Taking a Chance

Brothers and Sisters,

I hope this article finds you working and getting ready for the triple digit heat coming this weekend. Please make sure that you are drinking plenty of water and cut down on the sodas and energy drinks. The California heat can be brutal, and you need to take all precautions to make it home safely at the end of the day. Currently there is no one on the Out of Worklist, and soon we will need all the help we can get. If you know someone who wants to get into the trade but not in the union or know of someone who wants to get into the trade, please have them call me. Currently, I do not have any recent updates on the status of the DC16 By-Laws. You should have received a second copy of the DC16 proposed By-Laws in the mail. The vote was going to take place on June 3^rd but has since been cancelled until further notice.

Apprentices, with summer here and the workload out of control, you must still attend your scheduled week of school. If you fail to attend, you will have to make it up and incur a penalty week. You will also miss your raise, possibly for another 6 months. If you miss your scheduled week of school you will have to wait for that class to come around again, which can take several months. Please also remember to fill out your online blue book so you will not be dropped from the program.

Important Dates

June 16, 2025 – Designated Day off, if worked it pays time and a half.

Apprentice Profile – Chance Heffington

Brother Chance Heffington is a third-year apprentice working for BT Mancini in Sacramento. Chance found Local 1237 when his high school friend Alex Beltran had joined a few years earlier, so he decided that he wanted to better his life and wanted to have a career with a future, pension, annuity and retire with dignity. BT Mancini is the only shop that Chance has worked at, but he enjoys his fellow brothers and sisters and credits Cody Hartwick and Miguel Murillo for taking the time to explain things to him and show him how to install the materials the right way. Chane likes to install sheet goods the most but like all aspects of the trade, his least favorite part of the trade is unloading materials or moving materials around a jobsite. When he is not working, he likes to spend time with his girlfriend Jeana, working on trucks, and fishing. Chance is the second person in his family to join a union; his aunt Jowell is in the teacher’s union. I asked Chance what he saw himself doing in the future and he said, “still working for BT Mancini, possibly as a field superintendent.” When I first met Chance, he wanted to join the union and I asked him several questions just to see what his answer would be, and I quickly knew that he had a good sense of humor and would not give up on a challenge. 

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