Brothers and Sisters,

On February 20^th many members from all the different Locals in Northern California and all of Nevada came out and exercised their right to vote on the District Council 16 proposed By-laws. With that being said the members voted in favor of ratifying the new bylaws by 64%, with the new bylaws ratified all locals will start to work on their own local bylaws. My request is that the members of this local start coming to the meetings if you have something that you think needs to be updated or you want to see changed. Your ideas are needed to help shape our union, once we have the changes to the Bylaws we will send the changes to District Council 16 and the International for approval. Once the local bylaws are approved, a date will be sent out to all the members for a vote, when the bylaws are passed by the membership they go into effect June 1^st,2025.

Reminder: upcoming District Council 16 VAC events we have 2 St. Patrick day Parade events happening on March 15^th for those here in the Eastbay we have the Dublin St. Patrick’s day Parade from 8:00 am to 11:00 am meeting place would be the parking lot near PetSmart and Target parking lot look for the DC 16 or Local Union banners for more information contact Jesse 510-414-4724.

For those who live in the Westbay San Francisco-San Mateo side we have the San Francisco St. Patrick’s Day parade from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm the meeting place and Parking is at  400- 2^nd street again look for DC 16 or Local Union banners for more information contact Anthony at 415-215-5039.

These are two great events so come on out bring your family and friends and have a good time please remember to wear Green, hope to see you there!

Solidarity,

Richard Morales