Local Roundup President Jake Glauser swearing in new Local 14 officers Jason Glauser, warden, and Kevin Stack, trustee March 2023 33 LOCAL 14 • Buffalo, New York Greetings from Buffalo. Looks like we’re still in the grips of winter around here. This has been one of the rougher ones we’ve had in some time! Hopefully it won’t last much longer. Unfortunately, the Local’s hockey team didn’t fare as well as we had hoped in the Buffalo Building Trades Tournament. We were 1-2 and didn’t make the playoffs. A good time was had by all and I want to give thanks to my teammates for trying to get me a hat trick in the final game. Now I’d like to get to the heart of the article. Last one touched on all you new hires. This one is going to focus on you second- and third-year apprentices. Hopefully things are coming a little easier now that you have some experience under your belt, but make no mistake, the work doesn’t get any easier. This is an important time for you. It’s when you start seeing some separation among your fellow apprentices. I want to caution you on becoming complacent. It’s easy to get trapped in a routine with your mechanic on the job. If he keeps doing the same things on every job, and you keep doing the same thing, then you’re no longer learning. Don’t be afraid to ask to try something different. Apply yourself. In a few short years, you could be the mechanic. You need to learn as much as you can in a very short amount of time. Don’t waste it! Finally, I’d like to congratulate all the probationaries and officers who were sworn in at our last meeting. It’s nice to see the younger guys stepping in to fill spots vacated by the “older” guys stepping down. Remember, it’s our local, our union and your voice! Don’t be afraid to use it. Respectfully submitted, William Martens President Glauser swearing in newest Local 14 member Vince Gulino LOCAL 15 • Milwaukee, Wisconsin Here in Local 15, there is a monthly IUEC tradition that some might not know about—the IUEC retirees’ breakfast. This monthly gathering has been taking place here in the local for years and we wanted to make sure to note it here in case there are retirees’ who are unaware and might want to attend. The monthly breakfast brings together IUEC retirees from across a multitude of companies and departments and is open to all retired IUEC brothers or sisters in the area. Bill LaValley, a Local 15 retiree and organizer of the retirees’ breakfast, said that the retirees’ breakfast helps unite retired constructors and helps continue the comradery forged while working that continues through each person’s retirement. Once members retire, it becomes more difficult to stay abreast of information relating to the Local, and it can be difficult to maintain connections to those people with which relationships were created during work. The retirees’ breakfast is one avenue for maintaining these connections. The reality of our trade is that during our working years many constructors work alone, and those of us who work in crews, or work with apprentices, are still limited in face-to-face interactions with our fellow union brothers and sisters. As our industry moves more towards modular work and members are encouraged to reach out to “help lines” and “technical support” when facing issues and challenges rather than rely on our interpersonal connections with fellow constructors, creating and maintaining relationships with our fellow workers continued on next page Andy Zielke being sworn in as Local 15’s recording secretary
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