Sisters and Brothers,

On the Inside out-of-work list

we have 19 on Book 1, 85 on

Book 2, 15 on Book 3, and 5

on Book 4. There are 2 on

CW Book 1 and 128 on CW

Book 2. There are 6

apprentices on the out-of-

work list.

February is the shortest and

coldest month of the year. It

is also a busy month with

National Freedom Day,

Groundhog Day, Super Bowl,

Valentine's Day, President's

Day, and Mardi Gras.

February is also Black History

Month. Black History Month

is an annual celebration of

achievements by black Americans and a time for

recognizing the central role of African Americans in US

history.

For our Inside members, the Health & Welfare Plan has

implemented a wellness program for active Inside

members and their spouses in 2017 (this does not

apply to dependents, Retirees, S&C, or CWs). This

program focuses on preventing chronic diseases and

illness before they occur. Preventive care can

significantly reduce healthcare costs, prolong life

expectancy, and increase the quality of life. If you

choose to participate, the Health & Welfare Plan will add

$250 to your Health Reimbursement Account (Benny

card) balance. If both the member and spouse

participate they will each receive $250, up to $500 total.

Inside members only have to do two things in order to

earn $250 on a Benny card. Complete an online Health

Questionnaire by November 30, 2017 at

www.moverewellness.com. Then complete a

screening with your physician by November 30, 2017.

The form is located on Page 2 of this newsletter. Once

you have your results, send to HMC Movere to be

uploaded to your wellness account:

Fax to: 1-844-707-0217

Email to: myresults@moverewellness.com

US Mail to: HMC Movere, 935 E. North Union Ave,

Building D, Ste. 203 Midvale, UT 84047

If you chose NOT to participate, or only one of the two

eligible (husband and wife) completes the process, then

your deductible will go from $100 to $500 per person in

2018. For example, if my wife decides not to complete a

health screening, then even though I completed it and

received the $250, our family deductible will go from

$400 for the four of us to $2,000 starting in 2018. This

does not apply to Retirees. Retiree rates will not be

affected.

Remember Valentine’s Day is on Tuesday, February

14th.

The third Monday, February 20th, is a Holiday for the

Inside, S&C, and CECWs. It is President’s Day, originally

established in 1885 in recognition of George Washington.

It was traditionally celebrated on February 22nd,

Washington’s actual day of birth. The holiday became

popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as

part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act. The Act was

an attempt to create more three-day weekends for

workers. While several states still have individual holidays

honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln

and other figures, Presidents’ Day is now viewed as a day

to celebrate all US presidents past and present.

Wednesday, March 1st is the Charter anniversary of

Local 234. Local 234 was chartered on March 1, 1970.

Local 234 will celebrate it’s 47th anniversary. Our

President, Mike Ihnot, did some interesting research on

the origin and history of our Local number. I’ll share it in

a future newsletter.

Business Manager’s Report by Andy Hartmann

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 234

IBEW Local 234

Newsletter Local 234 Officers:

Andy Hartmann

Business Manager/

Financial Secretary

Mike Ihnot

President

Al Randall

Vice President

Nick Prelgovisk

Treasurer

Stephen Slovacek

Recording Secretary/

Registrar

Andy Gattis

Rick Keaton

Stefan Marceron

Gale Michalek

Executive Board

The Electrical Worker’s Union for Monterey, San Benito,

and Santa Cruz Counties February 2017

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IBEW Local 234

Newsletter

February 2017

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This Month in Labor History

1 February 1865—National Freedom Day. Anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s

approval of the 13th amendment of the U.S. Constitution which abolished slavery.

4 February 1869—Birthdate of William D. “Big Bill” Haywood, labor leader and Industrial Workers of the World cofounder.

5 February 1830—First daily labor paper, the New York Daily Sentinel, begins publication.

5 February 1993—President Clinton signs the Family and Medical Leave Act, requiring employers to grant up to 12 weeks of unpaid leave for a family or medical emergency.

6 February 1919—Shipyard strike of 32,000 workers in Seattle, Washington sparks general

strike as workers take control of the city.

8 February 1864—Birthdate of Mary Kenney O’Sullivan, factory inspector and labor leader. Appointed by American Federation of Labor President Samuel Gompers as the organization’s first female general organizer.

12 February 1818—Birthdate of Frederick Douglass, former slave, abolitionist, writer and advocate of civil, labor and trade-union rights for African Americans.

12 February 1880—Birthdate of John L. Lewis, United Mine Workers President and founder

of the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO). He played a leading role in organizing drives of the 1930s, which established trade unions among mass production workers.

14 February 1903—Western Federation of Minders strike for eight-hour day.

14 February 1903—President Theodore Roosevelt signed a law creating the Department of Commerce and Labor. Ten years later, it was divided in two separate government departments.

15 February 1820—Birthdate of Susan B. Anthony, female suffragist, women’s rights

advocate, and labor activist.

17 February 1936—Rubber Workers begin sit-down strike at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.

20 February 1792—President George Washington signs an act creating the U.S. Post Office.

24 February 1912—Women and children beaten by police during Lawrence, Massachusetts

textile workers strike.

