

        OF LOCAL  ONE DO

 


Michael Halpin Email
05/14/05

card number 1422

Comments:

And then there were 4.....There are only 4 seats left.  If you would like to be in one of them e-mail or call me over the weekend.   

Tuesday May 17, 2005

 

West Side Stadium Rally

Albany, New York

 

Buses will be leaving The Union Hall at 6:15 am sharp.  The rally will be from 10:30 am until 11:30 am.  We will return to The Hall at approximately 3:00 pm.

 

Anyone wanting to attend please either e-mail me at the above address or call Margaret at the hall.  If your spouse would like to attend please let us know.  It's important that you let us know as soon as possible so that we may secure enough buses.   

 

Food and beverage will be provided.

 

Anyone wanting to drive themselves up will find us on the west side of the Capitol Building.  You may want to arrive early as parking is limited.

A number of members are driving up from The Bronx, Westchester and Rockland.  Anyone that is driving up early and is willing to do some service (Marshalling) can call me (347)-236-8317.  There is a Marshall's meeting at 8 am at the site in Albany.  Thanks. 

 

 

 

Stay Strong!!!! 


Michael Halpin Email
05/14/05

card number 1422

Comments:

And then there were 6.....Thanks to Tom and Jim there are only 6 seats left.  If you would like to be in one of them e-mail or call me over the weekend. 

 

Tuesday May 17, 2005

 

West Side Stadium Rally

Albany, New York

 

Buses will be leaving The Union Hall at 6:15 am sharp.  The rally will be from 10:30 am until 11:30 am.  We will return to The Hall at approximately 3:00 pm.

 

Anyone wanting to attend please either e-mail me at the above address or call Margaret at the hall.  If your spouse would like to attend please let us know.  It's important that you let us know as soon as possible so that we may secure enough buses.   

 

Food and beverage will be provided.

 

Anyone wanting to drive themselves up will find us on the west side of the Capitol Building.  You may want to arrive early as parking is limited.

A number of members are driving up from The Bronx, Westchester and Rockland.  Anyone that is driving up early and is willing to do some service (Marshalling) can call me (347)-236-8317.  There is a Marshall's meeting at 8 am at the site in Albany.  Thanks. 

 

 

 

Stay Strong!!!! 


Gino 
05/14/05

card number 107798

Comments:

 

With all do respect to LOCAL 1. If Local 1 was with the rest of the country in the contracts, it would be hard for Management / Scabs to perform OUR WORK , they would have to take care of there own area's. Right now the rest of the country is working, so management is heading to NEW YORK. Also for all of the Managers that used to be members, should not be allowed to work in the field ever again, to get their pensions back up. You can't work both sides of the fence. LOOK WHAT THERE DOING RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!!!!


Brian Fielder Email
05/14/05

card number 1619

Comments:

Any area  missing 3 scabs from KONE claiming to be UNION CARD carriers from out of town who had to come up to N.Y. or be fired been scabbing at 750 3rd ave. Anyone out there missing these scum please pass this information on up to our local if they have any kind of past/shelved UNION status in any other LOCAL. Possibly from TEXAS from info received . ////////////Dwaine Springfield//Dan Renton//John Doe//


Brian Link Email
05/14/05

card number 1347

Comments:

Morning brothers and sisters. To all the locked out brothers from Schindler Long Island, (wifes also).Many wives have asked me what can I do? Please call your assembly member for your area(Listed on Brother Tom Moores post). For the same Schindler members here on Long Island , take afew minutes what a positive impact YOU can have by attending Westside stadium rally/Elevator safety bill notice this Tuesday. Mike Halpins # is 347 236 8317, If the bus is full? Team up with your fellow brothers and or wives and take a ride. Once again I cant say enough for our crew here on Long Island from Schindler for their unconditioinal support! Enjoy your weekend, and please remain involved,informed and educated. This is our trade, our union our families. Thanks for your time Brian Link card #1347.........Elevator safety bill goes into effect no scabs working ! Lets really band together. UNITED WE STAND ....Divided we beg


nick beltrani Email
05/14/05

card number 1609

Comments:

this is to emany bean counters,as time passes each day you lose more an more jobs to the companies who had common sense an settled with local 1.the members out of work will slowly go hope faster to the other companies.in the future you will have not many  jobs or employees left since now alot of them now know that your not fair or descent people.you never wanted to settle a fair contract with local 1.your just greedy people so youll get what your wishing with your unskilled an untrained workers.an as for your saftey policy i guess its do as i say not as i do.what a joke.                                 


Brother Tom Moore Email
05/14/05

card number 1179

Comments:

Otis supers are telling their workers if you leave to go to another company, you will not be allowed back. Hows that for balls, you lock them out and tell them to stay in their rooms.

