Progress Through Unity

“Labor Walks” Request for Volunteers

Message from The Northwest NJ Central Labor Council

Will be starting labor walks on Saturday 9/29/2018 at 8:30am and every Saturday thereafter until Election Day. We will need volunteers to facilitate the walks and handle sign-in. In addition, we will need Local Union Affiliates to send members to knock on doors and distribute literature. Please contact your Local Affiliates for support and please email me the Saturdays you are available asap. Our primary efforts will be to support CD11 Congressional Candidate Mikie Sherrill.

 

Labor Walk Location:

IBEW Local 102 – 50 Parsippany Rd Parsippany, NJ 07054

 

Saturdays

9/29/2018 8:30am

10/6/2018 8:30am

10/13/2018 8:30am

10/20/2018 8:30am

10/27/2018 8:30am

11/3/2018 8:30am

Contact Scott Spratt sspratt@utulocal60.com 973-223-8654 or CLC President Abrantes if interested

Fraternally,

Anthony N. Abrantes Sr.

 

President 

Northwest Jersey Central Labor Council, AFL-CIO

Phone: 732-589-3014 / Fax: 732-225-0324  Email: aabrantes@nwjclc.org
91 Fieldcrest Avenue, 2nd Floor, Suite A22 /Edison, NJ 08837

http://www.njaflcio.org/labor_walks?utm_campaign=uswd4&utm_medium=email&utm_source=njaflcio

Our SMART TD brothers and sisters in the Carolinas need your help!

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September 18, 2018

Our SMART TD brothers and sisters
in the Carolinas need your help!

Dear members of SMART Transportation Division:

Hurricane Florence and its resulting floods have left behind substantial destruction in North and South Carolina, leading to the loss of life and millions, if not billions, of dollars in damage to property in the Mid-Atlantic region and inland.

Some of those affected by the devastation include our Brothers and Sisters of SMART Transportation Division (SMART TD) who live in the region. This disaster adds a tremendous burden to their lives and the amount of loss that they now must cope with is unimaginable. The silver lining is, and will continue to be, the generosity of citizens around the country who are giving what they can to help those affected to help overcome the effects of this disaster and to reclaim their lives.

We are asking the SMART TD family to rise to the call and give what you can so that the daunting task of starting over and rebuilding can begin. Your generous donation will help lessen the struggle and bring real hope and relief to our SMART TD members who are suffering through this disaster.

Please make your donation to the SMART TD Disaster Relief Fund. All donations to the fund are used solely for the benefit of TD members who are impacted by natural disasters, and are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.

Contributions may be sent to:

SMART TD Disaster Relief Fund
Suite 340
24950 Country Club Blvd.
North Olmsted, OH 44070-5333

Sincerely,

John Previsich
President, SMART Transportation Division

NOMINATIONS

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NJ Legislative Board Election Recommendations 2018

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RRB Tax error

“013” Update

GC Burkert had an emergency meeting this morning on the 013 rule. (Thursday August 30,2018)

The carrier and organization agree that there will be no change to the application of the current claim.

Payroll will be notified to make corrections to prior denied claims, if you are still having issues after next week please submit on the “payroll Shortage” tab

Short Payroll Week Upcoming

Just a reminder due to Labor Day Holiday, Payroll will be closed Monday September 3rd.

All time-cards for the week ending August 28th must be received at verification by 11:00am Thursday August 30th, that means they must be in a time-card box by Wednesday night the 29th for courier pick up.

2018 Safety Eye-wear Program

To All,

All NJ TRANSIT Rail employees are eligible for two pairs (one clear pair and one tinted pair, or two clear pairs) of prescription safety eyewear during the calendar year January 1st through December 31st 2018. As you may know, U.S. Safety was bought by Essilor and this company now provides us with prescription safety eyewear. The procedures are the same as in the past. Take your new form (which is attached) with your name, phone number, employee number and work location to one of the 23 approved eye care providers. Your glasses will arrive back to your provider in 2-3 weeks. Essilor will not provide on-site opticians.

I know 2018 has been challenging and frustrating regarding prescription eyewear. I have been assured by Essilor that all issues have been resolved. Please let me know as soon as possible if there are issues that I am not aware of. Please share this information with anyone who does not have e-mail and keep the forms at your location.

Thank you for your patience.

Betsy Stern

Manager of Safety Compliance

Office of System Safety

Rail Division

NJ TRANSIT

One Penn Plaza East

Newark, NJ 07105

973-491-7953

bstern@njtransit.com

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Union Leader Talks On What’s Behind All The NJ TRANSIT Woes

https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/08/15/why-nj-transit-njtransit-problems/#.W3SlsMkq8mg.email

 

Brother Richert’s Family has suffered another blow, please let’s be there for them

“I am now in the arms of my father”

A celebration of life for “Mikey” Michael Richert Jr. will be held on Thursday, August 16, 2018 from 5:00pm – 9:00pm at Our Lady of Peace Church, North Brunswick, NJ 08902.

We will continue to celebrate Mikey with a celebration of life mass the following day, Friday August 17, 2018 at 11:00am at Our Lady of Peace Church, North Brunswick, NJ 08902.

In lieu of flowers please donate to the Candlelighters NYC ( http://candlelightersnyc.org) or the Frances Foundation ( http://www.francesfoundation.net) in honor of Mikey.

Please share as Mikey would love for all to be there 💛💙💛💙