25 February 1913—25,000 immigrant textile workers go on strike against Paterson, New Jersey’s silk factories in one of the most heroic struggles for justice in American labor history. Workers were forced by their employers to work 10 hours a day for as little as six dollars a week. Despite the worker’s steadfast courage; mass arrests, lack of financial support, police harassment, and divisions between skilled and unskilled workers contributed to the strike’s

defeat.

27 February 1979—The American Postal Workers Union declares Amnesty Day to protest the firing of over 200 postal workers during the 1978 contract dispute.

28 February 1918— International Association of Fire Fighters founded

Source: Association of Flight Attendants-CWA calafa.org

Electrician Job Opening at Lhoist Lhoist North America has an opening for an Electrician at the Natividad Plant in Salinas.

IBEW Local 234 has a multi-craft Maintenance Agreement for this facility. This is a full-time

hourly position. The hiring salary is $30/hour. Lhoist is wanting someone with 5-7 years of

electrical experience. Previous heavy manufacturing and/or mining experience is highly

preferred. Lhoist requires that applicants have a High School Diploma or GED and an

Associates Degree or Certificate in Industrial Electrical Technology. They prefer a General

Certified Journeyman Electrician. The duties include: perform electrical and instrumentation

inspections, repairs and rebuilds on all plant operating equipment to ensure continuous

operation within the required quality control standards.

Apply online at https://goo.gl/WqElnh

Tri-County Electrical JATC Training News (831) 633-3063

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CPR/First Aid Class

A CPR/First Aid with Blood-Borne Pathogens class is scheduled for Saturday,

February 11th from 8am-1pm. Instructor Roni Jane Sudyka will be teaching the basics of

First Aid and CPR along with Blood Borne Pathogens. Call Stacy at (831) 633-3063 to

reserve your place. Class size is limited.

OSHA 30 Class Demonstrate your commitment to workplace safety and compliance with OSHA 30. OSHA

30, with Instructor Stephen Slovacek, is scheduled for Saturday, March 4th at 7am. The

complete class schedule will be shared on the first night of class. Call to reserve your place

in the class.

This is a stand-alone OSHA 30 course. It does not matter when you last completed OSHA

10. The six month rule does not apply to this class. This is a 30-hour course.

Motors Class A motors class, with instructor David Martinez is scheduled for the third Tuesday of the

month. Drop on in! You are welcome to attend one class or as many as you like in this series.

This is a (3) hour class. The next class is scheduled for Tuesday, February 21st at

5:30pm.

NFPA 70E Class

NFPA 70E with Instructor David Martinez is scheduled for Saturday, February 4th from

8am to 2pm. David will be teaching the standard for electrical safety in the workplace. Call

Stacy at (831) 633-3063 to reserve your place.

IBEW Founders' Scholarship The IBEW Founders’ Scholarship honors the dedicated wiremen and lineman who, on

November 28, 1891, organized the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. Each

year the officers of the IBEW are pleased to offer its working members scholarships on a

competitive basis. It is hoped that the awards will not only contribute to the personal

development of our members but also steward the electrical industry that our founders

envisioned. This award is for $200 per semester credit hour at any accredited college or

university toward an associate’s, bachelor’s or postgraduate degree in a field that will further

the electrical industry overall (as determined by the Founders’ Scholarship Administrator).

The maximum distribution is $24,000 per person over a period not to exceed eight years.

The application and rules are available at goo.gl/ZXdST. Application must be postmarked

prior to May 1, 2017.

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February 2017

In an effort to help better prepare students for the electrical apprenticeship, ElectricPrep has

partnered with the NJATC/ETA to offer voluntary courses to support applicants during the

entrance process for the IBEW/NECA apprenticeship training program. ElectricPrep helps

provide a better understanding of the electrical construction industry and the requirements.

If you know of anyone that is interested in applying to the apprenticeship have them check

out the resources at www.electricprep.com.

ElectricPrep

Our LMCC incentivizes members to take classes. Members have an opportunity to win two

$100 gift cards. Two gift cards are awarded quarterly. The first $100 gift card is awarded to

the member that satisfies the most hours of upgrade classes in the quarter (i.e., October,

November, December). The second $100 gift card is awarded via a give-away. For every

four hours of training completed, members will receive an entry in the give-away; there is no

limit to the number of entries. The person who is recognized with the most hours and wins

the first $100 gift card is not eligible for the give-away. Classes must be successfully

completed for members to earn entries in the give-away.

In addition, the LMCC already pays a $125 stipend to all members that successfully complete

either CALCTP, CALCTP-AT, or EVITP 3.0.

The Monterey Bay LMCC is providing all gift cards and stipends.

Get Paid to Take Classes

Confined Spaces Awareness training on Saturday, January 21st with Lee & Associates:

Abraham Lyle Jr, John Greene, Andy Hartmann, BJ Heading, Jaime Hernandez, Miguel

Huerta, Ernesto Magallan, Jack Russo, and Danny Walford

Congratulations on Completing Class

Shop at AmazonSmile and Amazon will make a donation to the Tri-County Electrical JATC.

