Bulletin #32-21
July 30, 2021
STOP WORK MEETING
THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 2021 @ 7:00 P.M.
The Stop Work Meeting will take place at ILWU Memorial Hall, 231 W. “C” Street, Wilmington, CA. The Los Angeles County Order dated July 22, 2021, clarifies that all persons in indoor settings must wear a face mask whether you have been vaccinated or not.
2021 FALL ELECTION
Nominations will open at the Stop Work Meeting on Thursday, August 5, 2021, for the following offices and committees:
Secretary/Treasurer (1), Labor Relations Representative (1), Health Benefits Representative (1), Trustee (1), Day Business Agent (1), Night Business Agent (1), Day Dispatchers (5), Night Dispatcher (1), Flex Dispatcher (1), Day Flex Dispatcher (1), Sgt-At-Arms (1), District Council (10), and Caucus Delegates (10). Nomination papers will be available at the dues office on Friday, August 6, 2021.
Nomination papers must be turned in no later than 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, September 4, 2021, at ILWU Local 13, 630 S. Centre Street, San Pedro, CA 90731.
MESSAGE FROM THE OFFICERS
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Asking a boss to cut you when you are supposed to be on a comeback is SHAPING-UP. You may be subject to a complaint.
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Anytime you call two (2) reaps in a row (including elevation reaps) it is a reap for the job and you can’t check-in until the job is done.
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When calling a reap, have all your information ready. It is NOT the Dispatchers job to find YOUR information.
SELF SURVEY
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Have you ever taken an elevation before the official start time of your shift?
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Do you drive to a job site and place gear inside equipment to hold for yourself hours before the shift?
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Are you one who has disregard and no respect for another’s right to a fair shot?
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Do you check in before the official start so you can get a good break?
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Are you negligent about correctly adding your hours?
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Do you feel like “if you can get away with it,” then you will do it?
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Is your excuse, everyone else is doing it, so I might as well do it too?
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Do you circumvent the Dispatch Hall?
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Are you part of a group covering up for each other’s miss-doings?
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Do you kiss up to supervision to get perks?
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Are you unfair to your union brothers and sisters?
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Do you neglect to cover your reap until it fills?
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Are you picking up reaps and then showing up at a ridiculous time?
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Do you resolve issues with disrespectful language and/or violence?
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Do you reap a job on an initial start, then pick up another job before your reap is filled?
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Do you reap a job after being on a comeback, then pick up another before your initial job has finished?
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Do you check-in early before the completion of your job once released by the employer?
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Do you actively aid in the manipulation of low board sequence?
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Do you constantly try to correct your hours once dispatch has started?
If you answered YES to any of the above – you are breaking union rules. Shaping up, chiseling, and cheating which is scab behavior. Don’t just talk strength, character, and integrity LIVE IT!! Set good examples and respectfully speak out against those who need to do the right thing! Give them an opportunity to correct their wrongdoing and if they don’t, file a complaint against them! They will have to answer to the membership in the long run.
DO YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR JOB, YOUR UNION, AND YOUR FUTURE? RESPECT YOURSELF, YOUR FELLOW UNION BROTHER/SISTER AND YOUR UNION! YOUR ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN YOUR WORDS! UNITED WE WILL CONTINUE TO STAND STRONG!
Fraternally,
Ramon Ponce de Leon, Jr. Vic Zuniga Mark Williams
President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer