34 The ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTOR Local Roundup LOCAL 17 is harder and harder. While our general membership meetings offer a place and time to gather as a group and foster solidarity, in many ways we all are isolated and removed from the majority of our fellow workers even in our own departments. In key ways, the solidarity that holds the union together is rooted in the relationships that we have with each other, and the importance of fostering these relationships is vital. But the relationships and connections that we do create during our working years continue past retirement and the Local 15 retirees’ breakfast is an important and unique venue for continued solidarity and comradery. All retirees are welcome to attend, and average attendance for the breakfast ranges from 6 or 7 up to 14 or 15 people. For any retirees in the area interested here are the details: When: Every 4th Monday of the month Where: Maxim’s Restaurant, 18025 W. Capital Drive, Brookfield Time: 10:00 a.m. If anyone has questions, or would like more detailed information about the retirees’ breakfast, please contact Bill LaValley (262-370-9470, texts only please). For those of us not lucky enough to be enjoying retirement, the Local’s monthly meetings are still being held on the second Wednesday of the month at the VFW Hall in New Berlin. Work safely, Trevor Smith Trevor.W.Smith@outlook.com Trevor Jacobs being sworn in as a member at the Green Bay meeting IUEC brothers at Pete Luedke’s surprise birthday party LOCAL 17 • Cleveland, Ohio Brothers and Sisters, Local 17 is once more participating in the Cleveland St. Patrick’s Day Parade. The annual event is always a highlight of the Local’s calendar. The parade kicks off at 1 p.m. from East 18th and Superior and goes along Superior to Pubic Square. This is a family-friendly event and members are encouraged to bring children, family and friends. As part of the new contract, mechanics passing the exam after July 9, 2022 must complete eight hours of continuing education credits through NEIEP every year in order to receive their January 1 raise. Any mechanic taking the education will be paid eight hours through NEIEP after completion. This includes any grandfathered mechanic. The portal is on the NEIEP homepage, neiep.org. After a multi-year effort across multiple legislative sessions, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed the bill creating elevator licensing in the state January 2. It is estimated that final establishment of the Elevator Safety Review Board will be in the late third or early fourth quarter of this year. The nine-member board is appointed by the Governor and will oversee the administration of fee and renewal schedules, continuing education requirements and license classifications.
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