Start your shopping at smile.amazon.com/ch/23-7114317

Customers Shop. Amazon Gives.

Effective January 1, 2017 the electrician certification examination test switched from the

2011 to the 2014 National Electrical Code. If you are taking the exam on or after January 1,

2017, use the 2014 NEC code book to study.

State Certification Update

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

There is an Aptitude Test scheduled for Saturday, February 25, 2017 with our new Test

Administrator John Balducci. The deadline to apply to our apprenticeship program was

Thursday, January 19, 2017. Applications to apply to the Inside or S&C apprenticeship

are available in person Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 9-11am and 1-4pm at

the JATC Office.

Contact Stacy at (831) 633-3063 if you are able to volunteer for either a morning session,

afternoon session, or both on Saturday, February 25th. Three proctors are needed for

each session.

Interviews have been set for Saturday, May 6th.

Need Volunteers for Next Aptitude Test

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IBEW Local 234

Newsletter

Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jly Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec

2013 18,916 17,738 17,705 18,438 19,173 18,099 22,378 22,687 25,817 18,265 15,593 11,141

2014 13,920 12,948 13,878 14,527 11,303 15,494 16,567 17,029 17,756 20,813 20,217 22,051

2015 15,808 16,735 18,600 20,315 18,445 16,883 22,729 19,384 21,314 20,552 17,278 26,290

2016 19,261 23,079 28,717 26,409 28,240 34,712 38,914 42,807 44,507 70,054 89,814 89,372

010,00020,00030,00040,00050,00060,00070,00080,00090,000

100,000

Keno Gomez, Jr Miguel Gonzalez Steve Guyton BJ Heading

Maurice Jenkins

Rick Keaton April Kingsland

Hector Medina Eric Mendez

Donald Mendoza Alan Minami

William Moore

Joshua Murray Michael Nickals

Jacob Perez Jorge Salvador Ponce

Gilbert Ramirez Ryan Redoble Tera Reece

Anders Baer Bennie Bowen James Brown

Nicholas Bynum Joseph Castaneda

Stanley Chen Carlos Cisneros

Gerardo Echeverria Pedro Espinoza Jeffrey Fichter

Dezarae Flowers Ira Franklin

Erik Fritz Mohammed Garaan Ivan Garcia Ponce Florencio Garcia Joseph Garcia

Richard Giovannoni Jonathan Goddard

Happy February Birthdays!

Richard Regier Steve Rios Paul Rivas

Gerard Rogers Keith Rudd

Robert Scardina Charles Scott

Daniel Silva Carlos Souza

William Stadtmiller Luis Tellez

Theodor Teman

Per Trondhjem Heber Tuazon Mauricio Vides Derek Webster

Christopher Ybanez

Inside Monthly Hours Report

Brother Robert Keator passed away on October 1, 2016. Brother Keator was a 53-year

member.

Brother Don Baze passed away on January 17, 2017. Brother Baze was a 43-year member.

No services were planned.

Our Condolances

Upcoming Blood Drive Save the date for a blood drive with the American Red Cross. The blood drive will take place

on Saturday, March 25th from 10am to 3pm at the Union Hall and Training Center at

10300 Merritt Street in Castroville.

You will be able to make reservations to donate at www.redcrossblood.org

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This Month’s Local 234 Winners! February 2017

Quote of the

Month

The winners from the January union meeting.

Voluntary PAC (Political Action Committee): Murray Temple won $5 and donated it back.

Apprentice Give-Away: Michael Gruber won $23.40.

Give-Away Winners: Michael Gruber won an IBEW convention travel mug.

Stefan Marceron won an IBEW Local 2085 shirt. Murray Temple won Klein shirt.

The next general membership meeting will be:

Wednesday, February 8th, 2017 @ 6:30 pm

“If you have only one smile in you

give it to the people you love.”

- Maya Angelou

Click here for the online calendar or goto http://www.ibew234.org/calendar/

February 2017 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat

1 NATIONAL FREEDOM DAY

2 GROUNDHOG DAY

3 4 NFPA 70E @ 8am

5 SUPERBOWL

6 LMCC @ 5pm

7 8 Membership Meeting @ 6:30pm

9 10 11 First Aid/CPR @ 8am

12 13 14 VALENTINE’S

DAY

15 16 17 18

19 End of Pay Period

20 HOLIDAY PRESIDENT’S DAY

21 JATC @ 5pm Motors @ 5:30pm

22 E-Board Meeting @ 6pm

23 24 25 Aptitude Test

26 27 28 MARDI GRAS

IBEW Local 234

10300 Merritt Street

Castroville, CA 95012

www.ibew234.org

(800) 499-4239

(831) 633-2311

(831) 633-0570 fax

thehall@ibew234.org

(831) 633-JOBS (5627)

Jobline

Tri-County Electrical

JATC

www.tricountyjatc.org

(831) 633-3063

(831) 633-3068 fax

info@tricountyjatc.org

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