Local Union News

Northern Unit Executive Board Seat Declared Vacant

Steve.Murphy — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 08:03:54 -0500

During the previous Executive Board meeting, President Steve Murphy declared the Northern Unit, Executive Board seat vacant. The IBEW Constitution article XVI section 16 states "vacancies occurring in any L.U. office shall be filled by the L.U. Executive Board until the next regular election". If any members are interested in being considered for the Northern Unit, Executive Board position, please send a letter to the President stating your interest by February 23, 2012. The Executive Board will review all applicants at the next scheduled meeting.

All letters are to be mailed to:

IBEW Local 2323

Attn: President Steve Murphy

1150 New London Ave. Suite 350

Cranston, RI. 02920

IBEW Local 2323 Night with the Providence Bruins

Steve.Murphy — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 09:16:23 -0500

IBEW Local 2323 is planning another night with the Providence Bruins on Friday Jan 13, at 7:05 p.m. The tickets will be $15. per person. Please contact Ray Silvestri on his cell phone 401-413-8937 if your interested in purchasing tickets. The deadline is Friday, Jan. 6th.

IBEW Local 2323 Mourns

Steve.Murphy — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:21:44 -0500

IBEW Local 2323 mourns the loss of one of our own, OPT Don Mallette. Don was an excellent Union member, friend, family member, father, and husband. The visiting hours for Brother Mallette will be held at Quinn funeral home, Monday Jan. 2nd between the hours of 4-8 p.m. His memorial service will be held Tuesday, January 3, 2012 at 10am at the Thomas & Walter Quinn Funeral Home, 2435 Warwick Ave. followed by interment with military honors at the RI Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Exeter.

Tune into to AM 790 today from 3-5 for Common Ground to hear Business Manager Bill McGowan

Steve.Murphy — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 11:23:49 -0500

Good Morning. Tune in to AM 790 today from 3:00-5:00
for Common Ground with your host, Senator John J. Tassoni, Jr.

Today's guests will be Jim White, business manager for the International Union of Operating Engineers (IUOE) Local 57, and Bill McGowan, business manager for the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 2323.

Jim White and Bill McGowan will be discussing the current state of IOUE and IBEW as well as updates on negotiations with Verizon.

If you would like to voice your opinion or have questions, calls are always welcome at 401-437-5000.

To listen to last week's show, visit www.790business.com/sectional.asp
to hear the podcast.

IBEW Local 2323 Food Drive

Steve.Murphy — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 13:52:29 -0500

Please make every effort to bring in any canned goods for the Rhode Island Community Food Bank. All food and donations will be collected on Monday Dec. 5th.

Join fellow union members for the Solidarity March with Occupy Providence on Thursday, October 27th, at 5:30PM at Burnside Park

Steve.Murphy — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:03:52 -0400

Join fellow union members for the Solidarity March with Occupy Providence on Thursday, October 27th, at 5:30PM at Burnside Park (near Kennedy Plaza).

Northern Unit Meeting

Steve.Murphy — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 16:20:36 -0400

The Northern Unit meeting will be held tomorrow night at the Asia Grille in Lincoln at 6:00 p.m.. Please make every effort to attend, a wide variety of topics will be discussed such as bargaining updates, a report from the IBEW and AFL-CIO convention, and the quarterly financial report.

Bargaining Update

Steve.Murphy — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 08:36:32 -0400

Bargaining Update

Political Action...We need your help

Steve.Murphy — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 13:50:16 -0400

Dear Sisters and Brothers:

The IBEW strongly urges all of you to take just a few moments to let your elected officials know you will be watching for their “no” vote on the Korea, Columbia, and Panama Trade agreements. Please take action by using the link below and/or forwarding this email to your family and friends.

http://action.ibew.org/c/543/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=2733

In solidarity

IBEW Political/Legislative Affairs Department

Rally for Working Families and NO to Big Banks Wed, Sept 28 at 4:00 p.m.

Steve.Murphy — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 08:04:13 -0400

Please come out and join SEIU, Local 615 for a Rally at Bank of America, 111 Westminister St. SEUI came out and walked the line with us during our strike, this is our chance to show them our support. Please make every effort to attend and please wear your Red!!

Please join SEIU, Local 615 for a rally in support of working families and NO to big banks on Wednesday, September 28th at 4:00 p.m. at Bank of America, 111 Westminster Street, in Providence. Janitors in Providence and throughout the country are uniting on this day to bring awareness to the struggle of working families while big banks (like BOA) have taken billions of our tax dollars while not paying their fair share.