November 17, 2008    

Business Agent Russ Delaney reporting.

 

           Congratulations to Sister Donna Cousins as the turkey raffle winner. 

Thank you Brothers Mark McAlpine and Tim Mahoney for a great success.  The raffle

raised well over $1,000 for the Roland and Amy Fund.  Thank you for all who

participated.

 

           Please verify your open enrollment status with the number provided with your package to ensure all information has been accepted and accurate.

 

           Effective December 1, 2008 the guidelines for Northern New England Work and Family will be increased to $80,000 total household income, 2 dependents per  household, $15 a day per dependent.  Questions, call Julie Dawkins at 207-648-3421 or Carlene Horne at 603-628-8615.  Also, Work and Family is still collecting items for domestic violence.  Thank you for all of your support.

 

           Collections are still being accepted for the Steve Galpin Fund.   See your steward for any donations.

          

          Discount ski passes are now available at the union hall for:

                Cranmore @ $43, Waterville Valley @ $51 and Loon Mtn. @ $63

These passes are good every day including weekends and holidays.

          

           With the Holidays approaching the less fortunate need our help.  Remember,

you’re a union member.  Union quality doesn’t cost, it pays.

 

IBEW 2320 Headquarters located at:

 46 Third St.

Manchester, NH 03104

Voice: 603-669-8657  Tape:  603-669-7721

 

 ←We now have a new Bid page.
Text Box: KNOW YOUR WEINGARTEN RIGHTS EMPLOYEE'S RIGHT TO UNION REPRESENTATION The rights of unionized employees to have present a union representative during investigatory interviews were announced by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 1975 case (NLRB vs. Weingarten, Inc. 420 U.S. 251, 88 LRRM 2689). These rights have become known as the Weingarten rights. Employees have Weingarten rights only during investigatory interviews. An investigatory interview occurs when a supervisor questions an employee to obtain information which could be used as a basis for discipline or asks an employee to defend his or her conduct. If an employee has a reasonable belief that discipline or other adverse consequences may result from what he or she says, the employee has the right to request union representation. Management is not required to inform the employee of his/her Weingarten rights; it is the employees responsibility to know and request. When the employee makes the request for a union representative to be present management has three options: (I) it can stop questioning until the representative arrives. (2) it can call off the interview or, (3) it can tell the employee that it will call off the interview unless the employee voluntarily gives up his/her rights to a union representative (an option the employee should always refuse.) Employers will often assert that the only role of a union representative in an investigatory interview is to observe the discussion. The Supreme Court, however, clearly acknowledges a representative's right to assist and counsel workers during the interview. The Supreme Court has also ruled that during an investigatory interview management must inform the union representative of the subject of the interrogation. The representative must also be allowed to speak privately with the employee before the interview. During the questioning, the representative can interrupt to clarify a question or to object to confusing or intimidating tactics. While the interview is in progress the representative can not tell the employee what to say but he may advise them on how to answer a question. At the end of the interview the union representative can add information to support the employee's case.

IBEW 2320 has been in contact with employees of Comcast communications in an effort to organize. Become Union Strong… Click here to find out more about the benefits of IBEW representation: Union Strong

 

NOVEMBER  2008  UNIT  MEETINGS

 

UNIT 2 (LACONIA)                TUESDAY, NOV. 18TH                      5:30 PM           AMERICAN LEGION

                                                                                                                                               NO. MAIN ST., LACONIA

UNIT  8 (DOVER)                   WEDNESDAY, NOV. 19TH               5:30 PM           NEWICK’S RESTAURANT

                                                                                                                                               DOVER POINT, DOVER

UNIT 9 (CONWAY)                THURSDAY, NOV. 20TH                   5:30 PM           THE FIREHOUSE

                                                                                                                                               MAIN ST., CONWAY

UNIT 6 (LEBANON)               MONDAY, NOV. 24TH                      5:00 PM           EVERYTHING BUT ANCHOVIES

                                                                                                                                               5 ALLEN ST., HANOVER

UNITS 1, 4 & 5 (Concord, Manchester, Nashua)      

                                                    TUESDAY, NOV. 25TH                      5:30 PM           ELKS LODGE

                                                                                                                                               BYPASS 28, HOOKSETT

                                      

Declaration of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers

“Our cause is the cause of human justice, human rights, human security.  We refuse, and will always refuse, to condone or tolerate dictatorship or oppression of any kind.  We will find and expel from our midst any who might attempt to destroy, by subversion, all that we stand for.  This Brotherhood will continue to oppose communism, Nazism or any other subversive “ism.”  We will support our God, our Nations, and our Union”

from IBEW Constitution page ii