  I got this bit of advice from a Brother:

idea...
I know some of your local 1 members are great with computers....Currently UTX (United Technologies Corp. - Otis) is going to have a stock split (all owners of record of UTX stock by May 20th will be eligible for a two for one stock split effective June 20th). Blogging onto the stock web sites and reporting about the Otis strike in NYC an labor unrest will not favorably effect the stock and will definitely catch the attention of CEO George David who owns millions of shares of UTX.  
UTX's George David is listed in Forbes as the 5th highest paid CEO in US and I can assure you UTX is far from being the 5th largest corporation in terms of size and profitability. Many Otis employees have UTX Stock and access to stock chat lines and it is a great way to get the scare into UTX to settle.
The only things UTC mutts understand is  money. The only thing they worship is money. Hey George what are you going to tell your maker when you kick. I locked them out for their own good.
The golden rule is Treat people the way you want to be treated.
Not "The one with the  gold makes the rules".  Stay strong Brothers & Sisters.
Never forget who did this too you and your families.
Brother Tom Moore, Local One, IUEC


laura beltrani Email
05/14/05

card number wife of nick 1609

Comments:

Isn't it funny how emany only knows about dollars and cents. They have no loyalty to their customers or so -called valued employees. They keep saying how much money you guys lost, but really have no clue how much respect they lost from their customers and definately from all of you. I'm sure that even after the contract is settled the repercustions will last alot longer than this lock-out. They really have no clue. Stay strong local 1.


Michael Halpin Email
05/14/05

card number 1422

Comments:

So I check my e-mail at 7:30 this morning and much to my surprise the only mail that I received was from Borders Books informing me that I could save big on "Harry Potter".  We still need 8 players.

 

Only 8 seats left.  If you would like to be in one of them e-mail or call me over the weekend.   

Tuesday May 17, 2005

 

West Side Stadium Rally

Albany, New York

 

Buses will be leaving The Union Hall at 6:15 am sharp.  The rally will be from 10:30 am until 11:30 am.  We will return to The Hall at approximately 3:00 pm.

 

Anyone wanting to attend please either e-mail me at the above address or call Margaret at the hall.  If your spouse would like to attend please let us know.  It's important that you let us know as soon as possible so that we may secure enough buses.   

 

Food and beverage will be provided.

 

Anyone wanting to drive themselves up will find us on the west side of the Capitol Building.  You may want to arrive early as parking is limited.

A number of members are driving up from The Bronx, Westchester and Rockland.  Anyone that is driving up early and is willing to do some service (Marshalling) can call me (347)-236-8317.  There is a Marshall's meeting at 8 am at the site in Albany.  Thanks. 

 

 

Stay Strong!!!! 


Brian Link Email
05/13/05

card number 1347

Comments:

Wanted to commend brother Tom Moore on his info on elevator safety bill with attached Email adresses to all committe members. Take a minute and look up your rep in your area.Tell them how important this bill is to the safety of the ridning public, sets safety standards for QUALIFIED WORKERS. YOU MUST UNDERSTAND If we had this elevator safety bill and we were all licensed , NO UNTRAINED UNQUALIFIED PERSON could work on our equipment!!!ELEVATOR SAFETY BILL PASSED=NO SCABS. ELEVATOR SAFETY BILL PASSED = STATE WIDE STANDARDS. ELEVATOR SAFETY BILL PASSED=QUALITY AND SAFETY FOR RIDERS AND PASSENGERS OF ALL EQUIPMENT> please take a minute, to protect and preserve OUR WORK. OUR LIFELYHOOD.....Once again thanks again to members like Tom Moore and Mike Halpin who continue to protect and preserve OUR UNION 24/7  GOD Bless Signed Brian Link


Brother Tom Moore Email
05/13/05

card number 1179

Comments:

http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A07433

The above link is the elevator safety bill.

 

 

This tuesday, the elevator safety bill is going to be discuss at the Labor Committe. We need all of our members to contact the below New York State Assembly people to let it out of committe and onto the floor for a full vote.

Susan John is with us and so isGeorge S. Latimer .

Click on the names and e mail them or call their office, or better yet, stop by their offices if they are in your neighborhood and let them know to support the Elevator safety Bill.

 

 

Labor Committee Members

Chair
  • Susan V. John
  • Members
  • Peter J. Abbate, Jr.
  • Patricia L. Acampora
  • Tom Alfano
  • Michael Benedetto
  • Nancy Calhoun
  • Ron Canestrari
  • Joan K. Christensen
  • Barbara M. Clark
  • William Colton
  • Clifford W. Crouch
  • Patricia A. Eddington
  • Roger L. Green
  • Carl E. Heastie
  • Andrew Hevesi
  • Earlene Hooper
  • Brian M. Kolb
  • George S. Latimer
  • Margaret M. Markey
  • Nettie Mayersohn
  • Joan L. Millman
  • Bob Oaks
  • Felix Ortiz
  • José R. Peralta
  • N. Nick Perry
  • Keith L.T. Wright
  • We all have to push on this very important issues.

    Stay Strong, God is on our side.

    Brother Tom Moore, Local One, IUEC


     


    sammon 
    05/13/05

    card number 1682

    Comments:

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