Happy New Year!

Brothers and Sisters,

Happy New Year! I hope this article finds you and yours enjoying the beginning of a new year. I have always enjoyed the new year as it is a new start and a time for self-reflection of the past year. Every year we are asked to do a self-evaluation and what goals we want to set for ourselves in 2025. Several things I want to work on are using texting to keep the members up to date with what is going on with the local, calling members out of the blue to see how they are doing, what they think the union does right and what they think the union does wrong. What can the DC16 staff do to make things easier (within reason) and how can we help you navigate the union world? We are currently down to one Admin (Junnie) so if the phone isn’t answered please leave a message. If you leave a message our phone system turns it into an email, and we will get back to you asap. If you are looking to get a hold of me my cell number is the best number to reach me (916) 407-8279. We hope to hire a new admin this month and hopefully they will start sometime in February. 

The new 2025 IUPAT Constitution is now available at https://www.iupat.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/IUPAT-Constitution-2025_English.pdf when we get hard copies they will be made available at your local union meeting. The District Council 16 By-Laws have been submitted to the IUPAT and when they have been approved, the members will be given a copy and there will be a date set for voting on them. After they have been ratified, the local unions will start working on theirs. Local 1237 By-Laws Committee consists of the Executive Board, Tim Tweedt and myself. Local By-Laws will need to be completed and ratified by no later than June. As of today, all wage schedules for all crafts are available at https://www.dc16iupat.org/resources/  along with contracts, VAC calendar, DDO/Holiday schedule, By-Laws, and contractor lists. If there is anything that you need or would like to talk about, please give me a call.

January 20th       – Holiday (MLK Day)

February 4^th – Local Union 1237 meeting night 5:30pm

February 17^th – Holiday (President’s Day)

Fraternally,

Randy Rojas

Business Representative

DC16/LU1237