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Brothers and Sisters, 8-11-10

The Florida Grand Opera and James L. Knight Center contracts will be discuss/ratify and held at the Knight Concert Hall Green Room @ the Adrienne Arsht Center on Friday Aug. 13, 2010 @ 11:00am please park in "Lot-C"

Brothers and Sisters, 8-10-10

Attached are Adobe .pdf copies of palm cards for the primary election Tuesday August 24, 2010.
South Florida Dade County click [HERE],
The Broward County click [HERE],
and the Palm Beach- click [HERE]

The Palm Cards may be circulated to the general public because the Federal Candidates are not listed. We hope this will help our local to get out and vote in this very important primary election.

Brothers and Sisters, 8-4-10

( Letter received )

From the Director of Operations at the

Broward County Convention Center

There is a problem happening once again and to make sure no one from local 500 is parking in the dock area. click [HERE] for Loading Dock Policy

Brothers and Sisters, 8-2-10

Passing of Scott Carlson

Should there be anyone in a position to help, they can send their donation to:

c/o Krista Carlson

3279 Lakeview Street

Cincinnati, OH 45211

Brothers and Sisters, 7-28-10

BROWARD TEACHERS UNION NEED OUR HELP!

The Broward School Board is having a public budget hearing to give us the chance to speak out about this. The meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 29 at the K.C. Wright Building in downtown Fort Lauderdale.

We want to have a full house for the public hearing and make sure the School Board reinstates funding for art, music, physical education and other important student services. We also want the School Board members to guarantee that teachers and other
employees as well as parents have a voice in decisions being made in their schools. I am sure you will agree with us that the district needs to trim waste from the budget before they cut employees and student programs.

If we allow these draconian cuts: Not only no new talent, but no new ticket-buyers. Please wear a Local-500 shirt or a B.T.U. shirts will be available for all, should you prefer. Parking will be free in the Broward Board of Ed (K.C. Wright) bldg.; just state that you are attending the budget hearing. Again, this is important. Please come and lend your support by doing so.

Thanks
so much,

Brothers and Sisters, 7-9-10

( Letter received )
Dear Brother Glassman,

You may be aware that in March 2010 , the AFL-CIO Executive Council issued a entitled “Piracy is a Danger to Entertainment Professionals”.

This issue of “piracy”, or Digital Media and Intellectual Property theft is of grave importance to our members because of the impact it has on wages and benefits. In this campaign against “piracy” it is necessary that we strive to educate and bring a greater awareness to our membership and the general public across the U.S. and Canada.

I am requesting your assistance in keeping members informed and educated by posting a link to the IATSE’s
site : http://www.iatse-intl.org/DMPTheft/theftlegalcontent.html

Where you members may gain access to these list so they know where on the Internet they should be accessing such content legally.

This will not only assist us in our campaign against Digital Media theft but it will also protect our members against fraudulent sites.

In Solidarity,
Matthew D. Loeb
International President

Brothers and Sisters, 7-1-10
As of today Thursday, July 1, 2010 the new Hiring and Referral Rules and Regulations are in effect.

Brothers and Sisters, 6-14-10

It is with our deepest regret that we inform you of the passing of former member William Arner. Our sympathy goes out to the Family.

Brothers and Sisters, 6-10-10

It is with our deepest regret that we inform you of the passing of Brother Kenneth Melvin's Mother. Our sympathy goes out to the Family.

Brothers and Sisters, 6-6-10

If you have any suggestions for the new Florida Grand Opera and Miami City Ballet contracts, please email me at: Alan@iatselocal500.org

Brothers and Sisters, 6-2-10

It is with our deepest regret that we inform you of the passing of Sister Sandra Del Conte and Sister Valerie O'Connell's Mother. Our sympathy goes out to the Family.

VIEW Elizabeth Rose Del Conte TRIBUTE VIDEO

From: Van Orsdel Funeral Chapel
[ CLICK HERE ]

Brothers and Sisters, 5-21-10

Needing help is nothing to be ashamed of, and reaching out for help is a sign of great strength.

Sister Louise Powell sent me this email to post, Sister Colleen Chabot needs help.

Dear Joey:

I had to take a day to figure out how Natalie Axley and I were going to do this, but this is the only way I can think of doing this.

Colleen Chabot's son, Cole, had a very bad car accident last Saturday night/Sunday morning 4 blocks from his house. So far he has undergone 2 surgeries, one to repair his liver and remove his spleen, and the other to repair his broken leg. As a result, he remains in Ryder Trauma at Jackson. There will be other surgeries in his future. The good news is that he will survive all be it with many scars both external and internal.

Our concern for Colleen and her boys is immediate. Without her car, which was a complete loss, she is unable to make a living. Of course, Cole is her first concern but even getting back and forth to the hospital is difficult. Natalie and I would like to try to take up a collection for Colleen to get her and her sons threw the month of June, just to be able to pay rent, utilities and food. Anything will help.

If you would be good enough to post this e-mail on the website, we would be very grateful. Should there be anyone in a position to help, they can either send their donation to me in Colleen's name to 14359 Miramar Parkway, #330, Miramar, FL 33027, or call me on my cell, (954) 435-3940 and I will be happy to pick the donation up.

Thanks again.

Louise S. Powell

Brothers and Sisters,

There was a You Tube link to an anti-union Office Depot video. Apparently, Office Depot has since contacted You Tube and had it removed claiming a copyright violation. As many of already know, companies typically enforce their copyright claims on these videos quite vigorously. That's why there are so few of them floating around. Hopefully, some Union folks got it downloaded before it was removed.

I did some further checking last night and found that there are several web sites committed to organizing campaigns with Office Depot. Additionally, it appears that Office Depot refuses to direct deliver goods to Union offices. Office Depot will never again get a single dollar of ours.

You may read more here:
Take care, David

http://odepotunion.tripod.com/index.htm

http://www.ibew1613.org/library/quarantine.html

Follow up on Office Depot item I forwarded to all of you yesterday. I hope you all watched the anti-union video, because as you can see, Office Depot pulled it. Wayne said his union spent $18,000 with Office Depot last year, and will spend not one more cent. Sean said no more Office Depot supplies in his office.

Our Union has been doing business with Office Depot for over 20 years. In 2008 we spent over $18,000.00 with your company.

Last week I saw a video sent to me by the President of our Central Labor Committee, that Office Depot put out that trashed organized labor. As a result, I sliced up our Office Depot Credit Cards and sent them, with a letter of explanation to your CEO.

We will no longer do business with Office Depot.

As information, our Local CLC (Central Labor Committee, AFL-CIO), other local Unions notified they are doing likewise. At this month’s CLC meeting we would like to show the video to the delegates and ask all labor unions associated with the AFL-CIO be asked to take their business somewhere else.