Hey NALC Branch 17 Members!

OMG MEMBERS!!! I AM SO SORRY THAT I FORGOT THIS IN LAST MONTHS NEWSLETTER!!! OUR MEETING START TIME HAS CHANGED!  OUR SEPTEMBER AND FUTURE MEETINGS WILL NOW BE STARTING AT 7PM!!  MY APOLOGIES FOR MISSING THIS LAST MONTH!  SO... NEXT MEETING IS SEPTEMBER 1st AT 7PM.  

I hope everyone is enjoying the last vestiges of summer!  Hopefully we'll have a nice September before the temps really start to drop.

Our union clambake is this coming Sunday, August 16th!!  It is at McDonnell's Grove located in Greenfield Twp.  The address is 167 Petrilak Rd.  If anyone is still interested please let a steward know ASAP!!  Plans change all the time so if yours did and you can make it, come to the clambake!  It is always a fun day getting together with retirees and fellow carriers!  There will be breakfast starting at 9am.  Food throughout the day with clams usually served around 5pm.  It is a whole $5 for members and $50 for non-members.  Oh yeah, and there will be prizes throughout the day!

I am keeping this up from last month's newsletter.  Idk.  Just something to think about when you are disgusted with things at work sometimes....  I know alot of people complain about the union.  The local. The National.  It's disheartening sometimes.  I get it.  We don't always see results or change right away.  One day while I was on the road, I was behind a pick-up truck. There were stickers on the truck. I thought oh great probably political stickers that I did not agree with it.  They weren't.  The stickers said "This truck was bought with union wages" and another one that supported the Iron Workers Union.  My point is that maybe we don't always see quick results or get instant satisfaction.  Or maybe, we don't always get the answer we want.  BUT.... if it wasn't for all the past and present work that the union does, we wouldn't have what we kind of take for granted.  We wouldn't have the pay we have, or our homes, cars, vacations, or healthcare.  We wouldn't be able to give our families what they need or want.  The paid holidays, the vacation or sick leave wouldn't be there either.  There wouldn't be protection at work - just in case.  So maybe take a breather next time when things don't go your way at work because at least you know you have a union to back you up.  

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Not sure since we are on break for the summer, but there are probably no results from the climate study done back in February of 2025.